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Enter PowerPoint Slide Show Mode from Any Slide
 Turn Off Email Notifications in Outlook 2007
Performing a Word Count in a Word 2007 Document
 Excel Time-Savers

Turn Off Email Notifications in Outlook 2007

Because an email notification icon appears whenever you receive new email, it's tempting to stop work and open new messages immediately. Here's how you can turn off the notification and then check your email when it's convenient for you:

  1. In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, click "Tools" > "Options" > "E-mail Options," and then click "Advanced E-mail Options."
  2. In the middle of the dialog box, clear the "Display a New Mail Desktop Alert" check box.
  3. 3. Click the "OK" button three times.

Enter PowerPoint Slide Show Mode from Any Slide

In PowerPoint, pressing the "F5" key will open the current presentation in slide show mode. However, the slide show will begin with the first slide in the deck. To begin your slide show from the current (selected) slide, press "Shift + F5" instead.

Performing a Word Count in a Word 2007 Document

If your Word document needs to meet certain length requirements, you can easily get an accurate word count in your document.

To turn on Word Count in Microsoft Word 2007, right-click the status bar at the bottom of the window and select "Word Count." The word count for the entire document will be displayed in the status bar. If you want to see the word count for a particular selection, simply highlight the text and the word count will update automatically.

For more detailed information about your document’s word count, click on the word count display in the status bar. A box will appear and display the number of pages, words, characters (with and without spaces), paragraphs, and lines. You can choose to exclude textboxes, footnotes, and endnotes in these statistics by unchecking the box at the bottom of the screen.

Excel Time-Savers

Want to save time in Excel? If you press "Shift + Ctrl" and the plus key simultaneously, you can shift cells right or down, or insert an entire row or column. Pressing "Ctrl" and the minus key simultaneously has the opposite effect: You can delete a selected cell by shifting cells right or down, or delete an entire row or column.