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  1. rosepetal

    Addding text to a picture

    I have done exactly what you described in many technical manuals and training manuals using the drawing toolbar in MS word. Remember also that you can format a shape to be transparent. Drag the shape to the area you want. Right-click it and select 'Format Autoshape." On the first tab, "Colors...
  2. rosepetal

    MS Word nested table doesn't retain right margin

    Yes, I use it on our web site.
  3. rosepetal

    How do you align text when printing an envelope?

    The post office does not allow centered addresses. See the following link: http://www.usps.com/businessmail101/addressing/deliveryAddress.htm Sorry to bust your bubble.
  4. rosepetal

    MS Word nested table doesn't retain right margin

    I have an extremely simple web page that is built with an MS Word table so that it looks approximately like a normal web page (header row, table of contents column on left (No howling, please). The rest of the page is one large cell, width = 10.57". I would like to paste another table in it...
  5. rosepetal

    Value of MOS Certification

    1. Can anyone tell me if this certification made a difference in your value in being hired or promoted in an office? Not as a trainer, but as a technical employee of some kind. 2. Do you get a printed certificate? Is there something (logo?) you can print on your business card? 3. Are you...
  6. rosepetal

    Hard page return

    Can someone explain why I cannot delete a hard page return? And what is a temporary hard page return? How does it get inserted? I don't remember doing it intentionally. Thank you.
  7. rosepetal

    PowerPoint: can't copy slide-picture disappears

    FOLLOW-UP: When I go into format>background the picture appears on the thumbnail. I didn't even notice it.
  8. rosepetal

    PowerPoint: can't copy slide-picture disappears

    BINGO! Thank you so so so very much.
  9. rosepetal

    PowerPoint: can't copy slide-picture disappears

    Tried that - it's not there. I called the author and told him about the problem. I'll post the solution if I figure it out.
  10. rosepetal

    PowerPoint: can't copy slide-picture disappears

    I have a presentation (MS PowerPoint 2002, SP 3) I am preparing for publication to CD. In order to get it through Adobe 5.05 pdf I had to remove the gradient in the background. When I did that, one of the graphics disappeared. When I tried to "grab" the picture in the original ppt to copy and...
  11. rosepetal

    MS Word book fold

    Thanks. I'll try your suggestion. It should work.
  12. rosepetal

    MS Word book fold

    I tried that but I couldn't spread the text box over two pages. It just disappeard off the page it started on. Thanks, anyway.
  13. rosepetal

    MS Word book fold

    Does anyone know how to get a graphic image to span the center pages of a pamphlet in MS word XP 2002(File>Page Setup>Margins tab>Pages>bookfold)? Thanks.
  14. rosepetal

    Fill Effects in PowerPoint

    THANK YOU. So simple. I also had to slide the indicator all the way to "light.
  15. rosepetal

    Fill Effects in PowerPoint

    How can I remove "Fill Effects" from a PowerPoint? For example, in a .ppt I inherited, under Format>Background>click drop-down, choose Fill Effects, the first tab allows you to set the "Gradient." How do I get it off? There is no "clear" button, or option for 'None.
  16. rosepetal

    How to retrieve the autonumber ID

    Tom, thanks for the suggestions. They make good sense and I can easily implement them. rosepetal
  17. rosepetal

    How to retrieve the autonumber ID

    It's basically used fur a mailing list. So there's a lot of contact information, and about a dozen checkboxes for each of the different documents we mail out, and checkboxes for identifying the type of contact. I have suspected for a long time (ever since I started my current job) that many of...
  18. rosepetal

    How to retrieve the autonumber ID

    Thanks, THWatson and earthandfire. I was hoping to tap into an EXISTING field that had been in existence since the database was started (before my time). Some of the records are very old but I'm not sure how to evaluate their worth without knowing how old they are. Both of your ideas are good...
  19. rosepetal

    Word: Getting a table to fill and stay on a single page

    In Table>Properties, the first row on the window, change the "Measure in" from inches to percent. the change the first box "Preferred width to 100%. The table will self-adjust a column if you change the page margins. I am in the habit of fixing the width of all columns except one, so that I get...
  20. rosepetal

    Header does not appear in word

    Make sure the View is "Print layout" and not 'Normal.

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