Chapter 22

Ten Timesaving Shortcuts and Tips for Enhanced Productivity

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Productivity tips that make life easier

Bullet Shortcuts that save you time

Bullet More help, in case you need it

Bullet Project organization using Office Projects

We've been Office users since time immemorial. We still remember Microsoft’s first effort at a spreadsheet, MultiPlan, and the pain of writing using version 1.05 of Word for the Mac.

We also remember the good qualities of Office. And, over the years, we’ve developed quite a few time- and effort-saving techniques that we share with you now. These tips and hints are all over the board (and all over the Office suite), but the one characteristic they have in common is that they all can save you time, keystrokes, or effort — or all of the above.

Memorize Keyboard Shortcuts

If you do only one thing to speed up your use of the Office apps, memorize frequently used keyboard shortcuts. The more you keep your fingers on the keyboard keys (and off the mouse), the more efficient you will become while using the Office apps.

The keyboard shortcuts in Table 22-1 have ...

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