Deleting Rows & Columns from the table

You can also remove columns or rows from the table. Once a row or column is deleted, it can be undeleted by using Undo command. You can delete the columns or rows or cells by using one of the following ways. 

By Table Menu

To delete a row or column by Table menu, follow these steps.

• Place the insertion point in the column or row that is to be deleted.
• Click Table menu and then select "Delete" from Table menu, a submenu of Delete is displayed.
• Select Columns or Rows or Cells command to delete the selected element (column or row or cell) from the table.

By Popup Menu

To delete a row or column by popup menu, follow these steps.

• Select the column's you want to delete.
• Right click the mouse, a popup menu is displayed.
• Select "Delete Columns" command, the selected columns will be deleted.

OR

• Place the insertion point in the column or row that is to be deleted.
• Right click the mouse, a popup menu is displayed.
• Select "Delete Cells" command, "Delete Cells" dialog box is appeared.
• Select  "Delete entire row" to delete a row or select "Delete entire column" to delete a column etc. from the dialog box and click "Ok" button.
  
  
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Protecting Document with Password

You can protect your document by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document: 

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document: 

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps.

* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu.

* Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below.

* Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "Password to modify" text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialog box. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

* Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click "Ok" button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

* Click "Save" button of Save As dialog box.

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Inserting Music and Charts on a Slide

You can also insert sound or music on a slide. It may be a sound or movie. When a slide run, movie or sound also plays. To insert music or sound on a slide, follow these steps.

• Display the slide you want to add music or sound to.
• On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, submenu will appear. Do one of the following:
• To insert a sound from the Clip Gallery, click Sound from Gallery, and then locate and insert the sound you want.
• To insert a sound from another location, click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the sound, and then double-click the sound you want.
• A sound icon appears on the slide.
• A message is displayed. If you want the sound to play automatically when you go to the slide, click Yes if you want the sound to play only when you click the sound icon during a slide show, click No.
• To preview the sound in normal view, double-click the sound icon.

Inserting Charts on Slide

In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can create a chart on a slide. Usually charts or graphs are created for numerical data. The Microsoft Excel is a best program for creating charts. In PowerPoint, the default chart is the standard 3D column chart.

To insert a chart on the slide, follow these steps. 

• Select the slide into which you want to insert chart.
• Select "Chart" from the Insert menu, a graph of sample data is automatically created on the slide and datasheet including sample data is also opened.
• Replace the labels in the first row and first column with the labels of your choice. For example to create chart of maximum and minimum temperature of different cities, follow these steps.
• Starting from second cell of first row enter names of cities.
• Type "Maximum" & "Minimum" into first cells of second and third rows respectively and also type data of temperature under the headings.
• Delete other data by selecting it.

1. The graph is automatically created (or modified) according to the data. Click anywhere on the empty space of slide, the chart is inserted and datasheet is disappeared.
   
   
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How to perform automatic Saving & Backup of your Word file?

Microsoft Word also has an important feature of saving your work automatically into the current document after specified time.  By default, word automatically saves your current document after every ten minutes but you can change this time. It is also good idea for you to create backup of your files automatically. Because in this global network a computer can crash, a virus problem, or a hard drive failure can wipe out everything.

Follow the given steps to change default save time and enable auto backup feature: 

First choose Options command from Tools menu.

A small dialog box will open, here select the Save tab in the dialog box.

Check the option "Always create backup copy" to set your word to create backup copy of file each time, you save document. Word saves this backup copy in same folder as your original document with .wbk extension.

Now click the "Save AutoRecover info every" check box and enter the time in minutes.

Click the Ok button of dialog box to finish the process.

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How to show and use the Shortcuts keys in Word 2007?

In Word 2007, most of the shortcut keys are same from the earlier versions such as Word 2000 and Word 2003. But the interesting thing in Word 2007 is that, Microsoft provides a new look or system for these shortcuts keys. In earlier Word versions, you must be memorized to use the shortcuts keys such as (CTRL + B" to make letters bold and "CTRL + I" to make letters italic). But now do not require planned memorization in latest Word 2007 version. There is a fast, simple, and visual way to find out what you need to press.

Now by pressing the "ALT" button and many options or keyboard shortcuts (containing letters or numbers) will be appear on top of the toolbar buttons.

You will see here, For Example:

Alt-F = Office Button

Alt-1 = Save

Alt-2 = Undo

Alt-3 = Redo

Alt-H = Home

Alt-N = Insert tab

Alt-P = Page Layout tab

Alt-S = References tab

Alt-M = Mailings tab

Alt-R =Review tab

Alt-V =View tab

Alt-L = Developer tab

Now if you want to view the shortcuts keys for any other individual tabs. For example if you go to the Insert tab by pressing ALT-N only, then you will be able to see the extra shortcuts keys available.

Here Now if you press a letter listed below small image it will be like pushing that button. For Example

V = to set cover page

NP = insert new blank page

B = Page break

T = Insert table

P = Insert picture

F= Insert Clip Art

SH = Insert shapes

C = Chart

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How to Add Text Boxes in Microsoft Word 2007?

It is very easy to use the feature of text boxes in Microsoft Word 2007. You are able to place as well as manage text boxes wherever you want in a document. You can also format the text boxes with borders, shading etc using the different tools available. There are numerous tools given providing different options for size, color, style etc for text boxes in Microsoft Word 2007. Follow these simple steps to add and format text boxes in Microsoft Word 2007:

• Click on the Insert tab.
• Choose the Text Box option.
• There are two ways you can add text boxes in Microsoft Word 2007. You can choose from the given formats in a scroll-down list or you can choose the option of drawing your own text box. This is how the list of given formats look like. You just have to select and click on a text box in the list.

• You can see the option of Draw Text Box at the bottom. Click on it if you want to draw your own box.
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•  You have to click and then drag the mouse to the place you want to add the text box. It is also very easy to resize it by using the same technique of clicking and dragging.
• Now you can format the text box from the Format tab which will appear after you draw your text box
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  • You can select the style of the text box, add shadow as well as 3-D effects, resize and arrange your textbox from the tool bar.
  • You can add a color from the scroll-down list.
  
  
  • Change the shape by clicking on the following button and selecting the desired shape from the list. The border of the text box can also be changed.
  
  
  • If you want to further format the text box, right click on its border and select Format Text Box option.
  
  
  • The following dialog box will appear. You can choose different tabs and control the advanced settings of your text box. When you are finished with your settings, click on the Ok button.
  
  You can add text boxes in order to enhance a certain part of the document used for business or educational purpose. They can also prove helpful in highlighting text in documents prepared for presentations.
  
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How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?

With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed. 

Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed: 

First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it. 

In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed. 

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.

At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled

This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal

Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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