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Use Quick Access from the Keyboard [Video]

Now that I'm on Windows 8, I use it even more.  The first Quick Access button on my File Explorer is "copy path", which lets me get the address of a file by pressing Alt-1 anytime.  This command used to require holding shift and right-clicking.  And the mouse is so 2011.

Did you know that you can add your own commands to the toolbar at the top of Microsoft Office programs?  This also applies to several apps in Windows 7, and has even been expanded to the File Explorer in Windows 8!  

 

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Set Microsoft Office Name for Friendlier File in Use Messages

Lock Icon

Has this ever happened to you? At best an annoyance, this can be a real productivity killer as you hunt around to find the user that has the file locked. You could save a copy of the file and try to clean up or reconcile later, and while collaboration solutions like SharePoint limit these cases, [...]

 

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Be more Conversational with your Email

The Outlook conversation view

Tip: Use Conversation view in Outlook to find related messages from other foldersYou save: About an hour a week Have you ever received a reply to an email and wanted to look at the other messages in the chain? What if the other messages were already moved into other folders? Or if you wanted to look at [...]

 

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