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How to Optimize PDF Files for Web Sites

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the defacto file format for presenting device-independent documents on and off the Web. While PDFs have become quite popular on the Web, many PDFs used in web sites are designed for high quality print output and are not optimized for the Web.

How to Quickly Reduce Microsoft Word File Size – Secret #1

Ever had your Microsoft Word file explode from 1MB to 10MB in just a few minutes? In the tech writing world, Microsoft Word tends to get a bad rap.
One of the arguments put against Word is that its fairly unstable and prone to creating ‘horrors’, such as bloating in size until your (Microsoft!) operating system [...]

How to get rid of Crop Marks in Microsoft Word 2002 / 2003 / 2007

Crop marks are markers that appear in the top left and right of your Microsoft Word documents.
These are called ‘crop marks’. To remove these, you have to disable Asian language support.
This often appear after you open a file which has an Asian language setting; Microsoft Office might activate this setting to display embedded fonts. It’s just trying to be helpful. The thing is: how do you remove it? When you open a document in Microsoft Word, margin marks or crop marks may appear on each corner of the page.

How to create Giant Sized Fonts in MS Word

How to create Giant Sized Fonts in MS Word

Free Word Template – Page with Blue Border

this is just like the 3D template, but with a simple blue border around the page.
Page with Blue Border.doc
Ideal for flyers, brochures and newsletters.
Ivan
 

Free Word Template – Page with 3D Border

We’ve had many requests for blank Word templates with 3D borders.
You can download this one for free here.
Page with 3 d Border.doc
The border is dark blue.
If you’ve any questions about how to change it, let me know.
Ivan

Using Master Templates in Adobe FrameMaker

Master templates let you control the format and positioning of every component in your FrameMaker document.
In plain English, this means that if you setup a footer as Arial, size 10, and then apply it to the main document, all footers will appear in this font and this size.
Sounds good !
But, what if you [...]

Quick trick to Exit any Office Product

Use ALT+4 to exit any MS Office application.
Instead of going File and then clicking Exit, hold down SHIFT and then press 4.
This closes the application immediately.
Once you remember the shortcut, you’ll use it all the time and save your fingers from repetitive stress injury. 
This trick works in Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Frontpage.  [...]