Hey!! My name is Vinay Reddy and I am a Software Design Engineer in Test in the GXP team. I have put together a few tips below you could use to connect better with an international audience. Though this blog has been written keeping PowerPoint in mind, most of the tips mentioned here apply to…
East Asian Page Layout Features in Office 2010
Hello, Gwyneth Marshall here again. Continuing from the East Asian Text Formatting Features in Office 2010 article, we will explore page layout features specific to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, collectively referred to as “East Asian languages”. These languages share some characteristics such as vertical writing and glosses above text. In this article, we will cover…
Theme Fonts for My Language
Hello, my name is Grace Sturman, and I am a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test on the GXP team. Theme Fonts were introduced in Office 2007, as part of the document theme concept: Theme Colors, Theme Effects and Theme Fonts. The Theme features are probably most visible in PowerPoint, because of its prominent place in…
East Asian Text Formatting Features in Office 2010
Hello, this is Gwyneth Marshall again and this is the second part of a four-part series or articles on East Asian text features. Continuing from the East Asian Text Layout Features article, we will explore text formatting features specific to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, collectively referred to as “East Asian languages”. In this article, we…
East Asian Text Layout Features in Office 2010
Hello, my name is Gwyneth Marshall, and I am a Program Manager on the GXP team. As we learned in My Language Preferences: Office Editing Languages, your Office configuration can affect your Office experience. These settings change such things as your default font and date format. In this four-part series of articles on East Asian…
My Language Preferences: Office Editing Languages
Hello, my name is Kate Kelly, and I am a Program Manager on the GXP team. My previous blog articles include How to: Find my Language Preferences? and How do I check spelling and grammar in a different language in Office 2007?. With the help from my teammates: Jimmy Fang, Atin Bansal, Tom Moore, Vyom Munshi, Gwyneth Marshall…
What are Proofing Tools?
Q&A What are Proofing Tools? The question that we shall share with you today has to do with Office 2010 Proofing Tools. — Before The Professor publishes his series called “My Language Preferences”…– — We need to teach you about proofing tools! – — Did you know Office 2010 Proofing Tools include a spell checker,…
Bidirectional Features in Microsoft Word
Tips and Tricks by the Wizard Bidirectional Features in Microsoft Word Hello, The tips and tricks that I shall share with you today have to do with bidirectional (Bidi) features in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word was designed to work with multilingual documents. It is capable of fully representing writings of different languages and scripts…
Useful tricks and shortcuts for users around the world
Tips and Tricks by The Wizard Useful tricks and shortcuts for users around the world Hi, Many users prefer to use keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse for convenience and to save time. Let me share with you 5 shortcuts and tricks that all users around the world will find useful. intl.cpl to…
Office Global Experience Team Blog Survey Reminder (February, 2010)
Dear Readers, We are about to close our February survey this Saturday. We really would love to hear your thoughts about our Office Global Experience Team Blog. This is your chance to tell us what you like or dislike about our blogs and what topics interest you. Your feedback will directly influence the future of…