Archive for the ‘Microsoft Office 2007’ Category

Displaying Full Path to File in Microsoft Office 2007 Products

Monday, February 9th, 2009

This entry is in response to a query from a user who wanted to have the full path of a document displayed in the title bar of a currently opened Word 2007 document.

After refreshing myself from a previous post , I played around a bit with Word 2007 and found a similar solution.

Here are the steps:

  1. Start the Microsoft product for which you wish to have the path displayed (for this example, Word).
  2. You can either:
    • On the title bar area, you will see an icon that resembles a line with an arrow pointing down from it.  Select "More Commands…"
    • Click on the Office logo at the top left and select "Word Options."
    • Right-click on the Ribbon bar, and select "Customize Quick Accesss Bar…"
  3. On the left-hand side of the pop-up window, choose "Customize."
  4. To make it easier, select <Separator> , and click "Add > >"  in the middle.
  5. From the pull-down list, select "Choose commands from:", and then "All Commands."
  6. From the listing below, scroll down until you find "Document Location".  Select it, and click "Add > >" in the middle.
  7. Click "OK" at the bottom of the window.

Now one little problem is that the displayed path is truncated in a little display window.

This is the best I can figure out for now, but you can always scroll through the little test box for the full path.

In some spare time, I will try to figure out how to have the little display box made a bit wider for longer file paths.

I have been able to test and verify with the following Office 2007 products:

Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007

 

 

Posted in Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint | 1 Comment »

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Stony Brook University’s Division of Information Technology recently issued its second edition of DoIT News. It is a newsletter geared towards faculty and staff that is currently being published once a semester. The big news item this spring was the announcement of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) being available on campus. For those who did not see the newsletter, here is the article along with related links. If you are a member of the Stony Brook University community, give SharePoint a try and let us know what you think!

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Now Available

Improved team productivity, tools for collaboration and a means to keep people connected regardless of geographic location are three big reasons to try out Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

Collaboration is a whole lot easier at Stony Brook University. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server technology provides freedom to create and manage Internet sites that allow for document sharing, team collaboration, Web-site authoring, content management and social networking.

To get started using SharePoint all you need is a Web browser (preferably Microsoft’s Internet Explorer) and your Stony Brook NetID.

Research teams, committees and student organizations are the likely groups to benefit from SharePoint. It works seamlessly with Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and Access.

My Site is a personal Web portal that allows individuals to create a profile and a personal Web site that can be shared with colleagues.

There is a calendar tool, a place to post announcements, task lists and relevant links. Templates are available for creating blogs and wikis.

SharePoint is a great tool for managing documents. Libraries can be created and multiple authoring is supported. You can be alerted if someone in your team modifies a shared document. A check-in and check-out system can be enabled to ensure that just one person is working on a document at any given time to prevent overwriting. Different versions of a document can be saved and restored.

As a Web site content management system, SharePoint helps you separate the site design from the content authoring. Permissions can be set, giving you control over who has access to your site, a particular page or even a page element. In addition, a feature called audiencing provides a means for filtering specific parts of a page to a targeted audience.

Build your own My Site right now by logging into https://mysite.stonybrook.edu and entering your NetID and NetID password. Your NetID will need to be entered in the following format: sunysb.edu\“Your NetID”.

Additional SharePoint sites can be requested by filling out the form provided at https://web.stonybrook.edu/sharepoint.

Related Links:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/it/sharepoint1.shtml
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101087481033.aspx

Posted in DoIT News, Microsoft, Microsoft Office 2007, SharePoint | 3 Comments »

Start the Spring 2008 Semester Off Right

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Attention Students!

Sunday, Jan. 27

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Computer Registration Assistance at the SAC’s Traditions Lounge

Welcome back for the start of the Spring 2008 semester. Client Support and the Division of Information Technology will be here to help make sure your computer is hooked up, registered, and ready to go.

From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, staff technicians will be on hand to assist students with registration and wireless issues in the Traditions Lounge, located on the main floor of the Student Activities Center (SAC). The technicians in attendance will do their best to solve your problems and answer any questions you may have. If your computer has other issues that will take longer to attend to, you will be encouraged to bring your machine to the Client Support Drop-in Center, located on the fifth floor of the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Room S-5410. The Drop-in Center will also be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, and will resume regular business hours (Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) on Jan. 28.

Questions? Call Client Support at 631.632.9800 or submit a help request.

Posted in AirNet, CAT, Computer Care, DoIT Initiatives, Installing/Uninstalling, Internet Explorer, Laptops, Microsoft Office 2007, Passwords, Registration, Software, Vista, Wireless | 3 Comments »

Customize Your Toolbars in Office 2007

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

One of our clients at the Stony Brook Foundation figured out how to customize her toolbars in Microsoft Excel 2007. She didn’t care for the new tabbed ribbon toolbar. She wanted to revert back to the small icons that she was used to working with on a regular basis in Excel 2003.

When you choose to customize your toolbar, you have your favorite tools handy and they take up less room. You don’t waste time trying to figure out where everything is.

We’re showing these steps in Word, but they will work just the same in Excel and the other Office products.

Step 1:  Minimize the ribbon
Right click on the tabbed ribbon toolbar and select "Minimize the Ribbon." You will see it disappear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2:  Show Quick Access Toolbar
Right click where the toolbar used to be and this time select "Show Quick Access Toolbar Below the Ribbon." You can right click and choose to move your toolbar above or below the Ribbon, it’s up to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 3:  Customize Quick Access Toolbar …
Right click the toolbar a third time and select "Customize Quick Access Toolbar … " 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 4:  Choose the Tools You Want
You will come to a page with two columns where you can add your favorite tools and commands from a list on the left. There is a drop-down menu above the left column that says "Choose commands from" You can pull down "Popular Commands" or "All Commands." Depending what you choose, you will see a different list of tools. "Popular Commands" will let you select the most popular tools for the program you are in (in this case, Word). "All Commands" will give you a list of commands for every program in the Office suite. Select which one fits your needs and then select the tools/commands you want from the left hand column and hit the "Add" button. You will see that tool/command pop up in the right-hand column. These will eventually be the tools on your customized toolbar. If you accidentally select a tool/command that you don’t want, you can select it from the list on the right and hit the "Remove" button."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 5:  Hit OK and begin using your new toolbar
When you are satisfied with your list of tools/commands, hit OK and begin using your new toolbar. If you ever want the tabbed ribbon toolbar back, just right click on your customized toolbar and deselect "Minimize the Ribbon."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Excel, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Toolbars | 9 Comments »