Office 2011 for Mac is the latest release of Microsoft’s venerable productivity suite for the Mac. It’s chock-full of fabulous features, some of which you’ll neither need nor use. Ignore the features you don’t need and use the ones you do. The following collection of useful tips and hints will enhance your productivity in all Office 2011 applications.
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Sweet Tips for Office 2011 For Mac Users
The first Microsoft Office tip deals with something we all do a lot: selecting text in documents. The second tip shows you how to supercharge Undo and Redo. And my last tip is a reminder to use the always-available contextual menu.
Hold down the Shift key to extend the selection contiguously; hold down the Command key to select non-contiguous words/sentences/paragraphs/cells/rows/columns.
All of the Office applications have virtually unlimited Undos (shortcut: Command+Z) and Redos (shortcut: Command+Y). That’s cool but the Undo and Redo icons in the Standard Toolbar of all of the applications (except Outlook) have pop-down menus that list all of the actions you can undo or redo.
Don’t forget the contextual menu, available by right (or Control) clicking on a word, cell, document, object, or almost anything else in a document. It usually contains commands that are only useful in the context of what you right (or Control) clicked, and can save you time and effort.
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Where Do I Find It in Office 2011 For Mac?
There are a handful of Microsoft Office actions, items, and commands most people seem to use frequently. So here’s where you’ll find Clip Art, Symbols, the AutoCorrect on/off switch, and application Preferences for all Office apps:
Clip Art: Office includes a tasty selection of clip art images; launch the Clip Art Gallery by choosing Insert, Clip Art, Clip Art Gallery or launch the Clip Art Browser by choosing Insert, Clip Art, Clip Art Browser.
Symbols (such as: ©, ®, ™, , ✓, ÷, or €): Choose View, Object Palette and click the Symbol tab (third from the left).
AutoCorrect On/Off: The AutoCorrect feature in all of the Office applications can be a real timesaver. But there are times when it interferes with getting things done. When that happens, you can turn individual AutoCorrect items — such as “replace straight quotes with smart quotes automatically as you type,” or “automatic bulleted or numbered lists” — on or off by choosing Tools@@AutoCorrect and then deselecting the check box for the item.
Application Preferences: One would think they’d be in the Tools menu but one would be wrong — you’ll find them in each application’s eponymous menu (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook menu). Or skip the menu and use the keyboard shortcut: Command+, (comma).
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Helpful Office 2011 For Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are some of the most useful Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac keyboard shortcuts. If you want to become proficient, make all of these shortcuts, which apply to all of the Office 2011 For Mac applications, second nature to your fingers.
| Action | Function |
|---|---|
| Command+N | New Document |
| Command+O | Open a Document |
| Command+Shift+P | Open Project Gallery |
| Command+S | Save |
| Command+P | |
| Command+F | Find |
| Command+A | Select All |
| Command+Z | Undo |
| Command+Y | Redo |
| Command+shift+? | Search Help |
| Command+M | Minimize to Dock |
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Where To Find More Help for Office 2011 For Mac
If you can’t figure out how to do something in Office 2011 For Mac, there are still at least three places you might find an answer:
Office Help:
Help, Application Name (i.e. Word, Excel, etc.) Help, or use its keyboard shortcut: Command+Shift+?Of course the first place to look for help is in the Office Help system. More often than not you’ll find the answer you’re looking for here.
The Office for Mac Help and How-To Web pages:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspxIf Help doesn’t help, these pages offer official support tips from the experts at Microsoft. You can find help for Office in general as well as help for each of the applications.
The Office for Mac Product Forum pages:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforumsThese pages are online forums, where Office users post questions and other Office users answer them. You’ll often discover that your question has already been asked and answered here.
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