Skip to main content

Microsoft Access MS Access Basics Tips and Trick-7

Adding Data An Access database is not a file in the same sense as a Microsoft Office Word document or a Microsoft Office PowerPoint are. Instead, an Access database is a collection of objects like tables, forms, reports, queries etc. that must work together for a database to function properly. We have now created two tables with all of the fields and field properties necessary in our database. To view, change, insert, or delete data in a table within Access, you can use the table’s Datasheet View. A datasheet is a simple way to look at your data in rows and columns without any special formatting. Whenever you create a new web table, Access automatically creates two views that you can start using immediately for data entry. A table open in Datasheet View resembles an Excel worksheet, and you can type or paste data into one or more fields. You do not need to explicitly save your data. Access commits your changes to the table when you move the cursor to a new field in the same row, or whe...

Microsoft word-office EDITING DOCUMENTS Tips and Tricks- 2

Select Text in Word 2010


Selecting a text is one of the most important skill required while editing a word document. You can perform various operation on a selected text like you can delete it, copy it, move it, apply formatting to it, change its capitalization etc.
The most common method of selecting a text is to click and drag the mouse over the text you want to select. Following table lists down few other simple method which will help you in selecting text in different scenarios:

Component & Selection Method
1Selecting text between two points
Click at the start of the block of text, hold down Shift, and click at the end of the block.
2Selecting a single word
Simply double click anywhere on the word you want to select.
3Selecting a paragraph
Simply triple click anywhere on the paragraph you want to select.
4Selecting a sentence
Hold down Ctrl key and click anywhere in the sentence you want to select.
5Selecting a column of text
Hold down Alt, click and hold the mouse button, and drag over the column you want to select.
Note that only one part of the document can be in selected state. If you have one portion of the document in selected state and as soon as you try to select any other part of the document, previous part will automatically be de-selected.

Using the Selection Bar:

The black shaded area in the following screen shot is called selection bar. When you bring your cursor in this area, it turns into a rightward-pointing arrow.



You can use selection bar to select various components of a document as described in the following table:
SNComponent & Selection Method
1Selecting a line
Bring your mouse in selection bar area and click in front of the line you want to select.
2Selecting a paragraph
Bring your mouse in selection bar area and double click in front of the paragraph you want to select.
3Selecting the document
Bring your mouse in selection bar area and triple click.

Using the keyboard:

Keyboard provides very good support when you want to select various components of the document as described in the following table:
SNKey & Selection Method Selecting Text
1Ctrl + A
Press Ctrl + A keys to select the entire document.
2Shift
Keep pressing Sift key and use any of the arrow keys to select the text.
3F8
Press F8 and then use any of the arrows keys to select the text.
4Ctrl + Shift + F8
Press Ctrl + Shift + F8 and then use any of the arrows keys to select column of the text.

The beginner to advance and start up step-2



Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-11

Adding Slide Notes Powerpoint 2010 Slides notes can be very useful tools for presentation. These notes are not displayed on the screen in the  Slide Show  mode, but the presenter can see them so they can prepare well to present the slides. Depending on your printing settings, you can also print out the slide notes along with the slides. This chapter will show you how to add slide notes to an existing presentation. Step (1):  To locate the slide notes set the view in  Normal  mode. Step (2):  Slide Notes section is indicated by the "Click to add notes". Step (3):  You can click on the top border and drag the section to increase its size to make it easier to type. Step (4):  Type your text in this section as slide notes. You can only use bullets, numbering and alignment functions in the Slide Notes section. All other functions can be selected, but will apply to the selected slide, not the notes. Slide notes can be printed from the print menu under B...

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-4

Create Presentation using Powerpoint 2010 PowerPoint offers a host to tools that will aid you in creating a presentation. These tools are organised logically into various ribbons in PowerPoint. The table below describes the various commands you can access from different menus. Menu Category Ribbon Commands Home Clipboard functions, manipulating slides, fonts paragraph settings, drawing objects and editing functions. Insert Insert tables, pictures, images, shapes, charts, special texts, multimedia and symbols. Design Slide setup, slide orientation, presentation themes and background. Transitions Commands related to slide transitions. Animations Commands related to animation within the individual slides. Slide Show Commands related to slide show set up and previews. Review Proofing content, language selection, comments and comparing presentations. View Commands related to presentation views, Master slides, color settings and window arrangements. Besides these depending on the objects sel...

Microsoft PowerPoint FORMATTING PRESENTATION Tips and Tricks-12

Using Slide Master in Powerpoint 2010 Slide master is simple way of applying changes to the entire slide. Every presentation has at least one slide master, but you can have more than one. Using features like copy/ paste and format painting you can make changes to different sections within the presentation to make them look similar, however, if you want to use a theme and background throughout the slide, using the slide master is a simpler and more graceful way of approaching it. Given below are the steps to customise your slide master. Step (1):  Go to  Master Views  group under the  View  ribbon. Step (2):  Click on  Slide Master  to open the  Slide Master  Ribbon. The top most slide in the left sidebar is the  Master  slide. All the slides within this master template would follow the settings you add on this master slide. Step (3):  You can make changes to the master slide in terms of the theme, design, font properties, ...