Convert Office 2007 files to HTML with Gmail

Convert docx and other Office 2007 files to HTML with Gmail

You need no hacks to read those Word 2007 files (docx) files without Office 2007.



Just mail all the Office 2007 document(s) to your own Gmail account and click the View as HTML link near the email attachment to convert those files into text / HTML format that can be viewed in the web browser itself.



This easy conversion method retains the document formatting (no images though) and works with docx, pptx and xlsx Open XML formats.


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Add a .swf file to a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation

Add a .swf file to a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation

1) Open PowerPoint 2007

2) Make sure you can see the Developer tab in the “Ribbon”. If you can’t, click on the Office menu (The circle button in the top left hand corner), then click on PowerPoint Options, and make sure that you check the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon box.

3) Go to the slide you want the .swf file to appear

4) Click on the Developer tab in the Ribbon

5) Look for the More Controls button in the controls group. It is the one with a spanner and a hammer with three dots underneath it. Once you find it – click on it

6) The More Controls box will appear. Scroll down until you find Shockwave Flash Object. Click on that, then click OK

7) You will notice your cursor is now a cross, and no longer an arrow. That means you can now draw where you want your Shockwave/Flash file to appear on your slide. Simply draw with your mouse, and use the adjustment handles on the box to make sure it is just the right size and position on your slide. When you are done you should see a wireframe box with a big “X” through the middle of it

8) Now we want to link your .swf file into your PowerPoint 2007 presentation. Click on the box you just drew, then right click, and select Properties

9) In the properties box that appears, look for the Movie property, and then add the location of your .swf file (for example c:\temp\test.swf)

10) Quickly run your presentation and watch in awe as your shockwave file hits the big screen in your PowerPoint 2007 presentation


Note: This only LINKS to the .swf file, so if you email or share the presentation with others, chances are the link will break and you will need to go through the above process again to re-link the PowerPoint deck to the .swf


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MS Outlook 2007 "Color Code"

MS Outlook 2007 "Color Code to Identify Key Messages"

Often when you open your Outlook, your are lost in a zoo of emails while you need the most important one's immediately. What you got to do is color code the important messages so that you can identify the important emails from your seniors, clients, staff or other team members . This saves a lot of time and ensures that you don't overlook the key messages.

Follow the steps below to color code the emails in Outlook

1: Highlight a message from a contact.

2: Choose Tools, then go to Organize. This opens a new window at the top of your Inbox window.

3: Choose the option Using Colors (found at the left of the window).

4: Pick from option, Choose color for selected message and Apply Color.

5: Additionally, you can also pick Show messages sent only to me as a way to highlight messages that are not part of a group distribution.

6: Optionally, choose Automatic Formatting (upper-right corner of window) to view coloring choices or even to apply a different font.

7: Close the Organize window when you are done. All messages in your Inbox from the selected contact are now color coded.


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See the translation of a word in Word 2007

See the translation of a word in Word 2007

By using the Translation ScreenTip you can see the translation of most words simply by moving the mouse over them !

Translation ScreenTip works for the following languages:

* Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
* English (United States)
* French (France)
* Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

To turn on Translation ScreenTip:

1) Make sure you are on the “Review” tab of the ribbon

2) Look for the “Proofing” group

3) Click on “Translation ScreenTip”

4) Select the language you want to see the translation for, or click on “Turn Off Translation ScreenTip” to turn the translation off.


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Mysterious Graphical Handling

Mysterious Graphical Handling

Microsoft Word has a handy feature for manipulating shapes and graphics in documents. When you've placed multiple graphical elements, you can group them so they stay together when you move them and remain the same relative size when you resize them.
But in Word 2007 this feature seems not to work. You can't select multiple graphical items, so there's no way to group them or determine which overlapping objects are in front of which others. !

It turns out that in Word 2007, there's an extra step. Before you start adding graphics you have to define a "Canvas" to hold them.
Click Insert -> Shapes -> New Drawing Canvas.
Add your pictures and shapes to the drawing canvas. Now you can group them, ungroup them, put one behind another, and so on—all the actions that you were accustomed to in Word 2003.


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