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Many companies are choosing to migrate from BPOS or other hosted services to the cloud and Office 365. Beyond the steps in the final changeover, the planning and analysis stages leading up to the final migration are critical in ensuring a smooth transition. ChannelPro has posted an excellent article outlining the planning steps necessary for planning a seamless migration [...]

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In Outlook, you can color code messages addressed only to you, to easily identify messages that may be more important or require action from you.
Go to the Tools menu and choose Organize. In the “Using Colors” section, select the “Turn on” button next to “Show messages sent only to me in Blue.” You can also [...]

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For companies interested in trying out cloud-based services, email may be something worth trying. Here’s a breakdown of two options from two industry giants that may be worth considering.
Google Apps
Google Apps is a service from Google that started in 2006, with the introduction of Gmail—a hosted email service, and which later incorporated other apps such [...]

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When presenting in front of an audience, sometimes it’s necessary to pause your PowerPoint slideshow for a few minutes to highlight a point, answer audience questions, or to simply take a break.
Instead of leaving the presentation or covering the projector lens with a piece of paper, you can press “B” to show a black screen [...]

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Do you sometimes forget the file attachments you meant to include in an email message? Thanks to a free plugin for Outlook, now you can be alerted when you do just that.
Head over to CodeTwo’s website and download the free Outlook Attachment Reminder. Install and configure it to scan for text in your email’s subject [...]

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Have you ever struggled with fitting the contents of your Excel spreadsheet on one page? There are several ways to get around this, one of which is to use the Print Preview option in Excel.
While in Print Preview mode, click the Margins button or tick the Show Margins checkbox to display the margins in Excel. [...]

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Released: July 12, 2011
Source: US-CERT (U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team)
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2011 describes multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service, or gain unauthorized access to your files or system.
Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the [...]

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Businesses are constantly looking for ways to maximize productivity and minimize costs without compromising the quality of their output. One of the simplest ways you can go about this is through creating a paperless office.
As companies are not only being more conscious of the environmental impact of how they do business but also of how [...]

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Tired of having Excel convert what you type into active hyperlinks? You can make it stop.
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Sorting lists of names by last name is easy if they are listed in a LAST, FIRST order. But what if the names are in FIRST LAST order? This tip explains features in Word that make this possible.
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