April 16 - 22, 2007
Create an appointment from an email message (Outlook 2000/2002/2003)
You've just received an email message from a client requesting a conference call. The email contains a list of criteria that the client would like to discuss during the phone call. You'll want to create an appointment on your Calendar in order to remember when the call will occur, but you'd also like to include the contents of the email message. To do both in one easy step, select the email in the Message list and drag it to the Contacts icon in the Navigation Pane (Contacts folder in the Folder List in 2000 and 2002). A new Appointment form launches that includes a Subject line and the email's contents in the Notes area. Simply adjust the start and End Times of the appointment, and then click Save And Close.
Switch your colors in a snap without using the Appearance palette (Adobe Illustrator 10/CS/CS2)
Using the Appearance palette to apply the opposite colors on an object wastes a lot of mouse clicks and time. You can change the stroke and fill effortlessly. All you have to do is select the item with the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool. Then, press [shift]X. The fill and stroke are swapped.
Selecting objects with the Type tool (InDesign 2/CS)
While the Type tool is selected (but not active in a text frame), you can easily select any item on a page in your InDesign document. You don't even have to click and drag! Simply hold down the [command] key ([Ctrl] key in Windows) and pass the pointer over the item you want to select. Then, click on the item to select it. In CS only, items display their bounding box as you pass the pointer over them. This helps to verify that you're selecting the right object in a group.
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