You’re special, and my co-workers and I want you to know it. And because you’re special, we want you to know about a special feature available in Microsoft applications like Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint. The feature is called “Paste Special.”
The Paste Special feature comes in handy when you’re trying to move information from one [...]

When you see this message, you have three choices. Click the Yes button, click the No button, or click the Cancel button. Many of us have hit Cancel only to find ourselves right back where we started.
Here is what is going on:
When you cut and copy in Publisher, you can paste into another Microsoft program, [...]

There are a lot of excellent methods to gaining attention to important articles. Some of them have been hinted at in prior blogs, including graphics, special characters, and adding color. There is one method that seems to vex many editors (and with good reason!) and this is adding watermarks.
Watermarks are the graphics that show lightly [...]

Q: What are special characters?
A: Special characters are characters which cannot be typed with a single keystroke. Generally, a modifier or “helper” key such as the ALT key must be used when typing special characters. An example of a special character is the letter “ñ” in the Spanish word “señor.” The wavy accent mark over [...]

I was sitting with an editor the other week and we were talking about design and format. She wanted some feedback on her latest ideas for making her bulletin articles and headings pop.
After looking through her bulletin, knowing what it used to look like, I told her how well I liked the overall design. Smiling [...]

You can now choose one of the actual ads from the ad grid page of your publication for a spotlight article. You can actually place an ad in your bulletin!

The LPi blog is officially launched and in preparation for writing my own first entry, I was trying to find words to convey my excitement in ways that you, our faithful editor, would find inspiring and interesting. At this point, it became obvious that the word “exciting”, and its many variations, was about due to [...]