Tech Tutor Mark

Here's the scenario.  The person you replaced at your new office desk created a form in Microsoft Word and password-protected it.  To make matters worse, the person who created the form is now: 1) unreachable, 2) in the hospital, 3) in jail, or something even more bizarre.  How to remove the password?  Well, in order to remove a password, you usually need to know what the password is.  That is the challenging part.  I found a fix for Excel today, which is to just install Apache Open Office and open the Excel file in Open Office Calc, then go to the Tools>>Protect Document  and un-check "Protect Document" and/or "Protect Sheet."  This un-protects the document, which can then be re-saved as an Excel file and re-opened in Excel without the protection.  In Microsoft Word 2010, for example, this method didn't work as well for me in Open Office Writer.  Instead, it opened as a "Read Only" file in OpenOffice....

Our school district has picked this year to upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2010.  After a week of using the new PowerPoint 2010, here are my favorite features and/or improvements over previous versions:  1.   Broadcast  your slideshow from a shared link (under  File>>Save & Send>>Broadcast Slideshow , or  Slideshow>>Broadcast Slideshow ).  The link apparently does not require a log-in to view. 2.  Save a slideshow as a Windows Media  Video .  Send out the video by e-mail or any other method of sharing. 3.  Videos are now  embedded  instead of just linked files, so you don't lose your video if you share it with someone.  Each video has playback controls within the slide. 4.  There are now only 9 New Slide layouts instead of 20 or more.  The Content layout has placeholders for 6 different kinds of inserts, including SmartArt, ClipArt, Picture, Table, Chart and Video. ...

To help you make the transition from an older version of Office to the current one, Office 2010, I have compiled these training resources.  Most of them are from Microsoft, but I also compiled a good one for Word based on what I've learned so far.  Let me know if you'd like to contribute any handouts to help teachers or anyone else making the transition from say 2003 to 2010, like my school district is doing.  It can be a quite traumatic experience.  Microsoft Office 2010 Training Links Microsoft Word 2010 Intro Training Microsoft's Office 2010 Training Site & Documents Getting Started with Office 2010 Learn Where Menu & Toolbar Commands are in Office 2010