Office Productivity Software

OIT Training Schedule - Fall 2009

Workshops are offered throughout the academic year by the Office of Information Technologies and are available to PSU faculty, staff, and students at no cost. To register for classes, send email to mluebke@pdx.edu with the class and date you would like to register for. Please contact the workshop instructor if you have any questions.

Need directions? Please refer to the building locations for more information about where the workshops are held.

Sharing a proxy in Meeting Maker

Meeting Maker software allows you to share your calendar with other Meeting Maker users. Sharing your calendar is a simple, two step process.

How can I open documents created by Microsoft Office 2007 using Office 2003?

If you are unable to open documents from Microsoft Word 2007 (filename.docx format) with Word 2003 (the current campus default) it will be necessary to install Microsoft's File Format Converter.

Microsoft Word 2008 for MacintoshTips

Starting to use Microsoft Word 2008 for Macintosh?  Here are some tips:

Toggle Zoom Techniques
In order to quickly change the magnification (zoom) while viewing a document, hold down the CTRL key and move the scroll button on your mouse. By scrolling forward, the document text will increase in size, while scrolling backward will shrink the text. This will also work in new versions of web browsers to increase text, and image sizes.


Quick Access to the Most Recently Opened Document

To create a desktop shortcut to the most recently opened Word document: Locate the Winword.exe file using Windows Explorer, right-click on the file icon, drag it to your desktop, and select Create Shortcuts. Right-click on the new shortcut icon, and select Properties. Select the Shortcut tab and in the Target field, after the existing file path, add a space and then /mFile1. Left click the Apply icon, and then select Okay.


Matching Text Formatting

Word will automatically reproduce the text style from the source when text is copied/cut and pasted into a document. In order to match pasted text to existing formatting select Edit, Paste Special, and then Unformatted Text.