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    - publisher trial probs First of all I am NOT computer savvy. So talk to me like I'm stupid. ; ) I recently downloaded Office 07 trial and designed a business card. I am having problems getting it to print correctly to Avery 28877 (they are severely off center). Tried to print them in Word (which I assume came with the trial) but there is no "Tools" on the toolbar (in Word or Pub) where the mailings/envelopes/labels drop down menu should be. When I try to open up my business card in Word all I get is a pop-up window that reads "file conversion" and what appears to be an encrypted version of my project. I have an Avery button on the toolbar but all that does is supply me with Avery blank templates. I tried giving upon my projeect and use the Avery template but they appear to be limited in their creativity(?) Avery was not able to help when I contacted them and suggested I contact Canon (my printer is a Pixma MP150) and have the newest printer driver installed. Canon replied back that there should be no problem with printing. Tried contacting MS because if I read their language correctly, I have 90 days free support. When I enter the product code (it is correct) I am told that this is an invalid ID. (81605-318-9013393-65171) I may be making more out of this than I need to simply because of my limited skills so any assistance is appreciated. Thank you. ~Ken Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174267
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    - Publisher won't insert a page! HELP I was working on a new document, clicked on add a page and had no problems. After about an hour, I clicked on add a page then the previous page dissappeared!! This has never happened before. I immediately did a virus scan, nothing. Re-booted and I started a new document and now it won't let me add a page anymore! Any reasons why - please help. Thanks, B. TBV3618@aol.com Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174263
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    - automatic placing to another page hi! When i do catalogue merging after it needs to fix a bit the art work and put heading and some things that weren't in at the first place. That creates to much info to fit in one page. Can the info go directly to the next pages automatically? without the need to cut and paste them? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174261
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    - Publisher Dictionary Publisher 2007 does not recognize user dictionary all other Office application do neither can I open the dictionary in Publisher it says it is not unicode! Help! Thanks, Dick. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174258
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    - Inserting a picture into my publication blocks the text I have on All I am trying to do is insert a picture onto my publication. I have my logo at the top and I am trying to insert a picture underneath it. Every time I insert the picture it blocks out the text on that portion of the page. I have tried everything and nothing works. I have tried making it transparent, etc. etc. I know how to put a picture in a picture frame and/or a text box, but I can't for the life of me figure out why it is blocking the text up above it. Someone please help..... Thx. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174252
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    - Changing page numbers Is there any way of making page numbering start at a different number? I created a 16 A5 page document, the first two and last two sheets were a cover page which I printed separately. When I printed pages 3-14 I was asked if I wanted the pages to be printed as a separate document and I replied YES. However the page numbering on this separate document started at page 3 - I would have preferred page 1. The obvious solution of deleting pages 1,2,15,16 did not work. When I deleted pages 1 and 2 the text moved on leaving blank pages. I realise now that the text of the document was a continuous stream and I had not deleted that part of the stream which was pages 1 and 2. -- _ _________________________________________ / \._._ |_ _ _ /' Orpheus Internet Services \_/| |_)| |(/_|_|_> / 'Internet for Everyone' _______ | ___________./ http://www.orpheusinternet.co.uk Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174250
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    - Publisher & Vista Hello. A stupid question perhaps. I have Publisher 2003 and use it quite frequently. I am anticipating the purchase of a new computer that is pre-loaded with the Vista operating system. What do I need to do to make the Vista OS compatible with Publisher 2003 so that I may load it into the new computer? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174247
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    - *Color problems with fonts This has me stumped. XP sp2, Office 08, Publisher 07, swimming with memory. I have a text box with "red" text, 48pt (as it's supposed to be) but on the screen the text color looks blue. When I highlight the text and try to change it from the blue I see, the font color dialogue box tells me that it's already red... but on the screen it shows blue! No kidding. When I print the document, it prints red. Now here's the strange part. I'm on a network where our tech support can log on remotely. I had someone log on to see what I was experiencing. I had my document up with the "red" text showing blue. He logged on and when I clicked the â??OKâ?? permission button for his connection, my text turned red on the screen. As soon as he logged off, the "red" text turned blue again. Anyone else experiencing this problem? -- JMorrell Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174245
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    - Opening Publisher with blank page I have just upgraded to 2007 from 2003. Somehow I had managed to have my program come up with a blank page instead of the templates whenever I opened Publisher. BUT I can't figure out how I did it. Can anybody help? PLEASE Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174236
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    - Can I email a publisher document and protect it from editing If a document is created in Publisher and then emailed outside my network, how can I protect it from people copying or editing it ?? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174234
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    - Publisher 2003 Printing Issue Hi, My client has Office 2003 SP3 installed under WinXP SP2. They are having trouble with printing a newsletter from Publisher. The publication is an 8-page newsletter in "booklet" form. Each page is 8 1/2 by 11. The printer is a Konica copier with large-format (11x17) and duplex capabilities. Everything works fine when the user prints the entire booklet to the printer. They get one booklet ready to fold. One sheet of paper has pages 1, 2, 7, and 8. The "inside" sheet has pages 2, 3, 4., and 5. However, the user needs to be able to print several hundred copies of each sheet individually. (The mailing house does the collating, stapling, and folding.) So far I have been unable to figure out how to tell Publisher to print pages 1, 2, 7, and 8 in duplex form (1 and 8 on one side, 2 and 7 on the other side). The Print dialog only has a From and To option, not the box like Word where you can type the list of pages. How can the user print one sheet at a time for this newsletter? Thank you, Mark Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174228
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    - front and back booklet printing I am having trouble with printing landscape with page 1 on back left 2 on front left and 3 on front right, and last on back right. print preview shows perfect but spits out 2 of the pages on half the width of the letter size paper. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174227
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    - Selecting 8 1/2 x 14 size paper using templates If I select a template, such as the newsletter template 'newsletter > color band', it defaults to 8 1/2 x 11 paper in a portrait mode. If I change the paper size to legal (landscape) I would have thought the template would adjust for that different page size, but it doesn't. What do I have to do if I want to use the legal papersize (so I can fold my publication like a book and mail it out) without having to redesign a template? I'm using Publisher 2007, by the way. Thanks! Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174225
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    - WordArt in Publisher 2007 I just upgraded from Publisher 2000 to Publisher 2007 and I just can't figure out the changes to WordArt... In Publisher 2000 when I created a new WordArt object, I could select a font size from the dropdown list or manually type in a specific font size OR I could select the "best fit" option to have the WordArt fit in my frame. So, if my frame was large and I selected a small font size, WordArt would just leave my font size small with a large frame around it. If my frame was small and I selected a large font size, Publisher would ask me if I wanted to resize the WordArt frame to fit the font size...but it would always leave my font size as I selected it. It doesn't appear that I can do this in Publisher 2007...It always appears to be in "best fit" mode. If I select a specific font size and type in the text for my WordArt and then change the size of the WordArt frame, Publisher keeps adjusting the font size to fit the frame which defeats the purpose of selecting a font size when I created the WordArt in the first place. Also, what happened to the "best fit" option and why can't I manually type in a specific font size instead of choosing the predefined font sizes in the drop down menu and why doesn't WordArt leave the font size as I selected it? Also, I'm completely frustrated with how "size" works when I am "Formatting WordArt." I dont' understand how inches come into play when letters are measured in font sizes, not in inches...For example, if I chose a 1inch size for the letter "e" in one WordArt frame and chose a 1inch size for the letter "y" in another WordArt frame...if I put them side by side, the "e" is stretched out to fit the 1 inch frame and the "y" is not because it is a longer letter with the tail of the "y" taking up part of the 1 inch frame and they look like completely different font sizes even though the "size" for both is 1 inch. I would prefer NOT to change the font in inches, but then I can't manually type in exactly what font size I want anymore, I have to choose on of the predefined sizes. So...getting to my question(s)...Does someone have answers to the whole font size thing in WordArt? Is there a tutorial that I'm missing? Is there something that compares WordArt in Publisher 2000 to WordArt in Publisher 2007 so I can figure out the things I need to do 2007 that I used to be able to do in 2000? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shelly Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174220
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    - How can I print the properties for PowerPoint files? -- Sue Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174214
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    - Blacked-out fonts Hi folks, help me keep the rest of my hair. Trying to create a PDF from a Publisher document, full of graphs and pie charts. On two of the charts, the font comes out as black blocks once saved to a PDF, though the others are ok. Have tried changing fonts and reducing the length of the horizontal axis by taking a few values out, but once saved to PDF again, the black blocks come back. Just thopse two graphs. Don't know if it's significant that it happens along the horizontal axis, but the fonts on the vertical axes of the others seem fine. Thank you SO much Trudy -- Thanks appreciate it Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174186
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    - Designing Clip Art for the non-artist Greetings all..... This might be a little off topic, but hopefully someone will have the knowledge and / or expertise to answer. I'm in the entertainment field and there is a lack of ' off the rack' clip art. So it seems the best thing to do is create what I need for business cards, brochures and flyers. At this point I'm clueless.... what software packages or recommendations do you suggest for creating clip art. I have camera's and can take pictures of related objects, but I'm not sure how to convert them into simple clip art. I can also trace objects that I'm interested in, and scan them in, but I haven't a clue on how to color them professionally, outside of using a paint program. I have both Adobe Creative Suite and Macromedia Fireworks 8....but they seem to be overkill for what I'm trying to accomplish. They both have a learning curve.... and so far I've found that Fireworks is a difficult program to work with. Any help for a newbie would be greatly appreciated... even a link to another newsgroup or forum where the answer can be found. Thanks in advance (again ) Peter Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174185
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    - business card question - landscape on front - portrait on back - Publisher 2007 Greetings all.... Perhaps someone has done this before in Publisher 2007. I am designing double sided business cards. Using an Avery Form 8871. The front of the card is designed in landscape mode i.e. short side is pointing up A new page has been started for the reverse side using the same template. This page also shows in landscape mode. (short side pointing up) How do I design this in portrait mode with the long side pointing up. All I'm looking to do is just rotate the card so I enter the printing in portrait mode. Using page layout, changes the publication format to a custom card instead of Avery 8871. Rotation controls just deal with the object on the page. How can one rotate the image on an existing template so that it can be designed in portrait mode ?? Thanks in advance !!! Peter Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174184
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    - create montage hi I really need to know how to create a montage. I live abroad now and have just had a baby I want to send a card to all family & friends in UK with a big picture in the centre and lots of others surrounding it. I can add them but they don't blend in and have a nice soft edging. I'm working with Publisher and have photoshop aswell. PLease help. Many thanks. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174177
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    - Color matching How do i color match the fill in a text box to a picture so it looks as though they both have the same background. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174173
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    - "Publisher cannot open the file" error. AHH! I have a catalog I've been updating for publication at the end of Feb. I've got many hours into the rehash. I last worked on it 1/24. I opened it tonight... got the error of "Publisher cannot open the file". I ran error recovery on reboot, I copied the file and tried to open the copy... all to no avail. I had autorecovery turned on, but there is nothing I can find for any sort of backup. I tried a couple recovery apps, but I don't care about the text, I need the layout/images/text as a whole. I had a hunch and noticed I did a Microsoft Update on the system the same day. Anyone else have such a problem? Publisher 2002 WinXP Media Center -- Marc A. Mercier, Web / Catalog Designer The Sausage Source, LLC Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174169
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    - publisher add picture show Hello, does anyone know how to add a slide show or movie to a publisher document? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174163
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    - Printing from a Master page I am trying to print a document and the text area is overprinted in black. Anyone know how to correct that? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174159
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    - how to set up a unsubscribe from mailing list page Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174150
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    - Pub 2003 large banner printed in separate sections I have publisher 2003. Iâ??m trying to print a 2â?? H X 12â?? Long banner to my adobe PDF printer. If my paper size is greater than 48â?? in either direction it automatically tries to print to several smaller sheets of paper (separate sections) instead of one large one. (like Iâ??m going to tape them together) I need to be able to print to just one sheet. What can I do to fix this problem? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174147
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    - Margins I have created a brochure template but need to move my margins so that the text and images print closer to the edge (.25) as opposed to the .5" now. Is this possible? -- David R. Heinz Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174137
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    - trouble installing publisher 2002 I had publisher installed on my computer but something happened and it wouldn't open any of the files. I lost the orginal disk and I had to purchase another one. Can someone please help me because I have to get this installed so I can access my documents. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174135
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    - Picture printing black There is a logo on my file and when I print it out it is coming out as a solid black square. Why is this? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174131
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    - How is a picture directory created in Publisher 2003? I am new to publisher and might have too many questions. I want to create a picture directory. An acquaintance said that I may be able to do it in publisher. It needs to be about 5 pictures across and 6 or 7 down with names and phone numbers under the photos. I canâ??t find any templates. Are there any? If there are not can I create my own? If I do will I be able to click and drag photos into the publisher template from a folder on my desktop? If I want to add/delete/insert a new picture will the others â??slideâ?? forward or backward to accommodate an alphabetical addition/deletion or will the template be â??staticâ??? Iâ??ve thot of downloading a free picture directory program but Iâ??d like to stick with msft if possible because anyone that follows me will most likely have it on their computer. One son has adobe 7 but the price is a little steep for me. Thanks Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174125
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    - Publisher could not start the email program When I attempt to "Send Page as Email", I get the following... "Publisher could not start the email program. Check your network connections. Make sure office is installed correctly, your email program is set up correctly, and that you can connect to your email server." I'm sitting here on my laptop in my house with both Outlook 2003 & Publisher open and working just fine. Outlook is sending/receiving emails just fine, but Publisher "Can't connect"? What's the deal? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174122
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    - Separating left and right columns of text evenly I'd like to use Publisher to re-do a menu. How do I keep the menu prices in an evenly spaced column to the right side of the text box? It would be similar to creating a table of contents, perhaps? -- Bill Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174120
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    - Links to Graphics / Tables in Excel & Powerpoint - Huge File Sizes Hi all, We are currently using Publisher 2003. If we create a publisher file with links to Powerpoint presentation slides and excel spreadsheets (copy - paste special), the file is massive. We tried saving it as a 2000 format file, and it shaved off around 70 meg. I downloaded Pubilsher 2007 and doing a 'Save As' knocked the file size down to 61, I did a test earlier and from a 104 meg file it was down to 24 meg. Is the large file size a problem with 2003? Thanks, JB Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174118
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    - Switch to PDF causes format problems I have created a publication using Publisher 2003. Everything is fine if I print directly from the publication but I encounter problems when I save the document as a PDF for e-mail purposes. Visually the e-mailed document looks fine but when printing from the e-mail the document now shows a non-existent border around one picture and changes the color of another picture. I've also tried saving doc as MDI but have the same problem. -- Help Please Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174115
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    - Mail Merge from Outlook I am creating name tags with pictures. I would like to merge contacts from Outlook and alos use the picture in the contact profile, is this posible? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174113
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    - linking table of contents Is there a way to link table of contents to their respective pages? In other words, I'd like readers to be able to click on an article in our newsletter and be directed to the correct page automatically. Does anyone know how to do this without making each item in the TOC its own text box? I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks! Shannon Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174107
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    - linking text I would like to link the entries in the table of context to their respective pages. In other words, one could click on the article they'd like to read and it will bring them right to that page. Is that possible in Publisher without making separate text boxes for each item in the TOC? I'd appreciate any ideas! Thanks! Shannon Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174106
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    - Archive tag won't set in MS Publisher 2003 Can anyone tell me why, after saving my work on MS publisher files, the Attribute tag for archiving never gets checked? Is there a setting to allow this to be set when saved? The file size is 2.6MB and I'm running MS Publisher 2003. Thanks! Tony Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174103
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    - Can Publisher 2003 be installed within MS Office 2007 on XP? I just purchased an Dell Vostro running Windows XP Home for my church. I also purchased the MS Office Home and Student 2007. We need a version of MS Publisher. My question is do I have to buy MS Pub 2007 or will I be able to install an earlier version, such MS Pub 2003? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174100
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    - How do I move gridlines of individual table cells? I am creating my first Publisher document. It includes several pages of tables. How do I move gridlines of individual cells in a table, i.e. I need different column widths in different rows of the table. Grateful for any help. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174095
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    - email merge using email merge, I can use my Outlook Contacts. I am in the office on Exchange and we have Public Folders with contacts. How can I reach these? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174093
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    - question about printing I am a rank newbie, having been given a Publisher 2000 disk and having installed it. I want to type up my library club's newsletter, and I am given to understand that Publisher will be more cooperative about this. I fantasize that I can create two 11 x 17 pages (page 4 and page 1, and page 2 and page 3), which I could not do in Word because Word figured out that I don't have a printer which will accommodate 11 x 17 paper. Will I be spared this annoyance in Publisher or shall I soldier on the way I have done it for years? Any advice will be gratefully appreciated. -- Regards, P D Sterling New York, Texas & Texas, New York Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174084
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    - Online Publisher Help Since the Office button does not appear in the Publisher 2007 interface, someone needs to change your "Save" file information in your online help for the Publisher SAVE function. I found it by trying to change the default Publisher file directory/folder, which apparently cannot be done (why was this removed for 2007 from earlier versions? It doesn't make sense since it save time!!!) ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=ac389834-5eec-4668-897d-7a9a30ae73fa&dg=microsoft.public.publisher Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174081
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    - add julian dates to a calendar How can I add julian dates to a calendar Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174079
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    - Inserting an Adobe Illustrator logo into Publisher 2007? A graphic designer sent me a logo in .ai (Adobe Illustrator) format. When I go to Insert > Object, it inserts something with the filename on it, but not the logo itself. I absolutely cannot get this figured out. How do I get this logo displayed correctly in my document? Thanks. Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174078
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    - JPEG files All... I have created a logo using Publisher 2007 and saved it as a .jpg file. What a great feature. Howerver, I have been unable to find a way to open that file in Publisher to edit it. Does anyone have any ideas ? Thanks in advance...R Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174061
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    - Making my website "Firefox Friendly" Having uploaded my Publisher website, I'm hearing from friends that only the first page is visable in Firefox. The links to subsequent pages don't work. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance! Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174057
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    - Can you move a page from one publication to another? Is there a way to pick up a page from another publisher document and move it into the one you are currently creating? Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174053
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    - average i have a summary of sales statement like jan 5 ,feb 5 ,mar 5 , apr 5, jun 5 , jul 5, aug 5 , sep 5, oct 5 , nov 5 , dec 5 and after that we do total for all 12 months 60 so now we find average like this =average(.........) all numbers but if we dont have a sell in jan month n we dont have a sell in feb month so remaining 10 months so shown me in total only 10 months sale not 12 months sale autometically we generate only once time formula either we have a sell in jan month or either we have a sell in feb months i also try this formula total/count(...........) or if formula if(ref>0,ref/12,if(ref>0,ref/11 Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174050
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    - How to change border style for part of a box? Hi I have text in a box -------------------------------- Badminton Junior 7.00 - 8.15 pm Senior and Adults 8.15 - 9.45pm _______________ (dividing line) Quiz @ 7.45 max teams of six -------------------------- with a dividing line between two events How do I select all the borders in the lower part of the box (including dividing line) so as to change the border style? -- Martin ©¿©¬ Tag: How do I soften edges of picture Tag: 174049

I have inserted a picture into an auto shape and I want to soften the edges
of the picture so it "fades" out around the edges. I could do that in my
"Printshop" program very easily but can't seem to do it in Publisher. Please
help.

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Re: How do I soften edges of picture by Uncle

Uncle
Sun Feb 03 00:22:07 CST 2008

Lrubin <Lrubin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have inserted a picture into an auto shape and I want to soften the edges
>of the picture so it "fades" out around the edges. I could do that in my
>"Printshop" program very easily but can't seem to do it in Publisher. Please
>help.

Printshop is the correct program to use.

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Re: How do I soften edges of picture by JoAnn

JoAnn
Sun Feb 03 08:57:10 CST 2008

While Publisher has some editing capabilities, it's not a graphics editng
program. Do the work in Printshop and then insert the final results into
your publication.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Lrubin" <Lrubin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F370AB1-362C-42F7-A1A7-F4CD2419BB49@microsoft.com...
>I have inserted a picture into an auto shape and I want to soften the edges
> of the picture so it "fades" out around the edges. I could do that in my
> "Printshop" program very easily but can't seem to do it in Publisher.
> Please
> help.

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