Should I use InfoPath 2010?

 InfoPath 2010 does a great job of making the "form" easy. Here is why you should use InfoPath.

• Create forms for SharePoint lists. With InfoPath 2010, you can create attractive forms with a click of a button based on SharePoint regular or external lists. If you have data in SharePoint lists, you can quickly and automatically generate a form with all of the SharePoint list fields, and then customize it, reducing the time to create a form.

• Design faster with the Ribbon interface. Instead of traditional menus and toolbars that might require several steps to complete a task, the Ribbon displays commands in a tab structure, organized by tasks that are related to a certain activity, so you can create the forms you want faster.
• Enjoy cleaner forms with InfoPath Filler. InfoPath Fi
  
  ller provides a cleaner user interface for people who are filling out forms.
• Create sophisticated forms without writing code. Declarative logic and layout features—including out-of-the-box rules, improved rules management, varied styles, and prebuilt layout sections—help you create sophisticated forms quickly and easily. You can add validation, formatting, or actions to a form with just a couple of clicks.

• Publish forms with a single click. Click an icon on the Ribbon Quick Access toolbar to publish your form, or use the Microsoft Office Backstage™ view. The Backstage view gives you a single point of reference for information that is essential to the task you are performing, such as publishing.

5 tips for using BCC in Outlook

Tip #1: How to add and remove Bcc

Probably one of the biggest hurtles that customers face is figuring out how to add or remove Bcc to or from an email.

1. To do that, open your email message, and on the Options tab in the Show Fields group, click Bcc.

Bcc appears in the Send area of your email, below Cc. (Cc appears in the Send area by default.)

2. To remove Bcc from your email, again go to the Options tab in the Show Fields group, and click Bcc. Once you add (or remove) Bcc, it stays that way for all email messages.

Tip #2: How to see recipients of a Bcc email that you sent

While others can't see who's on the Bcc line of the email you send, you might want to remind yourself who you included.

1. To do that, go to your Sent Items folder and open the message with Bcc recipients. (By default, all sent messages are stored in the Outlook Sent Items folder.)

All recipients appear in the header section of your message.

Tip #3: When to use Bcc

Most people know when to use the Cc line--you put people there who you need to keep in the loop even though they're not the primary people you're sending to. When you want to keep recipients hidden from people on the To: line, then you add them to the Bcc line. Tip #3 and 4# give you two reasons you might want to do that.

Tip #4: Bcc prevents overflowing inboxes

If your name is on the Bcc list, you won't receive any emails if someone on the To or Cc line replies to the original email. This is especially handy when there are lots of people on the To or Cc line who Reply All during a long email conversation. Your inbox would be inundated with emails when all you needed to care about was the first one.

Tip #5: Don't reveal your identity

Take note! If you're on the Bcc line of an email and you reply to the email, your secret's out-everyone on the To and Cc lines knows you were Bcc'd. Why does this matter? Let's say you send an email to a colleague gently reminding him or her about a deliverable that's long overdue. You want to let your manager in on this, so you include her on the Bcc line. But if she replies to the email-uh-oh! Your colleague knows you've "informed" your manager. Might make for some awkwardness in the workplace for a while!

Why Office 365...

Recently, I was able to play around with Office 365 and really get to know the product. Around the office, I was always told "it is just like Office 2010." And they are correct, except one critical thing. All of your servers are housed somewhere else, not in your building. What that means is that you can ALWAYS access your stuff as long as you have internet connection.

What else makes it special?

SharePoint 2010 is given to you as well. That means that your "intranet" is now SharePoint! SharePoint is an online collaboration tool that is used to help employees communicate more effectively and efficiency throughout the workplace. It is a popular solution to a lot of companies problems for the ever growing workplace.

Also, Outlook is included! No more wondering what email you are going to use... Is it going to be First Class, Lotus, Outlook, Squirrel Mail and the list could go on.

Anyways, if you are a small or large business, I encourage you to check out Office 365, it is a great solution for a lot of problems!

Changing the default line spacing

When the default line spacing in documents changed from single spacing in Word 2003 to a slightly roomier 1.15 spacing in Word 2007 and Word 2010, customers asked the inevitable: Why did the default line spacing change? And how do I change it back?

The short answer is that the default line spacing changed in Word 2007 to make online documents more readable. If you want to change the default line spacing in Word 2007 or Word 2010, or learn how to set the line spacing in a single document.