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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile 2003 to 2007 Insert Chart Microsoft Office PowerPoint is a presentation program, not a data analysis tool. Why then does inserting a chart in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation open a separate datasheet object for customizing chart data? Instead, you can work with chart data in a program that was designed to handle it—Microsoft Office Excel 2007. 1. In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, click the Insert tab, and then click Chart in the Illustrations group. 2. Select the chart type you want, and then click OK. Notice the split-screen PowerPoint 2007/Excel 2007 view, in which you can edit your chart data in a familiar Excel environment. 3. To resize the chart data range, drag the lower-right corner of the range in Excel 2007 and watch the chart dynamically adjust on your PowerPoint 2007 slide. Setting Up Meetings in Outlook 2007 If you're tired of making phone calls to set up meetings, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to schedule a meeting. 1. On your calendar's sidebar, click Send a Calendar Request via E-mail. 2. Select the date. Your meeting request will then be sent directly to the recipient. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Correction to Feb. 6 Side by Side tip The Side by Side tip published on Feb. 6 contained an error. You can apply SmartArt graphics to an existing bulleted list in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, but not in Microsoft Office Word 2007. The corrected tip is below, along with two others. Happy Friday the 13th! 2003 to 2007 SmartArt Diagram To make your Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation more compelling, you might insert a diagram. Unfortunately, clicking the Insert menu and then clicking Diagram presents only six available commands, and all of your supporting text must be entered in individual text boxes. With Microsoft SmartArt in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you can right-click an existing bulleted list in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, and then click Convert to SmartArt. Then select from the 20 default options, or click More SmartArt Graphics and browse through a large gallery of available diagrams. You can use the SmartArt Tools contextual command tabs to change the diagram type or apply interesting effects like three dimensions or color options. To edit SmartArt text, click the diagram, and then edit your text in its familiar list format in a box that appears to the side of the diagram. Watch your diagram dynamically change to match the new text. Previewing Charts in Grayscale You can preview your charts in Microsoft Office Excel before you print. 1. Open the file that you want to print, click the Office button, point to Print, and then click Print Preview. 2. On the Print Preview ribbon, click Page Setup, click Sheet, and then click Black and white. The preview will be in grayscale so that you can evaluate whether the contrast is good enough to distinguish the lines, bars, and columns. Print Information into Office OneNote 2007 Use the Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 print driver to print any document as an image into your notebook. You can annotate printed documents in your notebook, similar to printing a document and taking notes on the paper printout. You can quickly find text within these documents printed to OneNote by performing a simple keyword search. To print a document to OneNote: 1. Open the document, such as a Microsoft Office Word document or a Web page, that you want to print. 2. Click the Office button, point to Print, and click Print. 3. Select Send to Microsoft OneNote in the list of available printers. 4. Click Print. 5. Drag the resulting OneNote page to the relevant section of your notebook. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

WindowsMedia.com Partner News - February 2009

Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile February 2009 Attention Radio Tuner Partners Our new Radio Guide is almost done, and radio station logos will be prominent in the new design. If you haven't already done so, please send your logo to tuner@microsoft.com. The image should be a high-quality .jpg, .gif, or .png that is at least 300 x 300 pixels. Only those partners who have provided logos will be listed in the new Radio Guide, so send us your logo by March 1, 2009. Check out the New Media Guide Our new Media Guide is in beta, and we are excited to show off its vibrant design. Our updated look takes an entertainment magazine approach and relies heavily on the eye-catching appeal of high-quality imagery. Browse the new site, and contact us to let us know what you think. Thanks to all of you who have already shared your feedback. Embedded Player Support in Radio Tuner Ends in April 2009 Beginning in April 2009, we will no longer list stations that use an embedded player. Although we stopped accepting stations with embedded players in the Tuner more than a year ago, we did allow stations who were already listed to remain. That practice ends in April. The preferred implementation is a direct stream, but we will continue to accept stations that use HTMLView. Happy Valentine's Day Thanks to everyone who contributed to our Valentine's Day theme. We're featuring a great selection of music and video on both our US and UK sites. Link Back to Us We want to expand our user base, and we need your help! Please put a link to WindowsMedia.com on your Web site. Linking to us not only improves our standing in search engines, but also enables new users to discover WindowsMedia.com. Our Free Stuff button is available for your use, or you can use a text link. Contact us for more information. Upcoming Themes We promote special themes throughout the year. Upcoming themes in February and March include Carnival, Oscars, and South by Southwest. If you have content that will fit these themes, please contact us. New Category: Sports We are working to develop a Sports category for our new Media Guide. If you have sports content or know of partners streaming sports video in Windows Media Format or Silverlight, please contact us. Sports of particular interest are NASCAR, college basketball, and soccer. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Adding and Deleting Tools Most workspaces begin as a Standard Workspace, which includes a Files tool and a Discussion tool. You and your team members can add more tools at any time to meet your needs. To add a tool to your workspace, click the plus sign (+) next to the tool tabs at the bottom of your workspace, and then select the tool that you want from the pop-up list. The tool appears quickly for every member who is online and for others when they come online. To delete a tool, right-click its tool tab, and then click Delete. This will delete the tool and its data from all members' copies of the workspace. To rename a tool, right-click its tool tab, and then click Rename. To reorder a tool within the workspace, drag its tool tab to the location where you want it. File Multiple E-Mail Attachments Quickly in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Here's a quick way to save multiple files attached to an e-mail message. 1. Open the message, and then click Other Actions on the Ribbon. 2. Click Save Attachments. Hold down the SHIFT key while using the arrow keys to select the attachments that you want to save. Alternately, hold down the CTRL key and use your mouse to select the attachments that you want to save. Click OK. 3. Browse to a folder on your hard disk drive or to a document library on a Microsoft SharePoint site, and then click OK. The attachments will be saved to the new location. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

MCP Flash: February 2009

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The Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Flash is a monthly newsletter that announces program updates; training, exam, and credential availability and retirements; and special offers for MCPs. Find more information on the MCP member site or on the Microsoft Learning site. Save on Microsoft E-Learning with Second Shot Registration (Worldwide) The Second Shot offer provides you with a free retake on your certification exam if you don't pass the first time. Until June 30, 2009, as a part of Second Shot, we are offering a Career Assist Package. If you register for Second Shot, you're eligible to receive a Microsoft E-Learning collection for US$35 (usually priced up to US$349). That's a savings of up to 90 percent. But take advantage of this offer now--after you activate a discounted Microsoft E-Learning collection, it will be available for only 90 days. Announcements Develop Your Career with Full Certification Roadmaps on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Worldwide) Build your career with a strong skill set in database development, database administration, and business intelligence development with a certification on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Or expand with a strong skill set in collaboration and enterprise content management with a certification on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The Second Shot offer, valid until June 30, applies to these certification exams as well. If you're a senior professional, consider the Microsoft Certified Master certifications for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The next training classes start in Redmond, Washington, USA, in March 2009. Stand Out in the Crowd with Microsoft Certification (Worldwide) Certification, which encompasses training and skills validation, helps IT professionals get jobs and keep them. For job seekers, certification is a proven differentiator with potential employers. More than half the hiring managers who responded to the 2007 MCP Customer Satisfaction Survey said they considered certification a prerequisite for hiring, and nearly half viewed it as a key element in promotion. In today's economy it's more important than ever to make sure you have the most current Microsoft certifications to keep you ahead of the pack. MCPs Star in Certification Video (Worldwide) A huge thank you to the MCPs who shared their career success stories with Microsoft. They were inspiring and smart, and we can't wait to share your stories with the rest of the MCP community. To the many other MCPs who answered our casting call: We were glad to hear from you. We're always interested in knowing how Microsoft certifications impact your lives. Look for certification success stories to be posted on the MCP Web site soon. Events and More Attend Tech·Ed North America 2009 (Worldwide) Join Microsoft May 11-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, for Tech·Ed North America 2009--the premier Microsoft technical education and networking conference. Here are just a few reasons why Tech·Ed is the best investment you can make for yourself and your company: • More than 500 educational sessions presented by Microsoft product team members and industry experts will explore current and soon-to-be-released Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms, and services. • Take a Microsoft certification exam for 50 percent off the regular price of US$125! At Tech·Ed, you can sit in on Cram4Exam sessions for insight on exams. Also, visit the onsite Study Hall to take a practice exam and use self-study tools. • Attend Tech·Ed and receive a free one-year subscription offer to TechNet Plus (a US$349 value), giving you access to over 70 Microsoft products and more. Register for Tech·Ed North America 2009 before February 27 and save US$200. Live Meeting: Certification 101: Getting Started with Microsoft Certification (Worldwide) Investing in training and certification can help make you more valuable in today's economic climate. Join the Microsoft Certified Professional team for a Live Meeting to learn about the value, benefits, and process of getting certified: choosing a certification path, preparing for your first exam, taking an exam, and what to expect after that. Register for one of the following Live Meetings: • March 10, 2009, at 7:30 A.M. Pacific Time • March 10, 2009, at 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time Register for Upcoming Live Meetings (Worldwide) March 17: Microsoft Certification Coaching Session: Preparing for your Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client Exam (70-620) at 7:30 A.M. or 5:30 P.M. Pacific Time March 24: Microsoft Certification Coaching Session: Preparing for your Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance Exam (70-432) at 7:30 A.M. or 5:30 P.M. Pacific Time Special Offers Free Copy of SQL Server 2008 with Selected Training Courses (Worldwide) Get the SQL Server 2008 skills you need to succeed in a tough economy. Receive a free copy of SQL Server 2008 when you attend selected SQL Server 2008 courses with Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions. This is a limited-time offer. Get Certified in Windows Server 2008 (Worldwide) Give your career a boost by earning Microsoft Certification in Windows Server 2008. Learn more about MCTS, MCITP, or Microsoft Certified Master certification paths. Free Downloadable E-Book Offers from Microsoft Press (Worldwide) Learn at your own pace, on your own schedule. These three free e-book offers are a great way to stay up to date on the latest Microsoft technologies. • Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions • Introducing SQL Server 2008 • Visual Studio 2008 Free E-Book Offer Become a Microsoft Certified Professional on Windows Server 2008 Today (Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, and Taiwan only) Make a difference and support your organization by taking advantage of Windows Server 2008 technology to increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure, save time, and reduce costs. Check out the Microsoft Certified IT Professional Server Administrator Training and Certification packages offered by our Certified Partners for Learning Solutions. Your IT Skills Are Valuable. Prove It. (Worldwide) Certification is the best way to prove your value to your employer. That makes a difference in a tough market. Prepare for your exam with MeasureUp Microsoft practice tests. 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New Exams Find Out What Exams Are Available Now (Worldwide) View a full list of English and localized exams that became available in recent months, including: Exam 70-403: TS: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Configuring (French, German, Japanese) Exam 70-564: PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (English) Exam 70-655: TS: Windows Vista and Server operating systems, Pre-Installing for OEMs (English) Exam MB7-838: NAV 2009 Installation & Configuration (English) Exam MB7-839: NAV 2009 Core Setup and Finance (English) February 2009 In This Issue: Announcements Events and More Special Offers New Exams Learning Portals • 2007 Microsoft Office System • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 • Microsoft Forefront • Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 • Microsoft Virtualization • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 • Windows Server 2008 • Windows Vista • Windows Vista for Developers Welcome! 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