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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Change the Default File Location Many users find that they tend to open workbooks from the same folder on their computer. If that Windows Vista folder isn't Documents (My Documents in Windows XP), you can change the folder that Microsoft Office Excel 2007 displays when you want to open or save a workbook. Here's how: 1. Click the Office button. 2. Click Excel Options. 3. In the left column, click Save. 4. Type the desired location in the Default file location box. Using Workspace Chat Workspace Chat in Microsoft Office Groove 2007 enables people to communicate inside a workspace of which they are all members. When you use Workspace Chat, other online members of the workspace will be alerted and can join the chat with a click of the mouse. Click the Expand Chat arrow at the bottom of the Workspace Members pane. Type your message, and then press ENTER or click the Send chat entry arrow. If you have a Tablet PC and prefer to use ink, click the arrow icon in the Chat pane, and then click Switch to Ink Mode. • 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 © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Volume 12, Number 25: December 1, 2008 Top News Win Big in the MIX09 10K Smart Coding Challenge What would you create for the Web if you only had 10 Kbytes of code? Can you optimize like your life depended on it? Enter the contest and find out. The grand prize winner will live large at MIX09 with a free pass to the MIX09 event, three nights at The Venetian Hotel, and a US$1,500 Visa gift card. There are lots of other great prizes, so submit your entry soon. Get the Windows 7 Developers Guide The Windows 7 platform makes it easy for developers to create engaging, user-friendly applications by providing familiar tools and rich development features that allow them to take advantage of the latest PC capabilities. This guide summarizes the key developer advances. From the Editor Greetings, Updated Developer Help Files for the 2007 Office System These download files install the latest assistance content for the following 2007 Office system products: • Excel 2007 Developer Help file and the Excel 2007 Help file • Outlook 2007 Developer Help file and the Outlook 2007 Help file • PowerPoint 2007 Developer Help file and the PowerPoint 2007 Help file • Project 2007 Developer Help file and the Project 2007 Help file • Publisher 2007 Developer Help file and the Publisher 2007 Help file • SharePoint Designer 2007 Developer Help file and the SharePoint Designer 2007 Help file • Visio 2007 Developer Help file and the Visio 2007 Help file • Word 2007 Developer Help file and the Word 2007 Help file • Microsoft Script Editor Help file that is included with the 2007 Microsoft Office System Windows FireStarter Lastly, we'd like to tell you about the Windows FireStarter event happening in Redmond, WA on December 12. This is a one-day event for developers and IT pros, starting at 8:30 A.M. Pacific Time. The entire event will be simulcast online as the event unfolds. This FireStarter has a stellar speaker lineup and is guaranteed to be informative and entertaining. Learn more about the event and register for the Live Meeting version. Thanks for reading, Editor MSDN Flash Your Featured Content Update Your Selected Topics Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section. New IT Compliance Management Guide Save your customers time and money by shifting their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to technology - using Microsoft technology they may already own. This free guide helps you reduce the complexity of GRC with a single source of compliance guidance. Web Resources Windows FireStarter Live Meeting Event December 12, 8:30 A.M. Pacific Time This is full-day online event for developers and IT pros has a stellar speaker lineup and is guaranteed to be informative and entertaining. Pluralsight On-Demand Pluralsight On-Demand is our new Web-based training service providing Microsoft .NET training and content in a convenient online format. Security for Developers patterns & practices Security Engineering Cheat Sheet We posted our patterns & practices Security Engineering Cheat Sheet to our Application Architecture Knowledge Base on CodePlex. It's a bird's-eye view of applying our security techniques to the life cycle. The techniques and approach shipped with VSTS/MSF Agile starting in 2005. Secure Coding Secrets? SDL Threat Modeling Tool Now Available More Security... Training How to Convince Your Manager to Send You to Training Microsoft Learning has recently conducted research to show the value of IT training. Use our research results as a powerful weapon when negotiating training opportunities with your manager. Our research shows that training leads to improved team productivity, reduced downtime, and increased employee satisfaction and loyalty. Find out more about the research data and Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions. AppDev Learning Now Online - Complete Library for US$45 per Course in December Only Introducing AppDev OnDemand - immediate online access to award-winning learning for the latest Microsoft technologies. Get up to speed quickly in SharePoint 2007, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008, and more. For December only, get one-year full access to our entire course library for just US$2,995. 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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Create Custom ScreenTips for Shapes Shape ScreenTips in Microsoft Office Visio are the boxed text that appears when you point to a shape. Some Visio shapes have built-in ScreenTips—usually the name of the shape (such as the name of a workflow step). However, you can edit existing ScreenTip text or create new ScreenTip text for shapes that don't have a built-in ScreenTip. To create or edit a ScreenTip: 1. Select the shape. 2. On the Insert menu, click either Shape ScreenTip or Edit Shape ScreenTip, as applicable. 3. In the Shape ScreenTip dialog box, type or edit the ScreenTip text. 4. Click OK. Monitor Out-of-Office Messages in Outlook The first time you send an e-mail message to someone who has turned on his or her out-of-office notification, you'll receive an automated e-mail message to inform you. At times, it's crucial that you see this notification so you can resend your message to someone else. By creating a rule that triggers a desktop alert, you'll spot out-of-office notifications as soon as they arrive. By adding extra conditions to your rule, you can also automatically mark an out-of-office message as read, and then move it from your Inbox to a different folder for later reference. This way, the next time you're unsure when someone will return from a vacation, for example, you can simply refer back to the out-of-office message that Microsoft Office Outlook automatically filed for you. • 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 © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement