April 2005 Efficiency Newsletter

Technology does not create productive people. We do.

SET Consulting has moved!  Please note our new address: 4811 Fox Street , College Park , MD 20740 .  This month has been full of moving-related activities and regrouping of resources.  I also had the opportunity to speak in Pittsburgh for the Pennsylvania Society of Association Executives and in Baltimore for the Maryland Pro Bono Resource Center at the Maryland Bar Center .

We'll keep this month's advice short and to the point...so you get outside and enjoy the fantastic weather!

Tip of the Month

Random Word Shortcuts

Practical, impossible to find, and sometimes even useful tips for Microsoft Word, all versions:

(Text should be selected before trying this keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+D - modify the character formatting (font, size, etc.)
Ctrl+] - increase the font size
Ctrl+[ - decrease the font size
Ctrl+Shift+8 - show/hide formatting characters
Shift+F3 - toggle case (uppercase, lowercase, bumpy case)
Shift+F7 - find a synonym

Tool of the Month

Google Advanced Search

It's been a busy month for us, and we know you're too busy to waste time fiddling on web searches.  This was one of the first tips we offered and it's still one of the best. Visit http://www.google.com/advanced_search or find our original introduction to it back from 2002 (note the old toolbar and logo!).  Advanced searches will save you an immense amount of time in Google...if you aren't already using them.