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Want to insert text from another file into the document that you are working on? Find out how.

When the comments and changes are pouring in and you're juggling the feedback from your peers, find out how to combine all their thoughts into one copy of your document.

In a table, in a text box, or in the body of your document. So many steps begin with selecting text. Find out the quickest ways.

If you plan to use a document over and over again, you can set it up as a template, and then make only the changes that you need each time. Learn more.

Need your text to go up or down? Find out how.

Ever open a document and think, "It isn't supposed to look like that." See what might be going on.

If you're sharing most of your work with people who haven't upgraded to Word 2007, you can change your settings to always save your files in the .doc format.

If your computer is connected to the Internet while you are using the programs in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you already see the latest Help articles. If your computer is not connected to the Internet, you see the Help articles that were included on the 2007 Microsoft Office system CDs. If you can't connect to the Internet while you are using an Office program, you can now see the latest Help articles by downloading and installing updated Help files.

This article provides some conceptual information about lookups and explains how to define workflow lookups. Also find some tips on working with lookups and ensuring unique lookups.

In this video, Robin Shelton shows how to create a "Request Interview" workflow that processes resumes that are sent as e-mail attachments to a SharePoint list by external job candidates. To view the video, sign in with a Windows Live ID, and then click either the "View Online" button to stream it over the Web or the "Download" button to save it on your hard drive and view it on your desktop in Windows Media Player.

What if you want to create your own theme in SharePoint and you want to distribute that theme to others in your organization? It’s possible, just not all that easy. For starters, you’ll need to log onto the server that hosts your SharePoint sites and make a few changes to the files that reside there. Additionally, you’ll need to use SharePoint Designer 2007 to modify some of the theme files and preview those changes on your site.

We are excited to provide insight on hot and common issues, supportability, and some how-to's for SharePoint Designer. The blog is solely authored by "support" individuals, so many of our posts will be issue + solution centric.

Learn how workflows streamline common business processes, such as project approval or document review, by managing and tracking the human tasks involved with these processes.

This video shows you how to create a mirror field to store the old or "before" value of a column, and then how to use conditions to ensure that the workflow runs only when a specific field changes. This video also shows you how the conditions prevent recursive workflows, commonly known as an "infinite loop."

You can use the Site Plan template to create architectural site plans and garden landscape plans. Read this article to learn how.

The quickest way to add and glue connectors to two shapes is to use AutoConnect. You can use AutoConnect while dragging shapes from a stencil onto the page, or to connect shapes that are already on the page. Read this article to learn how.

you can quickly build a rack diagram from equipment shapes that conform to industry-standard measurements. The shapes are designed to fit together precisely, and their connection points make them easy to snap into place. You can also store data such as serial number and location with the equipment shapes and generate detailed reports based on that data. Read this article to learn more.

Don't let your first glance fool you. Microsoft Office Visio 2007 is a lot easier to use than it looks. To get started, all you need to know are a few basic steps and terms. Before long, you'll be able to go from a blank page to a drawing that makes your point and looks great. Read this article to learn more.

Flowcharts are diagrams that show the steps in a process. Basic flowcharts are easy to create and, because the shapes are simple and visual, they are easy to understand. Read this article to learn more.

If you need more shapes than a particular Microsoft Office Visio template provides, you have a couple of options. You can either search Visio and the Web for shapes that Microsoft has developed, or you can search the Web for shapes that were developed by others. Read this article to learn more.