You have been using MS office since ages and now you have loads of MS office documents (word, powerpoint, excel) in your computer which are in the older format (something other then MS Office 2007) then you must have faced compatibility problems while opening those documents in Office 2007. Although many times documents will open up but the formatting will be broken.

In such cases either you can convert each document to MS Office 2007 format manually or use some software and save your precious time. Well, I am sure you won’t need instructions if you plan to convert them manually so here I will prefer to talk about Migration Manager which can be used to convert all your older documents to the latest MS Office 2007 format.

Firstly, download and install the Migration Manager in your system.

Then open the directory [path] \ tools (where path is that directory path where you have installed Migration Manager). Now open ofc.ini in notepad and add this line to the file.

fldr=[path where your older documents are stored]

Open Command Prompt and go to [path]\tools (where [path] is that directory path where you have installed Migration Manager). Now run the application ofc.exe which you will find in the tools directory.

All the files will be converted to the latest MS Office 2007 format and saved to a new folder. Remember that files which you have password protected won’t be converted with this method.

Using this utility you can convert:

• doc to docx
• xls to xlsx
• ppt to pptx

See the cursor in para one in image below? Now in cases when the paragraphs are too long then you will have to use the down arrow key or the page down key to scroll down but sometimes it is irritating.

Now see the image below. The cursor is placed at the start of second image.

All you have to do is keep pressing ctrl and then press down arrow key once. Voila! You will have your cursor at the start of second para. It won’t save many hours but will surely make your work a lot easier.

Ever felt the need where you had to delete the first few words of every line in MS word? You can do that very easily. The vertical text selection feature of MS words exists from ages, it is just that very few of know about it.

Press Alt key and then use your mouse to select the desired area. It was that easy!

Choose the Insert tab on the Ribbon and select Quick Parts > Field. Select the item =Formula in the list and click Formula. Type your number in the Formula field preceded by equals symbol. Enter #, # #0.00 in the Number format field and click OK. Done!

To make changes to the value, click on the number and press [ Shift ] + [ F9 ]. This will show the fields so that you can change the value. Press [ Shift ] + [ F9 ] to retain the format – you’ll see what we mean when you try it.

Ever wondered how to run a live youtube video in a powerpoint presentation? Go and give it a try. There are very few ways available and most of them may even beat the heat out of you. The best way I could find out was the YouTube Video Wizard Plug-In.

Just check there homepage and download the compatible plug-in. Follow there instructions and you will be running the youtube videos in a flash!

YouTube Video Wizard Homepage