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Placing Current File Name In The Footer

Want put the file name at the bottom of your document in the lower-left corner, the way it appears in solicitors’ documents?

You can write a macro to insert the text. To write the macro, run Word and press F11 to open the VBA editor. If you don’t currently have any modules, click Normal and choose Insert, Module.

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Creating Small Documents In Word

Have you ever needed to work with small documents in Word? Say a brochure, or a card? Let’s say that your organisation needs some tickets for a show you’re putting on. You can use Word to generate them if you like.

To walk through the procedure, let’s assume that the tickets will be 2 inches by 4 inches. You want to enter the name of the show, the date and time, and the location. The best way to handle this job is to use Word labels. Choose Tools, Envelopes and Labels. When the Envelopes and Labels dialog box opens, click the Labels tab.

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How to Get ‘Dress Down’ right

By Julia Campion, Managing Director of First Impressions

Julia CampionA few years ago many corporate organisations, followed by smaller businesses across the country, abandoned the suit and embraced ‘dress down’. Firstly, it was ‘dress down Fridays’ and then gradually dress down became the norm from Monday through Friday. But clothes are always cyclical and the suit never really died. These days, many companies adopt a ‘modern professional’ dress code which expects employees to wear whatever is deemed appropriate for the activities they are involved in each day. But ‘deemed appropriate’ by whom? Whilst certain employees know how to get the ‘suited and booted’ look right for external meetings with clients and the ‘business casual’ look spot on for internal meetings, for many others it’s a mystifying labyrinth of unwritten rules that leaves them confused and bewildered!

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Luxury Pens

Luxury Pen
The contemporary luxury pen industry offers both individuals and businesses a sophisticated way to make a snazzy statement. With prices that range from £1-£10,000, there is a pen for every occasion and an occasion for every pen.

Pens are customisable to your colour, design, engraving, and quality specifications, enabling you to make a precise statement about your business. With much higher usage-rates than t-shirts or caps, quality biros are an effective way to market your product or service. Luxury pens, however, appeal to a market that includes not only businessmen but also collectors, fine-writing enthusiasts, and connoisseurs of quality products. Today’s luxury writing instruments are the product of a long history of innovation. The most celebrated brands boast a century or more of quality craftsmanship and it is well worth the investment to find a pen that suits you.

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