Office XP Tips
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Insert a Picture from your Scanner or Digital Camera
You can insert pictures from your scanner or digital camera directly into your Word XP documents. First, place your cursor in your document where you want the image to appear. Select Insert, Picture, From Scanner or Camera. Then follow the dialog boxes.

Using the Rotate Tool
When you are using the Drawing Tools in the Office programs, there is a way to rotate the objects you draw. After you draw an object, you will notice a small green handle to the side of the object when it is selected. This handle will allow you to free rotate the object. Just click and drag the handle. To control the rotation, try holding down the Shift key while you drag the green handle and the figure will rotate in 15 degree increments around the center of the object. Pressing the Ctrl key while rotating the object changes the point of rotation to the handle opposite of the green one.

Show All Menu Items (Revisited)
In the 2000 version, Office introduced a different type of menu. In it, only certain items, supposedly the most utilized ones, are visible to you when going through the menus. Other menu items require clicking on a down arrow at the bottom of each menu. If you want all of your menu options available all the time, go to Tools, Customize. Select the Options tab. Check Always Show Full Menus. If you would also like to see all of the buttons on your toolbars, check Show Standard and Formatting toolbars on Two Rows. Then click the Close button. This works in most Office Programs.

Hide Excel's Startup Task Pane
If you don't use the Excel Task Pane and would like to diable it, go to Tools, Options, and click the View tab. Uncheck Startup Task Pane next to Show. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Change the Color of a Worksheet Tab
You can change the color of individual worksheet tabs in Excel to make them stand out from the rest. Right-click on a sheet tab at the bottom of the current worksheet and select Tab Color. Then select a desired color from the palette and click OK. Note that the currently selected tab will always show a default color, but the tab will have a colored line underneath. Then, when you switch to a different tab, the previous tab will fully display in your chosen color.