An integral part of our diocesan vision to courageously live the Gospel is to equip our people as Missionary Disciples inspired to invite and accompany others in their journey to Christ. The question is, in times when we are encouraged to maintain distance, how do you accomplish this? The Office of Evangelization & Missionary Discipleship …
Archbishop Gregory gave the homily at the opening mass for the 2016 Diocesan Information Systems Conference, being held in Atlanta. In his homily, he talked about how social media and the internet has changed how we communicate God’s message, but the actual message has not changed at all.
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In professional writing, it’s considered a major faux pas to allow text strings or phrases such as Mr. Smith, June 11, van der Haam, and Chapter 7 to break across a line. Instead of having to be obsessive in your proofreading, we’ll help you plan ahead to avoid this problem by using non-breaking spaces. To …
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If you’re working on a long document and want parts of the document to have Landscape page setup, you can do so by following the steps outlined below: Separate the sections that you want to apply different Page Setups to need to be separated by a Next Page Section Break. You can apply a Next …
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Before the advent of PowerPoint slideshows, you could add handwritten notes to your printed transparency slides during your presentation to illustrate your point or emphasize your text. PowerPoint integrated that technology as well, but few presenters take advantage of it. If you’d like to utilize a handy onscreen pen during your presentation, simply activate it …
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Working with a limited budget is nothing new for many of us, but when you want to find just that right picture or graphic it can be a bit difficult. Here are some free graphic resources. Many are Creative Commons free and while some will ask you to sign up to access the graphics most are free for use once …
How to Brand Your Emails So that You Look Like a Pro in the Inbox Branded emails help you stand out in busy inboxes and build familiarity with your audience. From colors, to fonts, and visuals — it’s important everything in your email matches your business brand.Use these six simple steps to get started . …
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Update to 4.3.4 Scheduled The ConnectNow Family Suite database will be updated on Wednesday evening, September 23rd. The morning following the update, all ConnectNow users will be notified (by ParishSOFT) of the successful update along with information on how to clear you browser cache and a link to the release notes. ParishSOFT Desktop users will be receiving …
Sometimes, you may want to deactivate hyperlinks so they act like regular document text. In fact, you may have wanted to do the same with field codes, too. Instead of digging around in dialog boxes and shortcut menus to solve the problem, Word offers two shortcut keys you can use to accomplish either task. 1. …
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When you want to test out the look of a larger or smaller heading, don’t bother reaching for the Formatting toolbar’s Style dropdown list. Instead, use our handy shortcut key combinations to increase or decrease your heading in a flash. To promote a heading, for example, to change your Heading 3 paragraph to Heading 2, …
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Let [Ctrl]Z become you best friend in Outlook Pressing [Ctrl]Z reverses many actions in Outlook. For example, if you move a message to a different folder, delete a message, or type a sentence you don’t want to include in an email, just press [Ctrl]Z to undo the action. You must press [Ctrl]Z, however, before performing …
For informational purposes, you might need to save an email conversation thread, but you don’t want all those emails cluttering your mailbox. It’s easy to save the entire conversation in one text file. To do so, select the message, or messages, from the Message list in the appropriate Mail folder. Next, choose File | Save …
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Do your photos tell stories? Great photos immediately tell us the who, what, when, where, and why. They give us a sense of longing, of wanting to be transplanted into the scene ourselves. Each moment holds an amazing story. Tell that story with your photos. With these 6 tips for telling better stories with your pics, that’s …
Become a Microsoft Office Specialist Demonstrate that you have the skills needed to get the most out of Office by earning a Microsoft Office Specialist certification in a specific Office program. Holding a MOS certification can advance your career and make you a leader in your department! For more information on becoming a Microsoft …
To crop a picture according to a shape such as a heart or a star begin by selecting your picture so that the focus is on the picture you want to crop . From the Picture Tools tab select Crop and drop down to access Crop by Shape from the shapes box select your shape and …
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Ever want to create a video from your PowerPoint slide show? Here are a few easy steps to accomplish that. You will need a microphone or headset with microphone to begin with. Start by recording your slideshow with your narration from the Slide Show tab by selecting Record Slide Show, Start Recording. When you are done, …
In today’s world often a second or even a third language would be helpful. Here are a few free sites to jump start you on the road to learning a new language or just dusting off old skills. DuoLingo Babbel Word2Word Livemoch Spanish Mooc If a formal class is more your style St. Petersburg College offers a …
Who would’ve thought that a #cool #teen posting a #swag #selfie and a Super Serious Suit Man™ with an MBA would use the same platform to make their lives better? Social media is weird. We want to make it less weird for you. It can be as professional as it can be personal, and as lighthearted …
How To Insert Hyperlinks Hyperlinks add the capability of moving from one position to another quickly and easily, such as linking to another slide, another file, or even to a web site. Highlight the text or graphics to link Insert Tab > Links command group > Hyperlink Choose the target (Place in this document) Choose …
Enable Custom Slide Shows Custom slide shows allow differing collections of slides to be presented for different purposes without saving multiple files. Slide Show Tab > Start Slide Show command group > Custom Slide Show Click the New button Name the show Select slides on the left side Click the add button to move the …
Tips for calculating in a Table Example: =A1+B1 to add =A1-B1 to subtract = A1*B1 to multiply =A1/B1 to divide Operators are: Addition (+) Subtraction (-) Multiplication (*) Division (/) Click in the answer cell. Table Tools Contextual Tabs > Layout Tab > Formula. Enter formula or view automatic formula. F9 function key updates calculations (select the table first). Alt+F9 displays …