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  How to change decimal symbol and digit grouping symbol in Windows 10

  When you work with numbers and amounts in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, you can have some issues with decimal symbol or digit grouping symbol. Both symbols can be changed in the settings of the Windows system.
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  How to create an equilateral triangle, a regular square, and other regular polygons

  For some charts, diagrams and presentations, you need to create a regular polygon – equiangular (all angles are equal) or equilateral (all sides have the same length). E.g., equilateral triangle, regular square, etc.
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  How to copy your AutoCorrect Exceptions from one PC to another

  If you want to copy your AutoCorrect exceptions from one PC to another, do the following:
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  How to work with multiple items in MS Office

  When you work with a document, several documents or a presentation, it will be useful to have at hand several objects at once such as text blocks (from Internet, other document or e-mail), charts or graphics and even some pictures.
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  Check the document for hidden information

  Today a lot of information is shared, legally or not. Many people use shared information from Internet or from other sources, but now all information you want to share. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files often contain hidden or personal information, such as revisions or comments, that others can access. Depending on the nature of the information, this could place you in an embarrassing or even compromising position.
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  Check the document for accessibility

  For some cases, you need to create documents that should be presented to or viewed by the people with disabilities. Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint propose the feature, named the Accessibility Checker, that will scan your document to check for potential accessibility problems. So, anyone with a disability can read and get to your content.
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  Change measurement settings from inches to centimeters and vice versa

  The common problem for international teams is different measurement units in different countries. E.g., U.S. is using imperial units like inches and France is using metric units like centimeters. PowerPoint doesn’t allow to embed the measurement settings into the presentation, but you can always change your local Windows settings in order to see the problem from other side.
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  How to open Control Panel in Windows 10

  This tip is about opening Control Panel in Windows 10 for changing separators in Excel - semicolon to comma, comma to semicolon, comma to point, etc. and for changing measurement system for PowerPoint.
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  How to change Desktop Alerts settings for Windows 10

  This tip shows to increase the New Mail Desktop Alert duration on Windows 10.
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  How to change Desktop Alerts settings for Windows 8

  This tip shows to increase the New Mail Desktop Alert duration on Windows 8.