Anyone who aspires to excellence must write and revise, write again and revise again, to produce anything of quality.

Whether it’s a business letter or proposal, we’re constantly cutting and pasting. A sentence here. A paragraph there. It’s all part of the editing process.

Have you ever had to repeat this process because it still didn’t look right?

Houston IT consulting expert Cheryl Smith shares a tip on how to preview your edit without cutting and pasting.

To move a sentence to another location in a word document

            Click in front of the sentence by placing your cursor there.

            Press the ALT key, Shift key and use your up/down arrows to move the sentence.

This can be done with whole paragraphs too:

            Highlight the paragraph you would like to move

Press the ALT key, Shift key and use your up/down arrows to move the entire paragraph to your desired locations.

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Searching for something and just can't find it on Google?

Is your favorite search engine not providing you with the right results?

Computer services expert Cheryl Smith shares a few alternative online search engine options:

·         Google Scholar – Search scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources

·         PinkMonkey - Online Study Guides/booknotes/literature Summaries

·         Dogpile - combines Google, Yahoo, About, MIVA, and more.

·         Yahoo – Popular search engine, 2^nd to Google.

·         Bing - Microsoft’s search engine

·         Go.com – family oriented search engine and fun ideas source by Disney

·         Excite -Customize your personal search engine-create your own search page

If business takes you out of town, Kayak is a comprehensive travel search engine. Other popular travel sites include Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire, and Priceline.

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