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Working with shapes in PowerPoint.
Use the More Autoshapes command (click the Autoshapes button on the Drawing toolbar) to display the Clip Art task pane, where you can search for and insert clip art.
 
 

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Did you know you can set up an Out of Office message on your Microsoft Office Outlook email even if you're not on a Microsoft Exchange server? Here's how:

1. Make sure you're using the Outlook email editor, not Word, by checking Tools>Options>Mail Format tab on Message format. The 'Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit email messages' box should not be checked.

2. From the File menu>New>Mail Message: then in the message window, under Format, choose Plain Text and respond 'Yes' when prompted about formatting being lost.

3. Type your Out of Office message; then Save As>Outlook Template.

4. Choose a name for the message and Save.

Then combine this message template with a new Rule reply using a specific template to auto-reply to your email messages.

With holidays just round the corner, thanks to Leslie Frederick for this useful tip!