Hi, everyone! Just a quick post to say that I'm going to be offline (pretty much as of now) on a research trip for the next two weeks or so.
If you email Office questions during that time - I will reply to them as quickly as possible after August 15th. Once I get back, I will need to catch up on client work first ... then will get to any backlog of questions as quickly as I can. So, please don't think your question was missed unless you don't have a reply by August 20th.
Meanwhile, following are some suggested help resources to try if you have questions while I'm gone:
Office Online: keep in mind that you can search for help here on Office 2007 or earlier versions of the products, and find templates, online training courses, and other free resources. Always a good place to check for self-help.
Office Tips & Tricks Webcasts: You can find a lot of pre-recorded webcasts on Office topics (given by myself and several other presenters) that you can view on-demand from here: www.microsoft.com/greattips. Also - if you want direct links to most of my previouslyr recorded Microsoft Office webcasts, point to the get help with Office link in the left-hand navigation page on this blog and then click webcasts.
For help with Office programmability topics, such as VBA and Open XML ... the Office Developer Center is a great place to check for a lot of resources.
If your question is on Word, the Word 2007 team keeps a fabulous blog with tons of in-depth articles (and it doesn't get better than info straight from the source - these are the guys who create the product). Here's that link: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word.
If you want to ask a question of someone directly as you would email me when I'm here ... try asking your question in the Office Discussion Groups. Instead of accepting email as I do, a great many MVPs and other experts give a lot of their time answering questions in these public forums. You'll find a lot of expertise there. One tip: Try using the search tool at the Office Discussion Groups site to look up your question before you post your question - it could save you a lot of time if someone else has already asked the question and had it answered (with over 1/2 billion Office users out there ... it's possible someone else has already run up against the same thing you're encountering and that a fix has already been provided ;-)
Hope this helps for all - and look forward to talking with you again in a couple of weeks!
Happy Friday everyone - and have fun :)