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Summary: The speech capabilities added to Excel 2003 can be pretty cool—for some people. If you have the capabilities turned on, but your neighbor wants them turned off, then you’ll need to inform him or her of how easy it is to toggle this feature. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 2003.)
Carol has speech capabilities turned on when working with a workbook on her system. (She likes to hear her entries read back to her as a double-check of their accuracy.) She doesn't want the speech capabilities turned on when she sends the workbook to her Executive Director, and was wondering how to do this.
Actually, this is something that the Executive Director has to do on his or her system. Have the Director follow these steps:
That's it. The toolbar can be dismissed, if desired, or it can be left on the screen to control other aspects of the speech capabilities.
Tip #3127 applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 2003
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