We all know that a little plus sign in front of the folder indicates that there are other folders contained inside.
We also know that if we click the plus sign, the folder will expand to show us the subfolders it contains.
The plus sign becomes a minus sign and clicking that will collapse the view back to where we… Continue reading
Monica, from Wisconsin asks:
I can’t open PowerPoint presentations that come in my e-mails. I tried the PowerPoint Viewer, but it’s not working, either! What am I missing?
Having problems opening a PowerPoint slide show/presentation that’s been e-mailed to you? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. If you are one of the many experiencing this problem, follow these steps to finally get that… Continue reading
Let’s talk about setting start and finish dates and times in an Outlook task or appointment.
When you start a new task or appointment, Outlook defaults to the current date and time.
However, you need a different date than the one placed there by default. And while many people probably just type in the date they need, what if you’re not sure of the… Continue reading
Today I’d like to discuss one of my favorite features in Outlook 2010 – the Quick Steps feature found on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
This handy little gem can be tailored to allow you to move messages around, categorize them, flags, create appointments from them… all with a single click.
Yes, you read that correctly… Continue reading
The other day, we discussed the AutoRecover feature of the 2007 & 2010 Office Suite of programs and the advantages of a backup system for unexpected and unstoppable closures of a program.
Well, for those of you with Word, Excel or PowerPoint 2010 I’d like to extend that discussion to a feature that I consider to be a bonus of AutoRecover… … Continue reading
The power goes out…
The program stops responding…
You entire system crashes…
Whatever the cause, you just had the program close unexpectedly and your work is gone… gone… gone…
Or maybe not.
If you’ve got the AutoRecover feature active, then you might be in for a pleasant surprise!
With the AutoRecover feature… Continue reading
Do you use more than one feature of MS Outlook on a daily basis?
Maybe you like to have the Inbox right there for quick information but at the same time you need access to your calendar almost as often.
Tired of switching from one to the other?
I know that in the past, we’ve covered using the Ctrl key to… Continue reading
We’ve all done it – we’ve begun typing up a list of items and then realized too late that we should have put it into a table…
Using a table to organize and present our information is often an easy way to accomplish our task.
At any rate, back to that already typed list of information… what do we do?
Retype… Continue reading
I don’t know about you but, when I’m using MS Excel, I’m always merging cells to make everything look “just right”.
The problem is that once cells are formatted that way, there are a lot of things you may try to do with your worksheet that will not work with cells merged.
So, now what?
Well, I usually find myself separating… Continue reading
Do you use MS Word for labels?
Ever need to print different labels on the same sheet? (I know I do it all the time at work. I never seem to need 30 of the same thing and I rarely use them for addresses).
Have you figured out how to get Word to give you a blank sheet of labels to work with or are… Continue reading
If you’re a regular user of PowerPoint animations, then I’m sure that you’ve used some sort of effect when introducing a list of text.
You know what I mean… you’ve got a list of 5 things and each one will slide in on their own click.
This is great because your audience can’t spend their time ignoring you and reading ahead. (Well OK… the… Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I tend to go through my e-mail messages and then “sort” them. You know, delete it or move it to some folder or another.
When moving messages, I simply drag and drop them into their new location using the folder list.
The problem is that I inevitably drop some into the wrong location.
Usually I… Continue reading
When you use MS Word, do you find yourself updating the exact same information in many different files?
For example, maybe you have a weekly sales figure that is put into several different Word files each week.
Do you open all the files and change the information in each and every one? Even with a copy and paste process it still can take quite… Continue reading
Did you know that you can view multiple presentations at the same time in MS PowerPoint?
It’s not a bad thing to know when you’re trying to compare presentations, or moving items from one to another.
To accomplish this goal, we’re going to need to open all the presentations… obviously, the more you open, the smaller they’ll appear on the screen, so be sure… Continue reading
Give a lot of MS PowerPoint presentations?
If you do, then I’m sure you know to click the left mouse button to advance your presentation, right?
You probably even know that you can spin the mouse wheel down to advance the show or up to retrace your steps.
But, did you know that there are a variety of keys that will advance… Continue reading
If you’re anything like me then, despite the fact that you’ve got Outlook set to automatically check for messages every 15 minutes or so, there are times when you want to check it
While I can’t speak for everyone, I’ve always kept a Send/Receive button on the far left side of my Standard Toolbar.
Even in Outlook… Continue reading
So, you like to use MS Excel’s AutoFilter to take a look at your data? (Click here to read about AutoFilters at WorldStart.com)
Ever find yourself thinking that it would be nice to see the filtered data as a graphic?
Did you try it?
Yes, you can create a chart of the filtered data to truly “see” what the… Continue reading
Ever find yourself looking at a long list of data containing duplicates and it’s your job to remove the extras?
Sometimes there’s duplicate data for a darn good reason and sometimes it for not only a bad reason, but it’s unacceptable to boot!
If you’re in the latter situation and need to get rid of the duplicates, then you’ve got to be looking for… Continue reading
So, you’ve found yourself once again entering a bunch of text into an Excel worksheet… and once again, the text is getting repetitive.
Let’s say that you’ve got a list of employees and need to enter the department they work in for each one. This means that you’re in column B typing the same things over and over again – after all, there are a finite number… Continue reading
Well here we are, several years into learning to work with the Themes that were introduced with Office 2007.
Personally, I really like them, but then again I tend to do a lot with shapes and SmartArt type diagrams with my students, to help them see the connections that they need to make.
At any rate, I use Themes or at least parts of… Continue reading
MS Excel: Excel Has Equal Sign Issues?
Well, sort of…
I’d say that Excel has an issue when you’re actually trying to type an equal sign into a cell without starting a formula – in other words you need to treat the equal sign like text instead of a formula starter.
(I found that my Excel 2007 would let me create… Continue reading
If you tend to take information from Word, PowerPoint, the Web, or wherever to MS Excel, then I’m positive that you know about your formatting choices when you paste.
We’ve all seen the Paste Options button appear. This is where you can decide to have the information keep its original formatting, or have Excel reformat it to match the rest of the worksheet.… Continue reading
When working with a very long document, I often find myself scrolling back and forth between different locations of the document to reference, move or copy information from one place to another.
No doubt about it… it’s frustrating.
There’s nothing worse than going to page 25 to retrieve information, then scroll up to page 8 and forget what you just found, by the time… Continue reading
Do you struggle in a constant battle with Excel and your computer monitor?
Do you always feel like you can’t see enough at one time… whether the problem is a small monitor or a very large worksheet?
Either way, you want to see more without shrinking everything – the eyesight is bad enough – we certainly don’t need
Quick… in MS Word, what’s the difference between Ctrl + U and Ctrl + Shift + W?
Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock…
Give up?
The answer is one little word: spaces.
Let me explain.
I’m sure you all know that Ctrl + U will underline text, spaces and all
I can’t speak for everyone, but when I’m using pictures in my documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets or presentations, I’m looking to make an impression.
While a picture in its own right can be a very powerful message, sometimes it would be nice to have that same picture presented in a different manner, maybe as a pencil sketch, a chalk sketch, an image seen through glass or even… Continue reading
Using the Cover Page feature of MS Word 2007 / 2010? (Insert tab of the Ribbon, Cover Page button.)
It’s pretty handy and sure makes life easy when you need one.
Have you ever tried to use a cover page in the middle of a document? Maybe you need one as a chapter or section title page?
When you tried to… Continue reading
