Office Technology
If you’re working with a “template” that seems to have every type of layout under the sun, but you only use a handful of them, click on the View tab in the Master Views group and choose Slide Master.
Sometimes, it’s just easier to catch an error when you read aloud. If that’s not practical where you work, put on a pair of headphones, and click the Read Aloud button.
Have two spreadsheets that should be identical, but you want to make sure? Use the Inquire add-in in Excel.
PowerPoint has some clever built-in tools to help you deal with inevitable out-of-sync moments with grace and style.
What kind of access do I need to manage someone else’s calendar? … My IT folks won’t let me set up a meeting with no end date. How can I override or work around this? … Can I export a task list from Outlook to Planner?
3 shortcuts for named ranges.
Each time a document is changed and saved in either OneDrive or SharePoint, either by using the Save action or allowing AutoSave to do the job, another version of the document is created.
If you just copy data from Excel to PowerPoint, it will simply paste a table into PowerPoint that neither links it to the original data nor pastes an Excel object.
Tips for moving, formatting and deleting messages.
Is there an easy way to add a signature page to a document? … Is there an easy way to add and modify custom SharePoint columns from Word? … Someone put a faded image as a page background. I can’t seem to select it and delete it. Any tips?
Turn on the Navigation Pane in Word to strategically navigate around your document.
Make a dent in the pile of messages in your inbox with these 3 tips.
Sometimes Excel tries to help us when we wish it wouldn’t.
