In an earlier blog post, I talked about some of the ways to manage the flood of emails in Microsoft Outlook that we all seem to get these days. […]
Master mail merge to email in Microsoft Word
Have you ever needed to send the same letter out to 100 clients? It would be very time consuming to have to create each of those on your own. […]
Introduction to transitions and animations in PowerPoint 2010/13
Today, I’m going to talk about two features of Microsoft PowerPoint that really make PowerPoint a distinctive part of the Office suite - transitions and animations. Both of these […]
Reverse engineering a nested formula in Excel
Sometimes, understanding how a nested formula in Microsoft Excel calculates the final result is difficult because there are several intermediate calculations and logical tests. However, by reverse engineering the formula, […]
CHOOSE() function with arrays in Excel
The =CHOOSE function in Microsoft Excel can be a confusing, but today, I’ll provide a detailed explanation about this very handy function. In general =CHOOSE(index_num, value1, , …) picks value1 […]
Three really handy Excel keyboard shortcuts
Here are three keyboard shortcuts I find really handy in Microsoft Excel. These shortcuts each do something very useful they and are often hard to achieve using the mouse […]
Microsoft Sway - Will you be swayed?
Microsoft is well known for its Windows Operating System and its Office productivity suite. Their future however, is in the business of developing their unique “cloud-first” services that brings productivity […]
Are you using the right colour?
Computer screens and TVs are capable of displaying up to 16,777,216 colours. This is referred to as True Colour. All the applications in the Microsoft Office suite use this palette of colours. […]
Using Outlook flags and categories to manage emails
Here are two quick tips for managing emails in Microsoft Outlook. I’m not going to include ‘folders’ as one of the these tips even though they are a useful […]
Setting up Outlook 2013 to suit your personal needs
When you move to a new version of Outlook, such as Outlook 2013, some of the programs settings and how the screen looks may change. Instead of just ‘putting up […]
