Simple and useful PivotTables
A simple, practical and non-scary example of how Excel PivotTables can work for you. Excel’s PivotTables are a great feature Read More
Beginners
Which character code is that?
Word: how to find the character code used for a particular letter or symbols. Last week we talked about the Read More
Use the latest Unicode symbols in Office
How can you get the new Unicode symbols in Office documents? There’s plenty of new symbols included in the Unicode Read More
Mending an Inkjet printer
A guide to getting more life and value from your printer. The Guardian has a nice little guide to maintaining Read More
Free Office ebooks from Microsoft
Plenty of free ebooks about Office 2013, Office 2010, Office 365 and more. Microsoft has released another 130 free ebooks Read More
Get the World Cup into Outlook
How to get the World Cup schedule into Outlook automatically. The football/soccer World Cup is about to start with 64 Read More
Pasting images into Office: size concerns
Does pasting an image into Office take up more space than inserting it? Gary Z read our tip about pasting Read More
A faster way to copy pictures into Office documents
Another easy way to get images into Word and other Office documents. Last week we mentioned a faster way to Read More
Scanning from within Microsoft Word
Can you scan a picture or document directly into Word? Back in the day, you could click a button in Read More
8 ways to improve on Word's Table Styles
Great table formatting options not available from Microsoft Word’s Table Style gallery. Word’s Table Style gallery is a tempting selection Read More
Word tables for formatting magic
Use Word tables to do formatting tricks or make complex formats easily. There’s more to Word tables than just showing Read More
Outlook Reply / Forward prefixes
Why RE and FW are the best options for email subjects When you reply or forward a message your email Read More
Problems with adding Outlook holidays
Outlook adds holidays from various countries but it’s not very clear or clever about it. Recently we’ve been looking at Read More
Using Conversations in Outlook
A better way to view your email in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 Outlook Conversation view is a different way Read More
About Outlook Conversations
What makes a conversation in Outlook? In the Outlook world a conversation is a series of emails with the same Read More
Excel Online - changing date format
How to change the date format in Excel Online The default date format in Excel has always been a mystery Read More
Deleting Holidays
How to delete ‘duplicate’ holidays in Outlook. When you add holidays to Outlook, sometimes you can end up with duplicate Read More
Adding Holidays into Outlook
Put Easter and other public holidays back into Outlook If you check your Outlook calendar for the coming weekend, you Read More
Ignore or Mute emails in Outlook
How to get rid of an email conversation or thread. Sometimes you get emails on a topic that doesn’t matter to Read More
Outlook email basics and beyond
Outlook tricks you may not have considered for New, Reply, Reply All, Forward and Resend. New / Compose The simple Read More