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Category: Microsoft

Office tip for your files

Posted on 27 September 202327 September 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Office tip for your files
Office tip for your files

Did you know that you can ‘pin’ any number of files to a special menu in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Publisher? Its as simple as pressing the little pin icon on the right hand side of the image below:- Pinned files are easy to access as they are kept on a separate, but easy to…

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Microsoft, MS Office

Bookmark your favourite website pages

Posted on 2 September 20232 September 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Bookmark your favourite website pages
Bookmark your favourite website pages

Did you know you can bookmark the current page by simply pressing Control D – or pressing on the yellow star shown here? The star looks the same in Chrome, another popular browser. In Internet Explorer, it looks a little different like this (but the same shortcut works):- Afterwards, a box like this pops up…

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Internet, Microsoft, Online

PowerPoint – Slide Sorter view

Posted on 26 August 202326 August 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on PowerPoint – Slide Sorter view
PowerPoint – Slide Sorter view

Have you heard of PowerPoint’s Slide Sorter View? This option (3rd from the left) under the View Menu allows you to:- A. insert slides B. delete slides C. hide slides from the presentation D. …. or even create new sections for some of them! This is what it looks like:-

Microsoft, MS Office, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8

Managing your Excel tabs

Posted on 10 August 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Managing your Excel tabs
Managing your Excel tabs

Have you checked what features are available to help you manage them? The screenshot below shows some of them:- I use the Rename option most commonly – here’s how it works:- The tab colour option is also very handy – here’s how it works:- …. and the result is this appearance when the tab isn’t…

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Microsoft, MS Office

PowerPoint Cameo Feature

Posted on 22 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on PowerPoint Cameo Feature
PowerPoint Cameo Feature

It allows you to add a live feed from your webcam to the slides of your presentation – visible constantly as you play the slides Below is a still image of me in my office, within a PowerPoint presentation. If we were playing this slideshow as part of a online meeting (whatever platform you use…

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Internet, Microsoft, MS Office, Online, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8, Zoom

Struggling with using your PC?

Posted on 22 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Struggling with using your PC?
Struggling with using your PC?

One factor you can improve is your experience using the mouse – especially laptop users using a built-in trackpad. Switching from the one which came with my desktop PC to this ergonomic one (this one is cabled), was a great usability experience. Suddenly all my tasks seemed easier as the mouse glided across my screen…

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Accessibility, Accessories

Taskbar shortcuts

Posted on 20 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Taskbar shortcuts
Taskbar shortcuts

Did you know how easy it is to create a shortcut to your favourite program (eg Word)? 1. Simply find its icon within the Start Menu 2. ….. click with the right mouse button ! 3. From the menu which pops up, you will see options for adding an icon to the Taskbar (bottom of…

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Microsoft, Windows 10, Windows 11

Microsoft Publisher

Posted on 2 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Publisher

If you have Microsoft Office 365, you probably use Word, Excel and PowerPoint as its popular programs. Have you considered one of its other packages Publisher can turn this image:- …. into this image, ready for printing on an A4 sheet Publisher is part of many MS Office 365 Packages (Home and Business) – and…

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Microsoft, MS Office

Mouse pointer visibility (Accessibility Tip)

Posted on 27 June 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Mouse pointer visibility (Accessibility Tip)
Mouse pointer visibility (Accessibility Tip)

Do you sometimes find it hard to see your mouse on screen when it looks like this? Wouldn’t it be easier if it looked like this design? On almost all Windows PCs, such a change can be easily accomplished by following the few steps below:- A. Type ‘mouse pointer’ into the Search bar within the…

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Accessibility, Microsoft, Windows 10, Windows 8

Filter your emails in Outlook

Posted on 20 June 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Filter your emails in Outlook
Filter your emails in Outlook

Do you know you can filter your Outlook Inbox by whether they have an attachment (often a document or picture)? I used this feature all the time when I was in employment as often I didn’t want to see emails which were ‘plain text’ without attachments – viewing just the ones WITH attachments. To activate…

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Microsoft, MS Office

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