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Displaying More of Your Spreadsheet on Your Screen
[NOVICE] Do you ever have trouble finding the information you’re looking for in your spreadsheet because the sheet is so large that it can’t all be [...]
Changing the Data Contained in a Chart
[NOVICE] What do you do when you’ve turned your spreadsheet into a chart and then need to go back and change some of the data? Do [...]
EXCEL – Resizing Columns with Drag and Drop
[NOVICE] Have you ever ended up with a column in your spreadsheet out of alignment because you entered data that was too long to fit in [...]
WINDOWS – Finding Documents Quickly
[NOVICE] Have you ever found yourself looking for a document that you know is there, but you just can’t find it? Here’s a tip that will [...]
EXCEL – Zooming In and Out
[NOVICE] Having trouble reading your spreadsheets? The information in a spreadsheet often needs to be in a small font so that it fits on one page. [...]
WORD – Inserting Page Breaks
[NOVICE] Wouldn’t it be great if you could end pages where you wanted them to end rather than where Word decided to do it? Perhaps you’d [...]
AutoRecovery – Auto Save
[WINDOWS] Have you ever lost the work you’ve done on a document because the power went out or your computer got “hung up” before you had [...]
WORD – Customizing Your Spell Checking Dictionary
[NOVICE] Did you know that when you use spell checking, you actually have a “dictionary” that lists the correct spelling of words? When you frequently use [...]
Using Control A
[DESKTOP] Do you get frustrated when you need to highlight pages of text and the scrolling jumps all over the page? Perhaps you have a letter [...]
Changing Your Page Orientation
[WORD/G-Docs] What do you do when your table is too wide to fit on the page? The easiest way to fix the problem is to change [...]
EXCEL – Canceling Commands
[NOVICE] You’ve decided you don’t want to copy or cut the cell you selected after all. Unfortunately there’s a dancing dotted line surrounding the cell and [...]
EXCEL – Creating Emphasis with Borders and Lines
[NOVICE] Would you like to draw your reader’s attention to a particular row or column in your spreadsheet? For example, you may want to highlight the [...]
EXCEL – Changing Default Number of Sheets
[INTERMEDIATE] How many blank worksheets do you get each time to open a new workbook? To find out, look along the bottom of the screen. Each [...]
Emphasizing Cells with Color
[EXCEL] Most people's attention turns off the minute they see a spreadsheet. They know that it contains much more information than they're interested in seeing. And, [...]
EXCEL – Copying Worksheets
[INTERMEDIATE] What would you do if you needed to move or copy a page (or worksheet) from one Excel document to another? For example, you might [...]
EXCEL – Rename Your Worksheets
[NOVICE] Excel automatically names each worksheet within your workbook as Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3. These labels are on the small tabs along the bottom [...]
Using Paragraph Spacing in Word
[NOVICE] Did you know that you could set up your document to automatically insert a little extra space before starting a new paragraph? You can use [...]
Putting Objects in the Right Order
[WORD] Suppose you're creating a document – a certificate for completing a class, or a flyer to announce a product. First, you create a text box [...]
Create Quick Presentations with the Slide Sorter View
[PPT/G-Slides] What’s the quickest way to put together a professional looking presentation? You can save yourself a lot of time and effort by using PowerPoint’s slide [...]
Sorting Columns
[EXCEL] Have you ever sorted a spreadsheet only to find that the data was mixed up? It happens ... easily. If you're not careful you can damage [...]
Using Color Schemes
[PPT/G-Slides] If you’re looking for a quick way to punch up the visual appeal of your presentation, try using one in PowerPoint. It’s the easiest way [...]
Using Show/Hide
[WORD] Hidden structures such as paragraph breaks, margins, and page breaks can really be frustrating when you’re trying to change a document. They magically change the [...]
Change How Your Chart Looks
[EXCEL / G-Slides] Have you ever created a chart only to realize that you don’t like the way it looks? Maybe the colors you chose aren’t [...]
Create A Chart in Excel
[EXCEL] You can quickly turn spreadsheets into colorful, eye-catching charts that grab everyone’s attention with the Chart Wizard. Here’s how: Start by opening a new or [...]