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Add a background color to your Outlook mails
If you want your mail to stand out a little from the pack of messages invading your coworkers and...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 03/03/2011
Windows 7 Taskbar: All news, all the time, and constantly underfoot
The Windows 7 feature interview series continues: Yesterday I hit the cafe down the street for lunch...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 03/02/2011
Formula Watch - Convert numbers to and from Roman numerals
Once you get past 20 or so, converting Roman numerals to Arabic (or vice versa) can be tricky. But...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 03/01/2011
Review changes by author in OneNote 2010
If you work in shared notebooks, it can be helpful to see what changes have been made by your...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/28/2011
Control the date format in your Outlook calendar
If you want to adjust the date display in your Outlook calendar, the place to make the change is not...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/25/2011
Copy all highlighted text in your Word document
You probably already use the highlighter pen tool to mark up favorite phrases or passages needing...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/24/2011
Get organized with Windows 7 libraries
There are those among us who carefully lay out hierarchies of folders, each clearly named, in which...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 02/23/2011
Filter or remove duplicates from your Excel data
If you're wading through your Excel data and find a lot of redundant entries, you have two options...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/22/2011
Create a custom view of your data in Access on SharePoint
Awhile back, we shared how to publish your Access database to SharePoint. Once you and your team are...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/21/2011
Casual Friday: Using PowerPoint as a picture library
Most people think of PowerPoint as just a presentation tool, but it makes a great picture library as...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/18/2011
Make your Excel rows and columns consistent
As you enter data into cells in your Excel worksheet, you may notice that your rows change height -...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/17/2011
Keep your Windows 7 machine in the fast lane
Windows 7 is speedy—this we know the moment we fire it up the first time. With use, however, any...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 02/16/2011
Turn Formula AutoComplete on and off in Excel
If you're a formula pro, you may find that the AutoComplete feature gets in the way more than it...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/15/2011
Print just one page in Outlook 2010
Have you ever wanted to print just the first page of an email message? Most of the time, right? You...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/14/2011
Improve the quality of your emails
Do you ever get the feeling that you send mails too quickly, before they are fully proofread and the...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/11/2011
Link your PowerPoint presentations to improve flow
You know that awkward pause during team presentations when one team member hands off to another, and...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/10/2011
Six handy keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7
Give hardworking mice the rest they deserve! Just about every Windows user develops a favorite set...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 02/09/2011
Formula Watch: TRIM and CLEAN your Excel data
If you import data into Excel or just have a lot of different people working in the same worksheet,...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/08/2011
Create Search Folders in Outlook 2010
If you find yourself scouring your Inbox and various Outlook folders for specific types of mails,...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/07/2011
Save time with overtype mode in Office
Depending on your editing style, you may prefer overtype mode - which lets you type over characters...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/04/2011
Sleep and Hibernate in Windows 7: The Great Debate
And now, another instructive encounter with a Windows feature! Today I'm moderating one of the most...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 02/02/2011
Move rows around quickly in Excel
If you're like me, when working with rows of data in Excel, you often find you want to reorder them....
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 02/01/2011
Send OneNote pages to email, blogs, even mobile phones
OneNote 2010 builds on past versions to offer more flexibilty in letting your access and share the...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/31/2011
Mastering tabs in Excel
If you store data on multiple sheets (or tabs), you may have noticed you can drag then into a...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/28/2011
Participate in 'Clean Out Your Inbox Week'
Taking control of your Inbox is a perennial topic, one that we’ve addressed several times with...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/27/2011
Speed up common browsing tasks with Accelerators
Copy. Change windows. Paste. Click. Repeat. Most of us follow this familiar routine hundreds of...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 01/26/2011
Formula Watch: Turn off rounding with TRUNC
If you work with currency, you may have noticed that the default behavior in Excel is to round up...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/25/2011
Present to a remote audience over the Internet with PowerPoint 2010
If you want to let remote team members watch your presentation, PowerPoint 2010 has a great feature...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/24/2011
Add impact to your Word documents with Text Effects
Have you ever noticed that glowing button on your ribbon in Word 2010? It’s the gateway to a number...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/21/2011
Dress up your Excel documents with headings
Excel can be used for just about anything—lists, charts, tables, and more—but if you plan on...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/20/2011
Whom do you trust? Internet Explorer can help you decide
Like it or not, wariness is the watchword in cyberspace these days. There are just too many...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 01/19/2011
Make universal changes quickly in PowerPoint
Do you spend a lot of time making your slides uniform in PowerPoint? If so, perhaps you’re not...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/17/2011
Formula Watch: Hide customer data with CONCATENATE
Privacy is an important watchword these days, and Excel can help you hide sensitive customer...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/11/2011
Use Clean Up to zap unnecessary mails in Outlook 2010
It's January, so you've no doubt resolved to take control of your Inbox (a perennial favorite that...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/10/2011
Casual Friday: Making eye-catching signs in Word
Most people think of Microsoft Word as an application for authoring business documents, but it can...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/07/2011
Link related sections in OneNote
If you’re writing a manual or other form of documentation that discusses definitions or processes...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/06/2011
Hey! How come this won’t print???
According to my informal survey around the office, the number-one nightmare suffered by modern...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 01/05/2011
New Year's resolutions you can resolve with Office and Windows
It's 2011, and if you're like me, you know there are some things you should have mastered last year...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 01/04/2011
Outlook Rules That Rule: Get important mails forwarded while on vacation
I know you're probably on vacation right now, trying not to check your mail. But what if an...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/30/2010
Words to the Wise from Internet Explorer SmartScreen Filter
Our next "Interview" with a Windows feature! Celebrities are a common site around the...
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 12/29/2010
Mark finished documents as final in Office 2010
Locking down Office documents isn't new, but Office 2010 offers a quicker, more informal method to...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/28/2010
Writing a good Out of Office message (and how to set it)
When you're on vacation or holiday, it's wise to set an Out of Office message (abbreviated as OOF)....
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/27/2010
Browser tabs: A faster, easier way to plan the office picnic
It's great to be having an office picnic... and really nice of you to volunteer to organize it....
Author: Jeff at MSFT Date: 12/22/2010
Using the typesetting features of Word 2010
If you're trained in design or typesetting, you'll be thrilled to know that Word 2010 offers even...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/20/2010
Casual Friday: Download next year's calendar today
It's almost the New Year, which means shopping for a new calendar. Or does it? Did you know that...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/17/2010
Inserting dates in Word
There are a few handy techniques for inserting dates into Word 2007 and Word 2010, which not only...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 12/16/2010