The Productivity Hub
Add screenshots to your Office 2010 documents
If you create screenshots for use in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, you can say goodbye to the PrtScn...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 10/04/2010
Insert multiple rows and columns quickly in Excel
If you've done a lot of work in Excel, you know that you can select multiple rows or columns, use...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 10/01/2010
Quickly create image thumbnails in Word
We received a question from a Productivity Hub blog reader who wants to use OneNote as a thumbnail...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/30/2010
Create 'sticky' notes in Outlook
If you're the sort of person who likes to stick notes all over the edges of your monitor, you can...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/29/2010
Formula Watch: Working with week numbers
There are plenty of scenarios where you'd want to know the week number within a year. Say you are...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/28/2010
Using the Office 2010 Accessibility Checker
If you author or publish Office documents for customers to download and read, you may not be...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/27/2010
Casual Friday - Make wallpaper and Twitter backgrounds using PowerPoint
If you're not handy with advanced graphics programs but know your way around PowerPoint, there's an...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/24/2010
Sort cells by color in Excel
If you're like me, you like to color your Excel cells depending on any number of factors: priority...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/23/2010
Windows 7 Replay: Keeping desktop clutter at bay with Windows 7
Here's a classic tip you might have missed: With multi-tasking, the lifestyle of choice in cube...
Author: KeithPranghofer Date: 09/22/2010
Quickly clear Excel spreadsheet values but keep your text and formulas
If you have an Excel spreadsheet that you want to re-use without all of the data (say, to share with...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/21/2010
Make large slide decks more manageable in PowerPoint 2010
If you're a power user of PowerPoint, you've no doubt run into some of these scenarios:...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/20/2010
Save a group of Outlook messages as text
If you want to quickly archive a group of messages in Outlook to a text file, there's an easy way to...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/17/2010
New Productivity Hub 2010 covers Office 2010, Windows 7 and more
The Productivity Hub 2010 SharePoint Server site collection is available for download and offers a...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/16/2010
Block Reply All, Forwards, and more in Outlook
Have you ever sent a message and asked people to "small r" you (aka "reply just to...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/15/2010
Formula Watch: Calculating elapsed time in Excel
If you use Microsoft Excel to log times, there's a simple technique you can use to quickly calculate...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/14/2010
Make Excel rows and columns visible, even if you scroll
If you use header rows in your documents, you probably want to see them even when you're down to row...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/10/2010
Use OneNote to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations
If you're working on a team PowerPoint presentation, you could just use the built-in comments...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/09/2010
Windows 7 Replay: What’s new in Windows 7
Here's a classic tip you might have missed: Today, let's briefly stand back and stare at Windows 7....
Author: KeithPranghofer Date: 09/08/2010
Casual Friday - Using OneNote for flash cards
Our friends at the Microsoft Office Blog have developed a novel use for OneNote: Flashcards. As...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/03/2010
Add your contacts to autocomplete in Outlook
If you've ever typed a name into an Outlook message and seen the contact you want appear within the...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/02/2010
Converting OneNote 2010 notebooks for use in OneNote 2007
If you've upgraded to OneNote 2010 but some of your collaborators or potential readers have not,...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 09/01/2010
Formula Watch: Use the Cell function to check column width, column number, and more
If you want to know more about the size, color, and contents of your cells in Excel, you should get...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/31/2010
Upgrading and getting started with Office 2010
Making the move to Office 2010? Here are some tips and new features you'll encounter. Scenario #1 –...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/30/2010
Use OneNote to take and crop screenshots
If you're still using the PrntScn button in Windows to take screenshots, you're missing out one of...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/27/2010
Format your cells for Zip codes, phone numbers and SSNs
Unless you're brand new to Excel, you probably know that you can right click a cell or a range of...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/26/2010
How Windows 7 can make Office users even more efficient
There are several features in Windows 7 that complement or expand the functionality of Office. Here...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/25/2010
Display calendar, tasks or whatever you want when launching Outlook
Normally, when you launch Outlook it opens to your Inbox. But perhaps you'd prefer it open to your...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/24/2010
Add more social network connections to Outlook 2010
Two more social networks have been released for Outlook 2010. You can now add Outlook Social...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/23/2010
Casual Friday: Create an allowance chart in Excel
A colleague of mine shared this handy Excel tip he uses to reward good behavior and chore...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/20/2010
Quickly make the Quick Access Toolbar your own
If you've never customized the Quick Access Toolbar, you're neglecting one of the best tools for...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/19/2010
Formula Watch - Automatically translate dates to days of the week in Excel
If you're working in an Excel document that contains lots of dates and find yourself checking the...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/17/2010
Prepare to upgrade with Office Migration Planning Manager 2010
If you're getting ready to upgrade to Office 2010 and want to check whether your macros and...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/15/2010
Word to the wise: Punch up your documents with clip art
Today, we have a guest blogger. Elyssa is an editor and project manager at Brainstorm, a leading...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/13/2010
Customize and backup your Office 2010 ribbons
If you are a fan of the Office Ribbon, you have an unprecedented amount of control over it in Office...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/12/2010
Managing devices with Windows 7
These days, walking down the street can require advanced juggling skills. It takes real coordination...
Author: KeithPranghofer Date: 08/11/2010
Minimize the Outlook Ribbon
One of the first things you’ll notice about Outlook 2010 is that Outlook now looks like the rest of...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/05/2010
Oops – pressed send too soon, again.
Do you ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? We all have bad days every now...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 08/04/2010
Casual Friday: Tracking Little League Stats
They say it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, but tracking your kids’ wins and losses can help you...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 07/02/2010
Word to the wise: Using the Insert Comment feature in Word
Today, we have a guest blogger. Elyssa is an editor and project manager at Brainstorm, a leading...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 07/02/2010
Solving a problem faster by recording it in Windows 7
Sometimes it helps to have someone else feel your pain. Such as when you're trying to accomplish...
Author: KeithPranghofer Date: 06/30/2010
Set custom reminders in Outlook
When you create a task or meeting reminder or select a Snooze reminder in Microsoft Outlook, you're...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/29/2010
Using Format Painter in Word 2010
One of the great unsung heroes of the workplace is the person who always gets the formatting right...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/28/2010
Quickly clear formatting in Outlook messages
If you start new mail threads based on replies (which can be a real timesaver in and of itself),...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/25/2010
Maintain order and balance in the Windows 7 notifications area
Over there on the right side of the taskbar... proudly displaying their current frame of mind, or...
Author: KeithPranghofer Date: 06/23/2010
Save Web articles in OneNote
If you frequently read Web articles that you want to save to review later (say, your favorite...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/22/2010
Add a YouTube video in PowerPoint 2010
If you've ever embedded a YouTube video into a Web site or a blog, it's now just as easy to add one...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/21/2010
Presentations with pizzazz: Packaging your PowerPoint presentation
Today, we have a guest blogger. Elyssa is an editor and project manager at Brainstorm, a leading...
Author: Suzanne100 Date: 06/18/2010