Posts by: Gwen

Shortcuts for PowerPoint Presenters

Shortcuts for PowerPoint Presenters

Work smarter, not harder! PowerPoint Tip – When delivering a PowerPoint presentation, have you ever wanted to?  Write or draw on a slide  Make the screen temporarily go blank for discussion purposes  Go to a specific slide or display a hidden slide…

Create a New Outlook Item from an Existing Item

Create a New Outlook Item from an Existing Item

Work smarter, not harder! Outlook Tip – New Outlook items can be created from existing items; a new e‑mail message, calendar entry, task, contact, or note can be created from an existing e-mail message, calendar entry, task, contact, or note. For example,…

Transpose Rows and Columns in Excel

Transpose Rows and Columns in Excel

Work smarter, not harder! Excel Tip – How many times have you created a spreadsheet and then realized after the fact that you should have used the current column headings as row headings and vice versa? I think it has probably happened…

Freeze Panes in Excel

Freeze Panes in Excel

Work smarter, not harder! Excel Tip – Scrolling through a large spreadsheet can be overwhelming. If you’ve ever gotten lost because you don’t know which column or row you are looking at, you know what I’m talking about. Luckily, there is…

Pin a File to the “Recent” List

Pin a File to the “Recent” List

Work smarter, not harder! Word, Excel, PowerPoint tip – On the “File” tab of each of these Microsoft 2010 programs is a recently used file list. It displays the last 25 files opened and offers the convenience of reopening these files by…

Add a Button to the Quick Access Toolbar

Add a Button to the Quick Access Toolbar

Work smarter, not harder! Microsoft Office – Use this tip to add any Ribbon button, group, or dialog box launcher to the Quick Access toolbar. For example, adding the “Margins” button to the Quick Access toolbar makes the button always…

Insert Horizontal Lines with Keystrokes

Insert Horizontal Lines with Keystrokes

Work smarter, not harder! Word & Outlook Tip – Horizontal lines that span from margin to margin can be used to insert separations in documents and e-mails. Use this tip to quickly create a variety of lines such as the…