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Helpful Office Tips

tips and shortcuts to make your MS Office life easier

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Excel: Shortcuts for Selecting a Cell, Highlighting a Range, Going to the End of your Data

      I have found that I understand Excel because I seem to think in Excel terms.  Even before … More

cursor shortcuts, End Cursor, End Down, End Up, Excel, Excel 2010, F5 Goto, Shift End Down

Excel: Linking My Chart Title to a Cell

A year ago, I found an online hint about typing a name for a chart in a cell, then linking … More

Cell Reference, Chart Title, Excel 2010, Microsoft Excel, MS Excel, MS Excel 2013, MS Excel 2016, Title Equals Reference

Business English: To Comma or Not to Comma, That is the Question

Memorize these three basic comma rules.  They will get you through most situations.  Google if you are not sure and … More

Business English, commas, Grammar, Punctuation

Excel: Counting with Totals Row in a Table

In the last two lessons, we learned about Filtering and Excel’s Format as Table command.  Open up the dog breed … More

Excel, Filter, Sum, Table

Excel: Why should I use “Format as Table” command when my table is already there?

In a previous blog, I introduced filtering, but warned you not to use the sort command when you use filtering … More

Excel, Format as Table, Table

Excel: Giving Me Only the Information I Want, aka, Filtering

I will be devoting three days to this topic.  Sorting and filtering information is one of the most efficient uses … More

Excel, Filter, sort

Formatting a Basic Business Letter: Use Proper Style to Create the Right Impression

(Proper formatting is illustrated and described when you read the letter below.) February 5, 2012   Mr. Joseph Matthew Helpful … More

Business English, comma, Grammar, Punctuation

MS Word: Making Tabs, Returns, Spaces, and All Those Hidden Formatting Symbols Visible

Have you ever had a document suddenly look really odd with lots of extra space where you didn’t want it?  … More

format symbols, Word

Show Desktop with a Quick Shortcut in Windows

Look at the clock on the right side of the Task Bar.  The Task Bar is that horizontal bar on … More

Desktop, shortcut, Windows

Excel: Why is “Keep my Headings on Top” called “Freeze Panes?”

Last spring, I taught an Excel workshop.  Now I receive lots of “just one quick question” calls and visits.  By … More

Excel, freeze panes, headings, top row

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