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Category: Microsoft Office

MS Word: Resetting the Page Number in the Middle of your Document

A co-worker was struggling with starting the first page of Chapter 1 of a document being page 1. The title … More

MS Word, Page Number Footer, Renumber, Reset Page 1, Reset Page Number, Starting Page 1, Word

MS Word: Adding File Name, Path, Revision Date to your Document

We are in a reorganize mode at work and trying to print out every current document that we use both … More

Field File Name, Field Path, Field Revised Date, Field Revision Date, Field SaveDate, File Name, Insert, Insert Path and File Name, MS Word 2010, Path, Revision Date, Word Revision Date

Giving Your Assistant Permission to Set Appointments on Your Calendar in Outlook 2010

We have a policy in my office that we all have editing privileges to each calendar.  That way we can … More

appointment shows on my calendar, Make appointments on someone else's calendar, Outlook, Outlook 2010, setting appointments, Sharing Permissions

PowerPoint YouTube Video Won’t Play: “You Must Install a Later Version of Flash Player.” Really?

June 10, 2015 Update – YouTube recently removed the “Old Embed Code” feature.  To use the new embed code, please … More

embed code, Flash Player error, PowerPoint, PowerPoint error, YouTube video error

PowerPoint and YouTube – Errors and Autoplay

June 10, 2015 Update:  YouTube recently removed the “Old Embed Code” function.  For my newest post regarding this issue, click … More

automatically begin video, autoplay, autostart, embed error, embed video, html, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2010, YouTube

Visio: Editing Text inside an Off-Page Reference

I am now learning MS Visio and need to become my office’s expert.  I’ve built a few flowcharts, but I … More

edit text, hyperlinks in Visio, linking pages, MS Office, MS Office 2010, MS Visio, Off-page reference, Visio

Excel: A Cell Full of Notes

Excel is great for math, but it is also great for organizing lists and making notes.  Let’s compare cats. I’ve … More

Autofit Row Height, Column Width, Excel, Excel Wrap Text, Microsoft Excel, MS Excel, MS Office 2010, Spreadsheet Word Wrap

Excel: Numbers that Start or Begin with a Zero

Often businesses identify products, projects, or people with numbers.  Sometimes those numbers have a zero at the beginning.  This is … More

Excel, Leading Zero, Leading Zeroes, Microsoft Excel, MS Office 2010, Number Format, Social Security Number Format

MS Outlook 2010: Moving Signatures to a New Computer

I work on multiple computers throughout my workday as my clerical team switches desks.  I use Outlook signatures for templates … More

Export Signatures, Import Signatures, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook, Outlook 2010, Saving Email Signatures

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

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