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IF Statements
IF statements are usually thought relatively early in Excel courses soon after addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. For this reason I guess a lot of people consider them to be “basic” formulas. However, you would probably be surprised by the number of questions I get about IF statements. Some people don’t fully understand them or find […]
Continue readingBrackets And Commas in Excel
I am regularly asked for help with Excel files where people don’t understand some of the formulas used. In some cases the person is just not familiar with the formulas but there are often times when the person understands the individual formulas but can’t understand what they see onscreen because several formulas are used together. […]
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I receive a lot of requests for help with setting up files/charts (most often in Excel). Occasionally I think people try to challenge me on purpose by setting certain restrictions. In one case, I was given a table of weekly numbers and asked to visually highlight if one week was higher or lower than the […]
Continue readingNavigating Tabs Shortcut
This tip is aimed at those of you who use keyboard shortcuts, or are interested in trying them out. A lot of people may already be familiar with using the Ctrl key and a lettered key for shortcuts (Ctrl+B for Bold, Ctrl+I for Italics, etc.), another really useful Ctrl shortcut is Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn. Combining the Ctrl […]
Continue readingStyles In Word
Note : This applies to MS Word 2010 and later. For earlier versions of Word the steps involved maybe different. Styles in Word allow you to quickly format sections of your document – headings, subheadings, paragraphs, indents, etc. When putting together a large document, I use the Styles mostly to highlight headings and subheadings. One […]
Continue readingThe Scroll Button
If you are using a mouse with your computer/laptop you may already be familiar with the left button and the right button, but do you use the middle button much? Talking to different people at different levels of computer skill, I was surprised by the number that did not use the middle button, or know […]
Continue readingContext Menu Shortcut
This tip is aimed at people who already use keyboard shortcuts or are looking to try them out. You may already have noticed that when you use the right-click button on your mouse you get a different menu on screen depending on what you are clicking on. This is a context menu, if you right-click […]
Continue readingThe Alt Key Shortcuts
This tip is aimed at those of you who use keyboard shortcuts, or are interested in trying them out. My example below uses Excel 2010, but can be applied to other Office 2010 programs Whether they use them or not, a lot of people are at least aware of some of the basic “Ctrl+” shortcuts: […]
Continue readingPowerPoint Tip
PowerPoint is a presentation software program that is part of the Office package. It comes with a host of options for creating professional presentations. However, in my experience it is a program that people aren’t as comfortable with as they are with others like Excel, Word, etc. I have sat with a lot of people […]
Continue readingQuick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is a customizable toolbar that appears at the top of your screen in MS Office (Excel, Word, etc) versions 2007 and later. In older versions, it was possible to create your own toolbar. The toolbar allows you to add the commands that you use most frequently so that they always […]
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