Microsoft Office

Archive: 03-2012

• Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2010: Better together

  Office 365 MVP Brett Hill highlights how well Microsoft Office 365 works with the stand-alone version of Office 2010.

  Posted by Brett Hill | March 16, 2012, 12:06 PM PDT

• Create a table of contents in an Excel sheet using hyperlinks

  Show users how to create a quick table of contents in Excel using the power of hyperlinks.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 16, 2012, 10:17 AM PDT

• Office challenge: Why doesn't my presentation play music?

  This week, test your PowerPoint skills by troubleshooting a presentation, complete with music, that doesn’t play the music on any computer other than the author’s.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 15, 2012, 11:32 AM PDT

• Office solution: Displaying the total number of pages in a section

  This week, learn the solution to last week’s Word challenge: How would you display the total page numbers in a section?

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 15, 2012, 11:30 AM PDT

• Use a custom format in Excel to display easier to read millions

  Use a custom format in Microsoft Excel to reduce the number of digits in a large number without losing its scale.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 14, 2012, 11:16 AM PDT

• Avoid a few pitfalls when changing an existing Word style

  Changing an existing style is easy, but how will your document respond? How will existing or future documents respond? Learn what to expect and avoid pitfalls when changing styles.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 13, 2012, 10:48 AM PDT

• Use PowerPoint's laser pointer to catch attention and add excitement

  Use PowerPoint’s cool laser pointer feature to simulate a laser pointer during a PowerPoint presentation.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 9, 2012, 7:05 AM PST

• Office challenge: How would you display the total page numbers in a section?

  Configure the x of y page numbering format where y reflects the position of the current page within the section, rather than the total document page count.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 8, 2012, 7:09 AM PST

• Office solution: A quick way to rearrange PowerPoint slides

  This week, learn the solution to last week’s PowerPoint challenge: help this user quickly rearrange slides in a PowerPoint presentation.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 7, 2012, 8:13 AM PST

• Reset Outlook's default reminder time

  Setting Outlook’s default reminder time can save you a few clicks; if you do this often, you’ll definitely want to reset this default.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 6, 2012, 10:20 AM PST