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susan harkins
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About Susan Harkins
Susan Sales Harkins is an IT consultant, specializing in desktop solutions. Previously, she was editor in chief for The Cobb Group, the world's largest publisher of technical journals.
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Office challenge: When an IF() returns FALSE, when it should return TRUE
November 10, 2011 12:47pm PST
This week, your challenge is to discover why a seemingly perfect IF() function returns the wrong result.
43 Latest comment by marj@...
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Five Microsoft Excel chart types we all should avoid
November 9, 2011 7:35am PST
Microsoft Excel provides a number of charts types and styles that ordinary mortals should never try to tame.
56 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Ignore unwanted email conversations in Outlook
November 8, 2011 8:44am PST
Outlook lets you completely ignore an email conversation with a simple click or two of the mouse. Susan Harkins shows you how.
7 Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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Avoid unnecessary page breaks by using Word styles
November 7, 2011 11:29am PST
Using styles, Word can control page breaks better than you. Learn how to use styles to insert hard page breaks.
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Office challenge: Improve this Excel chart anyway you want
November 3, 2011 8:02am PDT
This week, impress your colleagues with your Excel charting skills! Improve this Excel chart based on default settings.
3 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Office solution: How to display the Close All command for ribbon users
November 3, 2011 7:53am PDT
This week, learn the solution to last week's challenge: How to close all open files in Word 2007.
4 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Choose the most efficient paste settings for you
November 2, 2011 1:39pm PDT
Word lets you decide how to most efficiently paste text. There are four flexible options that let you, not Word, decide how to paste.
2 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Make every user a power Excel user with dynamic conditional row banding
November 1, 2011 8:32am PDT
Combine data validation and conditional formatting to implement an easy-to-use dynamic banding option for your users.
6 Latest comment by BlueCollarCritic
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Use VBA to make PowerPoint AutoShape bigger and smaller
October 31, 2011 11:14am PDT
You can use VBA to increase and shrink an AutoShape inside an Microsoft PowerPoint slide with a simple click.
3 Latest comment by Mike_hqt
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Office solution: How to use the current input value as a control's default value in an Access form
October 27, 2011 8:27am PDT
This week, learn the solution to last week's Office challenge: How to use input values as default values in an Access form.
3 Latest comment by KaKaKen
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Office challenge: How to close all open files in Word 2007
October 27, 2011 8:22am PDT
This week, test your Word skills by solving the mystery of the disappearing Close All command in ribbon versions of Word.
6 Latest comment by quique6@...
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Use styles for quick Word to PowerPoint exchange
October 26, 2011 8:56am PDT
If you're lucky enough to have presentation information in a Word document, you don't need to start from scratch to build your presentation. Start with Word.
6 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Convert and format values into decimal values that Excel can interpret as time
October 25, 2011 8:51am PDT
Date arithmetic isn't for the timid, but this short lesson will help get your users headed in the right direction.
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Change Outlook's startup folder to match your preference
October 25, 2011 8:43am PDT
You don't have to start out in your Inbox every time you launch Outlook; take control and open Outlook to the folder you want.
2 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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Office challenge: How to use input values as default values in an Access form
October 24, 2011 11:05am PDT
This week, test your Access skills with this fairly common efficiency request from data input personnel.
7 Latest comment by Snak
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Office solution: How to delete a page number from a title page
October 24, 2011 7:47am PDT
This week, learn the solution to last week's challenge: How do I delete the page number from a title page?
2 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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How to add a graphic to an Access label report
October 24, 2011 7:43am PDT
A graphic to a label can add information or just a bit of fun to an Access database and it doesn't require any special expertise.
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Inserting the current Monday's date in a Word document
October 24, 2011 7:19am PDT
Use this easy-to-implement Word macro to return the date for the current Monday, any day of the week.
7 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
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10 questions to ask before upgrading from Access to SQL Server
October 19, 2011 12:35pm PDT
Upgrading to SQL Server might make sense for some of your clients, but it could be a bad idea for others. These questions will help them make the right call.
8 Latest comment by kallal@...
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Expose trends using a combo chart in Excel
October 18, 2011 1:26pm PDT
A combo chart created in Microsoft Excel can expose hidden trends that you might otherwise miss.
2 Latest comment by ssharkins@...
