Susan Harkins

In Microsoft 365, there are hundreds of icons that represent software, files and more. When a Microsoft Word document needs pizazz, consider adding icons by following the steps in this tutorial.

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work.

Excel for the web now supports conditional formatting, and the interface is easier to use than the desktop edition. Susan Harkins shows you how to use it.

Microsoft Word’s enhanced comments feature will make collaborating on documents even easier. This Word tutorial shows how to put the new options to work.

Learn a seemingly tricky way to extract data from your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Adding headers and footers to a Microsoft Word document is easy, even if you have a mix of header needs. Susan Harkins will show you how.

Wouldn’t it be grand to have your Microsoft Outlook calendar in plain sight? Well, you can, and it’s easier than you might think.

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.

To add a little fun to a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, combine a few animations to a star shape to create a flashing star.

This simple procedure can save you a lot of time when you’re finished with your work. Susan Harkins tells you how.

If simple but consistent formatting across Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook are important to your organization, consider designing custom themes that all the apps will use. Susan Harkins tells you how.

If you have tables in your Word document, these procedures will help you make them look nice. Susan Harkins will show you how to jazz them up.