Susan Harkins

Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel’s easiest tasks. Click; you’re done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you’ll need a custom sort. Here’s how.

When pasting becomes tedious, check out the Clipboard history feature. It saves 25 items, so you can copy from document to document and app to app with less effort.

You can automate specific tasks by repurposing Word’s built-in commands. It requires a bit of VBA, but it’s super easy. Here’s how.

Filling blanks isn’t difficult at all if you apply one of these three tips. They’re quick and easy!

Learn how to use both Excel’s XLOOKUP() and VLOOKUP() functions to find results between conditional benchmarks in Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel’s dynamic array function XLOOKUP() might completely replace VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP().

If you miss Outlook categories, here’s how to run this VBScript procedure to get them back.

Changing numerous tables in a Word document one by one would be a tedious project. Instead, use VBA!

To create a dual-color circle, you’ll need a few tricks up your sleeve because PowerPoint doesn’t have a semi-circle shape. Learn two ways to create semi-circles, so you can combine them.

Not all sorts in Excel are alphabetical. Sometimes, you need to sort by an irregular set of terms, and when that happens, you need to create a custom sort. Here’s how.

Microsoft Word’s drawing layer helps you keep pieces of a complex drawing together on a single canvas.

Sparklines are small charts that fit into a single Microsoft Excel cell. But if you’re tracking non-numeric data, they can exhibit weird behavior. Learn how to avoid problems when using sparklines.