Susan Harkins

The easiest way to spot a unique value is to format it, and Microsoft Excel offers two ways to do so.

If you run sorts in Excel a lot, you might benefit from shortcuts or even a macro. Here are some ways to make your sorting life easier.

Microsoft Word has a date field, but it’s not easy to use in an expression. If you need to update dates in a document, use Excel to calculate the dates and then run a mail merge.

Filters are great tools, but you can’t remove specific items from the results. When you need to do this, try Find All in Excel instead.

Learn three easy ways to add a bit of color to the pages of your Microsoft Word document.

Everyone likes a bonus, but sometimes calculating one can be a bit complicated–at first. Here’s how to calculate the amount in Microsoft Excel that you or your staff will get paid.

Drawing attention to individual talking points in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation is easy with this simple Grow/Shrink animation.

Whether you’re tired of losing your spot when collaborating or you want to customize the way you view your data, sheet views in Microsoft Excel are for you.

If you’re struggling with Microsoft Word footnotes or endnotes, you might find these tips helpful. Even if you’re an old pro, you might learn something new.

Microsoft Excel updates cell references when you copy an expression. Here are a couple of workarounds for those rare occasions when you don’t want to change the cell references.

Pivot tables generate great reports in Microsoft Excel, but adding a filter or two can make them even more flexible. Here’s how.

Unlike a line of text, which responds to only one alignment setting, a table lets you set a different alignment for every cell.