Susan Harkins

Using nothing more than an add-in, you can build live polls into your presentations.

Avoid input errors when soliciting data via a Word UserForm with VBA procedures that check for specific attributes.

Formatting every new Word table you insert gets old in a hurry. Learn how to modify Word’s default table style or use the Quick Tables feature instead.

Sheet groups can streamline your Excel tasks in all kinds of ways. Here are some inventive possibilities for using groups to interact with multiple sheets more efficiently.

Outlook’s out-of-the box calendar may not fit your scheduling needs. Here’s the easy route to changing the defaults to work for you.

If you’re changing the same format attributes every time you open a new Word document, you’re working harder than necessary. Modify the template once and work smarter.

With seamless storage built into the Office interface, it’s easy to lose sight of where you’re saving files. Here’s a trick to add a control to the QAT so you always know the current file’s location.

You can display the name of a Word document in the header or footer–or even in the title bar– but the results are a little rough around the edges. See what works and what doesn’t.

It’s easy to print a single label for one or more records, but when you need to print multiple labels for a single record, you’ll need VBA.

Word templates can simplify your work and make you more productive. These tips will help you get the maximum benefit with the least effort.

Word’s Find And Replace feature is handy, but it has certain limitations. Here’s a macro that will let you highlight multiple search strings.

Word’s AutoText feature is like AutoCorrect on steroids. Once you master a few tricks and shortcuts, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.