Susan Harkins

Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting or filtering. Duplicates that span multiple columns require a bit of setup, but the solution’s not difficult to implement.

If you can’t include your company logo in a presentation because of its unsightly background, use this PowerPoint trick to make that background disappear.

The next time you need to configure the Page Setup options for a new worksheet, try this quick copy trick.

If you want to incorporate automatic numbering in your document headings, the quickest and most foolproof route is to create a custom style.

This technique lets you build an Excel chart that shares supportive information in series form.

Tired of erasing holes in your graph paper or having to start over from scratch? Here’s an easy way to create your own custom graph paper in Excel.

Now you see it, now you don’t. Learn how to remove hidden text from a Word document.

Excel restricts the amount of text you can place into its headers and footers. Here’s a quick way to outfox it.

Don’t wrestle with column width and alignment formats when you want to add a title above multi-column text. This trick lets you add it as you would any other title.

Word’s Find feature locates text, but you can also use it to highlight all occurrences of a word or phrase in a document.

You can shave some time off your email tasks by creating a desktop shortcut for sending messages to the people you contact most often.

Letting Word enter a date or time for users is easy, but that can lead to frustration when Word doesn’t perform as expected. Teach users about the less obvious aspects of these features or give them a macro.