Susan Harkins

Too many pictures in a presentation can be overwhelming. Here’s how to turn a busy picture into a focused visual using Merge in PowerPoint.

Conditional formatting is an easy way to expose detailed insights. Learn more in this Power BI tutorial.

When you want to combine values in Microsoft Excel, instead of complex expressions or VBA, opt for Power Query – it’s fast and easy.

Learn how to use a data validation control to allow users to select when to run multiple VBA procedures in Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Power BI does a lot of calculating internally, but when you need more, turn to Power BI quick measures—you need no knowledge of DAX.

It’s not hard to make a text-heavy Microsoft Word document easy-to-read by using newspaper columns. Here’s how.

Microsoft Excel produces great charts, but sometimes they’re not visually pleasing. Learn how to change a few formats to yield a professional-looking chart within minutes.

If you need a landscape page in the middle of a Microsoft Word document, you need to know this simple trick.

Slicers in Microsoft Power BI improve the experience for end users by providing a quick way to filter data in a meaningful way.

You don’t need functions to return the top or bottom records in Microsoft Power BI. A simple filter is all that’s required.

In Microsoft PowerPoint, you don’t need to create a table style from scratch; instead, learn how to apply a style and tweak it to get quick, professional results.

Microsoft Excel PivotTables do a great job of turning data into meaningful information, but they have one flaw: You can’t easily add grand total rows.