Setting the default format when you paste in MS Word
When you paste text into a Word document you have options for how the text is formatted. The choices are: Keep Source Formatting – preserves the look of the original …
Using Word’s Selection Pane to manage multiple graphics on a page
While most Word documents are primarily all text, some may contain graphics such as SmartArt, pictures, shapes or screenshots. If some of the pages in your document contain several graphics, …
Declutter the Taskbar by unpinning programs you don’t use daily
Continuing the theme of decluttering in the last couple of tips, this week we are going to look at how you can free up more space on the Taskbar. New …
Hide Cortana in Windows 10 to free up space on the Taskbar
Last week we looked at how to free up space on the Taskbar by hiding the Task View button. Continuing the theme of decluttering, this week we are going to …
Declutter the Taskbar by hiding the Task View button
In last week’s tip we covered the Task View button, which was introduced in Windows 10. If you don’t use the Task View button or if you tend to use …
Take a partial screen shot with the Windows Snipping Tool
The Snipping Tool was introduced in Windows 7 and it lets you take a snapshot of anything on your screen(s). It’s an improvement on the Prt Scr key as it …
Using the Windows 10 Task View button to quickly switch to an open window
Windows 10 introduced a new feature called Task View. It makes it easy to quickly find and switch to an open window. The Task View button is to the right …
Open a file as Read-Only
Let’s say you have a budget in Excel that is the final version but you want to open it and do a few casual ‘what if’ projections with it. As …
Using Word’s built-in Thesaurus
As you work away in Word, do you find yourself sometimes mentally searching for just the right word? None of the words you can think of really capture the essence …
Using Excel’s ROUND function to round to the nearest thousand
Subscriber Maki K. asks ‘in Excel how do I show $8,607 as $9,000 and $43,035 as $43,000?’. The answer is the ROUND function. You may be familiar with the ROUND …