Reusing slides in a PowerPoint presentation
When you are developing a PowerPoint presentation you might occasionally want to include one or more slides from another presentation. Rather than using copy/paste there’s a better way: Reuse the …
Repeat a table heading on subsequent pages in Word
Tables in Word are a great way to organize columns and rows of data. However, if a table spans more than one page, Word does not display the table headings …
Using Excel’s Transpose feature to switch rows and columns in a spreadsheet
Sometimes in Excel you might create a spreadsheet and after using it for a while decide you want to switch the rows and columns. So it looks like this: But …
How to save an Outlook Contact Group that is attached to an email?
Subscriber Deesha P. asks ‘I had a contact group (distribution list) forwarded to me and I’m trying to save it to my contacts, but no luck’ A Contact Group (or …
Using Conditional Formatting to highlight a row of data in Excel
If you have rows of data in an Excel spreadsheet it can sometimes be handy to highlight the row based on the value in one of the cells in that …
More Outlook Search Tips – Searching Calendar and Tasks
We seem to spend most of our time in Outlook working with email and that is where there is likely the most to be gained from using all the Outlook …
More Outlook Search Tips – Change the Scope
Continuing our look at getting the most out of Outlook’s search feature, this week we look at where Outlook searches. In most Outlook systems, search only looks in the current …
More Outlook Search Tips – Recent Searches
Continuing our look at Outlook’s Search feature, I often find myself adding criteria to the search box to whittle down the number of emails the search locates. I find the …
More Outlook Search Tips – Searching only the Subject, Body or Attachments
In last week’s tip, we looked at how to make your Outlook searches more efficient by using the many criteria available. The Search Tools Search tab has the commonly used …
Is your Outlook searching efficient?
When you do a search in Outlook, looking to find one specific email message, are you taking advantage of the powerful search features Outlook provides? If you have a large …