How do you find out which colour is being used for a Font or Fill?
Sometimes I want to use a font or fill colour that is already in use in a document in other places in the document, so I want to find out …
Easily convert an older MS Office file format to the current format
A client recently sent me a word document with a list of attendees for an upcoming course. I was surprised to see the document was a .doc as this file …
What can you hyperlink to in a document?
As a follow-on to last week’s tip on creating a hyperlink to a web page, this week we are going to look at creating a hyperlink to another location in …
Quickly create a hyperlink in an email
If you often create hyperlinks to a web page, this week’s tip will come in useful. I use this the most in email messages but it works equally well in …
Insert a Screenshot in an MS Office document
I recently had someone email me with a question about one of the Weekly Tips. Helpfully, they included a screenshot so I could see what they were talking about. I …
Calendars from Office Online
With 2018 upon us you may be looking for a calendar to use this year. Rather than creating one yourself, I suggest having a look at the free calendars available …
My favourite tips of 2017
As this will be the last tip of the year I thought I’d highlight some of my favourite tips from 2017. If you joined the list part way through the …
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 …
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 …
How to Zoom in when reading an Outlook email
Subscriber Jean K. asks ‘Is there a way in Outlook to zoom in to make the text in an email larger?’ If you have opened the message, as opposed to …