Category «Technology»

Sharing Presenter Views in Teams

Stephanie Hutcheson, MCT October 4, 2021 Engage your audience with presenter modes Meeting participants tend to be more focused and have a better experience when they see a presenter along with a presentation. An interactive presenter also helps guide an audience along with visual cues while reducing information overload. By using a presenter mode such …

Get Add-ins for PowerPoint

by Stephanie Hutcheson, MCT Updated November 28, 2023 Extend the power of your Microsoft Applications by using the Add-ins feature.  Add-ins are supplemental programs that add custom commands or custom features to Office programs. You can obtain add-ins for PowerPoint at Popular Office downloads (A Microsoft Site) or on third-party vendor websites. If you are a developer, …

Leading Zeros in Excel

Hi there Excel users! Stephanie Hutcheson here. Trying to save the world some headaches. I frequently get asked to explain how to show leading zeros in Excel. It’s so frustrating when a leading zero drops from your worksheet.  While you can format it as text or type an apostrophe in front of it, you may …

Combining Shapes: MS PowerPoint

Stephanie Hutcheson, Lead Instructor

Creative Solutions with Shapes and Logos Insert the shape with which you want to begin (In this case a rounded corner rectangle) Figure 1 Insert the next shape you want to use for your completed shape (In this case I chose the diamond) Use the align features to center and align horizontally until you are …

MS Project Tips for New Users

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Many users feel confident about slipping into MS Project–until they don’t.  Once they experiment, frustration sets in quickly.  Project is one of those programs that is not self-explanatory.  It relies on fundamental Project Theory and uses calculations accordingly.  As I often state in my classes, Project makes you Engage the Brain, UGH!! Here are a …

The Case for Learning HTML

7 Reasons to Learn HTML (I could list lots more… but it is a blog) Hypertext what? CSS Who? Tell me again why it matters to declare a doc type? This is what I hear when I am encouraging professionals to consider taking my HTML class. What is HTML The Short Answer HTML or Hypertext …

Ungoogle me, -“The Right to be Forgotten”

You had a little too much of a good time on that spring break in college, leading to a bad decision resulting in an arrest for disorderly conduct. OR YOU HAD a run-in with the tax man more than a decade ago, resulting in your house going up for auction. Even though these issues have …