Tag «Microsoft Office Tips»

Use Different Color Pages in Word Document

“But I want to change different pages to different colors in a Word document”
Feeling a bit chagrined but undaunted, I set out to find a workaround.

Apply Dynamic Conditional Formatting in a PivotTable

Love using MS Excel’s conditional formatting feature? Learn to use it in PivotTables so that the formatting is as dynamic as your source data.

Tips for Making Effective PowerPoint Presentations

Making Your Meetings Impactful Keep in mind these tips are not “hard and fast”;As with everything in life, use them judiciously. Use the slide master feature to create a consistent and simple design template. Simplify and limit the number of words on each screen. Limit punctuation and avoid all capital letters. More white space is …

Using Multiple Monitors for Presentations

Hello Everyone! Welcome (or welcome back) to my blogs that help you work more efficiently and that answer some common questions regarding productivity in your work space. Today we will look at presenting on multiple monitors using Teams so that you can see (but your audience cannot): Your Slides Your Notes The Next Slide Did …

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 …

Custom (Personal) Office Template Choices

Templates are terrific timesavers and great for consistency. You have created the template, saved it but when you try to access the template you do not see the choice Personal or Office. This is a frustrating scenario so below are some instructions that hopefully will solve this problem. Change Template Options Change your options to …

MS Project Tips for New Users

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 …