Tips and Tricks

You may already use date formats and formulas in Excel, but what about working with time? If you’re using small units of time it’s important you use the correct format.  It’s simple once you kn...

PowerPoint provides two methods of removing the background from images; ‘Set Transparent Color’ and ‘Remove Background’. The latter works, even if your picture doesn’t contain one solid back...

This video demonstrates how to bypass the Backstage menu in your Office applications, when using Ctrl O and Ctrl S to open and save documents. Potentially, a real time saver!

If you use PowerPoint to create diagrams and drawings there are some really useful shortcut keys to help you draw, duplicate and group objects in your drawings. Follow the video to learn more…

You are probably familiar with some of the built-in shortcut keys Word offers, such as Ctrl B for bold and Ctrl S for save, but did you know you can create your own shortcuts? These can then be assign...

If you’re using dates in formulas or in lists and tables, it’s really important to format them correctly. And did you know, using a custom format, you can automatically show the day of the week to...

The ‘Navigation Pane’ is a great tool for searching and finding text. It will show all your search results ‘in context’ and the text will automatically be highlighted in your document, making ...

‘Quick Steps’ is an Outlook tool that lets you apply multiple actions to any selected email message(s). This can be a huge time-saver! Watch our video to find out how…

Using the cropping tools in PowerPoint you can trim and remove unwanted portions of pictures. Better still, ‘crop to shape’ lets you change the outline of a picture to fit in a shape, such as a ci...

The Navigation Pane allows you to quickly jump to headings in your document. It’s also a real time-saver when it comes to rearranging paragraphs of text. Follow the video to see how simple this isâ€...