Microsoft Office

How to Turn Off Focused Inbox in Microsoft Outlook

Focused Inbox brings all your important emails together while keeping all other emails in the Other tab. If you don’t use this inbox, turn it off in your Outlook desktop, web, or mobile version. We’ll show you how to do that….

Mahesh Makvana 13h ago

How to Remove an Email Account From Microsoft Outlook

If you don’t wish to use a particular email account with Microsoft Outlook, or you’d like to close your Outlook account completely, it’s easy to do that. We’ll show you how in this guide.

Mahesh Makvana 2d ago

Word Online Has a Great New Feature for Collaboration

Word Online has been around for years, but it’s still missing some helpful features compared to Google Docs. Thankfully, Microsoft is taking another step towards closing the gap, with the addition of review mode sharing….

Corbin Davenport 4d ago

How to Remove a Drop-Down List in Microsoft Excel

Removing a drop-down list from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is as easy as selecting the drop-down cells and choosing an option. This keeps the values that you’ve chosen while the drop-down was present. We’ll show you how to …

Mahesh Makvana 5d ago

Microsoft Teams Is Now Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs

Slowly but surely, popular apps are updating to run on Macs with Apple Silicon chipsets, without the need for Apple’s slower compatibility layer. Now, Microsoft Teams has officially joined the party.

Corbin Davenport 5d ago

How to Apply Color to Alternate Rows in Microsoft Excel

One way to make spreadsheet data easier to read is by applying color to alternating rows. Microsoft Excel offers a couple of ways to alternate row color so you can whichever method works best for you.

Sandy Writtenhouse 5d ago

How to Capitalize Text in Microsoft Excel

With Microsoft Excel’s UPPER , LOWER , and PROPER functions, you can capitalize your text as well as turn your text to lowercase or proper case. You can specify your text as a cell reference or directly in the function. We’ll…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 31st

How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation From an Outline

When you plan out your slideshow ahead of time, you might use an outline. This helps determine the content for each slide. In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can pull that outline right into the application and transform it into a …

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 30th

How to Set Up an Out of Office Reply in Outlook for the Web

Out-of-office replies are convenient ways to let others know you’re away and can’t respond to their message. If you use Outlook on the web, you can set up an automatic reply in just minutes.

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 29th

How to Type the Section Symbol in Microsoft Word

If you’re creating a legal document and need to insert the section symbol (§), Microsoft Word offers a couple of ways and a customized shortcut key to insert this symbol. We’ll show you how to add this symbol to your papers …

Mahesh Makvana Jul 29th

How to Change Your Signature in Outlook

Whether your job title has changed or you’d like to update your phone number, Microsoft Outlook makes it super easy to change your email signature’s contents. We’ll show you how to edit your signature in Outlook’s desktop, we…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 28th

How to Circle Invalid Data in Microsoft Excel

You can use data validation in Microsoft Excel to stop incorrect data entries. But there may be times when that validation doesn’t work as planned. To help, you can use the Circle Invalid Data feature….

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 28th

How to Download Emails From Microsoft Outlook

If you’d like to keep a copy of an email for offline use, or you’d like to upload your emails to cloud storage, Microsoft Outlook makes it easy to download one or more of your emails. You can do this in Outlook’s desktop, web…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 27th

How to Use Microsoft Sway

Are you a Microsoft Office user who’s interested in quickly creating a web-based presentation, interactive report, or personal portfolio? PowerPoint can be intimidating to learn and put to use, so consider using the lighter …

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 25th

How to Add Months to a Date in Microsoft Excel

Want to see what date it will be after a certain number of months have passed? Using Microsoft Excel’s EDATE function, you can add (or subtract) months to a specific date in your spreadsheets. Here’s how to use it….

Mahesh Makvana Jul 25th

How to Create a Photo Album in Microsoft PowerPoint

Slideshows are great for more than just business-related presentations. You can use Microsoft PowerPoint to create a photo album and add music or visual effects for a memorable show.

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 23rd

What Is the Office Insider Program?

You may have heard about the Office Insider program or read about new Microsoft Office application features available only to Office Insiders. If you’re curious and possibly interested in becoming an Insider, here’s everythin…

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 21st

Microsoft Office Is Finally Blocking Dangerous Macros

Microsoft has been slowly rolling out a security change to Office apps that would have blocked VBA macros in downloaded documents. The update was put on hold earlier this month, but now it’s happening again….

Corbin Davenport Jul 21st

Forget Xbox Live: Microsoft Is Launching Excel Live

Microsoft held its yearly “Inspire” event today, where the company reveals new products and services for large organizations. One of today’s announcements was ‘Excel Live,’ a new collaboration tool.

Corbin Davenport Jul 19th

How to Open PDFs in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word can open a variety of file formats, including PDF. If you don’t wish to use a dedicated PDF reader, use this word processing program to view as well as edit your PDF files. We’ll show you two different ways to …

Mahesh Makvana Jul 19th

How to AutoFill Dates in Microsoft Excel

If you want to fill sequential dates in your spreadsheet cells, you don’t have to type them manually. Microsoft Excel offers two ways to quickly and automatically fill dates in your chosen cells. We’ll show you how to use tho…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 19th

How to Move a Table in Microsoft Word

Although you probably strive to format your Word document as you compose it, there may be a time when you need to rearrange items. This is common if you use images, objects, and for this guide, tables….

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 18th

Outlook Is Down for Some People Right Now

Are you having email problems with an Outlook.com account? Don’t worry, you’re not alone — it’s a widespread problem, and Microsoft is trying to fix it.

Corbin Davenport Jul 18th

How to Make a Simple Budget in Microsoft Excel

Keeping track of your budget, whether for yourself or your entire household, is key to money management. If you already use Microsoft Excel, you can create a budget easily using a template or making one from scratch….

Sandy Writtenhouse Jul 16th

How to Enable Macros in Microsoft Excel

Using Microsoft Excel macros, you can run a prerecorded set of steps to automate many of your repetitive tasks. You’ll have to turn on the feature before you can use it. We’ll show you how to activate macros on a per-spreadsh…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 15th

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