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How to Embed Fonts in PowerPoint

If you send someone your PowerPoint presentation, but they don’t have the used fonts installed, the formatting and layout can get messed up. You can prevent this from happening by embedding the fonts in your presentation. Her…

Marshall Gunnell Mar 13th

How to Use Cell Values for Excel Chart Labels

Make your chart labels in Microsoft Excel dynamic by linking them to cell values. When the data changes, the chart labels automatically update. In this article, we explore how to make both your chart title and the chart data …

Alan Murray Mar 12th

How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint

When you’re presenting a PowerPoint presentation, it can be easy to lose track of what slide you’re currently on—especially if it’s a large one. To help, you can add slide numbers in PowerPoint to know your position….

Ben Stockton Mar 12th

How to Use the TRUNC Function in Excel

There are a variety of ways in Excel to remove decimal points and shortening number values. In this article, we explain how to use the TRUNC function and what makes it different from other techniques.

Alan Murray Mar 10th

How to Use the Follow Up Option in Outlook

One of Outlook’s most useful and least-understood options is Follow Up, the program’s email reminder tool. If you struggle to remember to answer emails after they’re no longer on the front page of your inbox, this tool is for…

Rob Woodgate Mar 8th

How to Change the Case of Text in PowerPoint

If you’re looking to quickly change the case of the text in a slide of your PowerPoint presentation, Microsoft Office provides a couple of quick and easy ways to do so—and several different text case styles to choose from…

Marshall Gunnell Mar 6th

How to Combine Word Documents

For most people, the quickest method for combining Word documents is to manually copy and paste them into one. This isn’t the best method for merging documents—a far easier method is to insert your documents as objects in…

Ben Stockton Mar 5th

How to Change an Entire Presentation’s Formatting in PowerPoint

If you’re wanting to reuse a PowerPoint presentation but would like to clear the slideshow’s formatting, there’s no need to do it slide by slide—you can do it all at once. Here’s how.

Marshall Gunnell Mar 4th

How to Add or Remove AutoCorrect Entries in Word

Whether you want to add new autocorrect entries to Word or just do a little housekeeping and remove some vocab that’s no longer relevant, you can do so in just a few easy steps. Here’s how.

Marshall Gunnell Mar 3rd

How to Add Branching in Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is a great tool for creating free, easy-to-use surveys, polls, quizzes, and questionnaires. It includes branching, which allows you to send users to different questions depending on their previous answers. Her…

Rob Woodgate Feb 28th

How to Search for Text in Word

Microsoft Word provides a feature that allows you to search for text within a document. You can also use advanced settings to make your search more specific, such as case matching or ignoring punctuation. Here’s how to use …

Marshall Gunnell Feb 26th

How to Loop a PowerPoint Presentation

Slideshows are sometimes used to display images at events, such as weddings or trade shows. Whatever the occasion might be, you’ll want to loop your PowerPoint presentation so your guests aren’t staring at a blank screen….

Marshall Gunnell Feb 20th

How to Use Outlook’s Online Inline Translation Feature

Microsoft Outlook’s online app provides free and immediate translation of emails across a large number of languages for Office 365 subscribers. Here’s how to turn the feature on and use it.

Rob Woodgate Feb 18th

How to Convert Currency in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel doesn’t include built-in tools to convert currency. However, you can use an external data source to provide up-to-date rates. A basic multiplication formula will then convert from one currency to another. Here…

Ben Stockton Feb 10th

How to Create and Add Footnotes in PowerPoint

Footnotes are great for providing additional information without taking up too much space. With there being a finite amount of space on each slide in PowerPoint, footnotes may be just the thing you need. Here’s how to add the…

Marshall Gunnell Feb 6th

How to Create a Dynamic Defined Range in Excel

Your Excel data changes frequently, so it’s useful to create a dynamic defined range that automatically expands and contracts to the size of your data range. Let’s see how.

Alan Murray Feb 4th

How to Add Line Numbers to a Microsoft Word Document

Adding line numbers to a Microsoft Word document can help you point others to exact positions within it, especially in documents with multiple pages. Here’s how to quickly add line numbers in Word.

Ben Stockton Jan 24th

How to Make One Long Column into Multiple Columns in Excel

Too much data in a single column can make your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet harder to read. To improve it, you should consider splitting up your column using the “Text to Columns” or “Flash Fill” features….

Ben Stockton Jan 23rd

How to Print an Excel Spreadsheet with a Background

By default, when you print an Excel spreadsheet, it only includes cells that contain data. Extra content is typically excluded, but it is possible to add a background to your Excel printouts—here’s how to do it….

Ben Stockton Jan 22nd

How to Stop Excel From Moving the Selection Box When You Hit Enter

When you type information into Excel and press the Enter key, the selection box moves to the cell below. This is the standard behavior of Excel, but you might find this frustrating. Fortunately, the default setting can be cha…

Alan Murray Jan 15th

How to Find and Replace Text and Numbers in Excel

The Find and Replace tool is a powerful yet often forgotten feature of Excel. Let’s see how it can be used to find and replace text and numbers in a spreadsheet and also some of its advanced features.

Alan Murray Jan 14th

How to Dim the Appearance of Text in PowerPoint

When you’re giving a presentation, you want to keep your audience focused on one message at a time to prevent confusion. Dimming the text’s appearance that’s not being discussed can help you achieve this goal. Here’s ho…

Marshall Gunnell Jan 10th

How to Add Space Between Text and Cell Borders in Excel

Adding a bit of extra padding to your cell boundaries can make it easier for you to read through data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. If you want to add extra white space between text and cell borders, here’s how….

Ben Stockton Jan 9th

How to Duplicate a Page in Microsoft Word

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to duplicate a page in a Microsoft Word document, especially if you’re creating a template. It’s a pretty simple process, so here’s how to do it.

Ben Stockton Jan 8th

How to Change the Paper Size in Microsoft Word

Documents come in different shapes and sizes, like legal or brochure. In Word, you can change the paper size to fit the type of document you’re working on, or change the default paper size for all new documents. We’ll walk yo…

Marshall Gunnell Jan 7th