Category Archives: Microsoft Office

How to Loop a PowerPoint Presentation Continuously

PowerPoint is not only useful for doing a presentation in front of an audience but can be useful as a continuous presentation on a stand. Or perhaps you want to have something looping at a conference in the auditorium as … Continue reading

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How to Loop a PowerPoint Presentation

Whenever I help someone set up a conference or a stand at an exhibition I remind them that it can be really useful to have a PowerPoint presentation looping though some slides. If you have a stand then this is … Continue reading

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Excel: Using the MAX() and MIN() Functions

Want to find the highest or lowest values in the a range in Excel? Then there are two functions that are easy to use to do that. They are MAX(), for finding the highest, or maximum value, and you guessed … Continue reading

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Excel: Using the LARGE() and SMALL() Functions

If you have been using Excel you have probably come across the MAX and MIN functions for finding the highest or lowest values in a range. But what if you want to find the second largest or third and so … Continue reading

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How to Create Your Own Template in Microsoft Word

You’ve probably seen the array of templates that come with Microsoft Word, but what if you want to create your own. It’s really easy to do. There are advantages to using templates especially if you have forms or documents you … Continue reading

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Excel’s Newest Function XLOOKUP

VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP are two popular functions in Excel and a new one has come along to replace them, don’t worry they haven’t gone away. The new function is XLOOKUP it is easier to use and has some additional features … Continue reading

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How to Crop Photographs and Images in Word

If you are adding a photograph, image or picture to Microsoft Word and you need to crop it you don’t need to do that before you insert it into your document you can crop it directly in Word. The advantages … Continue reading

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Creating a Chart in Excel When Data is Not Next to Each Other

Excel has some great features for creating charts, I remember when I first started using it and saw how easy it was to create one. You would not believe what I had to do to create a chart before then … Continue reading

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9 Really Useful PowerPoint Tips for Presentations

If you haven’t got enough to think about when doing a PowerPoint presentation here are some tips that will make it a little less stressful and at the same time might help keep your audience’s attention. Start Your Presentation Quickly … Continue reading

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Zooming in on a PowerPoint Slide

Ever been doing a presentation and you have a chart, image or data you want to zoom in on. Perhaps you just want to make it stand out or get your audience to focus on it or perhaps it is … Continue reading

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