Among Excel’s more popular formulas, the EFFECT formula is often used by financial professionals to figure out an effective interest rate from a nominal interest rate. Also called annual percentage […]

Excel’s grid-like appearance can seem static at times without the possibility of creating customized interfaces to match the needs of the data stored in a worksheet. Although this is true […]

Since Windows 7, one feature that’s been greatly enhanced in Windows is the ability to instantly connect a projector using different options depending on your needs. Using a simple keyboard […]

Although PowerPoint presentations are usually displayed on a screen, they are just like other documents in the Microsoft Office suite such as Word, Excel, and Publisher. Just like those other […]

As any good writer will tell you, the presentation of your work is as important as the content. Consequently, if you want people to perceive your work as professional, you […]

Although Excel is capable of calculating a number of descriptive and inferential statistics for you, it is often better to show a visual representation of data when presenting information to […]

Found in a strange place in the application, you can add action buttons to a PowerPoint slide to make your presentation more interactive and easier to use for the viewer. […]

When most people think of sorting text in an application, they think of sorting cells in an Excel spreadsheet. However, you can sort text in Word as long as there […]

One of the limitations of subtracting dates in Excel is that the application can only give you either the number of days, the number of months, or the number of […]

At one time or another, we have all accidentally tapped the Caps Lock key while typing. If you were multitasking while typing, it is completely possible you typed several sentences in all caps! I’m […]

If you work with people from all over the country or world, you probably share and e-mail files back and forth to one another. If you share Microsoft Excel 2007 […]

Adding music to a PowerPoint presentation is a very simple process, requiring only a couple of steps to complete. Music will not only give your presentations more appeal but grab […]

Are you seeing a process called CTFMON.exe using up resources on your Windows PC? Most of the time, this process is harmless and you really don’t need to worry about […]

One of Microsoft’s favorite error messages is “Program X has encountered a problem and needs to close”. You’ll get this message from pretty much any Microsoft product, including Microsoft Office, […]

Have you ever tried to copy some cells in Excel and gotten the Cannot empty the clipboard error message? I was recently the victim of this annoying error, which would pop up […]

A number of people in my office have been asking me how they can easily switch between worksheets in Excel using their keyboards rather than having to click on an […]

Is Microsoft Outlook running super slow? Still have the loading dataset message showing up for you? I just love it when Microsoft tries to make their software better by adding a bunch of […]