August 2012
Autofill is creating a series and I just want to copy data!
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Many Excel users make use of the Autofill feature for copying formulas or entering days, months, dates or other things that form a series. There are occasions when users want Excel to ignore the fact that the value is part of a series so that rather than create the series, it […]
Should I use Clear, Delete or Delete in Excel?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Yes, the title of this post does sound as though I’ve made a mistake! It is, however, entirely deliberate as I am going to explain the difference between Delete on the keyboard, the Delete command on the ribbon and Clear in Excel. I meet many people on my training workshops who […]
Love ’em or hate ’em: Automatic Formatting Features in Word
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Last week, during a Microsoft Word course, one of the participants asked me the following question: “I typed some dashes/hyphens in my document. Word then extended the dashes to make a line going all the way across the page. I have been trying to delete it, but neither backspace nor delete […]
Software Secrets: Choosing colours for a PowerPoint presentation
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Lots of research has been done around the human reaction to colour, so if you’re really serious about the impact of colour it is well worth looking in to. Personally, I just try to keep it simple and follow a few basic guidelines. Here are some of the things I bear […]
How-To Guide: Create a key or legend in Visio
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames I have been training and working with a client to create Visio diagrams such as flowcharts, swimlane diagrams and organisation charts. The organisation charts have proved tricky due a complex structure within the organisation, a common issue, I know. To make the chart clearer, my client decided to change the fill […]
How-To Guide: Look like a pro when starting a PowerPoint presentation
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Do you use PowerPoint as a visual aid when presenting? How do you start running the Slide Show? I sometimes see presenters opening PowerPoint and then fumbling around for the Slide Show button to start the full screen show (I don’t mind admitting that I have been guilty of this in […]
Software Secrets: My process for Word headers & footers in sections
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Written by Jane Hames In Microsoft Word, Headers and Footers are a great way of being able to set the same information to appear at the top and bottom of every page in the document. Common examples of this are the page number, date, company name, copyright, titles or file location. If you need to […]
Tip for working with tables in Word
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames I often get asked this question: “I’ve inserted a table at the top of my Word document but now I can’t seem to get above the table: how can I click above the table to type my heading?” Here’s the answer: Click into the first cell in the table (in front […]
How-To Guide: Reduce document size by compressing pictures
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Written by Jane Hames Do you insert pictures into Word Documents, PowerPoint Presentations (or even Excel Workbooks)? Do you need to email those documents? If so, it is worth learning how to use the very simple Compress Pictures feature which will reduce the file size. It only takes a minute and works a treat! Click […]
Excel How-To Guide: Sorting (without messing up your data!)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Written by Jane Hames OK, hands up who thought they knew how to sort a list in Excel and then totally messed up their data? My hand is up! I ask my workshop participants that question and I can’t think of an occasion when no-one has admitted to making the same mistake. Many of Excel’s […]
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