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Not only news and announcements, but a handy collection of hints and tips to help you get the most out of the software you use.

Tech Types: Are your learners High-Tech, Tech-Confident or Tech-Resistant?

If you are a Learning & Development or IT Manager, the chances are you might have provided your company’s teams with some IT training workshops. You may have noticed that catering for individuals in a group setting can seem like an impossible task!

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Helpdesk Dependency to Self-Sufficiency!

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Take your teams from being highly dependent on the IT helpdesk to being self-sufficient and highly skilled.

Are you hearing that your organisation’s IT Helpdesk is overwhelmed? Why is this happening?

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IT Training: What do they really need?

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Finding IT training that meets your unique needs can be tough. You might not understand the technical needs of your teams, which makes it hard to explain what training they need to a provider.

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Split Dates and Times into separate columns in Excel and Google Sheets with INT

Welcome to our first Quick Tip of 2025! Today we show you a quick and easy way to split date and time into seperate columns in Excel and Google Sheets by using the INT function.

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Add a front cover page in Word and keep page numbering intact

In today’s QuickTip we show you a simple way to add a front cover page to your Microsoft Word document in a way that doesn’t interfere with page numbering in the document footer.

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How to send feedback to Microsoft and Google

Here’s something a little different in this week’s Quick Tip – how to send feedback to either Google or Microsoft on their applications, from within the app itself.

If you’d like to see more hints and tips on how to get the best out of the software and apps you use every day, take a look at our YouTube channel. Follow us for regular updates!

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An introduction to Google Keep

This week’s Quick Tip video gives you an overview of Keep, the multi-function note and list management tool within the Google Workspace suite, with a couple of quick pointers on how to use some of the common features.

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Ten Tips for working productively in Excel and Google Sheets

Ten tips for working productively in Excel and Google Sheets

It can be surprisingly easy to save yourself a bit of time and effort in the workplace just by making use of some of the many brilliant tools that are available in spreadsheet apps. Not everyone uses them (yet!) but they can help everybody work more efficiently. Here are our ten tips for working productively in Excel and Google Sheets.

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How to add checklists to tasks in Microsoft Planner

Our Top Tip this week shows you a simple way to structure your projects in Microsoft Planner by adding checklists to your tasks.

If you’d like to see more hints and tips on how to get the best out of the software and apps you use every day, take a look at our YouTube channel. Follow us for regular updates!

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How to open a Google Slides file in presentation view

Today’s Top Tip gives you a quick and easy way to tweak a URL so you can open a Google Slides file in slideshow presentation view.

If you’d like to see more hints and tips on how to get the best out of the software and apps you use every day, take a look at our YouTube channel. Follow us for regular updates!

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