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In today’s Quick Tip we show you how to quickly and easily add a dropdown list in your Google Docs document. You can create your own list with your preferred answer options or choose from predefined lists. #GoogleDocs #training #GoogleWorkspace #ITtraining

How do you prepare staff for a new system or software upgrade? “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed” – Peter Senge I have been an IT trainer for 25 years now, and during that time I have worked with many organisations who are upgrading their software or changing to a new system. In […]

Coronavirus has affected us all, with a major impact on how we work. Clearly it will not be possible for Glide to deliver on-site training courses for the foreseeable future, and it is likely that a large proportion of our clients’ workforce will be working from home over the same period. However we can help […]

Written by Jane Hames This article is aimed at people who use Google Sheets instead of Microsoft Excel as their main spreadsheet application. If you’d like to know more about Glide Training’s on-site training for users of Google Sheets and other Google G Suite products please click here. Sometimes you might find that the content of […]

Written by Jane Hames We are pleased to announce the latest in our ongoing series of affordable online training courses. Excel Formulas Made Easy This course is designed for Excel users who are comfortable with entering data onto spreadsheets, but are looking to take the next step and begin using formulas to undertake more powerful […]

Written by Jane Hames We are pleased to announce the release of a new FREE online training course. Speed through Excel with Autofill This is the first of a number of online courses we will be launching during 2018 and beyond. The courses will cover a number of popular office applications including Microsoft Office, Google […]

Written by Jane Hames For any organisation, changing software can be seen as a major headache. As any IT professional involved in such projects will know, changing an IT system isn’t as simple as buying a new product and rolling it out to the users. There are many implications for the users of the new […]

Written by Jane Hames With the Details View in Project, you can easily move between tasks and resources, viewing details about them. I find that this is a huge time saver as I don’t need to switch views as the details can be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Here are some examples of […]

Written by Jane Hames This post is aimed at those who already use PivotTables (as many of my trainees do!). PivotTable grouping is easy enough to do, but it could cause a lot of frustation if you want to change the grouping in one table without changing the way that field is grouped in another […]

Written by Jane Hames You might be surprised how easy it can be to get much more than what is traditionally expected from your training. Imagine that you have a training course booked in for next week. Of course, you are hoping to learn some useful information and techniques. I would expect that you also […]