We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on-site training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for our customers, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
-->“IT Training and enthusiasm do not often go hand in hand, but Jane has achieved it! The trainees leaving the sessions with Jane have all said how useful the sessions have been and with big smiles and thumbs up all round. Many are already asking for more and can’t wait to see Jane back again. Thanks Jane!”
We offer Microsoft Word training courses to users of all levels. Many people assume they already know how to use Word, but there are lots of helpful though seldom-used features which can save time and bring real gains in efficiency.
Read more on Online Microsoft Word Training…
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on-site IT training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for your team, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered on-site IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
-->“IT Training and enthusiasm do not often go hand in hand, but Jane has achieved it! The trainees leaving the sessions with Jane have all said how useful the sessions have been and with big smiles and thumbs up all round. Many are already asking for more and can’t wait to see Jane back again. Thanks Jane!”
We offer Microsoft Word training courses to users of all levels. Many people assume they already know how to use Word, but there are lots of helpful though seldom-used features which can save time and bring real gains in efficiency.
Read more on On Site Microsoft Word Training…
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on site IT training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for your team, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered online IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
-->“IT Training and enthusiasm do not often go hand in hand, but Jane has achieved it! The trainees leaving the sessions with Jane have all said how useful the sessions have been and with big smiles and thumbs up all round. Many are already asking for more and can’t wait to see Jane back again. Thanks Jane!”
We design and deliver bespoke Microsoft Office training courses tailored to your requirements. We can cover any version from Office 2010 to the latest 2019 release (including Office 365), depending on which is used in your organisation.
Read more on Online Microsoft Office Training…
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on-site IT training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for your team, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered on-site IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
-->“IT Training and enthusiasm do not often go hand in hand, but Jane has achieved it! The trainees leaving the sessions with Jane have all said how useful the sessions have been and with big smiles and thumbs up all round. Many are already asking for more and can’t wait to see Jane back again. Thanks Jane!”
We design and deliver bespoke Microsoft Office training courses tailored to your requirements. We can cover any version from Office 2010 to the latest 2019 release (including Office 365), depending on which is used in your organisation.
Read more on On Site Microsoft Office Training…
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on-site IT training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for your team, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered on-site IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
“I am so pleased I allowed myself the time to come to this course. I am now confident I can sort out my overly complicated spreadsheets and actually understand the data and use it effectively. Thank you so much!”
-->“IT Training and enthusiasm do not often go hand in hand, but Jane has achieved it! The trainees leaving the sessions with Jane have all said how useful the sessions have been and with big smiles and thumbs up all round. Many are already asking for more and can’t wait to see Jane back again. Thanks Jane!”
We deliver on-site Excel training for users of all levels. We can help everyone from beginners with little experience of spreadsheets, to expert users looking to build complex macro-enabled workbooks that link to external data sources.
Read more on On Site Microsoft Excel Training…
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
We work on a bespoke, requirements-led basis rather than offer a set range of courses. We will work with you to identify your specific requirements and objectives before any training is delivered. That way you can be sure that training will always deliver exactly what you’re looking to achieve.
All our on-site IT training courses are delivered at our customers’ premises. Not only does that avoid any travel inconvenience for your team, but also it means we don’t have the overheads required to maintain a dedicated training centre – and in turn we are able to pass these savings on to you.
Our trainers have designed and delivered on-site IT training for a wide range of organisations and people including accountants, lawyers, data analysts, sales consultants and buyers. Clients benefit from our our ability to find creative solutions to their problems based on many years of experience.
“I manage the running of projects and I need to be better at identifying problems and spotting ways of improving next time. The projects have been delivered late and I think I need more resources but when requesting extra resources, the problem is not taken seriously. I am trying to keep track of costs and the number of hours worked and my client has asked to see a Gantt Chart with key milestones. I want to ensure that plan is kept up to date and if things change, I want to see the knock-on-effect on other tasks. I also need to present reports to my managers”
“I spend a lot of time finding data in my list, I manually count items in my list – there must be a quicker or better way! I have to present this data and report on it and it would great to learn some data analysis tools and functions to automate some of this.”
-->“I receive documents from other people and spend a long time formatting them, copying and moving text, but Word seems to have a mind of its own as it adopts formatting from other paragraphs, and the numbering goes wrong. I’ve spent so long on this, I could have typed it all from scratch by now!”
Even today with increased home working, on-site IT training for business and public sector organisations alike remains an important activity.
We design bespoke IT training programmes for you and your team, and deliver training sessions on-site at your premises. Whether you’re using software from 2010 or 2020, or plan to switch platforms entirely, we can help.
Read more on On-Site IT Training for Business…
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Written by Jane Hames
How to find images that are free to use in Microsoft Word and Google Docs
When searching for an image to insert into a Microsoft Word or a Google Docs Document, do you check the copyright? Depending on the software you are using to create your document, and the search engine being used for the search, you will get different results and options to filter by license. My preference is to use images that I know are licensed for commercial use and modification. This is mainly because I am not an expert in copyright laws, so by filtering for images that are labelled for use commercially, and are allowed to be modified, I know that I am safe. However, filtering to this lowest level of licensing does produce far fewer image results, so if you need more options it would be worth having a look at stock images which you can pay to use.
Here is a basic run down on what happens when you do an image search online and within Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
If you search using Word’s online images feature (which replaced Clip Art), you will be able to filter your search to display all image results or those with a creative commons license. The creative commons license does NOT necessarily mean that you have the right to use the image, but it does gives broad permission that you can use it within the limits of that license. This is confusing, and as a result, if I want to use the Bing image search, I do not do it within Word. Keep reading for some alternatives!
To avoid the confusion of creative commons, if you search within your browser using bing images, you can choose an image without licensing constraints to insert into Word.
If you choose to insert an image in Google Docs and then select the search option, the results should be labelled for commercial reuse with modification. Just double check the description below the search box as shown here:
When using Google Images, ensure you change the licensing filter, as shown here:
Here are some sites which will provide more information about licensing and copyright:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-gb/bing/dn261810.aspx
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?hl=en
Here are some sites where you can pay for images:
Glide Training provides Google Docs and Microsoft Word training in Sussex, London and the South.
Written by Jane Hames
How to find images that are free to use in Microsoft Word and Google Docs
When searching for an image to insert into a Microsoft Word or a Google Docs Document, do you check the copyright? Depending on the software you are using to create your document, and the search engine being used for the search, you will get different results and options to filter by license. My preference is to use images that I know are licensed for commercial use and modification. This is mainly because I am not an expert in copyright laws, so by filtering for images that are labelled for use commercially, and are allowed to be modified, I know that I am safe. However, filtering to this lowest level of licensing does produce far fewer image results, so if you need more options it would be worth having a look at stock images which you can pay to use.
Read more on Finding free images for your Word and Docs documents…
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Written by Jane Hames
How to prohibit weekends using Data Validation
The standard Data Validation offers some really useful options such as controlling the dates, text and numbers that can be entered in to cells. A few times recently, I have been asked how to set up data validation so that it only allows weekdays to be entered and sees weekends as invalid.
Read more on How To Prohibit Weekends Using Data Validation…
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Written by Jane Hames
In PowerPoint it is useful to be able to print your notes pages along with miniatures of your slides. The notes could be for the benefit of the presenter or to hand out to the audience.
Read more on PowerPoint – Exporting Notes Pages to Word…
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Written by Jane Hames
I have posted a how-to guide about slicers before, but Excel Pivot Tables are such a popular tool for data analysis and people can become a bit attached to them!
Read more on A Clever Use of Slicers in an Excel Pivot Table…
