http://www.officetooltips.com//tips/rss.xml Selected Microsoft Office Articles Feed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:26:13 GMT Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT OfficeToolTips RSS Module support@officetooltips.com support@officetooltips.com http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_wildcards.html Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT Word lets you refine your searches using wildcard characters and operators. The question mark and asterisk are wildcard characters that represent characters in the search text. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_wildcards.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_import_a_contact_group_sent_you_as_an_attachment.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:32:00 GMT Sharing Contact Groups can be a great timesaver when multiple people need to continuously e-mail the same groups of individuals (for more details see Sharing Contact Groups). You can easily import a Contact Group that was e-mailed to you as an attachment. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_import_a_contact_group_sent_you_as_an_attachment.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/using_autocorrect.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT Outlook, like other Office applications, supports AutoCorrect - a feature that allows Outlook to correct common spelling and typing errors and to replace characters with symbols. You also can use AutoCorrect as a shortcut, which means you can type a small string of characters and have those characters replaced by a longer string. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/using_autocorrect.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/hiding_pictures.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT Including a large number of in-line pictures in your documents slows down Word's performance. You can improve performance by replacing actual pictures with picture placeholders. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/hiding_pictures.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_organization_chart_tool.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT In most cases, it is recommended to use Visio to create diagrams, but in some simple cases, such as company organizational charts, you can successfully use the built-in Word tools. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_organization_chart_tool.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/opening_workbooks_automatically.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT If you work with the same workbooks every day it will be helpful to open specific workbook files automatically whenever you start Excel. Any workbooks placed in the XLStart folder open automatically. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/opening_workbooks_automatically.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_comment_shape.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT Normally, cell comments are rectangular, but you can give a cell comment any shape you want: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_comment_shape.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_autoreply_all_correspondence_without_subject.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:40:00 GMT This rule will be useful if you receive a lot of messages (for example, reports) from your colleagues and use rules to copy or move correspondence to the specific folders (like Rule to copy all correspondence about some subject to the specific folder or Rule to move all correspondence about some subject to the specific folder). Unfortunately those rules wouldn't work for messages with empty subject, but you still can create a rule to send an AutoReply if the message don't have a subject. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_autoreply_all_correspondence_without_subject.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/conditional_formatting.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT Usually Outlook users are using folders to organize messages, but you can also use colors. For example, you might apply a special color to all messages from a particular person. You can then see at a glance which messages are from that person. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/conditional_formatting.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_revision_marks.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT You can easily change an appearance of revision marks in your document. Track Changes dialog box gives you full control on the insertions, deletions, formatting and other revision marks. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_revision_marks.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_picture_characteristics.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT There is no need to use an additional image editing software in order to create high-quality pictures for your document. Instead you can use Microsoft Word picture editing tools to correct and improve your pictures. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_picture_characteristics.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/making_a_worksheet_very_hidden.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:30:00 GMT Using the Hide command you can hide the data and formulas from "inquisitive minds". But some of them still can use Unhide command. Nevertheless you can completely hide worksheet so that it will be needed some VBA programming to unhide it. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/making_a_worksheet_very_hidden.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/making_a_worksheet_very_hidden.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT Using the Hide command you can hide the data and formulas from "inquisitive minds". But some of them still can use Unhide command. Nevertheless you can completely hide worksheet so that it will be needed some VBA programming to unhide it. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/making_a_worksheet_very_hidden.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/formatting_comments.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT Like a common text, any comments can be formatted: Excel represents many allows you to customize most aspects of its appearance, including color, border, and margins. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/formatting_comments.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/adding_and_removing_columns.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:30:00 GMT By default, Outlook displays only a small subset of the available fields for messages. You can add columns for other fields, such as CC or Sensitivity, to show additional information. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/adding_and_removing_columns.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_display_mail_from_somebody.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT If you are waiting for the important e-mail from someone or need to be informed when your boss sends you an e-mail, create an alert rule and give a rest to your brain. You will be informed promptly by alert as soon as Outlook receives such kind of e-mail. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_display_mail_from_somebody.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_manual_hyphenation.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT With manual hyphenation, you have more control over what is hyphenated and how it is hyphenated. You can select which parts of the document are hyphenated and where a hyphen appears in specific words. This is a huge hassle for a large document, but it does allow you to do a better job than Word might do automatically - Word sometimes hyphenates words in positions that don't look good. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_manual_hyphenation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/replacing_special_characters.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT In addition to searching for and replacing text, you can search for and replace Word's special characters, such as paragraph and tab marks. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/replacing_special_characters.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/grouping_and_ungrouping_sheets.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT Sheets can be grouped (connected) to facilitate creating or formatting two or more identical sheets. For example, you can create one sheet and copy it to two other sheets, or you can group three blank sheets and enter and format the content once-no subsequent copying required. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/grouping_and_ungrouping_sheets.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/entering_decimal_points_automatically.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT If you need to enter lots of numbers with a fixed number of decimal places, Excel has a useful tool: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/entering_decimal_points_automatically.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_change_the_default_address_book.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT This option controls which address book you see when you open the Address Book (via clicking Ctrl+Shift+B) and when you click the To, Cc, or Bcc buttons when composing e-mails. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_change_the_default_address_book.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/improved_autocomplete.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT Outlook uses two features to resolve and complete names entered into email messages: AutoComplete and Autoresolution. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/improved_autocomplete.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_copy_all_correspondence_about_some_subject_to_the_specific_folder.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT Use Outlook rules to copy all incoming messages to the specified folder. E.g., copy all e-mails with OfficeToolTips tips subject to the OfficeToolTips folder. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_copy_all_correspondence_about_some_subject_to_the_specific_folder.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:40:00 GMT You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers in Word table cells. Also you can calculate averages, percentages, and minimum as well as maximum values. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/11_shortcut_keys_to_control_font_format.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT This tip contains Shortcut Keys for formatting. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/11_shortcut_keys_to_control_font_format.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/center_text_across_multiple_columns.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:40:00 GMT You can make a worksheet more visually appealing and easier to read by centering text across multiple columns. Often you do this by merging and centering the merged cells, but it is not the only option. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/center_text_across_multiple_columns.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_moving_direction_of_the_cell_pointer_after_entering_data.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT Excel automatically moves the cell pointer to the next cell down when you press the Enter key after entering data into a cell, but you can change this behavior to move it up, down, left, right and even stay on. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_moving_direction_of_the_cell_pointer_after_entering_data.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/send_an_e-mail_later.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT Outlook offers you the capability to schedule an e-mail to be sent at the specified date and time in the future. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/send_an_e-mail_later.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/display_all_received_e-mails_in_plain_text.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT In order to increase the speed of opening e-mail messages and reduce risks involved with opening of unsolicited messages, you can switch Outlook to the plain text reading mode. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/display_all_received_e-mails_in_plain_text.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_the_default_colors_that_excel_uses_for_chart_series.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT Every workbook uses a palette of 56 colors, but you can change palette for the current workbook or even change the default colors for new workbooks. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_the_default_colors_that_excel_uses_for_chart_series.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_default_font_.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT This enables you to select a different font and font size for your worksheets. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_default_font_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/office/tips/creating_autocorrect_exceptions.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:40:00 GMT As well as AutoCorrect entries, you can create AutoCorrect exceptions - specific terms when you don't want AutoCorrect to replace text when it normally would. http://www.officetooltips.com/office/tips/creating_autocorrect_exceptions.html http://www.officetooltips.com/office/tips/creating_autocorrect_exceptions.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT As well as AutoCorrect entries, you can create AutoCorrect exceptions - specific terms when you don't want AutoCorrect to replace text when it normally would. http://www.officetooltips.com/office/tips/creating_autocorrect_exceptions.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:20:00 GMT You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers in Word table cells. Also you can calculate averages, percentages, and minimum as well as maximum values. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_watermark.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT This tip describes how to add watermark text or picture. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_watermark.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_autocorrect_for_shorthand_data_entry.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT You can use Excel's AutoCorrect feature to create shortcuts for commonly used words or phrases. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_autocorrect_for_shorthand_data_entry.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:30:00 GMT The Math AutoCorrect tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box lets you to control whether and where to have AutoCorrect replace math terms with math symbols. If you use math in your documents, Math AutoCorrect can be a great timesaver; if you don't use math, turn it off by clearing the Replace text as you type check box on the Math AutoCorrect tab. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT The Math AutoCorrect tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box lets you to control whether and where to have AutoCorrect replace math terms with math symbols. If you use math in your documents, Math AutoCorrect can be a great timesaver; if you don't use math, turn it off by clearing the Replace text as you type check box on the Math AutoCorrect tab. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/3_shortcut_keys_for_worksheet.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT In this tip describes shortcut keys which can useful. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/3_shortcut_keys_for_worksheet.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:30:00 GMT By default, Word 2007 shows document tooltips when you hover on a button, but this option can be turned off. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT By default, Word shows document tooltips when you hover on a button, but this option can be turned off. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:40:00 GMT Sometimes people don't use shortcut keys, because they don't know them. Word proposes very easy way to know the current shortcut keys for the toolbar button to use it in the future. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT Sometimes people don't use shortcut keys, because they don't know them. Word proposes very easy way to know the current shortcut keys for the toolbar button to use it in the future. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/center_text_across_multiple_columns.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:20:00 GMT You can make a worksheet more visually appealing and easier to read by centering text across multiple columns. Often you do this by merging and centering the merged cells, but it is not the only option. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/center_text_across_multiple_columns.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_worksheet_tabs_color.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT Color code is a perfect way to identify content and draw an attention to it. In Excel you can easily change colors of one or more worksheet tabs. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_worksheet_tabs_color.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:30:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_master_and_scrolled_detail_charts.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:30:00 BST When you create a chart with a scroll bar, it will be useful create a chart with all data to see which data fragment you see in the scrolling chart. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_master_and_scrolled_detail_charts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_master_and_scrolled_detail_charts.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST When you create a chart with a scroll bar, it will be useful create a chart with all data to see which data fragment you see in the scrolling chart. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_master_and_scrolled_detail_charts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_a_scrolling_chart.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:30:00 BST Sometimes you need to create a chart that shows a large data amount. Then it would be useful to insert a scroll bar in your chart. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_a_scrolling_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_a_scrolling_chart.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST Sometimes you need to create a chart that shows a large data amount. Then it would be useful to insert a scroll bar in your chart. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/creating_a_scrolling_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST This tip contains shortcut keys for simple and faster work with fields. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST This tip contains shortcut keys for simple and faster work with fields. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:30:00 BST It is worth to know that, instead of cropping a picture to a conventional rectangle, you can crop it to a circle, a triangle, an arrow, or even a thought bubble: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST It is worth to know that, instead of cropping a picture to a conventional rectangle, you can crop it to a circle, a triangle, an arrow, or even a thought bubble: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_bubble_and_area_charts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST In this tip we will show how to different charts could be combined in the one chart. In example we will combine a bubble chart with an area chart: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_bubble_and_area_charts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_bubble_and_area_charts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST In this tip we will show how to different charts could be combined in the one chart. In example we will combine a bubble chart with an area chart: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_bubble_and_area_charts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_count_cells_by_criteria.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:30:00 BST Use COUNTIF if you need to sum values for a particular person or other criterion. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_count_cells_by_criteria.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_sum_cells_by_criteria.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:45:00 BST Use SUMIF if you need to sum values for a particular person or other criterion. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_sum_cells_by_criteria.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_fix_the_chart_data.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST You can unlink a chart from its data ranges and produce a static chart that remains unaffected by later changes in the data. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_fix_the_chart_data.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST If you use tables in Word, sometimes you need sort it by one, two, or three columns. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:30:00 BST If you use tables in Word, sometimes you need sort it by one, two, or three columns. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/opening_workbooks_automatically.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST If you work with the same workbooks every day it will be helpful to open specific workbook files automatically whenever you start Excel. Any workbooks placed in the XLStart folder open automatically. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/opening_workbooks_automatically.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_columns_to_rows_and_vice_versa.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:00:00 BST In some cases, you may want to change columns and rows in your data range for more convenient and impressive view. Excel proposes the fast and simple way to change columns and rows in the data range. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_change_columns_to_rows_and_vice_versa.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_up_down_bars_to_a_line_chart.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:30:00 BST If you have a line chart with two different data series, you might want to compare those series at each point along the horizontal axis. There are two different options for this, available in two locations along the Layout tab of the ribbon. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_up_down_bars_to_a_line_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_up_down_bars_to_a_line_chart.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:00:00 BST If you have a line chart with two different data series, you might want to compare those series at each point along the horizontal axis. There are two different options for this, available in two locations along the Layout tab of the ribbon. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_up_down_bars_to_a_line_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/hide_a_note_s_time_stamp_information.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST By default, Outlook, displaying the note, shows the date and time of the last modification that was made to the note, but you can hide those time stamp. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/hide_a_note_s_time_stamp_information.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/change_the_color_of_a_note.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST Having notes of different colors can help you be more organized, and sometimes different-colored notes will help put a smile on your face. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/change_the_color_of_a_note.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_enter_or_change_property_information_for_a_document.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST To make documents easier to identify via searches, and to help the Windows Indexing Service to store the appropriate key information about documents, you can enter property information. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_enter_or_change_property_information_for_a_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_a_custom_sort_order.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:30:00 BST In some cases you may want to sort your data in non-standard ways. For example, if your data consists of month names, you usually want it to appear in month order rather than alphabetically. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_a_custom_sort_order.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_a_background_image_to_the_worksheet.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST You can make your worksheets more appealing by choosing graphics file to serve as a background for a worksheet similar to the wallpaper that you may display on your Windows desktop. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/adding_a_background_image_to_the_worksheet.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/paste_results_into_cell_without_formulas.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST You may not always want to copy everything from the source cells to the destination cells. For example, you may want to copy only the current values of formulas rather than the formulas themselves. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/paste_results_into_cell_without_formulas.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_change_the_mail_count_display.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST Outlook can display either the number of unread e-mails or the total number of e-mails in a folder alongside the folder name. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/how_to_change_the_mail_count_display.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/formatting_comments.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:20:00 BST Like a common text, any comments can be formatted: Excel represents many allows you to customize most aspects of its appearance, including color, border, and margins. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/formatting_comments.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_comment_shape.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:20:00 BST Normally, cell comments are rectangular, but you can give a cell comment any shape you want: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/changing_a_comment_shape.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/print_comments.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST If your worksheet contains comments, you can print them as they appear on the sheet or at the end of the sheet. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/print_comments.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_hide_display_comment_indicators.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST When a comment has been inserted in a cell, the little red triangle is being displayed to indicate a comment in a cell. This tip is how to hide/display this indicator. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/how_to_hide_display_comment_indicators.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_advanced_filtering.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST In addition to manual data filtering Excel enables fully automated filtering based on data from the specified range of cells. Before you can use the advanced filtering feature, you must set up a criteria range. A criteria range is a designated range on a worksheet that conforms to certain requirements. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/using_advanced_filtering.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_autoreply_all_correspondence_without_subject.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:20:00 BST This rule will be useful if you receive a lot of messages (for example, reports) from your colleagues and use rules to copy or move correspondence to the specific folders (like Rule to copy all correspondence about some subject to the specific folder or Rule to move all correspondence about some subject to the specific folder). Unfortunately those rules wouldn't work for messages with empty subject, but you still can create a rule to send an AutoReply if the message don't have a subject. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/rule_to_autoreply_all_correspondence_without_subject.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/using_templates_to_facilitate_more_versatile_e-mail_distribution.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST If you want to construct a more complicated distribution list, with some recipients on the To field, some recipients on the CC field, and yet more recipients on the BCC field, you have to use a message template where you explicitly assign recipients to each field. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/using_templates_to_facilitate_more_versatile_e-mail_distribution.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/modifying_an_organization_chart.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST How to create an organization chart see Using the Organization Chart Tool. This tip is about how to change or modify an organization chart in Word. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/modifying_an_organization_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_shapes_into_an_organization_chart.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST How to create an organization chart see Using the Organization Chart Tool. This tip is how to add a new shape an organization chart in Word. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_shapes_into_an_organization_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/apply_or_remove_cell_borders.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST Exist several ways to apply or remove cell borders, you can choose anyone: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/apply_or_remove_cell_borders.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/custom_cell_format.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST Excel includes a variety of built-in formats that cover general, numeric, currency, percentage, exponential, date, time, and custom numeric formats. You can also design your own custom formats based on one of the built-in formats. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/custom_cell_format.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/conditional_formatting.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:20:00 BST Usually Outlook users are using folders to organize messages, but you can also use colors. For example, you might apply a special color to all messages from a particular person. You can then see at a glance which messages are from that person. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/conditional_formatting.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/color_coding_messages.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST Usually Outlook users are using folders to organize messages, but you can also use colors. For example, you might apply a special color to all messages from a particular person. You can then see at a glance which messages are from that person. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/color_coding_messages.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/comparing_worksheets_side_by_side.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:30:00 BST Sometimes it is necessary to compare two Excel worksheets. E.g., compare balance sheets for different periods of time. You can do it by comparing worksheets side by side in two automatically linked windows. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/comparing_worksheets_side_by_side.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/edit_cells_data.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST You can edit data in cells this in several ways: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/edit_cells_data.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/edit_cells_data.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:30:00 BST You can edit data in cells this in several ways: http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/edit_cells_data.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/basic_formula_operators.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST There are several operators that could be used in formulas. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/basic_formula_operators.html http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/basic_formula_operators.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST There are several operators that could be used in formulas. http://www.officetooltips.com/excel/tips/basic_formula_operators.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/modifying_a_default_view.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:00:00 BST Any of Outlook's default views can be modified to suit your needs. You can customize the fields displayed, sorting, grouping, filtering, fonts, and other formatting options. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/modifying_a_default_view.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/grouping_items_in_a_view.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:00:00 BST If Outlook's built-in arrangements don't provide the view you need, you can create your own grouping levels by customizing your view. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/grouping_items_in_a_view.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/adding_and_removing_columns.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:00:00 BST By default, Outlook displays only a small subset of the available fields for messages. You can add columns for other fields, such as CC or Sensitivity, to show additional information. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/adding_and_removing_columns.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/viewing_document_and_readability_statistics.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST Writing simple and easy to understand documents is a unique ability that lays somewhere between art and science. Microsoft Word can help you to improve you writing skills by providing readability statistic metrics. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/viewing_document_and_readability_statistics.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/printing_autotext_entries.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST To help you manage your AutoText (Building Blocks) entries, you can print the names and contents of AutoText (Building Blocks) entries attached to the current document. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/printing_autotext_entries.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_automatic_hyphenation.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST Automatic hyphenation inserts optional hyphens. An optional hyphen is a hyphen that Word uses only when a word or a phrase appears at the end of a line. If the word or phrase moves to a different position because of editing, the optional hyphen is removed. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_automatic_hyphenation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/export_and_import_rules.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 BST Outlook rules could be exported and imported from file. E.g., you can export rules to a file, send this file as an e-mail attachment or place it on a network share (or a local share) for backup purposes or to allow other users to access it. http://www.officetooltips.com/outlook/tips/export_and_import_rules.html