Word: ♬ You’ve Got to Move It ♫ Move It ♪

 

Sorry that song will now be in your head all day (ha ha – no I’m not!)

 

TIP #1: This tip works with both regular Word paragraphs – but also ROWS in tables. It also works in the body of Outlook email! The next time you need to move a paragraph UP or DOWN the body of your document…

 

TIP #2: If you want to move something other than an entire paragraph – like maybe just a sentence…

 

Full tip: Word tip

Categories: Word

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Chrome: Saving All Open Pages at Once

 

When looking for something online, like most of you – I do a Google search.

 

But you never know if a link will be worth the effort. It’s especially annoying if you click a search result link…the page takes forever to load…and it’s not what you’re looking for. Sometimes the BACK button won’t take you back to your Google search…and you’re stuck on the no-good page – and stuck re-doing the initial Google search.

So, I always RIGHT-CLICK result links in the Google result screen – and choose OPEN IN NEW TAB.

 

That way – if I don’t like that page result (when I click on it and read it) – I just CLOSE that one tab…and I still have my Google search results on the original page/tab.

 

Sometimes Google returns a whole page of seemingly-great search results – and I want to visit ALL (or many) of them.

 

So I RIGHT-CLICK each page link and choose OPEN IN NEW TAB. I can end up with an entire row of (web page) tabs that I want to explore

 

But then I run out of time – and need to shut down my computer or exit Chrome? I don’t want to lose all these page tabs. What to do?

 

Full tip: Browsers tip

Categories: Google Chrome

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Microsoft Office: These are a Few of My Favourite Things

 

One great shortcut for each of Word, Excel, Outlook, Windows and PowerPoint.

 

Full tip: Microsoft Office tip

Categories: Excel Microsoft Office Office 2106 Outlook PowerPoint Windows Word

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Outlook: Try It

 

I have sent out 132 weekly tips over the past 3 years.

 

I think what’s likely happening is that you read the tip and think “Cool!” and…then forget to try it or practice it.

 

So…I’m going to , for the next little while, be reviewing some of the shorter and sweeter ones.

 

Do yourself a favour – try them the minute you receive them. Don’t just say “Neat-oh, I’ll have to try that”….TRY IT.

 

I’ll know if you haven’t….

 

Full tip: Outlook tip

Categories: Outlook

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Excel (Advanced-ish): Using Wildcards in Equations

 

If you need to sum up (the same) cells from a number of sheets – that are all similarly named…this tip is for you.

 

Full tip: Excel tip

Categories: Excel

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Google: Take a Brain Break

 

I’m all for doing things efficiently. Getting your work done – but sometimes…you just need to chill. Give your brain a break.

 

Google has just the thing for you.

 

Full tip: Google tip

Categories: Google

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OneNote: If You’ve Got It – Use It

 

Simplified: OneNote is essentially an electronic binder that enables you to keep important “documents” and information with you at all times.

 

Full tip: OneNote tip

Categories: OneNote

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Word: Replacement Fonts

 

I recently purchased a new computer. When I opened up my Weekly Tip from last week (to edit it for this week) – the font was….really different. Not the VEGGIEBURGER (seriously, that’s the name) font that I normally use.

 

That’s because the VEGGIEBURGER font wasn’t on my new computer.

 

And although the font that Word had substituted wasn’t suitable for a Tip….I REALLY liked it and knew that I’d like to use it in other situations.

 

But how can I use this new font if I don’t know its name? Word simply showed VEGGIEBURGER up in the Font box – nowhere did it display the name of the new font. I wanted to know.

 

Full tip: Word tip

Categories: Word

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Word/Excel: Trust me – I’m a doctor

 

If you are constantly opening up files (from a source you say is good – like a shared network drive) – and Word, or Excel, is displaying the Protected View banner….you can disable this.

 

Protected View is a read-only mode in which most of the editing functions are disabled to help protect you from potentially malicious software.

 

But if you’re opening up files from a source you know and trust – like a shared drive…you just have to let Word (and Excel) know that this source is trustworthy.

 

Full tip: Word and Excel tip

Categories: Excel Word

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Outlook: Creating an Outlook Distribution List from Excel Data

 

Scenario:      You have an Excel spreadsheet of people’s names and email addresses that you would like to use to create an Outlook distribution list.

 

No problem…

 

Full tip: Outlook tip

Categories: Outlook

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