This tutorial is applicable to: Office 365, 2019, 2016 (Windows 11 & 10) and Google Docs (Windows, macOS and Linux). Here’s a note we got from our reader, Diana: I work as a business analyst and often use Microsoft Word as well as Google Docs to author some performance tracking reports which i submit to … Read more
Applicable to: Outlook 365, 2019, 2016, 2013; Windows 10 / 11 / 8 /7 and macOS computers. Here’s a question we got from a reader about her Microsoft Outlook client not showing new incoming emails automatically: “Unlike when using my GMail account, it looks that my Microsoft Outlook 365 folders are not automatically updated with … Read more
Skyler set us a note about her Microsoft Excel spreadsheet not opening in Windows 11: “I work as an analyst and have a significant number of old .xls files were created in the previous versions of Excel. Now that i have upgraded to the new version, Excel 365 won’t open the existing files telling me … Read more
Applicable to the following Office versions: 2019, 2016, 2013, 365; on Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10. Here’s a question we received from one of our readers: “I’ve just installed a new version of Office 365 in my system but it’s clearly not defined as the default program for viewing and editing of Microsoft Office … Read more
Several languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu or Hebrew are usually written from right to left. Today we will learn how to shift the writing direction in Office 2016/2019/365 from the default Left To Right (LTR) into Right To Left direction (RTL). For convenience, we are providing detailed instructions for Word and Outlook; however process … Read more
Here’s a question from Dana: Working on a quarterly operational report for management. I have a nice spreadsheet with some sales information that i would like to insert into a Word document that i am authoring. Any ideas? Thanks for the question, Dana. See below for the details. I assumed you are using Windows, but … Read more
“I need to process dozens of similar emails each day, extracting information and filing them in specific folders. It’s taking up hours of my time. Is there a way to automate this in Outlook without purchasing third-party software? I’ve heard about macros but don’t know where to start or if they’re difficult to set up.” … Read more
Dorothy wanted to learn how to insert objects into her Excel spreadsheets: I believe that i have seen a Microsoft Excel worksheet that had a Word document embedded in it. Can you explain how can i insert Word files into Excel and in general how to embed file objects in Office? Just so you are … Read more
Applicable to: The other day, i received the following note from a friend who uses Outlook to manage his mail, contacts, tasks and calendar; and also happens to travel quite a bit in between:-): Hey, don’t know if you noticed that the Outlook calendar is now shipping a tiny weather widget that displays the current … Read more
Here’s a question from Katie: My new manager asked me to create short series of 2-3 meetings with his main reports. Seems to me that setting up a series of meeting would be somewhat of an overkill and waned to ask you whether there is a simple way to manually duplicate occurrences of Outlook meetings. … Read more