How to rename worksheet tabs in Microsoft Excel
It may sound crazy, but renaming worksheet tabs in Microsoft Excel can be a game changer. Especially if you share your worksheets with others. It makes it easier to find information and simplifies the process of finding the right data quick and easy for users who may not be as experienced as you with Microsoft Excel. To see how easy it is to do and why you would do it, check out this video I put together. Get more free Microsoft 365 core four (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) tips and shortcuts.Subscribe to my free monthly eNewsletter here. …
5 Must Know Excel Hacks
In business today we don’t have enough time to do all the things we want or need to get done, as a result we are always looking for hacks or shortcuts to fast track common tasks. Here are 5 of my favourite must know Excel hacks that are so simple you may be overlooking them and their ability to immediately improve your productivity and reduce your stress with Microsoft Excel. 1. Duplicating a Worksheet So many people copy and paste data from one excel worksheet to another only to find they lose column widths, along with any formatting such as …
How to Find a Previous Version of a Word Document.
Ever worked on a document only to realize that the previous version of it was much better? Most people think if you edit a document, it changes the document for good. Well it does, but if your document is saved to either OneDrive or a SharePoint library, Microsoft 365 enables you to access various versions of the document based on time and date autosave. This is a handy feature if you are working on a document but decided that you want to go back to a previous version to review it, or to simply go back to it to start …
How to Change the Color of a Worksheet Tab
Firstly, why should you change the colour of your worksheet tabs? Primarily, worksheet tab colors provide a visual cue that worksheets in an Excel file relate to each other, for example, team worksheets relating to a single department, data relating to a geographical location. Like anything in Excel, changing the color of a worksheet tab is easy when you know how. 1/ Right click on the worksheet tab you want to change the color of. 2/ Choose Tab Color 3/ Click the desired colour and the tab will change NOTE: To change multiple tabs to the same color at once, …
How to easily separate a single worksheet in Excel to email.
Don’t laugh, but I’ve worked with a client where they want to send a single worksheet in a file to a colleague. They would do a “Save As” and delete what they didn’t want their colleague to see. Whilst it does the trick, it’s not the most efficient or effective way to do it. In this video I share how to separate a SINGLE worksheet from an Excel file so you can easily send just that one worksheet to someone rather than ALL the data in the file. Take a look…. Like this tip? Get more by signing up for …
How to save time and frustration with Microsoft Word tables
If you’ve ever inserted a table only to find you waste ages trying to resize the column widths, get the exact size you need or get the headings onto the next page? It can be so frustrating right? When I present at a conference or internal workshop, when I show people how easy it can be to work with tables they get so excited and so do I! Take a look at how easy it is to do when you know how! Sometimes it is simple things that can make all working with programs such as Microsoft Word easier. If …
How to automatically insert text in multiple parts of a Word document
As a corporate workplace trainer, I am often asked how to insert the same text in multiple parts of a document. So often we create a document inserting a piece of text, only to find we have to type it in again somewhere else. Wouldn’t it be so much easier if you typed it in in ONE place and it automatically populated elsewhere??? Watch this video to see how. Like this tip? Take a look at my short course on How to Create Professional Documents in Microsoft Word. Click here for more information. …
Virtual Training….how things change.
The traditional approach to training in the corporate world has often lacked tangible outcomes despite massive investment. With the shift to remote working in many parts of the world, virtual training became the only mechanism training and development could be delivered. Inadvertently, it opened up the possibilities of learning and sharing globally without the associated costs of bringing staff from various areas of the globe together. Despite what many may have experienced regarding training in the virtual world during the COVID crisis, McKinsey suggest there are real opportunities to close capability gaps with the added benefit of reducing costs. How …
