Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that is capable of doing so many different types of things to values and data. Even if you use Excel frequently, there are still probably hundreds of things you have yet to learn how to do. This often happens with software as we learn

Outlook is an email application that can be used to consolidate multiple email accounts in a single program. This makes it an extremely helpful tool for anyone trying to manage multiple email accounts whether they are for work, personal, or a combination of both. However, each additional account added falls

It is truly challenging to have only those printers that are necessary installed on a computer or laptop. This is partly because the longer you have had the device, the higher the likelihood printers have come and gone, many of which you no longer use. Keeping printers well managed is

There are dozens of keyboard shortcuts people use every day, typically without even thinking about it. Many are well known, like control + C for copy and control + P to print, while there are likely dozens of other keyboard shortcuts you use and even more you have heard about but forgotten.

There are lots of reasons for wanting to move a website from one hosting location to another. For example, maybe the resources dedicated to your server are such that pages take longer to load than they should even with optimized images. Or maybe there isn't any security included, things like

Collecting data is only half of what it takes to accomplish anything with it. It is the important first step of course, but what you do after that is equally as important when working towards something. Most things in our lives have data attached to them - exercise tracking, grades,

In Part 1 of this topic we dicussed three of five important things to understand before building any website. The post included browser icon images, optimizing for mobile devices and object placement. This post continues the topic by discussing the last two items - proper image useage and some Search

Websites are a great way to showcase a business, hobby or craft. They can include videos, images, testimonials, interactive data, forms, contact and location information, calls to action, and of course, important information about what makes you unique. In other words, why you do what you do and why others

Creating email signatures in Outlook saves time and is a great way to share all the information you want email recipients to see in a singular, convenient location. There are so many details that can be shared: links to a website, blog site, social media, direct phone number, backup contact

After installing a printer, even when it is a simple printer, there are often all kinds of settings available to modify. Most of the time the defaults work well enough, though it can be helpful to adjust some settings. Perhaps you want the default print to be black and white

Microsoft's Excel is one of those programs that once you begin using it, you realize the genius of it and continually find new uses for it. However, Excel has a slightly bigger learning curve than an application like Word. Anyone opening Word can quickly imagine typing a document of some

In the previous post, we showed how to move account credentials saved in Chrome and Firefox from one device to another, or to a new user profile. This post continues the topic by demonstrating how to move bookmarks saved in Chrome and Firefox from one device to another. The longer

Getting a new computer is exciting: having all the greatest processing power, efficiency, and storage. The increased capacity to make everything run more quickly and far more smoothly means we run into less frustrations and get more accomplished in the same amount of time. However, before we can really get

There are hundreds of objects in Microsoft Word whose styles can be modified to meet your unique needs. An example from the Styles section of the Home tab is normal, which is applied to the general section of every new document. Other styles in this section include: No Spacing Heading

QuickBooks is an accounting software that has been around for decades. Many companies that began using it years ago still use it because starting over with a new software often means losing access to, or making it hard to access, legacy data. In recent years many new competitors have entered

More and more devices use solid state drives, or SSD drives, because they boot faster in addition to running cooler which is a byproduct of how different the technologies are between the two types of drives. Unfortunately, until the last couple of years, purchasing a SSD with as much storage

Outlook is a powerful application that manages your email account(s), calendars, contacts and tasks all in a single application. However, like any app, it is most effective when you take the time to properly customize it. Customizing an application can include enabling certain features, creating shortcuts, organizing the app

Hiring an IT consultant for your business or personal needs can be intimidating for many reasons. One big reason includes the need to trust that person or organization because they will have access to your network, servers, computers, and various accounts and software applications. Not only is it imperative to

Most software applications introduce changes with each newly released version and often in revisions. Microsoft Office applications are no different! The most controversial are those changes that move or group an existing feature to an unfamiliar place. This is often extremely frustrating for proficient users and can be equated to

When new versions of software are released, they typically include a mix of changes, added features and also security patches. Sometimes the changes are subtle, other times the changes are dramatic. When Microsoft implemented the infamous Ribbon menu, which was probably over a decade ago, I don't remember finding anyone

Running a business requires a lot of hard work, time and focus. Once you finish whatever product or service your business sells, deliver and market the product, often the last thing on your mind is running QuickBooks or some similar program to manage your business. Unfortunately, one of the most

If you ever work with Photoshop, you know it can be an amazing tool. It can also be overwhelming at times because there are so many features. Whether you use it on a daily basis or a few times a year, there are some features you may not know about

I'll be honest, I love spreadsheets. I find their functionality useful for tracking and managing several things for my business and personal life. If you have not found ways that spreadsheets can be useful, or are perhaps overwhelmed by the software's possibilities, read on for real world examples of some

Working from home, or working remotely, has moved from a benefit of a job, to a necessity to keep our businesses moving forward as a result of the spread and threat of the COVID-19 virus. Some businesses were fortunate by already having remote workers which meant they already had the