Organizational Tips How to Set Unique Default From Addresses for Each Email Account in Outlook Many Outlook users have multiple email accounts connected to the application. If you are not sure how to set this up, you can check out this previous post showing how to organize more than one email account in Outlook. For those who are using Outlook for multiple email accounts, beyond
Organizational Tips How to Easily Paste Data Even When it is the Result of an Excel Formula In several other posts we have discussed complex ways Excel can process data. These can include using formulas, data validation, VLOOKUPs, and much more. However, sometimes you just need the results of those functions without the actual function in the cell. This might be because you are copying the data
Organizational Tips 3 Activities Where You Should Take a Snapshot of a Virtual Server First In a previous post we discussed why businesses need to run on virtual servers. One of the reasons virtual servers are so beneficial is that you can take snapshots of your servers and restore back to them if needed. Snapshots are like a safety net that can be used when
Organizational Tips The Best Way to Know What is in an Old Email Without Reopening it There are lots of times when emails come that are received with subject lines that do not really tell you enough to be certain what is in the email. Sometimes this can be because the subject does not really relate to the information in the email, other times the email
Organizational Tips Why Some Small Excel Files Take Far Longer to Open Excel is a very powerful tool with many different types of tasks you can use it to accomplish. For example, you can use Excel to locate and identify data trends, to analyze hundreds of thousands of lines of data and summarize those numbers, to track inventory or spending, to manage
Organizational Tips How to Remove Sound & Modify Video Speeds Using Camtasia Video can be a great way to share information because it allows you to show someone else what you are trying to explain, how to accomplish something specific, how to build something, or just share information in a way where people can see what you are doing. However, editing videos
Advanced Topics How to Create Forms in Excel With Cascading Lists that Control Data Input Excel is a very powerful application, and as such, we have discussed several topics about what it can do including how you can use it to save time, organize data, find patterns, find data outliers, manage data input using predefined lists, chart data over time, and much more. In this
Organizational Tips The Easy Way to Notify Chosen Users When Changes are Made to Files Working cooperatively on files has become more common as there are more applications that can handle this functionality. Most Microsoft Office applications as well as Google apps can handle several users accessing and modifying the same documents or files at the same time. One thing that is less common is
Organizational Tips The One Fix You Should Try Before Reinstalling Failing Office Applications There are a myriad of issues you can run into when using office applications. Some of these are common, while others are less common, but there are standard solutions that often apply to both types of issues. Sometimes a fix is temporary, and the issue persists. Other times the issue
Organizational Tips 3 Important Steps to Take Before Laying off Employees In light of all of recent news about employee cutbacks, it is important to keep in mind what steps a business should take before letting employees go. Additionally, if you are an employee these are things you should expect, and can rest assured these steps are not personal. The items
Organizational Tips How to Save Time by Creating a Poll in Microsoft Teams Gathering input from multiple people can be tedious and overwhelming. From contacting people directly, to sending emails, to gathering information and synthesizing it, and even having people's schedules change because you have taken too long. Getting feedback from or scheduling something for multiple people can feel daunting. Luckily, if you
Organizational Tips The Time-Saving Office Shortcuts You Likely Aren't Using Enough The longer you use computers and specific applications, the more familiar you become with useful keyboard shortcuts. Many keyboard shortcuts are familiar, used daily, yet others can be less common and you may have to document them to use later. This post discusses a different type of shortcut that can
Organizational Tips How to Reconnect Outlook When it Fails to Receive New Emails Almost nobody complains that they do not get enough emails. Instead, most people share that they receive more emails than they want or feel like they can manage well. Unfortunately, when email issues happen, they can have a huge impact on your ability to communicate and be aware of issues.
Organizational Tips 3 Limitations You Should Consider Before Moving to Cloud Applications Cloud applications and services have become the norm for many of the things we do on our computers every day. There are many benefits to using cloud applications, including lower up-front fees, more frequent updates, and always having the latest version of the software. However, like anything, there are things
Organizational Tips 3 Settings You can Modify to Use Your Mouse More Efficiently Two of the most important tools for every computer, even those with touch screens, are the keyboard and mouse. Using an on-screen keyboard for typing is typically slower than using a physical keyboard for most users. Additionally, scrolling with your finger is easy, but other items like design work or
Organizational Tips Why Older Emails are Missing in Outlook and How to Get Them Back If you use Outlook for email account(s), you may eventually notice missing emails that you did not delete, move, or archive. This is a common complaint with newer versions and especially subscription versions (O365/Microsoft 365) of Office. Luckily, there is an easy way to regain access to these
Organizational Tips 3 Ways to Expand and Shrink Screen Views on your Computer Different monitors support different screen resolutions which are what allows users to customize how items are displayed on the screen. Screen resolution affects how sharp the colors are as well as the sizing of items. Using a lower resolution provides bigger icons and text while a higher resolution provides a
Organizational Tips 3 Things You Can do to Better Organize Data in Excel Pivot Tables When you have large amounts of data in an excel spreadsheet, inserting a pivot table is a great way to see the data from a macro level. The purpose of a pivot table is to take any amount of data, no matter how large, and summarize it into an at-a-glance
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Remove 3 Types of Autofill Items that are Incorrect Autofill can be a wonderful feature that saves time and allows us to let go of certain details - like someone's email address or a specific website address, etc. Unfortunately, if you ever misspell one of these, autofill can work against you by pulling up the wrong information because this
Organizational Tips Why you Have Mock Emails in Mailboxes Using the Mail App on iOS 16 If you have an iPhone and updated the operating system to iOS 16, you probably noticed some changes right away. While some changes are obvious, others are more subtle. Additionally, newer features can be dependent upon the hardware. For example, some features may not be available on older devices as
Organizational Tips How to Log into Websites When Other Accounts are Logged in Without Logging Out While you may wonder why you would want to log into the same website at the same time with different credentials, there are several reasons this could be helpful. For instance, you might want to log into more than one Gmail account without the hassle of logging out of another
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Add a Chart to Visually Compare Data in Excel - Part 2 In the first post showing how to quickly add a chart in Excel [https://eyonic.com/1/?T0], we demonstrated how easy it is to create a chart that visually represents data for easy comparison. This post included creating a bar chart, modifying the data included, changing the labels on
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Add a Chart to Visually Compare Data in Excel - Part 1 In previous posts we have covered some of the many ways Excel can be used to help track data. These have included how to identify patterns like date-based patterns, separating text to columns, creating controlled drop-down menus in cells, filtering data, and much more! Excel is a powerful tool that
Organizational Tips How to Disable Autocorrect When You Don't Want Word Managing You There are times when the autocorrect feature in Microsoft Word is helpful, but there are also times when it feels like it is working against you and it can actually slow down your writing. When writing creatively, autocorrect changing things in the background is distracting and definitely messes with the
Organizational Tips Using Conditional Formatting to Identify Date-Based Patterns in Excel There are lots of ways to use Excel to track data patterns. Using conditional formatting is a way to automate pattern identification and can be especially helpful when working with larger sets of data. In our previous post on conditional formatting [https://eyonic.com/1/?QC], we discussed items like
