Comments Comments can be added to an Excel document for many purposes such as: Reviewing a document. Giving instructions to people completing a form. Explaining how a calculation works. Create a Comment To create a comment: Highlight the cell the comment is to be added to. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click … Continue reading Advanced Formatting in Excel 2010
Research and Thesaurus
With either the Research or Thesaurus button from the Review tab, the Research Pane can be opened. This looks up the selected word or phrase in the chosen reference book. To change the word or phrase to be looked up, simply overtype the information in the Search for: box. Once you have entered your desired … Continue reading Research and Thesaurus
Spelling and Grammar
Spelling and Grammar check can be launched from the button on the Review tab or by pressing the F7 key on the keyboard. The tool will then check the document and inform you of potential errors. You can then accept a suggestion, ignore the error or add the word to your dictionary. NOTE: Items added … Continue reading Spelling and Grammar
Use Tracked Changes to Manage Document Updates
Changes that are made to a document can be tracked. This helps when people are collaboratively working on a document, so you can see and review just the changes made, rather than the whole document. To switch on change tracking: On the Review tab in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes button Word will … Continue reading Use Tracked Changes to Manage Document Updates
Giving Other People Access to your Email Using Outlook 2010
Outlook 2010 allows you to setup Delegate Access to your Inbox, Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, and Notes. Delegate Access allows the people you nominate to see, edit or send items on your behalf, including creating and responding to meeting requests. Selecting delegates You can select multiple delegates to have access to your account and individually set … Continue reading Giving Other People Access to your Email Using Outlook 2010
Missing Styles
Sometimes when documents are converted from Word 2003 not all styles are available, due to settings on the document which have been carried over. To resolve this issue the style settings need to be changed. On the Home tab, click the dialog box launcher in the styles group. The Styles pane opens In the Styles … Continue reading Missing Styles
Follow Up Flags
Emails and contacts can be 'flagged' for future attention using the follow up flags feature. Items flagged appear in the To Do list bar and To Do List view in Tasks. To flag an item for follow up: Look for the Follow Up button on the Home tab of the ribbon Choose the date you … Continue reading Follow Up Flags
Using Quick Parts
Quick parts in Word 2010 incorporates: Auto text entries Document properties fields Standard word fields Templates for headers, footers, cover pages, tables of contents and more within Word These components can be incorporated into any document to speed up document creation and formatting. Headers and Footer Headers and footers with standard information have long been … Continue reading Using Quick Parts
Compare Two Documents
There are two methods to compare documents available in Word 2010: The Compare function which automatically compares or combines versions Side by Side view which allows you to compare documents The Compare Function To compare two documents: Open the Review tab, select Compare and then Compare … Choose the two documents you wish to compare. … Continue reading Compare Two Documents
Keeping Up to Date
"How do you keep up to date with all the latest technologies?" is a question I am often asked. It may seem obvious to those who work in IT but for your normal working person, it can seem like an impossible mountain to climb. So here are my tips: Read the news National newspapers and … Continue reading Keeping Up to Date
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