I have a set of documents that I frequently use in Excel and Word. Most of the time I can find them using the Recent Documents menu, but at times when they are not listed (because I’ve opened so many other documents) I have to locate the files to open them. I am always looking…Continue Reading

Like I stated in my previous post, I was able to get a copy of Office 2010 and have been playing with it since. The videos below will show you the updated OneNote application and the Publisher application. As time permits I will be posting additional videos for the applications I have not covered yet….Continue Reading

Like I stated in my previous post, I was able to get a copy of Office 2010 and have been playing with it since. The videos below are just a preview of each of the applications mentioned below, more will follow. Even though it is a technical preview I found it to be extremely stable…Continue Reading

I was able to get my hands on a copy of the Office 2010 technical preview. I was so excited about the features and the new look that I decided to post some videos of the technical preview. These first couple of videos are just peeks of the new interface and some features as I…Continue Reading

This is the second part of a larger series that I will be publishing in the coming weeks covering my switch from Outlook to Google’s online services. The intent of this series is to help others who have found themselves wanting more out of their email and calendar applications. This guide specifically covers the transfer…Continue Reading

Whenever I write school papers or other written work that specifies a set number of words as a requirement, I use the Quick Parts Field option to add a counter to the top of the document that keeps track of the words typed. This is a supplement to the word counter located at the bottom…Continue Reading

This how-to is part of a larger series that I will be publishing in the coming weeks covering my switch from Outlook to Google’s online services. The intent of this series is to help others who have found themselves wanting more out of their email and calendar applications. This guide specifically covers the transfer of…Continue Reading

Excel like many of Microsoft’s other Office applications are extremely powerful tools that have many ‘hidden’ features. I stumbled on the Analysis ToolPak when I took an quantitative analysis class for my Masters program. Once I enabled the add-in and learned how to use the tools it provided, I have not used any other statistical…Continue Reading

This guide will walk you through the simple process of enabling the word counter toolbar in Microsoft Word. This feature is available in Word 2003 and older. This is a great feature for anyone who is trying to stay within a certain number of words while typing, by enabling this toolbar you will be able…Continue Reading

At any given time I run 5-6 programs concurrently and I try to use my screens real estate as efficiently as possible. One of the simplest ways to make space in your task bar is to either close a program or minimize it to the notification area. Unfortunately many programs do not have this feature,…Continue Reading

This post is a continuation of an Access How-to Series that I’m working on, the last article that I posted walked you through the creation of a table in Access. This how-to will address the application of masks to fields in your table, specifically the telephone mask. The Telephone Mask can be very useful if…Continue Reading

Outlook allows you to add multiple email accounts so that you can access all of your email from one location. The guide below will demonstrate how to add and remove accounts in Outlook so that you can accomplish this. If you have any comments or questions, please post them below. Note: I used Outlook 2007…Continue Reading