Microsoft Hints and Tips
A selection of hints and tips to assist you in you Microsoft Excel Training, or any other Microsoft training.
PDF Data into Excel – using the ‘Get Data’ feature in Excel to save you time!
PDF Data into Excel - how can I use the 'Get Data' feature in my spreadsheets? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about getting PDF data into Excel using the 'Get Data' feature. This option isn't on any of our courses so we decided to do a hint...
Publisher Useful Features – have you used either of these before?
Publisher useful features - do you know either of them? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is on Publisher useful features. In this hint and tip we are covering how to change character spacing and how to easily select multiple objects in one go....
View Tab features in Word – using them to compare documents
View Tab features in Word - do you know either of these? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is on some view tab features in Word. In this hint and tip we are covering the Split and the View Side by Side option. These are both not necessarily covered...
Word Useful Features Part 2 – how about these, heard of any of them?
Word useful features part 2 - do you know any of them? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is on Word useful features part 2. In this second part we are covering the increase/decrease indent buttons and the hyphenation button. These are both not...
Word Useful Features Part 1 – have you heard of or used these before?
Word useful features part 1 - do you know any of them? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is on Word useful features part 1. In part 1 we are covering the increase/decrease font size buttons, the change case button and the format painter button....
VBA Input message boxes in Excel – something to stretch your knowledge
VBA Input Message Boxes - how can I create them in my spreadsheets?This week's hint and tip is about VBA input message boxes in Excel. It looks at how to make an Excel worksheet more interactive by using a macro with input message boxes. We also did an earlier video...
Text Wrapping in Word – how to use it plus some extra features
Text wrapping in Word - how do I use this? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to use text wrapping in Word when inserting. This is not covered really on our Word courses in detail, so we decided to do a post on it. We are going to go...
Inserting slides in PowerPoint – how to do it and the different layouts
Inserting slides in PowerPoint - how do I do this? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to insert slides in PowerPoint into your presentations. This is on our Basic PowerPoint course and it covers where the options are found and how to...
Inserting text boxes in PowerPoint – how do I insert them in my slides?
Inserting text boxes in PowerPoint - how do I do this? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to insert text boxes in PowerPoint in your presentation slides. This is on our Basic PowerPoint course and we cover how to insert, resize and...
Inserting and Defining Bullet Points in Word – a video on how to do so
Inserting and defining bullet points - how do I do this? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to insert and define a new bullet point within Excel. This is on our Intermediate Word course and it covers where the options are found and how...
Dynamic Arrays in Excel 365 – what is it and how can I use it in Excel?
Dynamic Arrays in Excel 365 - how can I use this in my worksheets?This week's hint and tip is about dynamic arrays in Excel 365 and how you can use it in your worksheets. This feature isn't covered in our courses, so we wanted to create a hint and tip to let you know...
Groups of option buttons in our fun quiz! Have a go and let us know!
Groups of option buttons in our little quiz! How many questions did you get right?This week's hint and tip is slightly different, we are bringing you a Quiz! This quiz has been created using groups of option buttons and you can see how they are used in this post....
Data Validation in Excel – how to apply it to cells in your spreadsheet
Data Validation in Excel - how do I apply this in a spreadsheet? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to apply and use data validation within Excel. This is on our Advanced Excel course and covers where the option is found and how to...
Inserting Pictures in Word – how to do this and some formatting options
Inserting Pictures in Word - how can I insert a picture and apply some formatting? Watch the video to learn moreThis week's hint and tip is about how to insert a picture into a Word document. It also covers some formatting that you can apply once the picture is...
Reveal Formatting in Word – how this command can help you in your documents
Reveal Formatting in Word - how can I use this command in my documents? Watch the video to learn more This week's hint and tip is about reveal formatting in Word and how you can use it in your documents. This feature isn't covered in our courses, so we wanted to...
Quick Parts in Word – how to use them to save you time in documents
Quick Parts in Word - how do I use them in Word to same time in my documents? Watch the video to learn more This week's hint and tip is about how to create a quick part and then how using it can save you time in creating documents. This is on our Basic Word course...