November 1st, 2011
Intentionally or not, many businesses still onboard new employees by throwing them overboard into the deep end- sink or swim.
Results can be less than desirable because this approach ignores a few important management considerations. It creates:
Unclear expectations – New employees need to learn quickly the culture of the business and expectations of their peers, reports, [...]
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November 1st, 2011
Try on the other person’s shoes and lace them up
by James Davis
More often than not, when we are in opposition with another individual we know “we are right” and “they are wrong.” Or at least that is what we lead ourselves to believe. We play the tapes over and over in our head and do [...]
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November 1st, 2011
Often it can be hard to read the list of email folders in your Navigation Pane in Outlook, because the font is so small. You can adjust these settings to select the size and font type that works best for you.
Click on the View tab
In the Layout group, click on the Navigation Pane button, then [...]
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November 1st, 2011
Often it can be hard to read the list of emails in Outlook in your Inbox, because the font is so small. You can adjust these settings to select the size and font type that works best for you.
Click on the View tab
Click on the View Settings button in the Current View group
Click the Other [...]
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November 1st, 2011
In past version it was easy to adjust margins so you could fit more data on a page, by going into print preview and dragging those margins. Now, in Excel 2010, Print Preview is accessed in the Print area and doesn’t allow for this easy margin dragging. The older method is still available. The easiest [...]
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November 1st, 2011
Save time and more quickly find needed content in documents by using this new feature in Word 2010 to quickly move through long documents.
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October 10th, 2011
Create a quick, and easy to update, table of contents in Word using these 8 easy steps.
Apply a Heading Style (from the Style gallery on the Home tab of the Ribbon) to each of the titles within your document that you want to appear in the TOC. By default, Word will only display items marked [...]
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October 9th, 2011
Create Quick Steps in Outlook to automate common processes. Quick Steps allow you to automate repetitive Outlook steps, such as replying to and filing an email, with just one click of your mouse. When accessing a pre-created step for the first time, you will be prompted to complete the needed information.
From your Mail, click on [...]
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October 9th, 2011
Make repetitive steps easier by automating them with a macro.
Select the cell in which you want to record the macro.
Click on the Developer Tab.
Click on Record New Macro.
Enter the name of the macro in the Macro name box. The name must be a single word with no spaces, and the first character must be a [...]
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October 9th, 2011
Learn how to create a formula that applies specific formatting on a number, only if it meets specific conditions. Have all numbers that fall below a certain value format as red, and any that fall above a certain value format as green.
Conditional Formatting in Excel covered in Excel Training Classes
Learn more about conditional formatting in [...]
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