Customize your Office Ribbon and make it your own!
Aug 21,
2018
Make the Office Ribbon that suits you and your job! Microsoft Office products all support a standard ribbon menu with pretty much the same functionality with the exception of product specific tasks that differentiate them (ie: Word for documents and Excel for spreadsheets). Although we are all using the same Microsoft Office products we don’t […]
Interactive Visio Diagrams in Power BI Reports
Aug 8,
2018
When I first evaluated Power BI a few years ago, the thing that impressed me most was that, unlike Sharepoint Power View, a developer could create new visualizations and integrate them into PBI. Some time later, Microsoft greatly expanded the ability of Power BI to include sophisticated graphs by adding to Power BI the ability […]
Ten Steps to Creating Reliable Spreadsheets
Jul 31,
2018
Stop worrying about how sophisticated your spreadsheets are. What you (and your company) should worry about is how reliable your spreadsheet is. Here are ten things you can do to ensure your data is right and that you (and your company) aren’t depending on a unreliable spreadsheet. Embarrassingly enough, I run both my personal finances […]
Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Productivity
Jun 27,
2018
What is a Microsoft Office Add-In? Add-ins provide optional commands and features for Microsoft Excel. By default, add-ins are not immediately available in Excel, so you must first install and (in some cases) activate these add-ins so that you can use them. Some add-ins are built in to Excel, such as Solver and the Analysis […]
How to Add Animation to Your PowerPoint Presentation
May 24,
2018
Yes, I know, if you go to a lot of meetings you are probably sick and tired of seeing yet another PowerPoint slide deck presentation! Boring! Boring! Boring! If people are sliding under the table when you are giving your PowerPoint presentation you need to liven them up a little bit and incorporating animation is […]