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Computer Quick Tips

Word - Highlight a word throughout a document
If you want to find out how many times you have used a word in a document, use the Edit menu, Find (or Ctrl+F). In the 'Find what' box, type in your word. Make sure to check 'highlight all items' and click 'Find All'. To change the colour of the highlight, click the highlight tool button and choose any colour. To remove the highlight immediately, click Undo (Ctrl+Z) or to remove later, select all (Ctrl+A), click the highlight tool button, click 'None'.

Excel - Sheet Tabs
Colour code the most often used sheet tabs (remember to name them). Right click on a sheet tab and choose a colour.

Outlook - check your settings
Is the font too small on your calendar? Do you want to see time settings on a clock? Right click anywhere on the calendar (except on an existing appointment), click 'other settings' and try the various options.

Excel - Quick chart
Highlight information you want to chart including the labels (row and column headers) and key F11. You can then edit the chart in any number of ways. Quick, eh?

Did you know you can do almost everything with the keyboard instead of the mouse?

Sometimes reaching for the mouse is distracting and stops the creative flow, or simply slows you down.

Try some of these keyboard shortcuts

MS Outlook – switch views

Ctrl 1  Mail
Ctrl 2  Calendar
Ctrl 3  Contacts
Ctrl 4  Tasks
Ctrl 5  Notes

PowerPoint

F5   Run a slide show
ESC End a slide show
B    Black out a screen while running a slideshow
W   White out a screen while running a slideshow

Internet Explorer

Ctrl + H to view your history

Word

Ctrl + F2 for print preview
ESC to return to document

Excel

Ctrl + Home  Go to cell A1 from anywhere in the spreadsheet
Ctrl + End    Go to the last cell used

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