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How To: Enter Excel data into cells with drop down menus
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create drop down menus in Microsoft Excel. This task is very easy, fast and easy to do. Begin by highlighting a desired cell. Then click on the Data tab and click on Data Validation under Data Tools. When the Data Validates window opens, click on the Error tab and deselect "Show error alert after invalid data is entered". Then click on OK. Now simply type in the data into the selected cell. This video will benefit those viewers who use Microsoft Ex...
How To: Start a new project in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to start a new project in MS Project 2007. First, open up MS Office Project 2007 and wait for it to launch. After this, click on file to start a new project that doesn't have anything on it yet. Enter in all of your information, then open up the project guide so you can see a list of resources in the software. Use the different tools to change the way your project looks, then use the format section to change the way it's laid out. Open up your information from a...
How To: Link two (multiple) workbooks & cells in Excel
In this tutorial, we learn how to link two workbooks and cells in Excel. First, save both of the files that you want to link together. Make sure you only have one Excel window open, then double click the other Excel file, don't open separately. Next, type in the equals sign into the "A" column, then to go the window menu and you will be able to see all the Excel files currently open. Now, click "link" and you will be taken back to the original worksheet. Now, you will be linked to the other n...
How To: Set up costs in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to set up costs in MS Project 2007. First, go to your resource sheet and enter in the cost option in the type column. Write in how much you paid for this, because it's not a regular cost. Assign this cost to a task to specify the cost per task. At the end of the project, you will be able to see how much you spent on airfare. Enter in all the different costs you paid and then the amount for each one. When you are finished, you will be able to see how much you spe...
How To: Create drop down menus in Excel
In this software video tutorial you will learn how to create drop down menus in Excel using Data Validation. This example will show you how to display a list of parts in a drop down menu. Create the list of parts somewhere in your worksheet. Then in the cell underneath the one where you want to display the parts, go to the data validation window and enter the data. For this select the cell and then press 'Alt + D + L' to bring up the data validation box. Here you click on 'settings' and selec...
How To: Begin a new project in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to begin a new project in MS Project 2007. First go to your start menu, then click on "Project 2007". When this opens, you will see a panel on the left hand side, which is a project guide. Once you are in this project, you can open up a stored one that you were previously working on, or continue with a new one. You will have different task bars that correspond to the information you type in. Click on each individual task to see the information for each one. Ente...
How To: Remove tabs & scroll bars from an Excel spreadsheet
This video tutorial is in the software category where you will learn how to remove tabs and scroll bars from an Excel spreadsheet. Open a work sheet and you will find scroll bar on the right and at the bottom. But, why should you take them off? If you are making a user form that you want to send to your employees and you don't want them to mess it up, then you may do this. Go to the office button and click on 'excel options' at the bottom. On the next window go to the 'advanced' tab and scrol...
How To: Create a column line graph in Microsoft Excel 2007
In this software video tutorial you will learn how to create a column line graph in Microsoft Excel 2007. First you type in the data in to the work sheet. Then highlight the data and click 'insert' on the menu bar. Here you select the 'column' option and go down and click on the type of column that you want. And the graph is automatically presented. Now click on 'move chart' and select a sheet where you want the graph to be moved to and click OK. To change any field in the chart in to a line ...
How To: Add hyperlinks to Powerpoint presentation for Dummies
In this software video tutorial you will learn how to add hyperlinks to PowerPoint presentation for Dummies. With hyperlinks you can link part of your presentation to another slide within the same presentation, a separate presentation, a website, an e-mail address or to a file like a word document. Say, for example, you want to create a hyperlink to a picture in your presentation. Click on the picture to highlight it, click on the 'insert' tab, and select the 'hyperlink' option. Choose the de...
How To: Make your first graph in Microsoft Excel
In this tutorial, we learn how to make your first graph in Microsoft Excel. First, open a new graph and enter in your data. Click and drag down from the original date you enter to have the other dates automatically entered in. Enter the rest of your information, then highlight all the data. Go to the menu and click "insert", then "chart". Now, go through the chart wizard to select what kind of chart you want to make. When you are finished entering all your preferences, change your values so t...
How To: Set up work resources in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to set up work resources in MS Project 2007. First, go into your chart and click on the resource sheet from the file menu. Now, you will be able to change the different sections that show up on this sheet. Go through the different columns to change the information and type in additional information, the more you insert the better. When you click on the tabs, you will have more options where you can enter in notes and make custom fields. Go through the entire she...
How To: Use a calendar for future projects in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to use a calendar for future projects in MS Project 2007. First, go to the "tools" menu, then down to organizer. Choose the calendar tab and then change what the calendars are available in. Choose ABC Limited, then click on "copy". Now, click on "close" and open up a new project. From here, go to "project" then "project information", and you will be able to change to the other calendar. Remember to change the default under the options so you have the correct tim...
How To: Calculate and add running percentages in Excel
In this tutorial, we learn how to calculate and add running percentages in Excel. First, write out your value and percentage into the different columns. Next, write the formula in the cell where you want the answer to appear. To have the answer appear, highlight the box and drag it down, then the answers will start to appear in each of the different columns for the different equations. This is an extremely simple way to calculate these percentages without having to do any math! As long as you...
How To: Lock & unlock cells in Excel
In this tutorial, we learn how to lock and unlock cells in Excel. First, right click one cell and click on format cells. Go to the protection cell, and then un-check the locked category. Click ok, then go to protect sheet, inside of tools. Now, do now allow locked cells to be checked. Now, you will not be able to select cells in the worksheet except cells that are unlocked. This is a great way to protect your information, so it won't accidentally get deleted or ruined. You can do this for ent...
How To: Enter task information in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to enter task information in MS Project 2007. Use the "gantt chart view" to have a task list next to the bar graph. Start typing in the information of the task, followed by the duration and other information you need. If you press enter, you will drop down to the next list. The task will then be given a number for each of the different tasks. Type in what the task names are, then continue to go down the list entering in all information. The duration can be as lo...
How To: Set up the calendar in MS Project 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to set up the calendar in MS Project 2007. First, open up your calendar and then click on the "work week" tab. Now, set your working times into the slots for each different day. Make sure you set your start and end times correctly. Now, go to options and change the default start and end times so they match your working calendar. When finished, save this and then start to enter your task information to each different slot. When you enter this, the start and finis...
How To: Prevent edits or changes in documents in MS Word 2007
In this tutorial, we learn how to prevent edits or changed in documents in MS Word 2007. Start by going to the review tab, then click on protect documents. Then, click restrict formatting and adjust the different settings. Click on the check marks to choose what types of settings you want to restrict from being changed. This can make it impossible for anyone else to edit the pages except for the original author. You can also make an enforcing protection password so only the document creator c...
How To: Extract unique lists from Excel data sets by filtering
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 660th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to extract a unique list from a data set using Advanced Filter.
How To: Create a data set with ROWS, COLUMNS & CAR in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 648th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see the functions ROWS, COLUMNS, and CHAR in a formula that will create a data set.
How To: Increment a number pattern by formula in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 649th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to increment a number pattern using the INT, ROW and ROWS functions and the act of dividing by 3.
How To: Extract the rows in a data set to 1 column in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 650th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to take all records from a data set and place them into one column using the INDEX, INT, ROWS and MOD functions.
How To: Use comparative operators in logical formulas in Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 651st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how use all the different comparative operators for logical formulas (TRUE/FALSE).
How To: Use Boolean logic for AND & OR formulas in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 652nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to create Boolean Logic formulas for AND and OR Logical Formulas. See Logical Truth Tables for AND and OR. Also see how to create array formulas in two different ways: the SUMPRODUCT function (DON'T have to use Ctrl + Shift + ...
How To: Use Boolean math formulas in Microsoft Office Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 651st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to replace your IF function with a shorter Boolean Math formula! TRUE = 1, FALSE = 0, TRUE*2000 = 2000 and FASLE*2000 = 0.
How To: Create line and X-Y scatter charts in Microsoft Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 654th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see when to use line charts and when to use an X-Y scatter diagrams.
How To: Create a frequency polygon line chart in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 655th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to create a statistical frequency polygon using a line chart. Also see how Excel mistakenly interprets number category label data as Number Series data.
How To: Use the Speak Cells on Enter tool in Microsoft Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 656th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to use the Speak Cells on Enter function.
How To: Calculate invoice due dates with EOMONTH in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 657th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see howto calculate Invoice Due Dates & Financial Statement Dates using the EOMONTH function including end of the month and beginning and ending dates for each quarter.
How To: Use the COUNT and COUNTA functions in Microsoft Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 658th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to use the COUNT & COUNTA functions correctly. COUNT counts numbers. COUNTA counts non-empty cells.
How To: Use a macro to arrange a data set in a column in Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 644th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a recorded macro that uses formulas to rearrange a proper data set to one listed in a column.
How To: Calculate interest with the CUMIPMT function in Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 645th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the CUMIPMT function to calculate the total interest paid for two different loans.
How To: Create a dynamic line chart for accounting in MS Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 647th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a dynamic line chart that will show any updates to the cash account.
How To: Set your essay to MLA format in MS Word 2007
In order to apply MLA format in MS Word 2007, you will need to change the lines and spacings. Press Control + A. This will highlight all of your typing. Then, click on No Spacing. Scroll to Times New Roman, in the font style drop down menu. Change the font size to 12. Change the line spacing to 2.0. You will need to re-center anything that was centered before. Your headers and footers will still be in the default font style. So, you will need to change them as well. Double click on the header...
How To: Create envelopes and labels in Microsoft Word 2007
Interested in designing and printing out custom envelopes within MS Office Word 2007? Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular word processing application or a seasoned professional merely looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial. For complete instructions, and to get started designing your own envelopes and labels in Word 2007, take a look.
How To: Navigate and use the MS OneNote 2010 user interface
Meet the Microsoft Office OneNote graphical user interface (or GUI)! Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular notetaking application or a seasoned MS Office pressional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the OneNote 2010 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started using the OneNote UI yourself, watch this free video guide.
How To: Search a notebook in Microsoft Office OneNote 2010
This clip presents instructions on how to search notebooks within MS OneNote 2010. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular notetaking application or a seasoned MS Office pressional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the OneNote 2010 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started searching your own notebooks, watch this free video guide.
How To: Create a new notebook within Microsoft OneNote 2010
Need some help figuring out how to make a new notebook within OneNote? This guide will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular notetaking application or a seasoned MS Office pressional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the OneNote 2010 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started creating notebooks yourself, watch this free video guide.
How To: Base a PivotChart on a PivotTable in Microsoft Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 641st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a PivotChart based on a PivotTable in one click.
How To: Make budget summary tables that add by month in Excel
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 642nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a budget summary table that adds by month and payee. See the benefits and drawbacks of the SUMIFS & EOMONTH functions method or the PivotTable method. Also learn about the Excel Table feature for adding dynamic ranges.
How To: Write a value to a cell using VBA in Microsoft Excel
See how to use VBA to write a value to a cell within a Microsoft Excel workbook. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular digital spreadsheet application, new to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or merely new to using the two in tandem, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial from the folks at Lynda. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.