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How To: Align and layer objects when using Microsoft Excel 2011
Want to know how to align and layer objects in Excel 2011? This video will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular digital spreadsheet application, new to Excel 2011 or even an expert merely looking to brush up on the fundamentals, you're sure to be well served by this quality video tutorial from the folks at Lynda. For all of the details, and to get started using object and layer alignment in your own MS Excel '11 projects, watch the video.
How To: Check if a cell is empty using macros in Excel
Microsoft Excel is used to store and work on data by storing them in rows and columns in tables. You can use a macros to check if a cell is empty. To do this you have to know two short cuts. The first is the VBA Window short cut which is Alt + F11 and the other one is View Macros short cut which is Alt + F8. So open an Excel spread sheet and insert some data into a small table. Now create a macro for this tutorial. You can use and IsEmpty() functions to check if a cell is empty. Use this func...
How To: Create an AutoSum formula in Microsoft Excel 2010
Want to create an AutoSum formula in Excel 2011? This video will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular digital spreadsheet application, new to Excel 2011 or even an expert merely looking to brush up on the fundamentals, you're sure to be well served by this quality video tutorial from the folks at Lynda. For all of the details, and to get started using AutoSum formulas in your own MS Excel '11 projects, watch the video.
How To: View email messages by conversation in Microsoft Outlook 2010
Looking for an easy way to consolidate and view your email messages conversations into easy-to-ready threads? This clip will teach you everything you'll need to know. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular email and scheduling application or a seasoned MS Office professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the Outlook 2010 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started organizing your own inbox, watch this free video g...
How To: Format charts in MS Word 2007
In order to format graphs and charts using Microsoft Word 2007, click on Chart Tools. The tabs at the top of the screen provides you with your options. You can change the type of chart or graph by clicking on Change Chart Type. If there is a particular type of chart that you would like to use again and again, then you can save it as a template via the Save As a Template icon. You can edit the data in your chart of graph by clicking on Edit Data. You can modify the chart layout by clicking on ...
How To: Use Document Map to navigate writing in Microsoft Word
This tutorial is a great eye-opener into the world of Microsoft Word. If you thought you could just open Microsoft Word and type, you are not taking full advantage of what the system has to offer. Iain Broome shows you how to use the Document Map feature on Micosoft Word to your best advantage for any writing project. For more video tips on Microsoft Word, search for Microsoft Word on WonderHowTo.
How To: Add a series of text string numbers 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 277th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the SUBSTITUTE and Morefunc EVAL functions to take a text string series of numbers and add them.
How To: Create an array for a stem-and-leaf chart in Excel
New to Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. With this video tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 376th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet video tutorials, you'll learn how to an array formula for a stem and leaf chart for numbers that have more than two digits. This is accomplished through use of the IF, COLUMNS, SUMPRODUCT, LEFT, RIGHT, FIXED, INDEX, SMALL and ROW functions.
How To: Return the address of the 1st non-blank cell 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 363rd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create an array formula using the ADDRESS, MIN, IF, COLUMN & ROW functions that will return the address of the first non-blank cell in your Excel spreadsheet.
How To: Keep track of projects with a Gantt 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 626th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a Gantt Chart to show the amount of time a project takes during a day.
How To: Format a Microsoft Word document with a single click
Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular word processor or just wish to get to know Word 2007 a little better, you're sure to find much of value in this video lesson. For more and better information, and to get started formatting your own MS Word 2007 documents, take a look.
How To: Calculate cash discounts by dating in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is business math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 48th installment in his "Excel Business Math" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate cash discounts via dating.
How To: Do a reverse two-way lookup 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 149th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to take a value in a table and then return the row or column value when there are no duplicate values.
How To: Calculate markup on cost in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is business math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 49th installment in his "Excel Business Math" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to make calculations for markup on cost in MS Excel.
How To: Print an Excel worksheet or workbook with gridlines
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to print the gridlines with a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This task is very fast, easy and simple to do. By default, Microsoft Excel will not print a spreadsheet with the gridlines. Begin by clicking on the Page Layout tab. In the Sheet Options box, under gridlines, check Print. To remove the gridlines, do the reverse of this operation. To view the page with gridlines, click on the Office button, go to Print and select Print Preview. This video will ...
How To: Create a budget with formula inputs in Microsoft Excel
Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you're in the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 22nd installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn how to create a budget with formula inputs in an assumption area and formulas. Then do what-if analysis by saving and showing scenarios. Also see how to save variables...
How To: Round when making time calculations in Microsoft Excel 2007
Learn how to round to a given interval when making time-based calculations in MS Excel 2007. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular digital spreadsheet application or a seasoned business professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the Excel 2007 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Sum & count with array formulas in Microsoft Excel
Looking for a primer on how to create and work with array formulas in Microsoft Office Excel? You've come to the right place. In this free video tutorial from everyone's favorite MS Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 7th installment in his series of Excel array formula series, you'll learn how to create array formulas for summing and counting when there are multiple conditions. See how to use Boolean logic and array formulas to calculate when there are multiple conditions.
How To: Create 3D Effect Object in MS Word
This video will provide an idea how to create 3D effect object in ms word. Create 3D effect with the help of this video. So please watch the video and follow all the steps carefully. Employ the technique in your PC.
How To: Insert text into a test string with Excel's REPLACE
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 332nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to insert text into a test string with the REPLACE function as well as how to insert a part of a product ID into a longer product ID.
How To: Do reverse lookups with VBA code 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 and Mr. Excel, the 7th installment in their joint series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to complete a reverse lookup (find value inside table and then retrieve column and row header). Mr. Excel uses Excel VBA code (macro) and ExcelIsFun uses a formula with the INDEX, IF, SMALL, MATCH, TEXT, CHAR and...
How To: Record macros in Excel 2007
In this Microsoft Excel 2007 for Dummies video the instructor shows how to record a Macro. Macros let you create a shortcut to perform a sequence of commands all at once. For example you can create a macro to quickly build a sales report template that you frequently use. When ever you run that macro the Word will automatically build the template for you based on the recorded commands. To write macros you need to have the developer tab enabled. To enable it click on the office button and at th...
How To: Save a 2007 Word docx. file as a 2003 Word doc. file
In Word 2007 a lot of things have been changed since word 2003. For instance the file menu is no longer present, it has been replaced by a glowing yellow button which is the office button. If you click on this button, a menu will pop up. In this menu click the save button. It'll give you the option to save your document with a docx extension. The problem with this is that a file with this kind of extension does not open in anything but Word 2007. Instead go into save as and save it as a word ...
How To: Record bond discount & premium journal entries in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 53rd installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to record bond discount and premium journal entries in Excel.
How To: Search table arrays in Microsoft Excel 2007
New to Excel? Just looking for a few new tips and tricks? Whatever the case, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial, which will walk you through how to sesarch table arrays within Microsoft Excel 2007. Learn how to dynamically search table arrays in Microsoft Excel 2007 using the built-in VLOOKUP function.
How To: Create a column of unique values in an Excel LU table
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 159th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to solve Duplicate VLOOKUP function problems with a COUNTIF formula that creates a column of unique values for the first column in the lookup table.
How To: Show vendor names associated with a low bid in Excel
New to Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly advanced as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 518th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the INDEX, SMALL, IF, COLUMN, COLUMNS, COUNTIF and MIN functions to extract and display vendor names when multiple vendors are ties for a low bid.
How To: Use the ASAP Utilities to boost the functionality of MS Excel
If you have multiple spreadsheets you want to merge into a single master file, you can easily accomplish this task by using the ASAP utilities. This tutorial demonstrates how to get the most out of this tool for your own spreadsheets and MS Excel projects.
How To: Use parameter queries in Microsoft Access
The Microsoft Office Access 2007 relational database manager enables information workers to quickly track and report information with ease thanks to its interactive design capabilities that do not require deep database knowledge. In this Microsoft Access video tutorial, you'll learn about passing parameters to queries in Microsoft Office Access. For more information, and to get started running your own parameter queries, take a look.
How To: Create a formula with Function AutoComplete in Excel
The Formula AutoComplete feature in Office Excel 2007 helps you avoid syntax or typing mistakes that can break your formula and display an error in the cell. Every step of the way, Formula AutoComplete guides you with ScreenTips that show you how to build your formula. Watch this tutorial and then try it yourself.
How To: Make a footnote in MS Word 2007
This video shows you how to make a footnote in MS Word 2007. 1. Click on the last letter of the word where the footnote refers to. 3. Click on the References tab. 4. Click Insert Footnote. 5. A tiny number will appear beside the word where you clicked and a footnote number with a line on top will also appear on the last part of the page. 6. Type in the words or the notes. 7. You may now continue typing your work.
How To: Extract records via partial-text NOT criteria 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 524th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to extract records with partial text NOT criteria via filter, advanced filter & array formula.
How To: Merge a range of cells in Microsoft Excel 2000
Using the Merge feature in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you can quickly turn that worksheet into an easy-to-scan, appealing report. When you merge cells, you join several adjacent cells into one larger cell. Check out this tutorial and learn how to adjust the position of the contents of the merged cell and add borders and background colors.
How To: Value a stock with irregular dividend payments in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 67th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate the value of a stock with irregular dividend payments,
How To: Configure Microsoft Entourage for a Gmail account
Log in to your account. Go to settings, then go to Forwarding and POP. Then, check in the box for enable POP for all mail. Next, save the changes. Then go back to the settings page and check the first box (to include the mail that has already been downloaded). Save your changes again. Next, select tools>account. In the box that pops up, select POP for the account type and hit OK. Name the account and fill in your email address and POP address. For the SMTP server, put in smtp.gmail.com. Then,...
How To: Calculate horsepower with Excel's VLOOKUP function
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 469th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use a VLOOKUP query to lookup values for horsepower calculation.
How To: Use the SUMPRODUCT function in Microsoft Excel
Are you looking for a way to make your Microsoft Excel formulas more efficient? If so, you're in the right place. With this free video lesson from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the very first installment in his "Excel Formula Efficiency" series, you'll learn about the basics of Excel's SUMPRODUCT function — why some people use double negative and why other use times one.
How To: Migrate from Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007
Need help making the switch from Outlook 2003 to 2007? Give this guide a gander. This free video tutorial presents an easy-to-follow overview of everything you'll need to know to migrate your data from one program to the other. For more information, and to get started using Microsoft Outlook 2007, watch this free video guide.
How To: Build labels for a frequency distribution in MS Excel
If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 21st installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to build labels and counting formulas for a frequency distribution.
How To: Add a data table to an Excel 2007 chart
This video demonstrates how to add a data table to an Excel 2007 chart. From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you the same non-intimidating guides in video form. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to add a data table to an Excel 2007 chart, For Dummies.