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Making it Work When Working From Home

Working remotely can be invigorating from time to time, but there’s a reason why we don’t do it permanently. If we’re forced to work remotely for a long period, how do we overcome isolation effects? Working together in an office has a number of social benefits. You...

Text Shortcut Keys in Word and Outlook

Everyone knows Shortcut Keys save you heaps of time. Here are our top five for working with text in Word and Outlook. Shift + any of the arrow keys, ← ↑ → ↓ to select text Shift + F3 to change case Alt + Shift + ↑ to move paragraph up Alt + Shift + ↓ to move paragraph...

Dictate in Office 365

The Office 365 version of Office includes an easy to use dictation tool. It is currently available in: Outlook PowerPoint Word You’ll find the Dictate command on the Message tab when composing a message in Outlook. In PowerPoint and Word its sits on the Home tab. To...

Word – Alt Key

The Alt key doesn't always get much love. However it has some pretty cool functionality. Watch this short video to see a couple of our favourite ones in Word. https://youtu.be/JvhrGsevMl0  

SharePoint – Format Columns

Applying colour can help to make key data stand out. You can now do this in SharePoint to highlight due dates, status and numbers. Watch this short video to see how. https://youtu.be/uoRielD_ba8

PowerPoint – Design Ideas

Trying to make your slides look good can be a tiring and unrewarding process. Instead of getting frustrated use the Design Ideas feature to quickly turn your slides into something cool and stylish. Watch this short video to see how. https://youtu.be/7VJVjfSqGEk

OneNote – Calculations

OneNote has all sorts of uses and cool functions. In this short video you'll see how to use it for calculations. https://youtu.be/Fek16cfpr5c

PowerPoint – Insert a Form

PowerPoint is generally used to create slides to support presentations. However you can use it for all sorts of other things including training. By inserting a Form you'll be able to take this to another level by adding surveys and quizzes to your PowerPoints....

Office – SmartArt

Diagrams can often make processes easier to understand. As long as you can enter text, SmartArt will do the hard work for you. SmartArt can be found in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. Watch this short video to see how to create a process diagram....