Entries from 2017-01-01 to 1 year

Access 2016: Designing a Multi-table Query

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: In the previous lesson, you learned how to create a simple query with one table. Most queries you design in Access will likely use multiple tables, allowing you to answer…

Access 2016: More Query Design Options

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Access offers several options that let you design and run queries that return exactly the information you're looking for. For instance, what if you need to find out how m…

Access 2016: Creating Reports

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you need to share information from your database with someone but don't want that person actually working with your database, consider creating a report. Reports allow…

Access 2016: Advanced Report Options

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Access offers several advanced options for creating and modifying reports. The Report Wizard is a tool that guides you through the process of creating complex reports. On…

PowerPoint 2016: Modifying Themes

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Let's say you really like the style of a theme, but you'd like to experiment with different color schemes. That's not a problem: You can mix and match colors, fonts, and …

PowerPoint 2016: Action Buttons

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Another tool you can use to connect to a webpage, file, email address, or slide is called an action button. Action buttons are built-in shapes you can add to a presentati…

PowerPoint 2016: Hyperlinks

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Whenever you use the Internet, you use hyperlinks to navigate from one webpage to another. If you want to include a web address or email address in your PowerPoint presen…

PowerPoint 2016: Understanding OneDrive

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Many of the features in Office are geared toward saving and sharing files online. OneDrive is Microsoft’s online storage space that you can use to save, edit, and share y…

PowerPoint 2016: Getting Started With PowerPoint

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: PowerPoint is a presentation program that allows you to create dynamic slide presentations. These presentations can include animation, narration, images, videos, and much…

PowerPoint 2016: Tables

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Tables are another tool you can use to display information in PowerPoint. A table is a grid of cells arranged in rows and columns. Tables are useful for various tasks, in…

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting Videos

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: PowerPoint allows you to insert a video onto a slide and play it during your presentation. This is a great way to make your presentation more engaging for your audience. …

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting Audio

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: PowerPoint allows you to add audio to your presentation. For example, you could add background music to one slide, a sound effect to another, and even record your own nar…

PowerPoint 2016: SmartArt Graphics

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: SmartArt allows you to communicate information with graphics instead of just using text. There are a variety of styles to choose from, which you can use to illustrate dif…

PowerPoint 2016: Charts

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: A chart is a tool you can use to communicate data graphically. Including a chart in a presentation allows your audience to see the meaning behind the numbers, which makes…

How to Use Microsoft Forms in Office 365 Education

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Have you seen the new Microsoft Forms? One of the most popular articles on my blog in the last 12 months was related to its predecessor – Excel Surveys. Not only did that post get a lot of views, but it also got…

Microsoft Forms—a new formative assessment and survey tool in Office 365 Education

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Forms for our Office 365 Education customers. Forms is the result of direct feedback from educators that they want to have a quizzing function with…

Office 2016 for Windows Review

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today marks the general availability of Office 2016 for Windows, a suite of desktop applications that together with new mobile and web apps pushes Microsoft’s new vision for PC-based productivity. Office 2016 is…

Microsoft Sway allows anyone to tell stories beautifully

www.office.com/setup Blogs: POWERPOINT might be included in Office 2016, but everyone knows it’s so passé. www.office.com/setup Blogs: These days it’s all about Sway — the first of many native apps to be rolled out to Microsoft Office 365 …

Office 2016 First Impressions: The Good, Bad and Ugly

www.office.com/setup Blogs: While we are lucky enough to work with extremely innovative clients that are eager to embrace the latest technology, we always advise them not to adopt the latest version of software until after the kinks are wo…

3 things you need to know about Microsoft Office 2016

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft Office www.office.com/setup Blogs: Windows 10 has grabbed the attention of social media and customers alike more so because it is a crucial operating system for Microsoft after the debacle of Windows 8…

Office 365 vs Office 2016: which should you buy?

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Which version of Microsoft Office is best for me? www.office.com/setup Blogs: Office 365 and Office 2016 share a lot of similarities, yet deciding between the two involves a lot of factors. Office 365 is a subsc…

Power BI Custom Visuals - Calendar Visualization

www.office.com/setup Blogs: www.office.com/setup Blogs: In this module, you will learn how to use the Calendar Visualization Power BI Custom Visual. The Calendar Visualization is a very unique visual that allows you to show the distributio…

Office Store brings you Power BI custom visuals

www.office.com/setup Blogs: www.office.com/setup Blogs: The Office Store is introducing Power BI custom visuals to download and use in Power BI service reports and Power BI Desktop. Users will be able to easily discover and quickly downloa…

Excel 2016: Formatting Cells

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: All cell content uses the same formatting by default, which can make it difficult to read a workbook with a lot of information. Basic formatting can customize the look an…

Excel 2016: Modifying Columns, Rows, and Cells

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: By default, every row and column of a new workbook is set to the same height and width. Excel allows you to modify column width and row height in different ways, includin…

Excel 2016: Cell Basics

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Whenever you work with Excel, you'll enter information—or content—into cells. Cells are the basic building blocks of a worksheet. You'll need to learn the basics of cells…

Access 2016: Working with Forms

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: While you can always enter data directly into database tables, you might find it easier to use forms. Forms ensure you're entering the right data in the right location an…

Access 2016: Working with Tables

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: While there are four types of database objects in Access, tables are arguably the most important. Even when you're using forms, queries, and reports, you're still working…

PowerPoint 2016: Presenting Your Slide Show

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Once your slide show is complete, you'll need to learn how to present it to an audience. PowerPoint offers several tools and features to help make your presentation smoot…

PowerPoint 2016: Printing

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Even though PowerPoint presentations are designed to be viewed on a computer, there may be times when you want to print them. You can even print custom versions of a pres…