Microsoft Excel
Delete Blank Columns in Excel: 3 Easy Ways
Blank columns break sorting, filtering, and PivotTables. Remove them with Go To Special, a COUNTA helper row, or Power Query's Column quality view.
Chris Menard
Chris Menard is a Microsoft MVP. He is certified in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. His YouTube videos have over 25 million views.
Copilot in PowerPoint: Explain vs. Review This Presentation
Copilot in PowerPoint now has two skills with nearly identical names that do very different jobs: Explain this presentation and Review this presentation. One helps you understand a deck someone else made. The other helps you improve a deck you made yourself. If you train people on Copilot, expect questions
Microsoft PowerPoint
Redesign Slides with Copilot's Visualize This Slide Skill in PowerPoint
Use the Visualize this slide skill in Copilot for PowerPoint to turn text-heavy slides into visual layouts. Three examples: bullets, a six-step process, and a timeline.
Copilot Skills in PowerPoint - Live Stream on October 20, 2026
𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀. 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟴 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁-𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸. Join me live on October 20, 2026, at Noon Eastern as I demonstrate each Copilot Skill and show practical ways to use them in your presentations. PDF of the 8 Copilot Skills in Pow
Microsoft PowerPoint
View Two Slides Side by Side in the Same PowerPoint Presentation
Compare two slides from the same PowerPoint presentation side by side in Normal view. Use New Window and Arrange All on the View tab instead of clicking back and forth.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Sharpen Slide Titles with Copilot in PowerPoint
The Sharpen slide titles skill in PowerPoint Copilot rewrites vague, one-word slide titles as clear takeaways. Find the skill, use the @ mention shortcut, and review the before-and-after summary.
Microsoft Excel
Excel's New List Feature: Filter and Count Multiple Items in One Cell
Excel can now hold a list of items in one cell. Create lists with Ctrl+J, filter by a single name, and summarize them with FLATTEN, UNIQUE, SORT, and COUNTIF.
Google Chrome Split View: Work in Two Tabs Side by Side
Chrome can show two tabs side by side in one window. Right-click a tab, choose Add tab to new split view, and pick the second tab. Here is how to start it, exit it, and swap sides.
Microsoft Copilot
How to Create and Edit AI Images in Microsoft Copilot
Copilot can create images from a prompt. Start from Apps and more > Create or from a new chat, open the result in the image editor, and refine it with a follow-up prompt.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Use Copilot to Apply Your Branded Template to an Existing PowerPoint Presentation
Already built a PowerPoint presentation without your organization's template? Attach the template to Copilot, prompt it to apply the template to the existing deck, then review the slides for layout and content accuracy.
Microsoft Copilot
6 New Copilot Skills for PowerPoint: Join Me Live on October 20
Join Chris Menard live on October 20 at noon ET for a hands-on look at six new Copilot Skills in PowerPoint. No registration required.
Microsoft Excel
Hands-on Excel Training for UGA Terry College Executive MBA Students
A full day of hands-on Excel with the UGA Terry College Executive MBA class, from essential skills to break-even analysis and the three financial statements.