Chris Menard is a Microsoft MVP. He is certified in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. His YouTube videos have over 25 million views.
Microsoft Excel
The XLOOKUP function is one of my absolute favorites in Excel. It allows you to quickly look up various values in one range and return a corresponding value from another range. Unlike VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP looks both ways, and is more versatile and flexible, particularly when you move ranges around or
Microsoft Outlook
The Dictate feature in Microsoft is great. Outlook has a new feature with Dictate. You can now dictate the subject, add people to the To, CC, and BCC line, and at mention people. Several commands you can use are "add \[Name\] to email", "add \[Name\] to bcc&
**I've covered how to [import a CSV file into your Google Calendar](https://chrismenardtraining.com/post/how-to-import-excel-events-csv-into-google-calendar-tips-supported-fields-how-to) in detail before, but as students have gone back to university, I'm getting a lot of questions and emails saying that their import to Google Calendar isn't
Microsoft Outlook
Mail Merge with Outlook is a great time-saving tool and one of the most popular videos on my YouTube channel cover this exact topic. Word and Excel in this video. However, a question I get a lot is what do you do if you've got multiple Outlook accounts
Microsoft Outlook
We spend a lot of time in our Outlook calendar. With these calendar tips and tricks, you'll learn how to use your calendar efficiently. I'll demonstrate to you how I use my Outlook desktop calendar to be more productive. Multiple Time Zones in Outlook YouTube Video
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel can find duplicates easily with Conditional Formatting. The issue is Conditional Formatting finds duplicates based on the cell value, but I want to find duplicate rows. I use three methods in the video to find duplicate rows. Excel conditional formatting - duplicates are based on cell value, not
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams allows you to easily record meetings. I'm frequently asked, **"Why can't I record?"** or **"Why is recording disabled?"** The answer is that you are doing a video call. Most likely, you were chatting with one person (1-on-1 chat) or doing
Microsoft OneDrive
I love Microsoft's OneDrive and I use it all the time - in my work and also with my family. If you're using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and any other software that needs storing files you might want backed up, synchronised across devices (and operating systems)
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word has a new feature for track changes. You can track just your changes. The feature is called **Just Mine** and is on the Review tab under Track Changes. With this new functionality, you can only track your changes ("Just Mine"). This keeps you from forcing others
Microsoft Excel
The **TODAY** function returns the current date and is updated automatically when you open an Excel file. The TODAY function has no arguments. I'll use the TODAY function in an accounting exercise using Accounts Receivable in this blog post and video. You would use the same for Accounts
Microsoft Excel
Need to convert text to numbers in Excel? I'll demonstrate four methods in the easy-to-follow article and video. If you need to analyze data in Excel, numbers frequently come in as text and need to be converted. **Excel convert text to numbers** The four methods to convert text
Microsoft Excel
In Excel, numbers that are stored as text can cause unexpected results. It is important before you analyze numbers to make sure there are no numbers or values stored as text. This detailed article with a video shows 5 methods for identifying numbers stored as text. **Identify numbers stored as