Chris Menard is a Microsoft MVP. He is certified in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. His YouTube videos have over 25 million views.
Zoom
Zoom's latest update, 5.5.0, came out on February 1, 2021. One of the many new features is the ability to blur your background. You can still select a specific virtual background, but the blurred background is a great feature if you need added privacy. YouTube video
Microsoft Outlook
The Sweep feature in Outlook gives you options to automatically delete all incoming emails from a particular sender, to keep only the latest email, or to delete emails older than 10 days (which I use all the time). Sweep is a great way of keeping your inbox clean. YouTube video
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms allows you to create a survey with multiple question types. One of the new question types is the **File upload**. So users can now upload files in a survey! This is an awesome feature. The files are stored in a SharePoint folder and automatically marked with the person&
Microsoft Word
The Dictate feature in Word and Outlook has been greatly improved. Dictate will now allow Auto Punctuation, Voice Commands, and a Profanity Filter.
Zoom
Zoom's Waiting Room & Breakout Rooms are both great features. One of the issues addressed with **Zoom 5.4.9** released on **January 11, 2021**, is if the Host was in a breakout room, the host didn't know if someone was in the Waiting Room. This
Microsoft Teams
Share PowerPoint slides in a meeting If you're a presenter and choose to share a PowerPoint file in a meeting, you will have some behind-the-scenes capabilities with the new **presenter view**. As the presenter you will see - the current slide - the slide notes - thumbnail strip of
Microsoft Excel
The TODAY function returns the current date. The TODAY function is updated continuously when a worksheet is opened. For example: if you use the TODAY function in cell B1, it will show today's date. Assume that today is 12/21/2021. Tomorrow, it will have the correct date
OneNote
Microsoft OneNote allows you to copy the text from a picture or image. OneNote supports Optical Character Recognition (OCR), which allows you to copy text from an image or picture and paste it on your notes or another application, like Word or Outlook, so you can edit the text. Another
Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive Personal Vault adds extra security to Microsoft's already secured OneDrive cloud storage. The Personal Vault is a great place to store your most confidential and sensitive files. The Personal Vault only works in OneDrive for Personal. It doesn't work with OneDrive for Business. Documents you
Microsoft Excel
Charts in Microsoft Excel are easy. This short video shows three tips for creating charts. I'll cover two keyboard shortcuts for making charts, using Recommend Charts, and creating charts using Quick Analysis. Tip # 1 - Use Keyboard Shortcuts to create Charts Windows Keyboard shortcuts - **F11** to create a chart
Microsoft Excel
Tax brackets show you the tax rate you will pay on each portion of your income. There are seven tax brackets. The United States has a progressive tax system based on your Taxable income, not Gross income or Net Income. Your income is taxed at different rates with a progressive
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft 365 subscribers have access to Premium Creative Content, an in-app library of royalty-free images, icons, cutout people, stickers that are available in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel. Now Microsoft has added Stock Videos for PowerPoint. The videos are subtle looping videos. Steps to insert video into a