OneNote - Copy text from picture - 2 reasons to use this awesome feature
Posted on 01/15/2021
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 incredible feature on OneNote and OCR is the text in the picture is searchable!
Three tips for getting started with Excel Charts
Posted by Chris Menard on 01/08/2021
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.
Tax Brackets Explained using Excel's XLOOKUP function
Posted by Chris Menard on 01/06/2021
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 tax system.
PowerPoint - Free Stock Videos from Microsoft now in PowerPoint
Posted by Chris Menard on 12/29/2020
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.
Email mail merge: personalized emails using Excel - Word & Outlook
Posted by Chris Menard on 12/03/2020
Need to send personalized emails to individuals all at one time? That is called an "Email Mail Merge." I'm going to use Excel, Word, and Outlook - part of Microsoft 365 - to create and send bulk emails out. The order these apps are used would be Excel, then Word, and finally, Outlook.
Roles in a Teams Meeting: Organizer - Presenter - Attendee
Posted by Chris Menard on 11/03/2020
Teams Meetings have three roles: Organizer, Presenter, and Attendee. You have different capabilities depending on your role. We will cover all the possibilities on the roles and how to change roles.
7 reasons to enable the New Meeting Experience in Teams
Posted on 10/16/2020
Microsoft Teams has now the new Meeting Experience. At a first look it might not be as easy as it sounds, so I will walk you through all the steps you need to do and also give you 7 reasons for using the new experience.
PowerPoint / Keynote as a Virtual Background
Posted on 10/15/2020
Zoom's Virtual Background feature is trendy. It is easy to share a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation in a Zoom meeting, but now you can share that presentation as a Virtual Background. Participants can view your video imposed directly on the screen share.
Live Captions in Microsoft Teams with speaker attributions
Posted by Chris Menard on 10/13/2020
Recently Microsoft Teams updated their live caption enhancement to a newer version. We tested the enhanced live caption feature, discussed Teams on the web, punctuation and how live captions work in recorded videos.
Excel: College Decision Helper Template
Posted by Chris Menard on 08/13/2020
Whether you want to attend a large public university or a small private college, knowing all about the schools you're considering is essential to making a good decision.