Microsoft Word
Word and Outlook: Dictate with Auto Punctuation and Voice Commands
The Dictate feature in Word and Outlook has been greatly improved. Dictate will now allow Auto Punctuation, Voice Commands, and a Profanity Filter.
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Zoom
Zoom admit Waiting Room users while in a Breakout Room
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
Teams
PowerPoint Presenter View in 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
Microsoft Excel
Today Function in 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
OneNote: Copy text from picture - 2 reasons to use this awesome feature
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 brings added security
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
Three tips for getting started with Excel Charts
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
Microsoft Excel
Tax Brackets Explained using Excel's XLOOKUP function
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
PowerPoint - Free Stock Videos from Microsoft now in 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 PowerPoint deck:
Microsoft Outlook
Email Mail Merge: Personalized Emails Using Excel - Word & Outlook
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
Zoom
ZOOM: Share Multiple Applications at Once
Zoom has released a new update - version 5.4.3 - on November 16, 2020. The update includes a great new feature that allows you to share multiple programs at once! Users can select multiple desktop programs at once for sharing, instead of sharing their entire desktop. Other programs
Zoom
ZOOM : Basic vs. Pro Account - 7 Features you are missing
Zoom offers two types of accounts: Free accounts, which Zoom calls **Basic** accounts, and **Paid** accounts. The Zoom Free account offers unlimited 1-on-1 meetings but only 40 minute limit on meetings with 3 or more people. You count as one of the people if you are the host, and you