Microsoft Office Blog by Chris Menard

Liquidity Ratio using Excel

Liquidity ratios determine how quickly a company can covert assets to use them to pay short-term obligations.

Excel COUNTIF Function With Wildcard Search and Cell Reference

The COUNTIF function in Excel allows you to only count the number of cells that meet certain criteria. For example, the number of cells that the HR department appears in. With COUNTIF, you can do a wildcard search by using * (asterisk).

OneDrive - Share a Folder as Read Only | Set Expiration Date and Password

One of my favorite OneDrive features is sharing a folder with Read Only permissions. This allows me to add files and folders so students or co-workers, or even clients can download the files, but they can't delete or edit the files. I can even set an expiration date and add a password.

Zoom Always Show Meeting Controls - Awesome Tip for Presenters

When you are presenting in Zoom, it is important to have access to the Meeting Control bar. Frequently, it will disappear, and you have to Stop Presenting to get it back.

Excel Status Bar - Tips Every User Should Know

The Status Bar in Excel is the area at the bottom of the windows that shows your zoom control in the right corner and Ready in the left corner.

How to SORT Data in Excel | 7 Tips

Excel has a powerful SORTING engine. SORT is the most popular function in Excel, and it can sort by many types of data, many attributes, and even custom sorting configurations.

Teams - Change your status in Teams | Duration and Status Message

Teams will indicate your status. This is very handy if you want to let coworkers and people know when you’re busy, do not want to be disturbed, or are away from your desk.

Teams Online Couse - New material added

Chris Menard's Teams Online Training Course has been updated with new sections. A 50% coupon is enclosed. Master Teams - 2.5 hours of online video.

Teams - LinkedIn Tab now Available in Teams Chat

When in a Teams chat, you can view a coworker's LinkedIn account. This is a new feature in Teams rolled out in 2022.

Excel - Data from Picture - Microsoft 365 New Feature

Have you ever had a printed page and needed to put the data in Excel? Typing the data in can be a pain. Excel now allows you to put the data in Excel using Data from Picture.

Zoom co-host feature: What can a co-host do, and what limitations do they have?

Managing a zoom meeting can be challenging with a lot of people. With the co-host feature, you can share hosting privileges with other users. A co-host can help manage the waiting room, breakout rooms, chats, and other features.

Teams - 5 Tips for Recorded Meetings

Recorded Meetings in Teams are stored in OneDrive for Work or School. The one exception is Channel Meetings are stored in SharePoint.