Microsoft Office Blog by Chris Menard

Excel - Get and Transform Data | Unpivot Columns with Two Header Rows

Excel's Unpivot Columns, part of Power Query, is an awesome feature. It is the easier way to fix data that isn't in a tabular format.

Outlook Calendar - Meetings vs. Appointments

In Outlook we live in our calendar. We have three different types of calendar items - Meetings, Appointments, and Events. When do you use each?

Outlook Contact Group - Distribution List - Schedule a Meeting Trick - Huge Timesaver

Outlook Contact Groups, formerly called Distribution List, are great for saving time. Instead of typing in 20 emails, just type in the name of the Contact Group.

Word - Five Tips for Working with Heading Styles

Styles in Word are one of the best features in Microsoft Word. In this video, I give five tips for working with Styles.

PowerPoint Edit Speaker Notes While in SLIDE SHOW

PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 allows you to edit your Speaker Notes while in PowerPoint Slide Show. Start your presentation and in Presenter View, you can edit your speaker notes.

Teams - 3 Simple Features You May Not Be Using in Microsoft Teams

Time Zones are now displayed in Teams. You can see if a coworker is hours ahead of you or behind you by moving your mouse over their Profile card.

Excel Conditional Formatting with the TODAY function | Duplicate Rule

The TODAY function is one of my favorite Date & Time functions in Excel. It returns the current date and will automatically update. We will use the TODAY function with Conditional Formatting and create three rules on a date field.

Teams - Why You Should Always NAME Your Meetings

Microsoft Teams - ALWAYS name your meetings. I'll review the two meeting types in Teams, how to record your meetings, and why you should always name your Meet Now meetings. Your Meet Now meetings do not show on the calendar.

Excel Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable Exercise - Watch Chris Work

Accountants use Excel all the time. In this video, which is great for Accounting students, we look at the Accounts Receivable (AR) or Accounts Payable (AP) exercise.

Excel Recommend PivotTables - Improved Experience

Recommended PivotTables in Excel is getting a great update. To use Recommended PivotTables, click the Insert Tab, and click Recommended PivotTables.

Excel PivotTable - Calculate the number of days of each week for every month of the year

If you want to calculate how many days are in each month for a year, it is easy to do with a PivotTable in Excel. I want to know how Sundays through Saturdays there are for each month of the year.

Analyze Results from Microsoft FORMS POLLS in Excel | Watch Chris Work

I recently spoke at the Administrative Professional Day Conference hosted by the University of Georgia. After reviewing my survey results in Microsoft Forms, I realized I needed to analyze the survey data. Forms results are immediately available in Excel.