Microsoft Office Blog by Chris Menard

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.

Excel - 3 Methods to Shade Every Other Row

Highlighting or shading every other row in Excel is a great way to make your data easier to read. I'll show three methods for applying color to alternate rows.

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.