Microsoft Office Blog by Chris Menard

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.

Teams - How do I Delete Chat Files?

In Teams, it is easy to add files in a chat. In a chat, you click the paperclip for attaching files, select your files, and click Send. The files show up in the Files tab. The question I was asked is "How do I delete files?"

OneDrive - FAQ about Microsoft's OneDrive Sync Icons

OneDrive is Microsoft's Cloud storage. There are three sync icons for files and folders - cloud-only, locally available, and Always keep on this device. I answer the following questions in this video.

Google Calendar - The Best Keyboard Shortcuts to Navigate and Move around

Google Calendar has been around since 2009 for general release. In this short video, I'll show keyboard shortcuts for navigating the Google calendar with different views, and quickly getting around. We will look at various views: day view, week view, month view, schedule view, and year view.

Excel AVERAGE excluding the highest and lowest values | TRIMMEAN Function

When you have a range of numbers in Excel and want to figure out the AVERAGE but you have some extreme values that can skew your averages, there is a function that helps solve that problem.

Auto-Refresh STOCKS in Excel | Pull Live Stock Data in Excel | New Feature

The STOCKS data type in Microsoft Excel required manual refresh until now. A new feature released for Microsoft Excel on Desktop for Windows, Mac as well as Excel on the Web, fixes that problem, by allowing you pull almost live stock data into Excel.

Excel Charts vs PivotCharts | Comparison | Which is Best?

Which is best in Excel? Classic CHARTS or PIVOTCHARTS? In today's Excel video, I show you both ways of creating charts in Excel, show you step by step what's involved in each method and which one is the most flexible, powerful and which one I prefer.

Excel Distinct Count with a PivotTable

PivotTables in Excel can create a Distinct Count. An example of a distinct count is we had five orders in one day, but three orders were placed by the same customer. I want to know we have five orders from three customers.

Saving Chats and Conversations in Microsoft Teams | 5 TIPS

Saving chats and channel conversations in Microsoft Teams helps you reference old discussions, go back to questions or things you want to remember from your conversations with your colleagues.

Calculated Items in an Excel PivotTable

Excel PivotTables have calculated fields and calculated items. In this video, I'm going to take a field called Year, which has 2022 and 2021 in it and create a calculated item.