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Excel - switch between relative, absolute, and mixed references

Posted by Chris Menard on 05/01/2023

Excel has three cell references - Relative, Absolute, and Mixed. It is critical to understand when to use each reference in Excel.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Microsoft 365

Posted by Chris Menard on 04/13/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in all Microsoft 365 apps - Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and other M365 apps. In Excel, we have Analyze data on the Home tab and the ability to get data from a picture or screenshot.

Analyze Data Command in Excel - Ask questions about your data using AI

Posted by Chris Menard on 04/03/2023

Need to quickly understand your data in Excel and ask questions about your data? Easy to do using Excel's Analyze Data command located on the Home tab in Excel. Analyze Data using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

New Teams coming soon!

Posted by Chris Menard on 04/03/2023

New Microsoft Teams is coming out soon. Teams has been rebuilt, and apps will launch 2x fasters, and Teams will consume 50% less memory.

Excel - Easily Break Up Data using Subtotals and Conditional Formatting

Posted by Chris Menard on 04/01/2023

After sorting in Excel, we will look at two great methods for separating blocks of data or showing a clean separator between our groups.

Microsoft Teams - Virtual Appointment - No app required!

Posted by Chris Menard on 03/29/2023

Microsoft Teams is rolling out Virtual Appointments. Virtual Appointments make it easy to schedule meetings, and the meeting attendees do not need to install Teams. Even joining from an Android or iPhone, there is no need to install Teams.

Teams Video Call or Meeting - Toggle View - Teams Tip

Posted by Chris Menard on 03/09/2023

When you are in a Teams Meeting, or Video call, you can toggle between the shared screen and the presenter. This is a great tip when someone is sharing but then starts a discussion. You want to see the person and not the shared screen.

Outlook - Manage your Inbox using Ignore, Archive, Block, Delete, and Clean Up

Posted on 03/04/2023

Your inbox in Microsoft Outlook can become overwhelming to manage. The average office worker receives around 121 emails every workday. Microsoft Outlook has some easy commands located on the Home tab to help manage your inbox.

Excel - Combine the SORT, UNIQUE, and COUNT functions

Posted on 01/27/2023

Excel has dynamic array functions. Two of the dynamic array function are SORT and UNIQUE. I will combine SORT and UNIQUE and also combine them with COUNT and the COUNTA functions. This came from a user that asked how many unique zip codes were in a spreadsheet.