If you’re a Microsoft Office user, then you know that the software is one of the most popular and versatile on the market. Whether you’re a professional or just starting out, there’s something here for everyone. In this roundup, we’ve collected some of the best how-to Geek articles about Microsoft Office. If you’re looking to learn more about how to use Microsoft Office, then these articles are definitely for you!
We’ve published a lot of articles about Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 and the programs in the suite. This article compiles many useful tips for Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, and a few links to articles about the latest version, Office 2013.
Office
The following articles cover Office 2007 and 2010 in general and using multiple programs within the Office suite. We show you how to add security to your important documents, use templates, customize the Quick Access Toolbar, create a customized tab on the Office ribbon, and backup and restore the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar, among other useful tips.
Add or Remove Apps from the Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 Suite Add Artistic Effects to Your Pictures in Office 2010 Add Security to Your Important Documents in Office 2010 Add Word/Excel 97-2003 Documents Back to the “New” Context Menu After Installing Office 2007 Backup or Transfer Microsoft Office 2007 Quick Parts Between Computers Beginner: Using Templates in MS Office 2010 & 2007 Center Pictures and Other Objects in Office 2007 & 2010 Change The Default Color Scheme In Office 2007 Change the Default Color Scheme in Office 2010 Create a Customized Tab on the Office 2010 Ribbon Detect and Repair Applications In Microsoft Office 2007 How to Backup and Restore Your Office 2010 Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar Customizations How To Find Commands and Functions in Office 2007 the Easy Way How to Disable the Splash Screens in Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Save Time By Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar in Office 2007 Solve and Graph Equations in Word and OneNote Transfer or Move Your Microsoft Office Custom Dictionary Embed an Excel Worksheet Into PowerPoint or Word 2007
Word
Below is a long list of some of the articles we’ve published about Word 2007 and 2010. We show you how to change the default font size and formatting, create a flow chart, create a master document and an index, summarize a document, add comments to a document, how to speed up Word, and even how to use Word to create holiday cards.
Make Your Last Minute Holiday Cards with Microsoft Word 2007 Design and Print Your Own Christmas Cards in MS Word, Part 1 Design and Print Your Own Christmas Cards in MS Word, Part 2: How to Print Add Page Numbers to Documents in Word 2007 & 2010 Beginner Geek: Use the Thesaurus and Dictionary in Word 2007 and 2010 for More Accurate Writing Change Default Formatting in Word 2007 Change the Default Font Size in Word 2007 and 2010 Change the Type for a Section Break in Word 2007 and 2010 Create A Flow Chart In Word 2007 Create a Master Document in Word 2010 from Multiple Documents Create One Table of Contents from Multiple Word 2010 Documents How to Create an Index Table Like a Pro with Microsoft Word Customize the Default Line Spacing in Word 2007 & 2010 Disable the Mini Toolbar and Live Preview in Word 2010 or 2007 Easier Table Column Selection in Microsoft Word Easily Rotate Pictures In Word 2007 Easily Summarize A Word 2007 Document Fun at Work: Microsoft Word “Easter Egg” (using the “=rand()” feature to insert random text) Undocumented Word 2007 Feature: Insert Lorem Ipsum Text Edit Microsoft Word 2007 Documents in Print Preview How To add a Watermark to Word 2007 Documents How To Add Comments to Documents in Word 2010 How to Add Tabbed Documents to Microsoft Word 2007 How To Create and Publish Blog Posts in Word 2010 & 2007 How to Embed Fonts in a Microsoft Word Document How to Create Custom Cover Pages in Microsoft Word 2010 How To Create Printable Booklets in Microsoft Word 2010 How To Remove Hyperlinks from Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 Documents How to Speed Up Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 How To Take Screenshots with Word 2010 How to Use Breaks in Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 to Better Format Your Documents How to Use Field Codes in MS Word 2010 to Create Word Counts How to Use Footnotes in Microsoft Word How to Use the Reveal Formatting Feature in Word 2010
Excel
The following articles provide some useful tips for using Excel, such as creating custom charts, creating pivot tables, hiding worksheets and workbooks, converting a row to a column, using online data in spreadsheets, and creating a hyperlink to another document.
Add Windows Calculator to the Excel 2007 Quick Launch Toolbar Convert a Row to a Column in Excel 2007 and 2010 the Easy Way Convert Older Excel Documents to Excel 2007 Format Copy a Group of Cells in Excel 2007 to the Clipboard as an Image Copy Excel Formatting the Easy Way with Format Painter Copy Website Tables into Excel 2007 Spreadsheets Create Appealing Charts In Excel 2007 How to Create Custom Charts for Better Excel Spreadsheets Use Online Data in Excel 2010 Spreadsheets Create a Hyperlink to Another Document in an Excel Worksheet Hide and Unhide Worksheets and Workbooks in Excel 2007 & 2010 How To Copy Worksheets in Excel 2007 & 2010 Using Conditional Cell Formatting in Excel 2007 How To Create a Pivot Table in Excel 2007
Outlook
If you use Outlook to handle email, here are some useful tips and tricks, such as adding a signature using the ribbon, using the notes feature, creating and managing contact groups, using blind carbon copy (Bcc), easily marking items as read, and managing the AutoArchive feature. If you use Gmail as well, there are also articles that help you add your Gmail account to Outlook 2007 or 2010.
Add Hotmail & Live Email Accounts to Outlook 2010 Add Signature In Outlook 2007 Using The Ribbon Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2007 Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2010 Using IMAP Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2010 using POP Automatically Move Daily Emails to Specific Folders in Outlook Automatically Resize Picture Attachments in Outlook 2007 Beginner’s Guide to Using the Notes Feature in Outlook 2007 and 2010 Beginner: Make Outlook Always Display Images in Emails from Trusted Senders Copy and Paste in Outlook 2007 and 2010 Without Messing Up Your Formatting Create An Electronic Business Card In Outlook 2007 Create and Customize Quick Steps in Outlook 2010 How to Create and Manage Contact Groups in Outlook 2010 How to Import Gmail Contacts Into Outlook 2007 How To Use Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) in Outlook 2010 Make Outlook 2007 Mark Items as Read When Viewed in Reading Pane Mark Messages As Read in the Outlook 2010 Reading Pane Save Multiple Attachments at Once in Outlook 2007 Fix Your Broken Outlook 2007 Personal Folders (PST) File How To Print Out Blank Calendars in Outlook 2007 How to Manage AutoArchive in Outlook 2010 Use Outlook 2007 Rules to Prevent “Oh No!” After Sending Emails
PowerPoint
Here are some articles that will help make creating and delivering presentations using PowerPoint easier. We show you how to add transitions to slideshows, convert a presentation to video, add live web pages and video from the web to your presentations, share your presentations using the web, and use your mouse as a laser pointer, among other useful tips and tricks.
Add Transitions to Slideshows in PowerPoint 2010 Compare and Merge Different Versions of Your Presentations in PowerPoint Convert a PowerPoint 2010 Presentation to Video How To Add Live Web Pages to a PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 Presentation How to Add Video from the Web in PowerPoint 2010 How To Remove Image Backgrounds Using PowerPoint 2010 How To Share Your Presentation Using PowerPoint 2010 Through the Web How to Time Your PowerPoint Slides for More Effective Presentations Insert Tables Into PowerPoint 2007 Use Your Mouse as a Laser Pointer in PowerPoint 2010 How to Animate Text and Objects in PowerPoint 2010 How to Master Your Presentations Using Presenter View in PowerPoint 2007 and 2010
OneNote
OneNote is a digital notebook that allows you to gather and organize your notes and information. You can organize text, pictures, digital handwriting, audio, video, and more, in one notebook. It provides powerful search capabilities to easily find information and you can share your notebooks and work together with others more efficiently. Below are some tips and tricks for using OneNote, such as importing Evernote files into OneNote, using OneNote to memorize information easier, saving OneNote documents in different formats, among other useful tips. We also provide a guide to getting started with OneNote 2010.
Beginner Geek: Getting Started With OneNote 2010 Beginner: Save Your OneNote 2010 Docs to Different File Formats Calculate Simple Math Quickly in OneNote How to Use OneNote Printer to Extract Text from Images and PDFs OCR anything with OneNote 2007 and 2010 Import Evernote Files Into MS OneNote 2010 Import Evernote Notes Into OneNote the Easy Way Personalize Your OneNote 2010 Notebooks With Backgrounds and More Share OneNote 2010 Notebooks with OneNote 2007 Use OneNote to Make Memorizing Information Easier
Office 2013
If you’re trying out the trial version of Office 2013, here are some tips and tricks that will help you while using it.
Beginner: How to Enable Touch Mode in Office 2013 How to Disable the Office 2013 Splash Screens How to Change the Default Save Location for Office 2013 How to Password Protect PDF Files in Word 2013
These tips and tricks should help improve your efficiency and productivity when using the Microsoft Office suite.
