Tips, Tricks and Hints

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Improved Dictation Tool in Word and Outlook

Improved Dictation Tool in Word and Outlook

This whole article was written using the dictation tool! **** **** ********. We all know Microsoft are constantly updating and evolving their products. This includes the dictation tool in Word and Outlook. Recently there have been improvements including Auto...

We are who we know

We are who we know

Managing contacts has become more important than ever. Here’s a few tips on how to make use of smart tools built into Outlook: 1. Rather than exchange business cards (so last century)... Share your contact details using Linked In – just hit the box on the right of the...

Stay COVID safe (or what COVID taught us about IT security)

Stay COVID safe (or what COVID taught us about IT security)

Coronavirus isn’t the only virus causing harm. Hackers have been busy trying to trick us into clicking on their fake websites and getting infected with Malware. They’ve had fake donation sites, particularly a fake World Health Organisation fund, fake COVID-19 maps...

Fancy a date?

Fancy a date?

How many working days are there in a month? For many of us doing budgeting, the number of days matter for either income or costs. For years, I have spent a few moments as part of our budget setting exercise to look through an annual calendar, count the days in each...

Remote Working Tips and Tools

Remote Working Tips and Tools

Working from home is different.  Managing staff working from home is also quite different. Here are a few tools to assist: 1. Is everyone working ok? Do we know where they are and what they need?   How do we discharge our Duty of Care to our colleagues?  Introducing...

Top Microsoft Teams Tips to Keep Your Team Together

Top Microsoft Teams Tips to Keep Your Team Together

People are already feeling strain with the rapidly changing face of Covid-19.  Stress and tensions are naturally high and for many organisations this could be first time they have asked people to work remotely for extended periods.   It’s definitely not our New...

Making it Work When Working From Home

Making it Work When Working From Home

Working remotely can be invigorating from time to time, but there’s a reason why we don’t do it permanently. If we’re forced to work remotely for a long period, how do we overcome isolation effects? Working together in an office has a number of social benefits. You...

THREE EDGE TIMESAVERS

THREE EDGE TIMESAVERS

Who still uses Microsoft Edge? It’s a point of pride among many users to immediately swap out their default web browser on Windows from Edge to something else.   To be fair, that’s because Microsoft’s past browsers have fallen behind the marketplace – other browsers...

Excel’s Best Ideas

Excel’s Best Ideas

Have you noticed the ‘IDEAS’ icon in Excel? (It used to be called ‘Insights’ ). It’s Excel’s attempt to make you look smarter and more thoughtful. Simply start with a table (not a pivot table) of data, and hit the idea’s button and see what comes. Based on my...