Footnotes are an essential tool for all sorts of writing – in academia especially, they are essential. Without the ability to refer to literature with a footnote, inline citations can easily end up breaking apart the text into something truly illegible. Thankfully Word fully supports academic writing and has all the footnote tools users could hope for. Here’s how to add a foo … [Read more...] about MS Word: How to Insert Footnote
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How to Insert Excel Sheet Into Word Document
Embedding a Microsoft Excel sheet into a Word document is easy – all you need to do is the copy and paste command. Use these steps. … [Read more...] about How to Insert Excel Sheet Into Word Document
Excel: Add Watermark
Watermarks are a great way to stop people from stealing your content or the results of your hard work. Thankfully, you can add them to more than just art or even your word document – even Excel supports this function. … [Read more...] about Excel: Add Watermark
Excel: Add Header and Footer
While header and footer rows are more typically used in Word documents, Excel supports this functionality as well. Headers and footers can be used for a variety of purposes. If you are looking to print your spreadsheet, they can be used to place page numbers, contact info and more, and even if you want to keep your files online, they have their uses – for example,if you want to … [Read more...] about Excel: Add Header and Footer
Excel: Shade Every Other Row
Looking at large amounts of data can be quite straining on the eyes. Thankfully Excel has a useful function to make it easier – alternate row styling. Simply put: Zebra striping. Shading rows in alternate colours is a great way to make large amounts of data easier to work with. Don’t worry, you won’t have to colour your rows manually. You can apply it all in just a few click … [Read more...] about Excel: Shade Every Other Row
Excel: Make Header Row
Creating a sticky header row is a great tool for making it easier to keep track of data in spreadsheets. It’s easy too – look below for instructions on how to set the top row of your spreadsheet to remain stuck even as you scroll down. … [Read more...] about Excel: Make Header Row
MS Word: How to Undo and Redo
Back in the times of typewriters, making a mistake when typing could be quite problematic – it was much harder to correct an error printed on paper than it is to correct one made while typing on a computer. In fact, correcting a typo in Microsoft Word is one of the easiest and most useful functions to access. There are two ways to do so – via keyboard shortcut, and via menu c … [Read more...] about MS Word: How to Undo and Redo
Outlook: Disable Clutter Folder
A number of email providers have started taking the approach of applying filters to your email. Some of these are pretty reliable like the spam filter but others are less useful, and may even be unwanted. A great example of this is Outlook’s “Clutter” filter, which filters what it determines to be low priority emails out of your inbox, into a clutter folder. The Clutter feature … [Read more...] about Outlook: Disable Clutter Folder
Outlook: Recover Erased Sticky Notes
Knowing how to get back delete sticky notes on your Windows computer can be a real lifesaver. Maybe you erased the wrong sticky note, and know you don't know what you can do to get it back. The following tips will help you get back those sticky notes you didn't mean to erase. The methods don't require that you be a tech genius, the methods that are easy to follow. … [Read more...] about Outlook: Recover Erased Sticky Notes
How to Merge Sheets in Excel
When you are working in Excel, you may end up with a lot of data spread across multiple sheets within the same workbook. What happens if you need to combine that information? Sure, you could copy and paste everything. However, that is not only time consuming - it could also seriously screw up your careful formatting or your formulas. There is definitely a much easier way to … [Read more...] about How to Merge Sheets in Excel