Corporate versions of Google Docs and Microsoft Office 2010 Live are going toe-to-toe and business users are winning in big organizations. With more companies turning to working within the cloud environment of the internet, operations are taking on new meanings in the corporate universe. Business apps on the internet are being accessed by IT companies and by average corporations to accomplish a number of tasks and productivity is increasing to excellent results. According to a Palo Alto Networks survey, network traffic points to a “surprisingly high” amount of users of cloud-based tools out of these corporations. This speaks to early … [Read more...]
Why I’m Loving Excel 2010
Excel 2010 is a powerful suite from MS Office that makes it cool to like spreadsheets again. Okay, so maybe I'm not the right person to ask about what's cool and what's on my usual Saturday night schedule. Still, I like to think that I know at least a little about Office and what makes it the easiest and best for getting things down and done – period. When it comes to using Excel, organization is everything. That's why Excel 2010 is the most organized of the organizational tools in MS Office, and Sparklines is one of the new features in Excel 2010. With Sparklines, you can create a set of small charts in a single cell to outline … [Read more...]
Tips and Tricks: Excel Pivot Tables
If you use Excel often to compile and analyze data, pivot tables can be a great tool to add to your repertoire. Many Excel users are intimidated by pivot tables, but with a little practice, they can be easy to use and will give you powerful reporting capabilities. At its simplest, a pivot table is simply a report that sorts and groups raw data into a more usable format. Let’s walk through the steps of creating a pivot table using a simple spreadsheet of data. Step 1: Enter Raw Data – First, you’ll need some data to use in your pivot table. In this example, we’ll look at sales numbers for a chain of sporting goods stores. Here is the … [Read more...]
The 3 Best Time Saving Shortcuts for Windows
Rewind a decade. A once bankrupt computer company known as Macintosh seriously gains ground in the home computer market boasting claims of a redesigned, user-friendly interface and more streamlined tasking. Branding themselves as the practical person’s computer, the company now known as Apple Computers has the reputation for being “quick and easy” with an almost religious following to boot. But are Apple Computers really the “quick and easy” option? Did Macintosh really reinvent themselves and their machines or was this craze a product of clever marketing? Proponents of Windows believe they use a superior operating system due to … [Read more...]
Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks – Moving a Chart to Another Worksheet
Creating a chart can be extremely useful for Excel users, especially users who need to communicate complicated or difficult information in an engaging and user-friendly way. When you first create a chart, the chart wizard gives you the option of saving the chart as an object in the existing worksheet or creating a new sheet to hold the graph. The decision you make at that point is not irrevocable. You can go back later and move the chart to another worksheet. This can be a big help, especially if you are preparing a new presentation and need to present the chart on its own, without the accompanying spreadsheet cells. To Move a … [Read more...]
