How to Stop Showing Decimal Places in Excel 2010
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Why Is Excel Showing ###### Instead of a Number?
An Excel spreadsheet is a convenient way to organize and store data. The grid structure makes it easy to locate a specific bit of data …
How to Change the Color of a Cell in Excel 2013
Large spreadsheets are generally pretty difficult to read, whether you are looking at them on a screen or as a printed document. There are a …
How to Alphabetize a Column in Excel 2010
There are many reasons to learn how to alphabetize in Excel, but it is such an important and versatile part of the program that it …
Add Text to a Picture in Word 2010
Pictures that you add to a Microsoft Word 2010 document can be helpful when you are writing a report that needs some visual emphasis to …
View Only Unread Email Messages in Outlook 2013
Outlook inboxes can easily grow to a point where it can take a long time to manually find a specific email. Fortunately, Outlook has a …
How to Sort by Date in Excel 2010
Arbitrarily searching for data in Microsoft Excel 2010 can be very time-consuming, especially when the fields that you need to locate are not listed anywhere …
How to Exit Full Screen View in Excel 2010
Excel 2010 has a number of different view options that are meant to make the spreadsheet easier to work with in specific situations. One of …
How to Disable Predictive Email Addresses in Outlook 2013
Outlook strives to offer the simplest, most complete way to manage emails. And judging by the popularity of the program, they have created a great …
How to Convert an M4A to an MP3 in iTunes
If you’ve ever created an audio file in one format and needed to use it in another, then you may have encountered some third-party programs …
How to Scale a Page in Excel 2010
Page scaling in Microsoft Excel 2010 is something that is mostly beneficial when you need to print. Adjusting the scaling will not affect the appearance …
How Do You Subtract in Excel 2010?
If you are new to using Excel, then you might not be aware of exactly how powerful a program it actually is. You can use …
How to Zoom in Word 2010
Computer monitors vary a lot in resolution, and the strength of an individual’s eyesight can lead them to want larger text on their screen. This …
How Do You Remove Formatting in Word 2013?
Formatting and properly setting up a document in Word 2013 can be a bit of a hassle. It can get even worse if you’re in …
How to Zoom in Print Preview in Word 2010
Print Preview is a helpful option in programs like Microsoft Word because the printed version of your document may be the only thing that your …
Removing Cell Formatting in Excel 2013
Large Excel files can be difficult to read, especially when they contain a lot of data, only some of which might be relevant to a …
How to Add Reflection Effects to Text in Word 2010
While a lot of documents that you create in Microsoft Word 2010 might be more focused on simply expressing your thoughts or opinions than creating …
How to Print Comments in Excel 2013
Comments are very helpful for identifying potential problems or asking questions without affecting the actual data contained on a spreadsheet. But they can go overlooked …
How to Empty the Auto-Complete List in Outlook 2013
The auto-complete list in Outlook 2013 is the one that displays email address suggestions as you are typing into the To or CC field at …
How to Only Display Emails with Attachments in Outlook 2013
I’ve personally found that a lot of the emails I receive that contain attachments tend to be more important than regular emails. They are also …
How to Get a Print Button in Outlook 2013
Microsoft has moved most of the important file actions to the File tab at the top-left corner of each program window, but this puts these …
How to Turn Off the New Message Alert Sound in Outlook 2013
While it is pretty common for Outlook users to keep their email open throughout the course of the day, not everyone keeps Outlook open as …
Add a Print Preview Icon to the Quick Toolbar in Excel 2010
When you use a program regularly and become comfortable with the location of important features, you will inevitably find yourself looking for ways to make …
How to Change the Default View in Excel 2013
Microsoft Excel 2013 has a number of different possible uses, and it isn’t uncommon for one person to take advantage of many of these uses. …
How to Pop Out Replies and Forwards by Default in Outlook 2013
One workflow option that you can use in Microsoft Outlook involves going through your inbox and opening a new window for each message that requires …
How to Merge Cells in Excel 2013
Do you have a cell with a lot of data that you can’t see? You might have tried to expand the row or the column …
How to Stop Showing Recent Documents in Excel 2010
The list of recent documents in Microsoft Excel 2010 is a helpful way to access files that you have recently been working on. But if …
How to Print in Black and White in Excel 2013
Microsoft Excel has a number of different ways in which you can customize how a spreadsheet will print. Since spreadsheets are prone to printing poorly, …
How to Type Vertically in Photoshop CS5
While the horizontal text is an important part of many images in Photoshop, you may find that you need the text to be a little …
How to Keep Your Column Widths When You Paste In Excel 2010
Copying and pasting data in Microsoft Excel 2010 is one of the best ways that you can save yourself some time. However, this occasionally results …
Faster Way to Rename Files in Windows 7
The right-click shortcut menu in Windows 7 is very useful and once you start using it, you will find that it becomes your preferred method …
Mark All Messages as Read in a Folder in Outlook 2013
One good way to make sure that you are caught up on all of your email correspondence is by looking at the number of unread …
How to Create a Dropbox Shortcut on Your Desktop in Windows 7
Cloud storage services like Dropbox are great solutions when you need to back up important files, or store files in a location where you can …
How to View Your Header in Excel 2010
Spreadsheets that you print in Excel often look similar to one another, making it important to include some kind of identifying information on the printed …
How to Print a Selection in Excel 2010
Excel worksheets and workbooks can easily become very large, and a lot of the information that they contain might only be useful in specific situations. …
How to Automatically Number Columns in Excel 2010
When you need to assign consecutive numbers to rows or columns in Microsoft Excel 2010, it can be very frustrating to do it manually. Aside …
Where Did My Folder List Go in Outlook 2013?
The basic navigation structure for Outlook 2013 is broken up into three areas. There is a list of folders at the left side of the …
How to Password Protect a Document in Word 2010
Digital documents, such as those created in Microsoft Word 2010, are becoming more and more common in a lot of situations and are starting to …
How to Save as .ppt By Default in Powerpoint 2013
The Office 2003 suite of programs was very good and as a result of their effectiveness, many businesses have continued to use these programs rather …
How to Check the Size of a Folder in Outlook 2013
If you use Outlook 2013 every day and receive a lot of emails, especially emails containing large file attachments, then your Outlook file can get …
How to Paste as a Picture in Excel 2010
Data in Microsoft Excel 2010 can be formatted in a lot of different ways, and some of those ways will result in information that can …
How to Remove the Windows Media Player Icon from the Taskbar
The taskbar at the bottom of your screen in Windows 7 is a great place to put links to programs, because it is always visible. …
How to Create a New Layer in Photoshop CS5
Working with layers is one of the biggest advantages of Adobe Photoshop, as you can freely work with elements on one layer without affecting the …
How to Protect a Worksheet in Excel 2010
Occasionally you will create a worksheet in Excel 2010 that contains data that you need to share, but that you don’t want someone to be …
How to Number Pages at the Bottom in Excel 2010
Creating a spreadsheet in Excel 2010 is much simpler when it is going to be viewed by others on their computers. But you often need …
How to Change the Row Height for Multiple Rows in Excel 2010
If you are working on a spreadsheet with a lot of rows that contain different information, it can make it easier to read if you …
How to Add a Favorite Location in Windows 7
Windows Explorer is the application that opens whenever you have a folder open in Windows 7. It can be accessed quickly by clicking the folder …
How to Fill a Selection in Photoshop CS5
Adobe Photoshop has so many different tools and options that you can probably do just about anything you can think of. But it’s not always …
How to Preview Your Slideshow in Powerpoint 2013
Whenever you are done creating a document, it is always a good idea to proofread or double-check your work to ensure that it is free …
How to Paste as Values in Excel 2013
Have you ever needed to copy cell values, not formulas? It can be frustrating when you discover that you need a way to only copy …