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Dana Mathew - Software Instructor/Consultant

Excel Slicers

Weekly Tip: Excel Slicers

Slicers are easy to use filters. They can be activated for one or more Pivots that use the same dataset or on the dataset itself. To use, click inside of a pivot table or table and Choose Insert/Slicer or Insert/Timeline. Timelines are specialized slicers for Date fields in your dataset. Timelines make filtering by month…
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Weekly Tip: Working with multiple monitors

Hooking up a second screen and need to change it’s settings:Right-click your Desktop and choose Display Settings. Click on a screen and you are setting that screen’s properties. You can click and drag to move screen 2 to the left of screen 1 to match your physical screen setup.You can change the brightness of either…
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Weekly Tip: Format Painter

When I train classes, I find that employees often don’t know about the Format Painter feature in the Office Suite of products. Format Painter is found under Home/Clipboard group/Format Painter. It’s grouped with your copy and paste because it copies and pastes formatting only. Hover over it to find out how to use it. I…
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Training your Mind, not just your Muscles

Workout When was the last time you set aside time to work out? Did you do cardio? Did you dead lift? Was it a group fitness class? Did you go for a walk? Or a jog? I guarantee when I asked you that you didn’t think about giving your mind a workout. Speed is important in a…
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Weekly Tip: Windows Clipboard

Did you know that you can put 24 items on your Windows clipboard. You don’t have to go back and forth between applications. Just copy everything you need while the clipboard is open. To open the Windows clipboard, open a Microsoft application such as Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Go to Home Menu/Clipboard Group/Click More Button…
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Excel 2016 Level 2 – Aug 31 & Sep 1

JOIN ME in a Virtual 2-DAY offering of Excel Level 2 on August 31, 2021 from 8:30am – Noon ET and again on September 1, 2021 from 8:30am – Noon ET. The course is being offered at a discount rate of $200/person payable by credit card prior to the start of Day 1 (August 31).…
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Now accepting Credit Cards

Computer Training Solutions, LLC is now accepting payment via procurement or credit card.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Are you using Teams? Yes! Awesome. Are you using any of these features: Teams Connect – shared channels Universal Channels – link to Slack or WebEx Tabs – other apps @Mentions – filtering Bookmarks – get there quickly /Commands – get there quickly Whiteboards – collaborate on whiteboard Need training to better utilize this fantastic…
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Smartsheet

Smartsheet

Dana is always open to adding courses that benefit multiple clients; next up – Smartsheet. Need training on a new web-based system you are using? Reach out via email or phone 919-412-7538.