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If you use the Microsoft Office suite, you’ll want to join us for tips and tricks in these popular programs:
If you use the Microsoft Office suite, you’ll want to join us for tips and tricks in these popular programs:
► Office 365
► Office 365
► OneDrive
► OneDrive
► Word
► Word
► Excel
► Excel
► PowerPoint
► PowerPoint
Get Office 365 For Free
Get Office 365 For Free
Did you know you can get Office 365 for Education for free? You get access to Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams.
Did you know you can get Office 365 for Education for free? You get access to Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams.
Get access to free professional learning opportunities, as well as earn digital badges and certificates to enhance your skills. More links to tutorials available at the bottom of this page.
Get access to free professional learning opportunities, as well as earn digital badges and certificates to enhance your skills. More links to tutorials available at the bottom of this page.
Looking for free Microsoft Tools to Engage Your Students?
Looking for free Microsoft Tools to Engage Your Students?
Office 365 Environment
Office 365 Environment
Microsoft Office 365 is a subscription service that provides users with the basic productivity applications necessary to get work done in the modern enterprise.
Microsoft Office 365 is a subscription service that provides users with the basic productivity applications necessary to get work done in the modern enterprise.
Productivity applications include, but are not limited to, a word processor, a spreadsheet, an email client, a calendar, and a presentation application. In today's session, we'll focus on a few to get started.
Productivity applications include, but are not limited to, a word processor, a spreadsheet, an email client, a calendar, and a presentation application. In today's session, we'll focus on a few to get started.
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the two-part TechNotes blog entry, Steps to a Tech-Powered Classroom with Office 365. Want to know how to blend technology into teaching and learning with Microsoft Office 365? Then take these five steps now to get ready for learning!
Windows Tips & Tricks
Windows Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Switch between open programs: Use Alt-Tab combination to move forward (or Shift-Alt-Tab to move backwards) between open programs
- Lock Your Screen: Always do this when away from your machine. Press Windows-L to lock your screen
- Secret Text Menu: Right-click on the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner
- Setup "GodMode:" Create a New Folder then rename it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} to get a list of quick settings to adjust your Windows 10 machine
- Customize Tiles: Right-click on tiles to get more features
- Shake Screen Clear: Lots of open windows? Right-click your most important window then shake it to get rid of other open windows
Unauthorized Software Tips
Unauthorized Software Tips
- ATube.me: Free open source software for grabbing YouTube videos, saving them to your fav video format or MP3 audio format
- Firefox Quantum browser: Keep your internet worlds apart; isolate those cookies to stop Facebook and Google snooping on where you go online
- PicPick: Screenshots made easy. Use PixResizer to size pics/images for placement on web pages.
- 7zip: Easy to use compression program with AES-256 encryption built-in to pack up files/folders. Also try Secure Space Encryptor (SSE).
Cheats Sheets
Cheats Sheets
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Power Tips for Windows Users. Think you know everything about the Windows operating system? Check out these power tips for Windows and see how much time you can save. Also, read Windows 10 Tips & Tricks.
My Favorite Tips for MS Office Tools
My Favorite Tips for MS Office Tools
There's no shortage of awesome MS Office resources, such as the Office Shortcuts reference guide shown right. In today's webinar, I'll share some of my favorite tips that I use often.
There's no shortage of awesome MS Office resources, such as the Office Shortcuts reference guide shown right. In today's webinar, I'll share some of my favorite tips that I use often.
What are some that you use on a regular basis? Screencast them then share the link or just describe them here.
What are some that you use on a regular basis? Screencast them then share the link or just describe them here.
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Expand Classroom Possibilities with Microsoft. See how updates to your favorite Microsoft classroom tools, including Teams, OneNote, Class Notebook, and Immersive Reader, can expand learning. Note: This blog entry was featured by Microsoft OneNote team. Click image right to see tweet.
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets
Explore Microsoft Flow
Explore Microsoft Flow
It works in a similar way to If This Then That (IFTTT). Flow is focused on Office 365 and Microsoft tools. You can find tools to automate the flow of information for Office 365, OneDrive, and more.
It works in a similar way to If This Then That (IFTTT). Flow is focused on Office 365 and Microsoft tools. You can find tools to automate the flow of information for Office 365, OneDrive, and more.
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Five OneDrive Tips You Can't Live Without. Looking for ways to increase your productivity and save time? These five tips for OneDrive, a free resource, can help. Also, read Using OneDrive to Back Up Your iOS or Android device
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Keyboard Shortcuts (See complete list)
- Press Ctrl-M to Create a 2nd OneNote window
- Right click on section/page to Move/Copy it
- Press Ctrl-T to create a new section
- Use Shift key plus click-n-drag to combine frames on a OneNote page
- Create a table of contents for pages by highlighting multiple pages, then right-click to "Copy the link to page" then paste into desired Table of Contents page. Links work on web in OneNote Online, too!
- Embed content (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, MS Forms) into a OneNote page
Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets
Do you like the animated OneNote GIFs shown above? There are more available! Get Nico Paphitis' Entire Collection of Animated GIFs for OneNote. Be sure to drop him a tweet like this one...copy-n-paste it now into Twitter:
Do you like the animated OneNote GIFs shown above? There are more available! Get Nico Paphitis' Entire Collection of Animated GIFs for OneNote. Be sure to drop him a tweet like this one...copy-n-paste it now into Twitter:
Hi, @paphitisn! Thanks for all the OneNote animated GIFs! @mguhlin shared them with me! #onenote #tcea #microsoftedu
Sketchnotes are “…rich visual notes created from a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand-drawn typography, shapes, and visual elements like arrows, boxes, and lines,” says Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook.
Another fun idea includes sketchnoting the six-word memoir using a tool like Microsoft OneNote. See some more ideas about sketchnoting to assist student’s development of their memoirs.
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Get Organized with OneNote. Need help organizing the vast mounds of paperwork generated by your campus? Try using OneNote and the chore becomes a breeze. See MORE OneNote
Want To Be a Power Excel and Sway User? Add Interactive Content!
Want To Be a Power Excel and Sway User? Add Interactive Content!
Create data in an Excel chart and you can get the "embed code" for that place it in the Embed Card. Find out more.
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Conditional Formatting
- Add up column of data (Alt-=)
- Display formulas (CRTL-’ )
- Concatenate cell data with a formula such as: =(D1&" "&D2)
- Use Ctrl-H to find and replace in multiple cells at a time
- Jump up or down on a sheet. Press Ctrl up/down arrow
Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets
- 8 Great Tools to Make You an Excel Expert (includes how to combine cells, use VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting),
- Excel Tricks That Will Impress Your Boss (includes flash fill, pivot tables, and goal seeking)
- 8 Time-Saving Excel Shortcuts (includes selecting the entire spreadsheet, resizing columns in just two clicks, and inserting the current date)
- Reference Sheets
- Lifehacker's Four Skills Will That Turn You into A Spreadsheet Ninja
- Excel 2016
- Excel 2013
- Excel 2010
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Engaging Learners with Microsoft Forms. Dump those old paper rubrics and flip the learning! Empower yourself and your students to use Microsoft Forms for the quick evaluation of academic work. This makes grading easy and simplifies the process for students.
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Using Templates for Powerpoint (blog entry)
- Add your own fonts | Embed Fonts in File-->Options->Save area
- Creating Slides using Outline view
- Insert a Linked Excel Chart into Powerpoint
- Cropping a Picture to a Shape with Crop to Shape (video)
- Add Audio/Video from Free Sources
Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entries, No More Death by Powerpoint and Free Templates for Powerpoint. Create engaging presentations that look beautiful. And, don't be afraid to read other blog entries featuring Powerpoint, including Powerpoint Translator Makes Captioning Possible
Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Selecting Separate Bodies of Text (hold Ctrl key down)
- Mail Merge
- Customize Toolbar
- Turn Track Changes on/off
- Highlighted Text to Link (Ctrl-K)
- Press Shift-5 to Return to Where you were working previously
- Special Characters
Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets
Microsoft Sway
Microsoft Sway
We'll introduce you to Microsoft Sway so that you can create and share interactive reports, presentations, assignments, projects, and more.
What is Sway?
- Sway is a presentation program that allows users to combine text and media to create a presentable captivating presentations
- Sway also allows for collaborative document creation! Multiple users can connect and build together
- Sways are stored on Microsoft's servers and are tied to the user's Microsoft account
Spotlight
Spotlight
Read the TechNotes blog entry, Podcasting with Microsoft Sway. Podcasting is an amazing way for students to showcase their learning. Use Microsoft Sway and you have a final product that is beautiful and easy to do.
Other Tips & Tricks
Other Tips & Tricks
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