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How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint

How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint

Inserting a YouTube Video in PowerPoint Using a Link or Embed Code by Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 1, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) You can embed a YouTube video in a PowerPoint presentation and run it during a slide...

Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Teams by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Teams® Desktop App (Windows) If you're a Microsoft Teams user, you can save alot of time using your keyboard to access Teams commands. Check out...

How to Lock Cells in Excel (3 Ways)

How to Lock Cells in Excel (3 Ways)

Easily Lock Cells in Excel Worksheets by Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 26, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows) It's easy to lock cells in Excel to protect data or formulas. This is typically a two-step process. First,...

How to Password Protect Your Excel Worksheets and Workbooks

How to Password Protect Your Excel Worksheets and Workbooks

Protect Worksheets and Workbooks in Excel by Avantix Learning Team | Updated June 10, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows) You can password protect worksheets and workbooks in Excel. If you want to prevent other users from opening...

Excel Shortcuts to Zoom In and Out in Your Worksheets (4 Shortcuts)

Excel Shortcuts to Zoom In and Out in Your Worksheets (4 Shortcuts)

Save Time in Microsoft Excel using Shortcuts to Zoom In or Out by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) There are several mouse and keyboard shortcuts you can use to zoom in and out in...

3 Excel Strikethrough Shortcuts to Cross Out Text or Values in Cells

3 Excel Strikethrough Shortcuts to Cross Out Text or Values in Cells

Apply or Remove Strikethrough Using Shortcuts in Excel by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can apply strikethrough to text or values in Excel to cross out or create a line...

How to Expand the Formula Bar in Excel (2 Ways)

How to Expand the Formula Bar in Excel (2 Ways)

Easily Expand or Collapse the Formula Bar in Excel by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) In Microsoft Excel, the Formula Bar appears below the Ribbon by default. When you...

How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint Presentations (Step-by-Step)

How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint Presentations (Step-by-Step)

Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint using Slide Layouts by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can insert slide numbers on some or all of your PowerPoint slides using slide layouts....

How to Hide Paragraph Marks in Word (or Show Them)

How to Hide Paragraph Marks in Word (or Show Them)

Hide Paragraph Marks (¶) and Other Nonprinting Symbols in Microsoft Word by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can show or hide paragraph marks (¶) or symbols and other...

Free PowerPoint Countdown Timer Templates to Download

Free PowerPoint Countdown Timer Templates to Download

Free Countdown Timers You Can Use in PowerPoint by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) You can create PowerPoint presentations with countdown timer slides or you can download free...

How to Superscript or Subscript in Word (with Shortcuts)

How to Superscript or Subscript in Word (with Shortcuts)

Apply Superscript or Subscript in Microsoft Word (3 Ways) by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 23, 2024 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can apply superscript or subscript in Microsoft Word using keyboard shortcuts, buttons...

Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Teams by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Teams® Desktop App (Windows) If you're a Microsoft Teams user, you can save alot of time using your keyboard to access Teams commands. Check out...

How to Get Slide Design Ideas Using PowerPoint Designer

How to Get Slide Design Ideas Using PowerPoint Designer

Get Slide Design Ideas with PowerPoint Designer by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 365 (Windows) If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, you can use PowerPoint Designer to get design ideas for slides. Designer takes...

How to Print a PowerPoint Presentation with Notes

How to Print a PowerPoint Presentation with Notes

Print PowerPoint Presentations with Speaker Notes by Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 30, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can print PowerPoint presentations with notes with or without slide thumbnails. You...

How to Insert a Word Document's File Name and Path (2 Ways)

How to Insert a Word Document's File Name and Path (2 Ways)

Insert a Word Document's File Name and Path using Fields by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows) In Microsoft Word, you can insert a document's file name and path using fields....

How to Keep Text Together in Word (Paragraphs, Lines or Words)

How to Keep Text Together in Word (Paragraphs, Lines or Words)

3 Ways to Keep Text Together in Microsoft Word Documents by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019,  2021 and 365 (Windows) You can keep text together in several ways in Word. If you want to keep words or...

10 Excel Data Entry Tricks and Shortcuts Every User Should Know

10 Excel Data Entry Tricks and Shortcuts Every User Should Know

Check Out These Great Tricks and Shortcuts to Speed Up Data Entry in Microsoft Excel by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 24, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) Check out these 10 great Excel data entry tricks and...

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Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts (40+ Shortcuts)

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Teams by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Teams® Desktop App (Windows) If you're a Microsoft Teams user, you can save alot of time using your keyboard to access Teams commands. Check out...

20 Tips for Working from Home (for Newbies)

20 Tips for Working from Home (for Newbies)

20 Helpful Tips If You're a Newbie Working from Home in the Era of COVID-19 by Avantix Learning Team | April 1, 2020 As people around the world adjust to working and living in the unprecedented era of Coronavirus (COVID-19), a new group of workers are transitioning to...

What is Power Query in Excel?

What is Power Query in Excel?

What is Power Query in Excel and Why is It So Useful? by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 18, 2024 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) Power Query in Excel is a powerful data transformation tool that allows you to import data from...

How to Stop or Control Green Error Checking Markers in Excel

How to Stop or Control Green Error Checking Markers in Excel

Turn Off or Customize Error Checking Options (and Markers) in Excel by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 15, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) In Microsoft Excel, errors are flagged by default with a small green...

Excel Shortcuts to Zoom In and Out in Your Worksheets (4 Shortcuts)

Excel Shortcuts to Zoom In and Out in Your Worksheets (4 Shortcuts)

Save Time in Microsoft Excel using Shortcuts to Zoom In or Out by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) There are several mouse and keyboard shortcuts you can use to zoom in and out in...

How to Add Audio in PowerPoint Presentations

How to Add Audio in PowerPoint Presentations

Add Audio in PowerPoint from a File on Your PC or Shared Drive by Avantix Learning Team | Updated August 25, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can add audio in PowerPoint from a file on your PC or from a shared drive....

How to Create a Mouse Over or Hover Over Pop-up Effect in PowerPoint

How to Create a Mouse Over or Hover Over Pop-up Effect in PowerPoint

Create a Pop-Up Effect When You Mouse Over an Object in PowerPoint by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 14, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can create a pop-up effect in PowerPoint when you hover over or...

How to Change Slide Size or Dimensions in PowerPoint

How to Change Slide Size or Dimensions in PowerPoint

Change PowerPoint Slide Size (Widescreen, Standard or Custom) by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 25, 2024 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) You can change the slide size or aspect ratio of a PowerPoint presentation in all...

How to Show or Hide White Space in Word Documents

How to Show or Hide White Space in Word Documents

Show or Hide White Space in Microsoft Word Documents by Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 4, 2023 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows) You can show or hide white space at the top and bottom of pages in Microsoft Word documents....

How to Hear a Word Document Using Speak (Text to Speech)

How to Hear a Word Document Using Speak (Text to Speech)

Turn On Speak Selected Text in Microsoft Word (All Versions) by Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 10, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows) In Microsoft Word, you can have Word speak or read a document to you. You will need...

How to Insert a Nonbreaking Space in Word

How to Insert a Nonbreaking Space in Word

Insert a Nonbreaking Space in Word to Keep Words or Characters Together by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 23, 2024 Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows) If you want to keep words or characters together on the same line in a...

How to Create a Calculated Field in a Microsoft Access Query

How to Create a Calculated Field in a Microsoft Access Query

Create Calculated Fields in Microsoft Access Select Queries by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 14, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® Access® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 365 (Windows) You can create calculated fields in select queries in Microsoft Access in the...

7 Microsoft Project Navigation and Selection Shortcuts in Task Lists

7 Microsoft Project Navigation and Selection Shortcuts in Task Lists

Use These Simple Tricks in Gantt Chart Task Lists by Avantix Learning Team | Updated June 11, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Project® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Standard and Professional) If you are working in Gantt Chart View, you can use these keyboard shortcuts...

Auto vs Manual Scheduling in Microsoft Project

Auto vs Manual Scheduling in Microsoft Project

Scheduling Tasks in Microsoft Project as Manual or Auto Scheduled by Avantix Learning Team | Updated June 11, 2022 Applies to: Microsoft® Project® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Standard and Professional) Starting with Microsoft Project 2010, you have the option of...

Microsoft Visio Articles

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10 Great Keyboard Shortcuts for Selecting Visio Tools

10 Great Keyboard Shortcuts for Selecting Visio Tools

Keyboard Shortcuts to Select the Pointer, Drawing and Text Tools in Microsoft Visio by Avantix Learning Team | Updated August 30, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Visio® 2010, 2013 , 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) Check out these 10 great Microsoft Visio shortcuts for...

Microsoft Visio Timesaver – Temporarily Turn Off Snap Behaviour

Microsoft Visio Timesaver – Temporarily Turn Off Snap Behaviour

Override Snap Behaviour in Visio with These Simple Tricks by  Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 5, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® Visio® 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows) By default, Visio's dynamic grid is turned on as well as a number of "snap to" settings so...

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