Tips Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/tag/tips/ Complete Home and Small Office IT Services Sat, 22 Jul 2023 17:49:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.itfixed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tips Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/tag/tips/ 32 32 137173680 How to Create a Yes/No Selection in Excel Using Cell Validation https://www.itfixed.com/2023/07/how-to-create-a-yes-no-selection-in-excel-using-cell-validation/ Sat, 22 Jul 2023 17:49:03 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2629 Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that offers a many features to enhance data organization and analysis. One of the handy features is data validation, which allows you to control […]

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]]> 2629 How to Strikethrough Text in Microsoft Excel https://www.itfixed.com/2023/06/how-to-strikethrough-text-in-microsoft-excel/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 18:37:57 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2614 Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application that is widely used for data analysis, calculations, and organizing information. While it is primarily known for its number-crunching capabilities, Excel also offers […]

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]]> 2614 How to Add “Recent Items” or “Recent Documents” back to Windows 10? https://www.itfixed.com/2020/08/add-recent-items-to-windows-10/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:50:19 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2391 Windows 7 used to have a convenient start menu item that would list your most recent documents. Windows 10 does not have this enabled by default. Follow these steps to […]

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]]> 2391 How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel Spreadsheet https://www.itfixed.com/2019/03/add-a-call-out-arrow-to-excel-spreadsheet/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:30:23 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1197 How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel Spreadsheet Lets pretend that you have an Excel Spreadsheet with an important number that you do not want your viewers […]

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]]> 1197 How to change background color of a page in Word https://www.itfixed.com/2019/02/how-to-change-background-color-of-a-page-in-word/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/02/how-to-change-background-color-of-a-page-in-word/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:40:23 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1167 How do you change the page background color in Microsoft Word In wrapping up an Intro to Microsoft Word class I am teaching I received an email that asked how […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2019/02/how-to-change-background-color-of-a-page-in-word/feed/ 1 1167 How to calculate age in Excel https://www.itfixed.com/2019/02/how-to-calculate-age-in-excel/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/02/how-to-calculate-age-in-excel/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:49:01 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1146 How do you calculate age using a formula or function in Excel To calculate age in Excel is relatively easy if you know the proper function to use. In this […]

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]]> 1113 “The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network. https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/the-handle-is-invalid/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/the-handle-is-invalid/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:49:44 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1109 "The handle is invalid" when accessing share over network. I have a client with a Windows 7 pc with a folder that is shared on their network (Workgroup).  Sometime last […]

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]]> 1016 Excel vLookup Example https://www.itfixed.com/2018/04/excel-vlookup-example/ https://www.itfixed.com/2018/04/excel-vlookup-example/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:24:04 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=741 Excel vLookup Example While teaching Excel classes over the past few semesters I get many questions on how to perform certain fuctions in Excel. Below is another request for and […]

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