IT & Office Software

Perfect planning with Microsoft OneNote

It may be called OneNote, but, as Helen Bradley explains, this open-form, note-taking application from Microsoft has more than one string to its bow

Microsoft Office – old vs new

With the new Microsoft Office 2010 due to be released to Enterprise customers in May and to everyone else in June, should you be thinking about upgrading your Office suite? Helen Bradley offers some advice

10 ways Microsoft Publisher can make your life easier

With a host of invaluable new features and tools, Microsoft Publisher is still a must-have publishing solution for many businesses

Build smart documents

Learn how to use the new content controls and smart document elements in Microsoft Word 2007

Conditional formatting in Excel

Helen Bradley explains how to find information faster by formatting Excel spreadsheet cells according to their contents

Collaborative working

working as a team with other pas in other companies or other countries needs delicate handling.

Charting in Microsoft Access

How to add a chart to an Access form to display data record by record.

Should you Link or Embed?

helen Bradley explains how to use applications together and how to make the right choice as to link or embed.

Microsoft Word secrets

helen bradley introduces you to some of her favourite word features

Excel functions

Helen Bradley introduces you to ten handy Excel functions. At its heart, Excel is a great tool for making calculations and Excel functions are the key to getting the work done fast. In this article, I'll look at some of the most effective functions that Excel has that help you make calculations using worksheet data.

Now hands that do dishes

Skin problems aren't just caused by poor diet, smoking and dehydration. Your office environment could also be to blame, discovers Kate Hilpern

Beat the biggest time waster

Helen Bradley uncovers issues and solutions for managing and accessing important information in today's "not so paperless" office.