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Getting Data onto a Sheet in Excel 2013: By Tracy Syrstad; May 13, 2013; This chapter provides tricks for copying down data, fixing entered data, and helping your users enter data correctly by providing a predefined list of entries for Excel 2013 users.

Getting Help in Microsoft Office: Apr 19, 2002; Need some help? In this lesson from the 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Office XP, you learn how to access and use the Help system in Microsoft Office.

Getting Started with Evernote: Dec 17, 2010; This video gives you the steps for downloading, installing, and setting up Evernote so that you can easily organize the notes you take — using your computer, phone, or web browser.

Getting Started with Office Sway: Jan 7, 2016; In this chapter from My Office Sway, you discover how to create a free Sway account, create and import Sways, and explore Sway navigation.

Getting Started with PowerPoint Mobile 2010: Nov 5, 2010; PowerPoint Mobile 2010 is the most advanced version of PowerPoint on any mobile device. Along with Presentation Companion, a free add-in from Microsoft, PowerPoint Mobile 2010 lets you control the navigation of slides as you present to your audience. It also displays slide notes.

Getting Started with PowerPoint: Set Up a Theme: Oct 25, 2012; This chapter explains the colors, fonts, and effects - the steps to defining your theme elements - that form the foundation of a PowerPoint template.

Going Beyond Basic Spaces and Hyphens in Word: Sep 16, 2005; A space is a space is a space, and one hyphen is the same as any other, right? Ah, if only things were that simple. Fortunately, Word provides you with all the space and hyphen options you need to create high-quality documents. Join Peter Aitken on the road to Word expertise.

Going on the Road with Powerpoint: May 17, 2002; Use these essential tips by Lisa Jahred for preparing PowerPoint presentations in off-site locations with a production team.

Google Docs vs. Microsoft Office: Jan 20, 2009; Michael Miller presents the pros and cons of both suites — and helps you decide whether it's time to jump into the world of web-based applications.

Groove Server 2007: Mastering the Groove: Jun 3, 2008; This chapter explains how to use your Groove client and what else your Groove structure can be used for.

How Excel's LINEST() Handles Collinearity: Mar 5, 2013; Excel expert Conrad Carlberg discusses the implications of the manner in which LINEST() implements QR decomposition for its results—implications which are largely undocumented and which involve the unannounced removal of a variable from the regression equation.

How iPhone and iPad Users Can Get Started Using Apple's iCloud: Aug 26, 2011; Jason R. Rich introduces you to Apple's new iCloud online file sharing service, and discusses how iPhone and iPad users can best utilize this free service, starting when they upgrade their devices to iOS 5 this fall.

How Office 2010 Backstage Connects You to SharePoint Document Metadata: Jun 7, 2010; The new Backstage View in Office 2010 offers a greater degree of usefulness when working in SharePoint 2010 with its new collaboration, workflow, and metadata connections back to your SharePoint documents.

How to Set Up a Project Document in Microsoft Project 2002: Oct 4, 2002; Setting up a new Project document correctly from the beginning will help make your use of Microsoft Project much easier. Tim Pyron shows you how.

I Wouldn't Touch That Task with a 10-Foot Banner: Creating Banners in MS Publisher: Dec 1, 2005; Want to make a banner that says "Happy Birthday," "Welcome to the Conference," or the ever-popular "Hey, Bill. We're Out of Toner!"? It's not impossible to make a banner using Microsoft Word, just as it's not impossible to open a can of beer with a screwdriver. But Microsoft Publisher has templates for every occasion and is the better tool for the job. Herb Tyson shows users of all levels how to create banners (up to 20 by 20 feet), step by step, using Microsoft Publisher 2003.

Implementing Parameters for Dynamic Reporting in Crystal Reports: Feb 23, 2007; Learn how parameter fields can be created and implemented in Crystal Reports XI.

Implementing Professional Design Principles in Your PowerPoint Presentations: Dec 1, 2006; Tom Bunzel examines the PowerPoint Design Templates and looks more deeply into proven design principles and how to apply them to our own work.

Improve Your Pivot Tables with PowerPivot for Excel 2010: May 31, 2011; Bill "MrExcel" Jelen walks you through the five benefits of PowerPivot (and shows you solutions to five problems pivot tables could never resolve).