Category: Tips

Windows 8 – Close an app, shut down your PC, and more

Here is a recent post from the Microsoft “Getting to know Windows” Site: Some things you’ve done before are now in new places. Here’s how to do some of those common tasks. Using Windows Search: Whenever you want to search for something, use the Search charm. From there, you can search: The app you’re in …

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Windows 8 – Customize the Start screen

Here is a recent post from the Microsoft “Getting to know Windows” Site: Just like you had a Start menu in Windows 7, you have a Start screen in Windows 8 and Windows RT. It has all of the info you care about in one place. You can just glance at the tiles to get the latest headlines, …

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Adding rich data labels to charts in Excel 2013

Here is a great tip from the official Excel Blog at Microsoft: Adding rich data labels to charts in Excel 2013 by Excel Team Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, and data is essential for many decision-making tasks. Together, they can be data visualization at its best: the science and art of transforming your data …

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