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Tackle projects with confidence using Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner For Dummies delivers a start-to-finish guide to Microsoft’s industry-leading project management software. Jim Boyce walks you through this not-as-confusing-as-it-first-looks software, showing you the ins and outs of creating projects, integrating Planner with other Microsoft software, organizing and assigning tasks, and more.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-20-2026
Microsoft Planner integrates powerful project planning tools in an easy-to-use interface that you can access from a web browser or in Microsoft Teams. It also integrates with other Microsoft tools like Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft To Do. Whether you’re new to Microsoft Planner or looking to get the most out of the premium features included in Planner’s premium subscriptions, these shortcuts and tips will help you get up to speed quickly.
Supercharge your productivity at the office and at home Looking to familiarize yourself with the world's most popular and effective productivity apps? Then look no further than the latest edition of Office 365 All-in-One For Dummies, packed with 9 mini-books covering each of the super-apps included in the famous productivity suite from Microsoft.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-27-2025
Whether you're drafting text in Word, designing presentations in PowerPoint, analyzing data in Excel, or managing your inbox in Outlook, Microsoft Copilot can assist you every step of the way. With this cheat sheet, you'll have a handy reference to quickly understand how Copilot can enhance your productivity and streamline your tasks across various Microsoft 365 programs.
Straightforward guidance on the AI tool that's built into Windows, Microsoft 365, and more Microsoft is enhancing all its most widely used productivity software—including Windows and apps like Word and Excel—with the power of AI. And now you can learn to make the most of this revolutionary new tool with Microsoft Copilot For Dummies!
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-09-2024
The Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of applications that offers low-code and no-code development tools organizations can use to streamline and automate business processes. Collectively (and when integrated properly), the Power Platform suite of applications works together to support business transformation.
Build business intelligence with insight from a professional Microsoft Power Platform For Dummies covers the essentials you need to know to get started with Microsoft Power Platform, the suite of business intelligence applications designed to make your enterprise work smarter and more efficiently. You'll get a handle on managing and reporting data with Power BI, building no-code apps with Power Apps, creating simple web properties with Power Pages, and simplifying your day-to-day work with Power Automate.
Article / Updated 08-17-2023
Word 2016 permits you to use wildcard operators in searches. A wildcard operator is a character that represents characters in a search expression. Wildcards aren't for everybody. Using them requires a certain amount of expertise, but after you know how to use them, wildcards can be invaluable in searches and macros.
Article / Updated 04-14-2023
By touching a couple of keys in combination in Office 2016 programs, you can save time with simple tasks, such as copying text from one place and pasting it somewhere else. The keyboard shortcuts included here work equally well in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2016. Both mouse and keyboard methods are provided here.
Article / Updated 10-03-2022
In Excel 2016, use the following keyboard shortcuts instead of the Number drop-down list on the Home tab to apply number formatting to Excel worksheet cells. To apply this number format Use this key combination General Ctrl+Shift+~ Currency with two decimal places, negative numbers in parentheses Ctrl+Shift+$ Percentage, no decimal places Ctrl+Shift+% Scientific, two decimal places Ctrl+Shift+^ Date format with day, month, and year Ctrl+Shift+# Time format with hour and minute, AM or PM Ctrl+Shift+@ Number format, two decimal places, thousands separator, minus sign for negative values Ctrl+Shift+!
