How to Type Text on Top of Pictures in Word 2013

This tip teaches the settings you need to use so you can type text on top of photos in Word. The tutorial’s first part shows the setting to use so you can type on a single picture. To change Word’s settings so you’ll always be able to type on images, click here. Click once on the picture [...]

How to Move Pictures In Word 2013

Frustrated you can’t move a photo or image to where you want it? Here’s how to make it so you can drag your pictures all over the place. This tutorial’s first part tells how to move a single picture in a particular document. To change Word’s settings so you’ll always be able to move pictures [...]

How to Change the Homepage and New Tab Page in Google Chrome

Would you like Chrome to open to the same page every time you start the browser, click on the Home button, or open a new tab? Here’s how to make Chrome do just that: Setting the Page that Appears when you First Start Chrome. 1. Open a Chrome window and navigate to the page you [...]

How to Color Tabs in Excel

You can spruce up a workbook by coloring its worksheet tabs. There are several ways to do it. For this exercise you need a workbook with at least three tabs. Here’s the easiest way: Right click on the first tab you want to color. Hover your mouse over Tab Color in the menu that pops [...]

How to Subtract Numbers in Excel

For this exercise you need to start with an empty spreadsheet. First let’s enter the numbers we’re going to use: We want to give ourselves some room to work, so click in cell C5. Type the number 65. Hit the down arrow key on your keyboard to go to cell C6. Type the number 4. [...]

How to Center a Title in Excel

Have you racked your brain trying to center a title on a spreadsheet? Here’s a beginning exercise on learning how to type a title, format it,  and then center it: Click in cell A1 to make it the active cell. A black border will appear around it. Look down at the lower left-hand side of [...]

Parts of the Excel Screen

Let’s learn some Excel lingo. Go ahead and open your Excel 2010 or 2007 program if you haven’t already done so. Here’s what you’ll see: The ribbon. This is the wide strip across the top of your screen where all the buttons are. The ribbon consists of various tabs. These include Home, Insert, Page Layout, [...]

How to Print in Excel 2010

Printing in Excel can be very tricky. This tutorial teaches how to print a spreadsheet so it actually looks good. There are a few ways to setup a spreadsheet in Excel 2010. We’re going to use the print settings in the Page Setup dialog box because to me that’s the simplest way. To access this [...]

How to Create a Simple Macro in Word

Creating a macro in Microsoft Word isn’t as hard as you might think. It’s really just a bunch of steps you need to perform in an exact order. This tip provides an example on how to do it: Let’s say you write a lot of business letters, and you’d like to end them the same [...]

How to Combine First and Last Names in Excel

Let’s say you have two columns. Column A has people’s first names, and Column B has last names. You want to combine the first and last names into the same column. Here’s how: First we’ll insert an empty column to the right of Column B.  To do this, move your mouse arrow directly on top [...]