Excel 2013: Charts in Depth with Dennis Taylor - Lynda.com

Charts allow you to communicate information visually, in a way that's more impactful than raw data, and they happen to be one of the most powerful and easy-to-use features in Microsoft Excel. Let Dennis Taylor show you how to create different kinds of Excel charts, from column, bar, and line charts to exploded pies, and decide which type works best for your data. Plus, learn how to fine-tune your chart's color and style; add titles, labels, and legends; insert shapes, pictures, and text boxes; and pull data from multiple sources.

Conversation Clean up in Microsoft Outlook 2010

When you have a long conversation going through email, you can right click on your email, click Clean up Conversation and then Ok.  This will delete any repetitive emails in your conversation that have been sent through replies.  Also, if you would prefer that the duplicate emails do not go into the trash, you can click on the File tab, then Options and scroll to Conversation Clean Up.  Here you can select a specific folder for these duplicate messages to go into until you are ready to delete them.

LinkedIn for Business- Lynda.com

Leverage LinkedIn to promote your business, foster community in your field, and attract talent. Learn how in this course with business strategist Richard Colback. Richard begins with a look at setting up a basic business profile and then walks you through promotion activities, group creation, and best practices for recruiting and hiring talent.

He also shares smart strategies you can employ to keep your company profile up to date and how to implement a LinkedIn use policy that works for you and your employees. The course wraps with a look at integrating with other platforms and accessing the application on the go.

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LinkedIn for Business | by Richard Colback

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Translator in Microsoft Office2010

You can use the translator in Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Publisher. If it is just a couple words that you need translated into another language, just make a selection by highlighting, right click and then click translate. This will open up your research pane where you can select the language you would like to translate to.  Also, if you need a whole document translated you can click the Review Tab, in the Language group click Translate, and lastly select Translate Document.  Now a popup window will appear asking for permission to send your document as an HTML file over the internet to be translated.  Once you have selected OK your file will open up in your internet browser in the language you have selected.  As always with translation services, it is best to have someone who is fluent in that language look over the document to check for any translation errors.  

Up and Running with LinkedIn- Lynda.com

Join author Richard Colback as he shows you how to get started with the world's largest professional networking site, LinkedIn. The course demonstrates how to build a profile that will get the attention of employers, recruiters, fellow professionals, and potential clients. Richard walks you through creating an account, adding pertinent information such as skills and work experience, making connections and joining groups, accessing LinkedIn from apps, and monitoring your stats to continuously build a better profile. Along the way, learn to grow your personal brand and become a more visible community member by participating in group discussions, asking and answering questions, and engaging in other ways that add to your profile's integrity.

Welcome

Up and Running with LinkedIn | by Richard Colback

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Using Microsoft Word 2010 to Edit Photos

Many of us do not have photo-editing software on our computers, but have the occasional need to do some basic editing.  Well as I learned this week, when I found myself in this situation, you can use Word to help.  First insert the picture or pictures that you need to edit into a Word document, and edit your pictures to your liking.  Then right click on your edited picture and click copy.  Now open up your Paint program and Paste your picture, and finally click Save As.  Make sure to select JPEG in the drop down list labeled “Save Type as.”   Now you have a new picture with the edits you wanted!

App for a Traveler – Google Translate (iPhone & Android)

Both versions allow you to type or speak a phrase in English that Google Translate will then convert into any one of the 43 languages it works with. The Android version goes an extra step to give you a translation of a sign you aim your phone at.

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