Monthly Archives: August 2021

Microsoft 365 – I’ve lost my Quick Access Toolbar

Posted on August 25, 2021 by jdonbavand

As those of you who are Microsoft 365 users will know, Microsoft are continually making changes to it! Recently, my Quick Access Toolbar has no longer been showing at the top left of my window. To get it back, from … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Outlook – dictating an email

Posted on August 23, 2021 by jdonbavand

Did you know that you can now dictate an email if you want a change from typing? This can be a very handy feature for those of you still working from home and want to give your fingers a rest. … Continue reading →

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ONEDRIVE – FINDING ALL FILES SHARED TO ONE PERSON

Posted on August 11, 2021 by jdonbavand

Although this seems an easy thing to do it is not. Files which have been shared can be found easily but not a list of files shared to one person. The file/files need to be tagged with the person’s name … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Project – colouring Gantt bars by resource

Posted on August 5, 2021 by jdonbavand

This morning, I was asked by a client how they could colour the bars on their Gantt Chart according to the resource being used for a task. There isn’t a very quick way to do it, but this is what … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Excel – finding unique words in a text string

Posted on August 2, 2021 by jdonbavand

I had a client who had long text strings where various words might be duplicated. She wanted to just keep one instance of each word. So if she had something like Light brown bag brown strap , she wanted the … Continue reading →

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