If you have to access the PowerPoint presentations of coworkers, frequently these documents will be opened in an unfamiliar view. These directions will allow you to force all powerpoint presentations to open in your favorite view.

In Outlook, the Auto-Complete feature will display suggestions for names and emails as you begin to type in either the To, Cc or Bcc line. If you find this feature annoying, you can follow this tutorial to completely disable it.

Office 365′s mail client, the Outlook Web App, can be set to check all your email messages for spelling errors prior to sending them. This can prevent some embarassing moments when you rushed to get an email message out.

Have you ever received an email containing information that is valuable to you but the subject line in no way reflects the contents of the message? It makes going back and looking for that email a major pain. By changing the subject line of the received email, you can have it better reflect the information [...]

PowerPoint has a default aspect ratio of 4:3, but most newer monitors and televisions have a ratio of 16:9 or 16:10. Therefore, when viewing a PowerPoint presentation, you’ll notice black, vertical bars on either side of your presentation. This is not very aesthetic and these directions will get rid of these letterbox bars for you.

By default, Outlook 201 marks items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane whenever the selection changes. You can turn this functionality off, or have Outlook wait a certain amount of time before marking the item as read.

Initially, the Mac version of Outlook didn’t have the ability to resend a message that a recipient didn’t receive or accidentally deleted. Thankfully, SP1 for Office 2011 includes this functionality.

An annotated bibliography is often required in written assignments; however, many people are not familiar with the formatting required. In this screencast and tutorial, I demonstrate the steps required to create an annotated bibliography in proper MLA format using Microsoft Word.

AutoRecover feature in Microsoft Office can be really helpful. It can be a lifesaver when you are working on a document your app or system system crashes. However, the autorecover files are always saved to your system drive which is not always ideal. This tech-recipe guide will show you how to change the default AutoRecover [...]

If you want to keep connected with your friends but don’t want to stay stuck at the computer all day, you can use Outlook to schedule your Facebook status updates. This way your Facebook activity stays up while you are out having fun.