3 things we’re covering today:

• Essential Windows shortcuts 🏃
• How to assign tasks in PowerPoint ✅
• My first ever Excel gameshow 🎉

🎬 Amazing Windows Shortcuts You Aren’t Using​

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​My latest video is on some lesser-known but extremely useful Windows shortcuts. You have to know these if you want to master your PC!

Some of my favorites:

• Clipboard History (Win + V) . This brings up a list of your complete clipboard history. From there, you can select and paste any of your previously copied items. Super useful for finding something you copied a few clicks back.
• Emoji Picker (Win + .) This brings up the Emoji picker, so you can quickly add some color and personality to your text. ⭐💐🤸‍♀️ Use arrow keys to browse, or the search box to find something specific.
• Reopen Browser Tabs (Ctrl + Shift + T). Ever closed your browser tabs by mistake? This will bring them all back in the exact same order you had them in originally!

For the other shortcuts, check out my full video ☝️

🤓 Two Apps I Use Daily​

People often ask - ‘Leila, what software do you use to record your screen for YouTube videos and courses?’

The answer is Camtasia, by Techsmith. It’s a one-time purchase software with great pro features that help you make clear and engaging tutorials or presentations. For example, it lets you zoom in and still maintain crispy image quality, as well as hide your mouse from viewers, or make your mouse movements seem smoother.

I also use SnagIt when I want to capture a static image or create a quick GIF. It lets me add annotations like arrows, text, or shapes to highlight important details, making my instructional manuals more clear and engaging.

🤓 Geeky News

📊 Excel (Coming to Excel 365 version, currently beta) - Stale Value Formatting
A great feature for those that have large files and tend to put the calculation mode on manual instead of automatic. With Stale value formatting you get to make sure what you report on is actually the updated, refreshed version and not formulas that haven’t been updated yet, because stale cells will show as struck out.

Once this feature is rolled out, it will be on by default - you have the ability to turn it off if you’d like.

📝 Word (for the web) - View your document across separate pages
You can now view your document across separate pages in Word for the web, just as you can across the other platforms (Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android). Microsoft are also working on adding new formatting capabilities to Word for the web, including paragraph options, columns, and improved headers and footers.

👩‍🏫 PowerPoint - Create and Assign Tasks
You can now create, assign, and resolve tasks directly inside PowerPoint for Windows, Mac, and the web. In the body of a comment, just @mention the person you want to assign a task to, select Assign to, then send an email notification to the assignee.

💚 News Worthy

​My First Excel Gameshow!

Last week, Microsoft Excel Esports Elimination Battle was shown on ESPN8: The Ocho! Hosted by Bill Jelen, Oz du Soleil, and yours truly! This was a lot of fun, and a must-watch if you’re an Excel nerd…

If you missed the live stream on ESPN, watch the Youtube video here.

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🚀 Power Stories

The most rewarding feeling I get from work is when I see our course members achieve their goals, and grow their careers.

Thank you Ravish for sharing your story. You made my day 😊

It’s true - there aren’t usually any shortcuts in life. But learning Power Query is the ultimate shortcut when dealing with lots of data!

Power Query is so important I have two courses on it:

• ​Power Query: Beginner to Pro 🚀
• ​Automate with Power Query 🦾

Got a success story about using your XelPlus skills? I’d love to hear it! Hit reply to share the details, and inspire other students 😇

See you next week,

Leila

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