Helen Bradley

Lists are a great way to organize data in documents, and they make it easier for readers to understand key points. Microsoft Word has a tool to create simple numbered and bulleted lists, and you can also customize these lists to suit your needs. In this article, I’ll show you how to create lists, how […]

This table shows the data used to create these charts. You can use the table and follow the steps to practice creating charts. (Click for larger image). You may not know this, but you can use Microsoft Access to create charts of data stored in your database – making it easier to analyze – without […]

Create this sample worksheet to test the function you are about to create» Making Your Own Excel Functions Often when you’re working with Excel you will use a calculation that is not available as a built-in Excel function. If you make this calculation repeatedly, you can save having to write the calculation each time you […]

Select a basic brochure layout to use for your design. (Click for larger image). Brochures inform customers and potential customers, and their design says a lot about your business. You want them to be smart, functional and instantly associated with your business. In this article I’ll explain how to design an attractive, professional brochure in […]

No one deliberately creates a worksheet that contains errors. The sad truth, however, is that many people unwittingly do just that and end up with a worksheet that doesn’t give correct results. This can be a big problem for small business owners as who rely on accurate worksheet data to bill customers, create budgets and […]

PowerPoint presentations are a simple way to display information at a tradeshow or to entertain and inform visitors in your company’s reception area. Creating a PowerPoint presentation that runs itself without requiring any user intervention is no more complex than creating the presentation itself. I’ll show you how configure your presentation to run automatically and […]

Select a design set with a layout that pleases your eye, knowing that you can replace the graphic elements. (Click for larger image). Microsoft Publisher is so popular and so good at what it does that this popularity can backfire on you. If you use the software’s template designs as they are, then you’re likely […]

Once you have your Word document content in place, proofed and spell-checked, it’s time to add the finishing touches that make a document more attractive to read and more functional. In this article, I’ll show you techniques that add polish to your documents including captioning your images, adding a watermark, creating a pull quote and […]

Design the tickets and stubs in a 5 row table grid Creating tickets and other sequentially numbered elements in Microsoft Word 2007 documents isn’t an intuitive process. However, there is a built-in tool in Word that you can use to simplify the process. Using this, you can create documents with sequentially numbered elements such as […]

It’s an old marketing adage that it’s easier to sell more to someone who has already bought from you than it is to chase new customers for your products. A simple way to keep in contact with your customers is to e-mail them on a regular basis, which means you’ll need to store their details […]

Give your business newsletters, manuals and brochures a designer look by arranging the text in them in a columnar layout. The shorter lines and punchier look of a two-column layout maximizes the use of space on the page and aids readability. In this article, I’ll show you how to work with columns inside Microsoft Word. […]

When you’re creating an application in Microsoft Excel often times you will want to give your user a way to enter values in a cell that does not involve them having to type them. Spinners and scrollbars are two valuable features in Excel 2007 that you can use to turn data entry into something that […]