Helen Bradley

New versions of Microsoft Office typically require you to play a game of hide-and-seek in order to find where the company’s developers hid your favorite tools. Or worse, they place tools you’d rather not use in an inconvenient location so that you stumble over them. They probably left their bikes in the driveway when they […]

Excel, one of the key tools in the Microsoft Office suite is a great small business software tool for analyzing business data. With it, you can take an in-depth look at your data and answer questions that you have about your business. Excel provides handy functions and features that you can use to analyze large […]

Excel is Not a Calculator One of the first things to understand about Excel is it doesn’t work the same way as a calculator. For example, if you type 4 + 3 x 2 into your calculator you’ll get the answer 14. If you type this formula into a cell in Excel, you’ll get a […]

A Sane Approach to Building a Small Business Website Forget all the whiz bang effects and the $10K design your marketing team says you simply must have, and let’s get down to business. You’re convinced you need a Web presence or a new website design, but what do you really need on your small business […]

One task that many small business people find onerous is writing business letters. Fortunately, your small business software can help. Microsoft Word includes some handy tools to get the job done. Whether it’s a one-off business letter, one you send out frequently or a letter you’re sending to hundreds if not thousands of people, these […]

Are you shopping for small business software and wondering whether you should invest in or upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010? Our leading Microsoft software tip diva, Helen Bradley, walks you through some of the changes in the latest iteration of Word. Our sister site, WinPlanet.com, has the full story on the latest changes in Microsoft […]

The first step in creating a collage is to create your document, and then copy a series of images into it. (Click for larger image). A custom banner image for a small business website or blog immediately sets your small business website design apart from the crowd. It’s not difficult to create your own, and […]

Tracking your cash flow is a smart way to help you ensure small business success. You can create a simple cash flow budget in Excel to project the amount of cash you’ll have in the bank throughout the year. Then, if you see a few lean months coming down the road, you have time to […]

We heavily cropped the inset image to focus in on the subject, which results in a much more compelling image. (Click for larger image). Do you think the photos on your small business website come up lacking when compared to the images on other websites — especially your competition’s? If so, the solution might be simpler […]

Office Live lets you create customized workspaces with all the tools you need for completing common tasks. (Click for larger image). After years of focusing on Microsoft Office as a desktop application, Microsoft has finally developed Web-based Office applications. One of these is called Microsoft Office Live Workspaces, and it gives you access to online […]

You can copy content from websites into OneNote and it will automatically include a link back to the original site. (Click for larger image). To add a new page to a notebook, either click the New Page button underneath the page title on the right (to add a page quickly) or), choose File > New […]

If you want good results from a survey, it pays to start with a form that’s easy for your target audience to fill out. Word 2007 makes it easy for you to create a straightforward survey, and Helen Bradley, our Microsoft Office small business software expert, walks you through the process. WinPlanet has the full tutorial. Most […]