With so many menus to dig through, getting a document to look decent in Microsoft Word can feel like a chore. I used to find formatting tedious, but after learning a few features and shortcuts, it ...

Document formatting consistency serves as a hallmark of professionalism in presentations, proposals and reports. Faced with the formidable range of formatting parameters you can apply in Microsoft ...

Excel's Format Painter button is seductive. It promises speed and efficiency, and for a quick fix on a handful of cells, it delivers. But once your workbook grows, the tool becomes frustrating, ...

Styles are a Microsoft Word feature, right? You might be surprised to learn that Microsoft Excel uses styles too, although the nature of the data doesn’t require the same kind of robust options. Excel ...

I've seen spreadsheets that are basically interactive tutorials, and many more loaded with what Edward Tufte refers to as "chartjunk" -- embellishments that do nothing to make the presentation of ...

Many Access users would like to highlight report information, conditionally; similar to the way Excel users employ conditional formatting. For instance, the simple report shown below displays a due ...