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Disable conversion of two numbers with dash as date in Excel

March 10, 2023 by Admin 3 Comments

Microsoft Excel has a feature that automatically coverts two numbers separated by dash in to a date formatted value. For example if you type 6-7 in a cell, Excel would reformat this in to a date value as 7-Jun. But if you do not want to reformat then you can use any of the below mentioned solutions to disable this feature.

Solution 1: Prefixing the values with apostrophe

The simplest solution is to add apostrophe before 6-7. This would display the typed value without reformatting it.

Solution 2: Change format to Text Format

Another alternate solution is to change the formatting of the cell to Text format. Select the cell (or columns), right click and pick Format Cells from the menu list.

In the Format Cells window, select Text Format under Number tab and click OK button to apply the changes.

Also See: How to add country code to phone numbers in Excel

How to increase number of worksheets Excel

March 18, 2016 by Admin 1 Comment

Microsoft Excel by default contains 3 worksheets while creating a new Workbook. For creating a new workbook you can specify the number of Worksheet that a Workbook needs to contain. This can be modified using Excel Options. Listed below are steps for increasing number of Worksheets for a new Workbook in Excel 2013, Excel 2010 and Excel 2007

In Excel 2013 and Excel 2010 –> Click on File menu and then Options.

In Excel 2007 –> Click on Excel Options and then Popular menu.

Under When creating new workbooks section there is include this many sheets fields. This can be used for increasing the number worksheets while creating a new workbook. The minimum value is 1 and the maximum is 255. Check out the below video demo to increase worksheets size in Excel 2013

Also See: How to move or copy worksheets in Excel 2013

Repeat action keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Office

November 18, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

Microsoft Office Applications such as Word and Excel, last action can be repeated using keyboard shortcuts. For example if you have formatted a word with specific style and you want to repeat/apply the same format for other words then you can press F4 or Ctrl + Y or Alt + Enter. This can be used for copying drawings or formatting excel cells thus reducing the steps and saves time.

Change the keyboard shortcut for Repeat Action

Microsoft Office users can change the keyboard shortcut associated for Repeat action using Settings. Let us see these steps in Word 2016 & 2013

Step 1: Click File menu then Options and navigate to Customize Ribbon

Step 2: In the Customize Ribbon screen, click Customize button available next to Keyboard shortcuts.

Step 3: In the Customize Keyboard window, select All Commands under Categories and pick EditRedoOrRepeat under Commands. You should be able to see the keys that are currently associated with Repeat action.

Step 4: Navigate to Press new shortcut key option and enter the keyboard shortcut.

Step 5: Click Assign to confirm and apply your changes.

How to quickly block sender in Outlook

October 13, 2015 by Admin 15 Comments

If you are receiving junk or spam emails in your Outlook email client and you do want to receive emails from these senders then you can use Junk email settings in Outlook to block these senders. To quickly block a sender in Outlook 2016, 2013 & 2010, select by right clicking the email and pick Block Sender option from the menu list.

This would display the following confirmation message and the message will be moved to the Junk email folder.

Instead of selecting Junk email options from the context menu, you can also try the Junk menu option which is available as part of the Home Menu.

Print list of emails in Outlook

October 11, 2015 by Admin 1 Comment

We know how to quickly print an email message in Outlook 2016, 2013 & 2010. And in this tutorial we will be seeing the steps required for printing the list of emails in Inbox or any folder. This would be quite useful when you have daily task schedule meeting with your team and the tasks for each individual is allocated based on the emails received for that day.

Click the File menu and select Print from the menu list.

Then navigate to Settings section and select Table Style from the list. This would only print heading information of the emails as displayed on your Inbox.

In case if you want to include other columns in the list then you can use the View –> Change View Settings to pick the desired columns.

Quickly print emails and attachments in Outlook

October 10, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010 allow users to quickly print email & attachments using quick print options available as part of context menu. This is quite useful when you do not want to open an email and print the attachments.

Enable default printer

First you need to enable the default printer under Print options. Click File menu –> Print

In the Print screen, click Print Options button and mark the check box with caption as “Print attached files. Attachments will print to the default printer only.”

Quick Print in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Now you can navigate to the email with attachment. Right click and select Quick Print from the right click context menu.