Data sources. Your first step in setting up a mail merge is to pick the source of data you'll use for the personalized information. Excel spreadsheets and Outlook contact lists are the most common data sources, but if you don't yet have a data source, you can type it up in Word, as part of the mail merge process.

Word marks spelling, grammar, and stylistic issues with an underline. Control-click the word or phrase and choose one of the options. If Word incorrectly underlined a word as misspelled and you want to add that word to your dictionary so that Word will properly recognize it in the future, see Add or edit words in a spell check dictionary. If spelling or grammatical errors aren't underlined ...

Unlike Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel doesn't have a Change Case button for changing capitalization. However, you can use the UPPER, LOWER, or PROPER functions to automatically change the case of existing text to uppercase, lowercase, or proper case. Functions are just built-in formulas that are designed to accomplish specific tasks—in this case, converting text case.

Create a Map chart with Data Types. Map charts have gotten even easier with geography data types.Simply input a list of geographic values, such as country, state, county, city, postal code, and so on, then select your list and go to the Data tab > Data Types > Geography.Excel will automatically convert your data to a geography data type, and will include properties relevant to that data that ...

A manager needs an assistant to monitor email on his or her behalf. In this scenario, an assistant is granted the appropriate permissions to a manager’s folder or mailbox, but when they respond to messages, their responses are shown as coming on behalf of the manager.This type of sharing requires Delegate access permissions. For help with setting up delegate permissions, see Allow messages ...

When it comes to optimizing your Windows device, one of the key optimization areas is the startup process. The applications that run automatically when your device boots up can impact both the speed of your startup and the overall performance of your system.

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Tip: If you want to bypass File > Open and always use the Open dialog box, do this: Select File > Options > Save, and then select the Don’t show the Backstage when opening or saving files check box. Then, close and reopen any open Office applications. Note that this change only affects what you see when you press CTRL+O to access the Open Files dialog box.

Notes: If you're using the desktop version of Excel on a Windows PC, see this Excel Quick Start.. If you're using the desktop version of Excel on a Mac, see Office for Mac Quick Start Guides and Excel for Mac Help.