Technology at Elon: The Basics
Starting college can be an intimidating prospect, even weeks after your first class. There’s a lot of new information to learn, and that’s not even including the classes! We’ve distilled some of the important information related to technology here at Elon for you in this blog to help you get adjusted to campus life at Elon.
Read MoreCreate accessible emails with these tips
Accessible content can be used by all members of the Elon University community, including students, faculty and staff with a diverse range of hearing, movement, vision and cognitive abilities. Follow these tips for creating emails and web-based content to more effectively reach diverse audiences.
Read MoreBest Practices: Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a software tool designed to help you manage your emails, calendars and to-do items efficiently and effectively. In fact, the amount of what it can do may be overwhelming and intimidating. To help you better understand how Outlook can help you manage your life through emails and schedules, the Microsoft Corporation has …
Read MoreOutlook Command Tips
Hello everybody and welcome to another installment of elite’s Tech Tips!Summer is approaching and everyone is headed in different directions; however, we all will continue to check our e-mail.Check out some of these command tips that can help you when using Microsoft Outlook. To compose a new message- press CTRL+SHIFT+M To jot a quick note- press CTROL+SHIFT+N To …
Read MoreEntering Repetitive Data in Excel, Quiet Time in Outlook
Entering Repetitive Data in Excel If you need to type repetitive data such as some numbers or dates into a worksheet, you can use the AutoFill feature in Excel to help you. Here’s an exercise you can try to practice entering repetitive data quickly. First, quickly fill a group of cells with the names of the calendar …
Read MoreTasks in Microsoft Outlook and the Help Button
Tasks in Microsoft Outlook One of the most useful yet most overlooked feature in Microsoft Outlook is the Task Pane. In the task pane of Outlook, you can have your “To Do” list right there on your computer screen. You can put whatever you want on there, from finishing that report to feeding the cat. And …
Read MoreViewing e-mails by Conversation, and Select Print Area
This week, we have one more quick tip for Outlook and one quick Excel tip to get you moving again on this snowy Tuesday! The default view for Microsoft Outlook arranges your e-mail by date with the most recent e-mails at the top of the page.Sometimes, you can have a conversation with someone that is several …
Read MoreDeferring Messages in Outlook
To conclude our run with Outlook, we have one last tip to prevent those panic moments when you realize you just sent an email to the wrong person, forgot to include someone else in the email, didn’t attach the attachment, or attached the wrong attachment. This stuff can happen all the time and it can …
Read MoreCreating a Signature and Color-Coding E-mail Addresses in
Hello again! As a follow-up to last week’s Outlook tip, we have two more tips this week that will boost your knowledge and efficiency in Outlook.First, we will show you how to create a signature in Outlook.Then, we will explain how to color-code e-mails by sender, to denote importance or urgency. Creating a signature in …
Read MoreRecalling and Replacing Messages in Outlook
Have you ever sent an e-mail that you shouldn’t have?Maybe it was to the wrong person or it contained some terrible typo, but you already pressed that Send button.Don’t pull your hair out or click the plug out of the wall, there is an easy way to unsend messages that you have sent …
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