I keep hearing I shouldn’t use constraints in Project unless I have to. Why is that? A constraint (or a constrained task) in Microsoft Project is a task that has its start or finish date “hard coded” into the project
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The solution is to minimize (or eliminate) the use of constraints – and use predecessors and successors instead. If we link the First coat and the Second coat by the use of a predecessor, the second task is then free
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If the item is too simple, short, easy, or common to be a project, then the next question to ask is, “Will it take more than 2 minutes to do?” If the answer is no, then just do it right
Make your documents look professional and official by adding watermarks, instead of using rubber stamps. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, click the dropdown menu for the Watermark command. Click the watermark that you want to use,
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Insert videos into your Word document by selecting the Insert tab, and clicking the Online Video command in the Media group. This will open a dialog box that helps you load the video. Search for videos by entering keywords in
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Have you ever wanted to hit a single key to repeat the last thing you did again and again as many times as you want? Then this tip is for you! Perform an action, like Bold, Delete, Insert, etc. Position
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Changing the default font in Excel is fast and simple and can help to make your spreadsheets more readable when they are printed. The default font for Excel 2010 is Calibri 10 point. To change the default font in Excel:
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If you have an Excel file that contains formulas, formatting, layouts, etc. that you use often, then saving it as an Excel template may help save you time. The template can become a model for other spreadsheets. To create an
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Compound interest is used in mortgages, loans, investments, and anything else that pays interest multiple times. It basically means that interest is paid on both the principal AND the past interest. Microsoft Excel Compound Interest can run these computations for
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Excel allows you to reference or display values from other worksheets within a workbook. This is called a 3D reference. In the example below, we are going to pull the quarterly total from Sheet 1 to the Total Sales Sheet.
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