Rehearse Timing in PowerPoint

Rehearse Timings feature allows you to record the time allotted for each slide in your presentation and you can make sure that it fits within a certain time frame. While you rehearse, use the Slide Timing feature to record the time that you need to present each slide, and then use the recorded times toContinue reading “Rehearse Timing in PowerPoint”

Managing Meetings Effectively

My recent Facebook post was, “…GO DIGITAL friends… It’s simple. OneNote, Evernote, S Note, whatever you choose, but please put your device to use.” It was a call for mobile warriors to drop that paper diary and pen people carry to meetings. So, here is the “how” of it… We are going to use aContinue reading “Managing Meetings Effectively”

Closer look at proofing and researching

Microsoft Word Tip: Let’s say you are reading a Word document sent to you and come across the word “onomatopoeia” in context of sounds. If, like me, you did not know what it meant you would need to fire up the browser and “google” it, and then browse for definition. Or, you could use theContinue reading “Closer look at proofing and researching”

Looking up values in 2-Dimensional tables

Microsoft Excel Tip: I was recently working on process for a manufacturing company, where they had costing in tables. Typically, the materials in rows and across columns were size, ratings, type, etc. depending on the item. To retrieve a price, this required a look-up on material and then a cross lookup on the type /Continue reading “Looking up values in 2-Dimensional tables”

Welcome!

I am Yatin Purohit, a trainer for Business Productivity and an independent technology consultant for IT Optimization and Process Improvement with an experience of over 20 years, based in Mumbai, India. I conduct workshops using Microsoft Office platform and engage in process improvement projects. The application based workshops focus on solving real-world business/personal scenarios ratherContinue reading “Welcome!”