Monday, November 19, 2012

We've Moved!!!

We're still adding new posts all the time so don't miss out. Visit our new site at www.brancasblackboard.com

Friday, November 9, 2012

Unleashing Excel Highlights

A few sample lessons taken from one of our recent Unleashing Excel classes. 


Unleashing Excel Demo Part 1: 
Selecting A Range of Data


Unleashing Excel Demo Part 2: 
Using Named Ranges




Unleashing Excel Demo Part 3: 
Using Freeze Pains & Navigating Large Data Sets



How to Embed a Document, Spreadsheet or Presentation on your Website or Blog

Ever since Microsoft launched it’s cloud computing service SkyDrive it’s never been easier to embed a document, spreadsheet, or presentation on your website or blog:








SkyDrive is Cloud computing service that allows users to host files on the internet. 

It also is a very useful tool for embedding Microsoft Office Documents on your website or blog. Just follow these steps to embed your own documents.

Step 1:                  
Create an account,
                  If you have a WindowsLiveID, you can use that to sign in.
If you have a Hotmail, Xbox LIVE, or Windows Phone account, you can use those credentials to login
                  Select Sign Up Now at the bottom of the page
                  Enter all the required information
You’ll have to go to your email and click on the confirmation link SkyDrive sends you to activate your account
Once you’re registered log into your Skydrive Account


Step 2:
Select Upload
Select whatever MS Word Document, PowerPoint presentation or Excel Spreadsheet you wish to upload.

Step 3:

Once the file is uploaded it will appear in your SkyDrive library.
Right click on the file that you wish to embed.
On the dropdown menu, select Embed.