Almost every professional office role involves Excel in some capacity. And that’s not surprising, because Excel contains around 500 different functions. The first Excel for Mac was released in 1985, and the first Windows version came out in November 1987. Since then, it’s grown to phenomenal heights. Here at The Great Canadian Training & Consulting […]
Category Archives: MS Office
OneNote – It’s for Everyone
OneNote is one of the greatest unsung success stories ever to come out of Microsoft. It’s the ultimate place to store and share your information in a single, easy-to-access location. Do you use it? You should! This month we’ll tell you why you need this software, and get you started along a path you will […]
Training For Transitions
Do you ever take the time to pause and consider your future career goals? You may have some short-term goals, or perhaps you’re already planning for further down the road. Either way, it’s a good idea to include professional development in your planning. Sometimes we only consider personal development or training to overcome a challenge […]
The Not-So-Secret to Success
Universally, successful businesspeople will tell you to make use of every legitimate advantage you may have. If you were to buy a new car and discover it came with a free set of winter tires—on rims— wouldn’t you accept the offer? You might not need those winter tires right now, but the time will come […]
The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing Your Training Results
How many apps do you have installed on your smartphone? Now, how many of them do you use regularly? Probably only 4 or 5, out of the possibly dozens installed? Sometimes we have things that could be useful timesavers, but we end up not using them fully. We don’t maximize the potential benefits. How can […]
Improve Your Organization with Microsoft Teams: The Six Best Features to Start Using Now
We may be socially distanced from one another at the moment, but we can still work closely as a team and as an organization. Microsoft Teams is the ideal tool for keeping us working closely together despite not being physically together. What are some of its most helpful features, and how can you use them? […]
Do You Realize the Full Potential of Your Microsoft 365 Subscription?
Gone are the days when you bought your Microsoft Windows and Office programs and then installed them out of a box. Like many other software giants, Microsoft has been moving towards a subscription-based system. Although the prices of the various Microsoft 365 subscriptions have stayed pretty much the same over recent years, the value you […]
We’re Making a Switch… to the Microsoft Teams Platform!
Microsoft Teams is a collaborative meeting and screen-sharing platform with capabilities including chat, breakout rooms, video conferencing, and more. Microsoft is continuously adding new and exciting features that engage users. Effective January 1, 2021, our public and private classes will be run on the Microsoft Teams platform. This is a move we decided to make […]
Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) or Office 2019 – Which Is the Course for You?
Welcome to the new office. Cloud-based subscription software has become mainstream and we at JN Software and CompuEase are very happy to offer our new series of Microsoft 365 training courses to help you with upgrading your software needs. What are some of the advantages of using Microsoft 365? And what are some of the […]
The Right Tool at the Right Time – Using OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint
“Constantly evolving and sometimes confusing” is the definition of the modern workplace. New tools and apps are coming all the time, and the way we’ve worked in the past can change on short notice, leaving us floundering for the correct solutions. Microsoft 365 offers many solutions and tools, but which one is best for you? […]