Outlook Tip - Quickly Calculate Dates

In a previous Outlook tip, Write Now, Send Later, I talked about using Outlook's Message Options feature to send an email at a later date.



Here's another shortcut that I use when:

• scheduling a Message for future delivery,
  
• setting appointments in Calendar, or
  
• setting deadlines in Tasks.

Did you know Outlook saves you the hassle of looking up a date? If you want to set a task deadline for 6 weeks from now, for example, all you have to do is type +6w in the due date field. Outlook automatically calculates the dates for you.




Here are some other date shortcuts:

• 
  d: days
  
• h: hours
  
• m: minutes
  
• mo: months
  
• y: years

So, 90 minutes from now will be entered as +90m.



Hope you find this helpful.

Excel - Change the Default File Location

When you try to open an Excel workbook, Microsoft's default is to look in your c:\documents subfolder.

Here's a quick trick I use to change the default file location. The seconds you save will add up to hours over time.

• Click on the Tools menu.
• Click on Options.
• Select the General Tab.
• Under Default File Location, type in your new location (ex., c:\excel). By the way, you can also change the number of sheets in a new workbook (Excel's default is 3).

For additional information, see Learn Excel Formulas from A to Z - Atlanta Excel Training Class.

PowerPoint Tip: Upload your PowerPoint Presentation to the 'Net

Are you looking for an easy way to upload and share your Powerpoint presentations? AuthorStream may have the answer.

With AuthorStream, you can upload your PowerPoint presentation to share it on blogs, websites, YouTube and even iPods.


All you have to do is create the PowerPoint presentation. Include your audio narrations, timing, and animations. Upload the presentation. AuthorStream keeps all of your content.

Best of all, Authorstream is 100% free.