Not using colour to help differentiate your emails? You’re missing a lovely opportunity for making important (or not) ones stand out.

Outlook 2010-16. View Ribbon > Conditional Formatting.

Gmail. A three-step process.

1. Create a label (the equivalent to Outlook folders) from the top toolbar when you click on an email.
2. Right click the label in the navigation pane to assign it a colour.
3. Create a filter (the equivalent of Rules in Outlook) to apply the label when the condition is met by incoming emails. You’ll find filters by clicking the gear > settings > Filters and blocked addresses

Bonus – Google Drive – Colour your folders by right (or control) clicking the folder and select the colour.

If you use Outlook 2016 have you noticed a dramatic change to your Ribbon that appeared out of the blue?

What do you think of the new big, dumbed down icons? I’m not a fan.

One thing is new though. The addition of the Large A – Read Aloud (speech menu) in the ribbon.

Have you tried it? Perhaps useful if you want to multitask like cleaning your desk, petting the dogs, making school and work lunches for the next day while your computer reads your emails or your Word documents to you (ever so slowly though).

Outlook: Home Ribbon > Speech menu > Read Aloud
Word: You’ll find Read Aloud in the Review Ribbon

Do you have a workbook with lots of sheets? Hate tabbing back and forth, back and forth? Here’s a quickie. Right-click on any of the triangle navigation buttons (located immediately to the left of the worksheet tabs) to display a pop-up menu of worksheet names. Then, choose the worksheet you want to move to. In Excel 2010 and earlier versions, click on the More Sheets… option if the worksheet you want isn’t shown. Like this tip? Perhaps you’d like to subscribe to the Quick Tip Lessons below.

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