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03rd May 2019

In my previous blog, I talked about the introduction of Excel Power Query and how it eventually became a default feature of Excel 2016 but changed its...

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Microsoft Office 2019 vs Office 365

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26th March 2019

A new version of Microsoft Office is on its way and there is a preview ready to download for eligible business customers but with so many options now ...

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Excel Power Query vs Power BI (Part 1)

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18th December 2018

We often get asked about the difference between the above applications – the short answer is none or at least very little. The best way to explain ...

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The 7 Steps to Building an Effective Training Program

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26th November 2018

Employee training isn’t one size fits all and the most successful companies appreciate that training isn’t just an event, but an ongoing process.�...

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24th August 2018

On the 12th July Microsoft introduced a completely free download of their Office 365 app Teams for small businesses that do not have an Office 365 su...

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Procrastination: What is it? Why do you do it? How can you overcome it...

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16th July 2018

What is procrastination? Procrastination has always been regarded as a way to hinder our performance and hurt success. It is a way to defer somethin...

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Create Team Synergy by Understanding Personality Types

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01st June 2018

In order to fulfil company objectives and drive success, organisations must focus on the strengths and motivators of each individual member in their t...

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The 360 Learning Approach: Encouraging Conversations

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17th May 2018

In the L&D industry today it is not presumptuous to assume that we are primarily concerned with helping employees to learn and to ensure that as ...

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5 Warning Signs you are Suffering from Workplace Stress

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10th April 2018

Every year throughout the month of April, health promotion experts across the country join forces to increase public awareness about both the causes ...

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Is ‘Tick box’ Training Draining Your Budget?

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06th April 2018

It’s not uncommon for the team at TrainingU to receive emails and calls along the lines of “we need time management training for some of our staff...

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Word Tip – Replacing Formatting

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23rd October 2019

In this video we’ll show you how to automatically find and replace formatting in your documents. The same dialog can also be used to find and repl...

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Excel Tip – Working with Time

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16th October 2019

You may already use date formats and formulas in Excel, but what about working with time? If you’re using small units of time it’s important you u...

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PowerPoint Tip – Removing Picture Backgrounds

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09th October 2019

PowerPoint provides two methods of removing the background from images; ‘Set Transparent Color’ and ‘Remove Background’. The latter works, eve...

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Office 365: Bypassing the Backstage Menu

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18th September 2019

This video demonstrates how to bypass the Backstage menu in your Office applications, when using Ctrl O and Ctrl S to open and save documents. Potenti...

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PowerPoint Tip – Drawing Shortcuts

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11th September 2019

If you use PowerPoint to create diagrams and drawings there are some really useful shortcut keys to help you draw, duplicate and group objects in your...

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Word Tip – Creating Shortcut Keys

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04th September 2019

You are probably familiar with some of the built-in shortcut keys Word offers, such as Ctrl B for bold and Ctrl S for save, but did you know you can c...

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Excel Tip – Formatting Dates

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21st August 2019

If you’re using dates in formulas or in lists and tables, it’s really important to format them correctly. And did you know, using a custom format,...

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Word Tip – Searching for Text

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14th August 2019

The ‘Navigation Pane’ is a great tool for searching and finding text. It will show all your search results ‘in context’ and the text will auto...

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Outlook Tip – Quick Steps

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07th August 2019

‘Quick Steps’ is an Outlook tool that lets you apply multiple actions to any selected email message(s). This can be a huge time-saver! Watch our v...

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PowerPoint Tip – Crop to Shape

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24th July 2019

Using the cropping tools in PowerPoint you can trim and remove unwanted portions of pictures. Better still, ‘crop to shape’ lets you change the ou...

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9 Years of the LPI Accreditation

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11th June 2019

We are very proud to announce that we have achieved an Accredited Learning Provider status with the Learning and Performance Institute for the 9th yea...

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Have you experienced our free pre-course skills assessment?

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13th May 2019

Here at TrainingU, we’re serious about training people to increase their effectiveness and efficiency, and strive to ensure that the right learner i...

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New SharePoint Training Courses

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05th September 2018

We are excited to share our new SharePoint training courses. These are our standard course outlines but we can also work with you to create a bespoke ...

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Cyber Essentials Certified

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30th August 2018

We understand the importance of #CyberSecurity to our customers and are pleased to announce that we have become #CyberEssentials certified. As a Train...

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Our New 90-Minute Self-Development Package

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22nd January 2018

Here at TrainingU, we understand that good mental health and wellbeing amongst employees is becoming increasingly relevant and important for corporate...

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