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Access your university email via the Microsoft Outlook mobile app
Accessing your university email on a mobile device

Firstly, download the Microsoft Outlook app from one of the following app stores:

  • Outlook for Android
  • Outlook for iPhone & iPad

    • Then, after running the app, log on using your university email address and password.

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    Using OneDrive

    OneDrive is used to store files, folders, and photos in the 'cloud' (Online) so you can access them easily on multiple devices and share them with colleagues, or with people outside the university.

    To access OneDrive login to Email/Office 365 then click OneDrive via the apps icon...
    How to update or change your Office 365 account’s time zone
  • To change time zone for your office 365 account, you must first access your emails via mail.chi.ac.uk (otherwise known as the Office 365 portal). 
  • From your emails, click on the settings cog. This is found of the top right of the screen on the menu bar and then select "view all Outlook...
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    Excel - Removing Duplicate Values

    There are multiple ways of highlighting or removing duplicates from an Excel worksheet. 

    Conditional Formatting

    Conditional formatting can be used to highlight duplicates ready for manual removal. This will use any formatting you select to overlay the data and show you any duplicates....
    Removing Duplicate Values

    There are multiple ways of highlighting or removing duplicates from an Excel worksheet. 

    Conditional Formatting

    Conditional formatting can be used to highlight duplicates ready for manual removal. This will use any formatting you select to overlay the data and show you any duplicates....
    Find and replace
    Excel - Find and Replace

    Find and/or replace is a powerful feature that allows you to search for a text string within your data set. It will show you all of the times that Excel can see the text string in your document, allowing you to be taken to the next word by clicking the 'next' button. If...
    Excel - Find and replace
    Excel - Find and Replace

    Find and/or replace is a powerful feature that allows you to search for a text string within your data set. It will show you all of the times that Excel can see the text string in your document, allowing you to be taken to the next word by clicking the 'next' button. If...
    Audio
    Adding an audio file to your presentation

    There are two ways to add audio to a presentation: 

    1. Adding Audio already on your PC (saved)

    2. Record Audio (record live)

    To add a clip from your computer

    Have the audio file saved to the computer locally as an MP3 file - (if you have...
    Modifying Charts
    Adding Chart Elements

    When creating charts/graphs in Excel you may find that some labels are not added by default and must be added manually or are in an unsuitable place. Excel also allows for modification of these labels, as well as their placement. In this example i'm going to amend a pie...
    Presenter View (notes/slide preview)
    How to Add Notes to your Presentation (Presenter View)

    While giving a PowerPoint Presentation you can make use of something called Presenter view, this mode allows the projector* to display your presentation full screen without your notes showing to the audience. The second monitor* will show a ...
    Zoom Slides
    PowerPoint - Zoom Slides

    PowerPoint has a new feature which mimics the style of presentation of Prezzi, using one large slide to place all of the subsequent slides on. Throughout the presentation, these slides will be zoomed into when that slide is reached, giving the impression that the whole...
    How to send protected emails using message permission rules

    In the past when sending emails containing personal data or sensitive information to recipients both inside and outside of the University from your staff or generic email account (@chi.ac.uk), there were no controls regarding where this email could go. It could be forwarded and the contents...
    Footnotes and Endnotes
    Footnotes and Endnotes in Microsoft Word

    Footnotes and endnotes are useful tools for adding citations, comments, or explanations to your text.

    This guide will walk you through the steps to insert and manage footnotes and endnotes in Microsoft Word.

    Footnotes and...
    Shapes and Shape formatting
    How to add shapes and customise them

    Images and text boxes can be shaped into more than just a square that we start with, as PowerPoint allows for custom shapes. This guide will show the steps required first generate a shape and then to edit it.

    Inserting a shape (to customise)

    Powerpoint...
    Reporting suspicious emails

    Different methods have been made available to students and staff which allow you to report emails which are considered as either Spam or Phishing.

    Spam or Junk emails are often classed as unsolicited emails which may focus on advertising and selling goods or services. You may have never...
    Charts/Graphs
    Charts and Graphs

    Create a chart

  • Select the data for which you want to create a chart.

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