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Microsoft Office installation - student & staff

You are entitled to a free subscription to Microsoft Office for computers and mobile devices.
More information: Microsoft Office installation.

Dell Advantage - student & staff

Dell Advantage offers discounts on selected products...
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....
    Word - Page numbering

    Page numbering happens in the headers or footer of the document, making use of section breaks to indicate where page numbering will and will not be present. This guide will focus on adding page numbers from the beginning but will cover their usage afterwards.

    Adding Page numbers

    On the...
    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...
    Adding an element to a chart/Graph
    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...
    Word - Styles
    Styles

    Styles can be quickly used to apply a formatting choice over a large area of a document. All text is initially created under the Normal style and will remain in this style unless Word is told otherwise. You can modify any existing style or create your own if there is not a pre-existing...
    Word - Comments

     

    Adding a Comment

    To add a comment, first, highlight the text you want to comment on. Then, go to the "Review" tab in the ribbon and click on "New Comment." Type your comment in the box that appears:

    Type out your comment and press Ctrl + Enter or click the 'Submit...
    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...
    Excel - Charts and Graphs
    Charts and Graphs

    Create a chart

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

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    Charts/Graphs
    Charts and Graphs

    Create a chart

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

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    Microsoft To Do
    Microsoft To Do overview

  • A smart daily planner
  • Set yourself up for success with My Day, intelligent and personalised suggestions to update your daily or weekly to do list. With both a Microsoft to do desktop app and mobile app available, it is easy to stay on task all day long.
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