IT productivity tips: working with apps and docs

Select Start  , type the first few letters of the application, press Enter or select the app to start it

You can select Start   in the taskbar, or press the Start   key on your keyboard

Select Start  , type the first few letters of the application, select a quick action from the right-hand pane

These "jump lists" work well for Outlook, Chrome and Edge

Double-click on OneDrive   in the taskbar

Press Ctrl + PrtScr

Press Alt + PrtScr

Press Start   + Shift + S to select a region to capture

After any screenshot, simply use Paste (Ctrl + V) to insert the capture into any suitable document including OneNote

1. Press Start   + G to activate the Xbox Game Bar
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + R to start recording, and select the microphone if you want to record your speech
3. Perform the action you wish to record
4. Press Ctrl + Alt + R to stop recording

After a pause (which can be many seconds) a message will appear to confirm that the video clip has been saved. You will find it in your My Videos folders

Note that this method can only record applications - it cannot be used to capture the desktop or multiple apps.

Use the Panopto manual recorder app. On a managed staff PC this is available to install from the Oxford Applications Installer. On a self-managed PC you can install Panopto via Canvas.

1. Press Start  , type camera and select the Camera app
2. Select Take Video   to start your recording. It can take a few seconds for the recording to start - you'll see the timer counting up when its ready 
3. Complete your recording
4. Select Stop   to end your recording. Your video will be saved into your Pictures\Camera Roll folder

NB The Camera app has limited functionality, and you cannot independently select the microphone that it will use. For greater functionality you can use the Panopto manual recorder app (see above).

Type a bullet character (* or -), press Space and Word will automatically start a bullet list

Type a number (or letter) followed by a full stop, press Space and Word will automatically start a numbered list

Press Enter twice to end the list

Select the cells; The SUM, AVERAGE and COUNT are displayed on the right of the bottom status bar

Right-click on the bottom status bar to select which calculations are displayed

1. Select Customise quick action toolbar  > More commands in the application title bar
2. Show All commands, find Select Visible Cells  in the left-hand list and drag it into the right-hand list
3. Now filter your data table, select the whole area, and select Select Visible Cells in the application title bar

Press F5 to start from slide 1

Pres Shift + F5 to start from the current slide

Press Right Arrow  to move to the next slide. You can also click the presentation remote or left mouse button, or press Page Down   or Space 

Select Slide Show > Record Slide Show

This will record audio and attach the relevant segments to each slide. The audio will play automatically in a slideshow, which provide a quick way to record presentations. You can later amend or remove the audio on a slide-by-slide basis

In some cases you can right-click the front object and select Send to back, enabling you to select your target object

Alternatively, select Home > Editing > Select > Selection pane, and choose your target object from the list provided