Productivity

Pop-up notifications often feel like a nuisance, and we tend to click through them without paying much attention. But today’s cybercriminals can use pop-ups to install malicious code on your computer, so you should always take a closer look before clicking. On this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Andy Shin will discuss a recent malware popup scam called “Hoefler Text” and walk you through some steps you can take to protect yourself. Tune in to learn more!

Ever had a printed document that you wished you could edit on your computer? On this this week’s episode of One-Minute Wednesday, Nathanael Emenaker will show you how to take a photo of a printed document and then convert it into a Microsoft Word file using the Office Lens app. Check it out!

Ever wanted to snap a photo of a whiteboard and then edit the text on a computer? In this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Yung Min will be discussing a great mobile app called Office Lens. Office Lens turns your phone into a mobile scanner that can take photos and then transfer them into editable documents and pictures in Microsoft Office applications. Tune in to learn more!

Have you ever had trouble keeping up with your tasks, projects and assignments? In this week’s episode, we’ll be showing you some quick and easy steps for creating a reminder in OneNote that will notify you of your upcoming tasks via Outlook. Tune in to this week’s One Minute Wednesday to learn more!

Learn how to avoid spear phishing attacks, keeping yourself and your company safe from security breaches. On this episode of One-Minute Wednesday, Drew Lawson will explain how the Target security breach occurred, so you can prevent something similar from happening to you.

Last week on One-Minute Wednesday, we discussed using search folders to pull up emails that fit a predefined search criteria. This week, Jackson Roberts will be showing you how to customize those Outlook search folders, allowing you to organize your inbox with highly-targeted search terms. The possibilities here are endless, so if you’re looking to take control of your inbox, don’t miss this episode!

This week on One-Minute Wednesday, Isaac McIntosh will be showing you how to create a few examples of Outlook search folders. These folders allow you to instantly pull up any emails in your inbox that fit your search parameters, like unread emails, emails marked as important, or emails from a specific person.

Protect yourself from the latest trend in cybercrime! In this week’s episode, Aspen Lindblom will be talking about “smishing”, a type of phishing attack that targets cell phone users via text messages. Cybercriminals will spoof a phone number and send text messages that appear to be coming from a legitimate source, all in order to steal sensitive information. Today we’ll show you how to identify and protect yourself from this new threat.

Learn how to customize your view when working in Microsoft Word! On this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Paul Swanson will talk about some of the view options available to you when working in a document. These view options allow you to optimize your workspace and tailor your document display for your needs.

Learn how to quickly extract important characters from cells in Excel! In this episode, Gipson Lyles will be teaching you some tips on how to use the LEFT, RIGHT, & MID functions in Microsoft Excel. These functions allow you to pull specific portions of data from particular cells and move them into another cell or range.

Discover a great shortcut in Microsoft Excel that will boost your productivity and save you time! This week, Aspen Lindblom will be talking about the SUMIF and COUNTIF functions, which add or count cells that match a specified criteria. This will help you make calculations and pull information without having to manually search through your spreadsheet.

Improve productivity by automatically booting Mac applications! On this week’s One-Minute Wednesday, Andy Shin will be showing you how to add applications to your Login Items list on your Mac. This will allow you to access commonly-used applications immediately when you start your computer.

Streamline your computer’s startup and start your workday sooner! On this week’s One-Minute Wednesday, Jonathan Marinca will be showing you how to add programs to your startup folder in Windows. This will allow you to set commonly-used programs to automatically launch when you start your computer.

Never waste time searching for a folder again! For this One-Minute Wednesday, Joe Ensch will be talking about creating a custom keyboard shortcut to one of your commonly-used folders. Most people have found themselves clicking through a long series of folders just to get to something they use often, and with this shortcut you’ll never have to do that again.

This week on One-Minute Wednesday, Andrew Perlas will be showing you how to delete autocomplete entries in Outlook. When sending emails, Outlook will often fill in contacts that you no longer use or are no longer valid. Deleting old addresses from the autocomplete feature can save time and, more importantly, prevent emails from going to the wrong person.

Protect yourself from phone scams—learn how to spot vishing attempts on this week’s One-Minute Wednesday! In this episode, Drew Lawson will be talking about vishing, or “voice phishing”, which involves cybercriminals making fraudulent calls in an attempt to trick someone into giving up sensitive information.