Susan Harkins, Author at TechRepublic

Susan Harkins

Susan Sales Harkins is an IT consultant, specializing in desktop solutions. Previously, she was editor in chief for The Cobb Group, the world's largest publisher of technical journals.

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Software
How to Convert an Image Into Editable Text Using Microsoft Word and Adobe

If you receive a picture of data, don’t panic: You don’t have to enter it by hand. Microsoft Word can convert the image into text for you.

Susan Harkins
Published: October 16, 2023, 5:28 AM EDT Modified: October 13, 2023, 2:29 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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Software
How to Quickly Create a Word Cloud Using PowerPoint

This step-by-step guide will show you how to quickly turn a list of words into a word cloud using the Pro Word Cloud add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint.

Susan Harkins
Published: October 10, 2023, 11:23 AM EDT Modified: October 10, 2023, 12:23 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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How to Hide and Handle Zero Values in an Excel Chart

Charted zero values can have unintended results you can easily miss. Here are a few techniques you can use to hide and manage zeros in your workbook to keep that from happening.

Susan Harkins
Published: October 6, 2023, 12:13 PM EDT Modified: October 6, 2023, 1:14 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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How to Use Section Breaks to Control Formatting in Word

Microsoft Word supports section breaks, so you can easily change document level formatting from one group of pages to another. Learn how to use section breaks with our quick step-by-step guide.

Susan Harkins
Published: September 20, 2023, 8:45 AM EDT Modified: September 21, 2023, 10:39 AM EDT Read More See more Microsoft articles
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How to Extract Delimited Data Using Excel Power Query

Learn how to use Excel Power Query's extract and split column features to extract delimited strings into their components with this step-by-step tutorial.

Susan Harkins
Published: September 14, 2023, 9:03 AM EDT Modified: September 14, 2023, 12:01 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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How to use Microsoft Lists with Power Automate

Learn how to use Microsoft Lists with Power Automate. Enhance your productivity with this easy to follow, step-by-step guide.

Susan Harkins
Published: September 12, 2023, 8:04 AM EDT Modified: September 12, 2023, 11:04 AM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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Software
How to Add a Year-to-Date Running Total in Microsoft Power BI

Power BI quick measures can return a simple running total and a year-to-date total with little effort on your part.

Susan Harkins
Published: September 5, 2023, 2:43 PM EDT Modified: September 5, 2023, 2:44 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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Software
How to Create a Date Table in Microsoft Power BI

Once you decide the default Auto Date table isn’t adequate, you can create one that fulfills your grouping and filtering requirements in Microsoft Power BI.

Susan Harkins
Published: September 1, 2023, 8:25 AM EDT Modified: September 1, 2023, 3:06 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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Software
How to Sort One Column by Another Column in Power BI

If the natural data can't support the sorting and filtering requirements, you might need to add an index column and sort by it.

Susan Harkins
Published: August 31, 2023, 6:22 AM EDT Modified: August 30, 2023, 2:24 PM EDT Read More See more Software articles
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How to Calculate the Hours Worked Using Excel

Follow along in this step-by-step guide to learn how to easily calculate hours worked in Microsoft Excel.

Susan Harkins
Published: August 25, 2023, 8:39 AM EDT Modified: August 25, 2023, 9:40 AM EDT Read More See more Software articles