The other day I was editing a photo for someone, and the Crop feature just wouldn’t do it. Neither would the Remove Background! (See Microsoft Word and Powerpoint for these features.) So after about 10 minutes of trawling for an alternative (no I don’t have Photoshop!), I remembered good old Paint! Yes Paint! That package that sits on everyone’s PC, and we all think is for the under 10’s.

So I put my image into Paint, used the Eraser tool (which you can easily adjust the size of using the SIZE button), and successfully edited the photo. I saved it as a JPEG and job done.

This was a question posed on LinkedIn the other day. However, maybe the question should be how long do you spend working effectively in Excel each day? Could your time be used more efficiently by using the correct functions and shortcuts? Are you spending ages copying and pasting or re-entering data wondering if there is a...

Now I have been a bit late getting to the party on this one! But having used it a couple of times, I have begun to see its potential. Imagine you have two text strings in Columns A and B, and want to join them together in Column C. In older versions of Excel, you...

Has your job role suddenly changed to involve a computer? This can be one of the hardest transitions to make if you have gone from a hands-on role using machinery, or been working on a building site or suddenly been promoted to a role that involves a computer. You have all the capability and the...