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The 6 Best Office Suites for Your Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations

Matthew Guay / May 30, 2017

Documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and notes—they're the files that make work work, that showcase your new project and last quarter's performance and your ideas for the future. They're such a crucial part of computing, it's hard to imagine a computer today without an office suite.

For...

The Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Excel Online

Matthew Guay / May 30, 2017

Excel is synonymous with spreadsheets, and for good reason. Decades after its introduction on the original Macintosh, Excel continues to be the most powerful spreadsheet app. It's not just a desktop app anymore, either. Today, you can use Excel on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and even the web.

That...

Slack Without Slacking: How to Automatically Update Your Slack Status

Matthew Guay / May 29, 2017

It's 5AM, and your colleague in Boston is wondering why you're not responding to their Slack messages, as your current timezone slipped their mind. You're sleeping, another colleague is on vacation, and the team lead in Sydney is having dinner. If only they knew to ask Beth...

What to Do When You Can't Get Things Done

Scott Blitstein / May 26, 2017

Whether you carefully plan every task in a Getting Things Done list or scribble reminders to yourself on the back of an envelope, your goal is the same: You've got stuff that needs doing and you're trying to get yourself organized enough to do it. With a task...

The 16 Best Email Apps to Manage Your Inbox

Paula DuPont / May 25, 2017

Email is important. Your inbox is the one place where everything from receipts and newsletters to correspondence from colleagues and best friends comes together. Your email address itself regularly serves as your digital passport, too—it's how you login to most apps and sites.

It might not be the...

5 Hidden Evernote Features That Will Improve Your Notes and Note-Taking

Peter Knudson / May 23, 2017

Evernote is a feature-rich collaboration and document organization tool used by over 150 million people. It excels at organizing large amount of notes, articles, and files of all types, allowing you to access them from multiple devices and share with team members.

However, few understand how truly deep and feature-rich...

OneNote 101: Take More Creative and More Organized Notes with Microsoft OneNote

Melanie Pinola / May 22, 2017

You have a ton of apps and tools to choose from when it comes to taking notes and saving information. OneNote, however, stands out among note-taking apps for its incredible flexibility, colorful interface, and robust features.

Over the last decade or so, I've tried dozens of note-taking apps and...

Sound Smarter with These Vocabulary Building Apps and Tips

Belle Cooper / May 18, 2017

Have you ever felt that high from finally employing a new, SAT-worthy word, matching it to the exact meaning you're trying to convey? It's like fitting the last piece into a jigsaw puzzle; there's something incredibly satisfying about using words effectively.

Of course, vocabulary isn't just...

The 40 Best To-Do List Apps in 2017

Andrew Kunesh / May 18, 2017

What was once the simple choice between using a notebook, legal pad, or stack of Post-it notes to manage your personal to-do list is now a mind-numbing decision between dozens of to-do apps. Flashy apps that offer more features than you could ever use. Free apps that are so bare...

25+ Fully Remote Companies That Let You Work From Anywhere

Melanie Pinola / May 18, 2017

High-speed internet and powerful apps make it possible for just about anyone with a desk job to work from home. Yet today most companies still insist that employees endure the sometimes soul-crushing commute to an office.

We get it. Face time is important: great for team-building, collaboration, and navigating the...