Microsoft Office provides several time-saving features to simplify work projects, including pre-made templates. Templates can save you hours of time with a ready to go document formatted to fit the needs of your project. To find a template, simply click ‘file’ in any Office program then ‘new from template.’ Microsoft provides a few pre-installed templates,…
With an increasing amount of cybercrime occurring on the web, it is now more important than ever to make sure your confidential information is kept safe. One of the best ways to safeguard potentially sensitive emails is to use encryption. Encrypting a message converts it to code, preventing anyone besides the intended recipient from reading it. MFA Oil has…
Google Maps has many handy features casual users can easily miss.Check out these tips to navigate Google Maps more effectively. Get directions: This is one of the most common uses for Google Maps. You can quickly get directional information by clicking the arrow icon inside of the Google Maps search bar. This will bring up…
Here are three handy tips to help you work more efficiently in Excel. Selecting large amount of data Have you ever needed to format, copy, delete or hide several rows or columns of data? There are two quick ways to highlight the data you want to manipulate more efficiently. The easiest way to grab all of…
Do you ever have trouble coming up with passwords that fit MFA Oil’s password policy or remembering passwords for various websites? You’re not alone, but the good news is there are tools available to help. The MFA Oil password policy requires employees to change passwords every three months and you won’t be able to use…
Many MFA Oil employees have a Cisco phone at their desk, yet are probably unaware that these phones have a self-care web portal for managing the phone’s features. Have a 10-digit phone number that you dial often? Create a speed dial code to call this number automatically. Want to forward your desk phone or adjust…
If you have some very large worksheets, it could be useful if some of the cells you need to watch were displayed in a separate window so that you could see the current cell contents at a glance. Well you can! By using the Watch Window, you can pull out important cells into a…
If you use email rules, even if you don’t end up using this tip, make sure that you understand that email rules can potentially hide entire conversations. I recently fell far behind on a project because I wasn’t aware a project had even started until my boss asked me where I was on it. I…
With MFA Oil standardizing on the Apple iPhone, I thought it might be nice to throw a few tips and tricks out to everyone regarding how to get the most out of this device. Below you will find a variety of items that should help make using the Apple iOS more valuable. 1. Closing background…
By Dean Inskip, Security & Compliance Officer As we are all very aware, there are many ways cyber crooks can steal our credit card or private information; we hear about it in the news when the big breaches take place. Consider Neiman Marcus, where the information from over 1.1 million credit and debit cards was stolen;…