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Hear from Alex at evilolive who has a helpful productivity hack for tracking business expenses and never missing a deductible expense on your expense report.

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Tom Voelk from Driven Car Reviews shares how he recharges his engine, remembering to take breaks for exercise to increase his daily productivity.

Learn how James at Manner of Speaking uses cross device apps to easily sync his work and increase productivity wherever the job takes him.

Video conferencing is a great way to work more productively. Paula @ CreateHive gets right to work with clients by using Skype for virtual meetings.

Plan your party menu in OneNote. Gather ideas, save recipes, and create a shopping list, Then, invite other party planners to view the menu and add their ideas.

Apply a theme to quickly format an entire Microsoft Word document and give it a modern, professional look. Learn more at the Word Help Center: support.office.com/word

OneDrive offers several ways to save and share documents.

Whether you're creating a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint or building a catalog in Excel, 3D makes your work stand out.

Draw or sketch in OneNote to bring your notes to life. Learn more at the OneNote Help Center: support.office.com/onenote

Copy cell formatting in your Excel worksheet using copy and paste options, Format Painter, and dragging techniques. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: support.office.com/excel

One of the benefits of Office 365 is having access to your work files from anywhere, on any device.

You can use Office 365 groups as shared collaboration spaces for projects or clients.

Use Outlook to schedule meetings for yourself and other employees, either in person or virtually via Skype for Business. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: office.com/training

OneNote makes it easy to collect everything from recipes, to gift ideas, to your weekend plans , and then share that information with others.

After installing Skype for Business, you'll want to add contacts, specify audio preferences, add a profile picture, and learn how to initiate instant messages and calls.

Jet City Improv's Margaret shares her productivity hack to stay focused on the creative part of shows, by building resources to help on-board cast members.

Small business owner Frank shares how he stays on top of his busy schedule, by reviewing his monthly calendar each week and finding space for new clients.

Conditional formatting in Excel provides visual cues to help you quickly make sense of your data. For example, it’ll clearly show highs and lows, or other data trends based on criteria you provide.

If you have a set of calendars that you want to view together, you can create a calendar group to see the combined schedules at a glance.

Over the last 35 years, journalist Mary Jo Foley has made a habit of publishing information about Microsoft which we thought were closely guarded secrets.

Kim from Team Diva Real Estate in Seattle talks about her late night to do list habit, and how it keeps her focused and productive the next morning.

Styles give your Word document a consistent, professional look. Learn more at the Word Help Center: support.office.com/word

Use Outlook to read and send email, manage your calendar appointments, set up meetings, and organize tasks.

The Morph transition in PowerPoint allows you to animate smooth movement from one slide to the next.

If you get stuck setting up or using Office 365, you can always get help. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: office.com/training

Over at Blue Dog Bakery, Kyle shares his productivity hack of having separate digital calendars for work and home, to keep time organized & manage his daily demands.

Alev, owner of Nutty Squirrel Gelato, shares how putting herself in her employees shoes helps her to better schedule shifts and manage her business.

Punch Drunk Productions' owner Jacob shares a productivity hack to better streamline his business process with template creation. Learn about building templates.