Large Word documents are often sprinkled with references to information throughout a document. You can enter them manually, but they'll be hard to maintain later. Instead, use this simple technique.

PowerPoint highlights the number 1. Type "2" (without the quotations) inside the text box. This becomes your second reference number. Continue pressing "Ctrl-V" to create additional text boxes as ...

Repeat the process to add text to another page number in the table of contents by clicking the number, clicking the left arrow, and typing the text.

Excel filters help you find exactly what you want, no matter how big your spreadsheet database is. Here's how to set number, text and data filters.