How to Show and Customize Gridlines in Microsoft Word
Word gridlines help you align images, shapes and text boxes on a page but finding the settings to customize them isn’t obvious. Here’s how to turn gridlines on, control the spacing, show only horizontal lines and work around the limitations Microsoft still hasn’t fixed. At first, the lines look like this which seems way too […]
Microsoft Word Now Supports Markdown, Here’s What Works and What Doesn’t
Microsoft Word can now convert Markdown formatting automatically, but the feature is inconsistent, undocumented and missing from some versions entirely. If you paste AI-generated text from ChatGPT or Copilot into Word, you may finally see proper headings and bold text instead of raw ## and ** symbols. Here’s what our testing found across every version […]
Halloween Emoji List: Copy and Paste Spooky Symbols Instantly 🎃
Looking for the perfect Halloween emoji? Browse our searchable list of 30+ spooky symbols — from 🎃 jack-o’-lanterns to 👻 ghosts and 🧛 vampires — ready to copy and paste into your documents, emails, spreadsheets and presentations. In Microsoft 365, Office 2024 and Office 2021 there are also Halloween icons and symbols for Word, Powerpoint […]
Halloween Icons, Graphics and Pictures to Add to Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
Add Halloween pumpkins, ghosts, witches’ hats, bats and skulls to your Word documents, PowerPoint slides and Outlook emails. Here’s how to find and use the built-in Halloween icons, stock images, stickers and illustrations in Microsoft 365 and Office 2024, 2021 or 2019. Icons, Stock Images, Stickers and Illustrations are all available in Microsoft 365 for […]
How to Type Eyes emoji 👀 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Here’s how to type the Eyes 👀 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. We’ll show you every shortcut and insert method for both Windows and Mac, including the character codes you need. Eyes 👀 symbol / emoji is a bit of fun for documents and PowerPoint slides. Emoji and symbols can add personality to […]
October 2026 Patch Tuesday: 173 Office Fixes, 26 Critical Flaws, and Office 2021’s Final Update
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 173 security flaws in Office, 26 of them Critical. Excel alone gets 69 patches, Outlook has five Critical bugs, and Office 2021 receives its very last security update. Here’s what you need to do right now — and why you should wait a week before installing. There is some […]
How to Pause Microsoft Office Updates After September’s Patch Bugs
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday arrives today, and after September’s rough round of updates including an Excel copy-paste bug that took two weeks to fix and other troubles, be cautious. Here’s how to temporarily pause Office updates on Windows and Mac so you can let others test first, without leaving your system exposed long-term. The […]
Copilot in Word Now Cites Its Sources, Here’s How to Use It
Microsoft’s September 2026 update brings two Copilot upgrades to Word 365: citations that show where Copilot’s answers come from and the ability to rearrange images by typing a prompt. Neither feature has appeared on our test machines yet, but here’s what Microsoft promises and how to get the most out of both when they arrive. […]
GPT 6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 in Copilot: What to Pick and When
Microsoft 365 Copilot now lets you choose two more AI models, OpenAI’s GPT 6.1 Sol and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5 across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Copilot Chat, Cowork, and Copilot Studio. Each model has different strengths, and picking the right one can save you time and give you better results. Here’s what’s changed, which model suits […]
Hidden Word Options That Make Better PDF Files
Word’s default PDF export creates a basic file, but hidden options let you make smaller PDFs, add navigation bookmarks, include accessibility features and even password-protect the result. Here’s where to find those options and how to use them. PDF’s made from Word can be smaller than usual for faster sending or to get under size […]
How to Insert Degree, Currency and Other Symbols in Microsoft Office
Need to type a degree sign, Euro symbol or other special characters in Word, Excel or Outlook? Here’s how to insert symbols in Microsoft Office — from one-off use to fast shortcuts for characters you need every day. Degree mark for temperature. Has no special shortcut but you can make one (see below). Currency symbols. […]
Word Save As PDF Bug Silently Saves Files to Wrong Folder, How to Fix It
If you use Word 365 to save documents as PDFs to SharePoint and perhaps other locations, your files may be vanishing. Microsoft has confirmed a bug in version 2609 that silently drops PDFs into a hidden cache folder on your PC with randomized filenames, and gives you no warning. Here’s how to check if you’re […]
Switch Microsoft Accounts in Word, Excel and PowerPoint Without Signing Out
Juggling a work login, a personal Microsoft account and maybe a volunteer role? You don’t need to sign out and back in to Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Microsoft 365, Office 2024, Office 2021 and earlier for Windows lets you switch Microsoft accounts in Office with two clicks from the account menu at the top right […]
Word Spell Check: 10 Hidden Options You’re Probably Missing
Clicking a red underlined word in Microsoft Word shows more than a few suggested spellings. Word’s spell check menus hide ten useful options, including Change All to fix every copy of a typo at once, Add to AutoCorrect so Word fixes that mistake for you in the future, and Ignore All, which only appears when […]
Merriam-Webster new words vs Microsoft Word
Merriam-Webster has added 1,400 new words and definitions to its dictionary, including looksmaxxing, crashout and Rickroll. We typed the headline internet slang into Microsoft Word to see which words get the red squiggly underline. Word already knows some surprisingly fresh slang but still flags a prank that’s been around since 2007. If you use these […]
Word 365 crashes when third-party apps fill templates, how to fix it
Word 365 is crashing when third-party document assembly, case management and practice management programs try to generate documents from templates. Microsoft has confirmed the bug in Version 2608 but offers no fix yet. Here’s how to check whether you’re affected and what to do about it. Microsoft says that after updating to Version 2608 (Build […]
