The Old Alt + X trick
Quickly insert symbols, characters and emoji in Microsoft Word without taking your fingers off the keyboard. Inserting Symbols into Word Read More
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Simple image overlays in Word
Adding some text, an arrow or graphic to an image should be an easy task in Word … and it Read More
Two ways for sorting by Number
Choosing the sort type is really important and Word doesn’t always guess correctly. Office-Watch.com reader Peter M. reminds us that Read More
How to hide a column in Word
You can hide a column in Word, all it takes is a little trickery. Sometimes you want to hide a Read More
Sort by hidden column in Word
How to sort a list using a hidden or unseen list in Word. Sometimes you want to sort a list Read More
Sorting in Word
In-depth and clever tricks with sorting in Word. Following our look at different alphabetical orders, here’s a look at the Read More
Why PivotTables get confused and how to fix them
Why Excel PivotTables get messed up and how to stop it. Time and again we’ve heard from people who try Read More
PivotTables: selecting and changing data sources
How to add and remove data from a PivotTable. Thanks for the great feedback from our article on PivotTables. One Read More
Character Map in Windows
A Windows feature that’s very useful for Microsoft Office users. Character Map has been in Windows for as long as Read More
Simple and useful PivotTables
A simple, practical and non-scary example of how Excel PivotTables can work for you. Excel’s PivotTables are a great feature Read More
How Word's grammar check can let you down
A funny example of how you can’t trust the spelling and grammar checks in Word. We laughed at this sign, Read More
Which character code is that?
Word: how to find the character code used for a particular letter or symbols. Last week we talked about the Read More
Microsoft Word and the Oxford comma
How Word can warn you about the ‘Oxford’ or serial comma’? The Oxford comma is one of those grammatical things Read More
A faster way to copy pictures into Office documents
Another easy way to get images into Word and other Office documents. Last week we mentioned a faster way to Read More
Outlook Quick Steps in depth
A quicker way to do some regular tasks in Outlook. Quick Steps is that big block in the middle of Read More
Scanning from within Microsoft Word
Can you scan a picture or document directly into Word? Back in the day, you could click a button in Read More
8 ways to improve on Word's Table Styles
Great table formatting options not available from Microsoft Word’s Table Style gallery. Word’s Table Style gallery is a tempting selection Read More
Word tables for formatting magic
Use Word tables to do formatting tricks or make complex formats easily. There’s more to Word tables than just showing Read More
Merge Cells in Word tables
Combine adjacent cells into a single cell or split a cell in two. Welcome to ‘Merge Cells’ where you can Read More
Outlook Reply / Forward prefixes
Why RE and FW are the best options for email subjects When you reply or forward a message your email Read More
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