Modern Excel lets you make a whole monthly calendar from just one cell formula. Weâll explain how itâs done with a sample workbook for our supporters. At its simplest, Excel can make a single month like this from a formula in cell A6 which fills all the cells with the
Skype has stopped their Skype Credits service which is bad news for Microsoft 365 consumers who took advantage of their monthly 60 minutes of free calls to worldwide phones. Without notice, Microsoft stopped both Skype Credits and Skype Numbers (incoming phone numbers to your Skype account). Whatâs now appearing at
With your annual Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscription, you get a fantastic perk: an hour of free Skype calls each month to many overseas destinations, and yes, that sometimes includes mobile phones! đđ Skype isn’t just for computer-to-computer calls, it can also make free or cheap calls to regular landline or mobile phone
As if there werenât enough problems with the latest Windows 11 24H2 update, now thereâs a bug which can block Outlook with Google Workspace Sync. Microsoft tries âpassing the buckâ to Google. The bug is in the Windows 11 24H2 update though Microsoft is quick to dismiss the problem as
Get Economic data or graphs from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) to load into your Excel workbooks or PowerPoint slides. From unemployment rates to the price of potato chips. FRED has 825,000 data sets for the USA and around the world. Tip: search FRED for your country (Canada, United Kingdom,
Microsoft has put Microsoft 365 customers on notice that a forced move from Outlook (classic) to their new, very different, Outlook for Windows will start in April 2026 for a large block of customers. Outlook (new) for Windows is a very different app from the Outlook weâve used for years.
Word can do simple calculations because Word for Windows has its very own built-in calculator. Calculate in Word has some nice tricks but also problems and traps. Type a calculation, hit the button (see below) and the result appears in the status bar AND itâs loaded into the clipboard ready
How to show currency amounts in Excel with the country and correct currency symbol included. Excel doesnât support the standard way that different currencies are displayed with their country codes like this: Dig into the Accounting/Currency Formats and youâll find these among a VERY long list of currency symbol options.
Pantoneâs color of the year for 2025 is âMocha Mousseâ. You can use that exact color in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Designer using the Hex/RGB color code. And weâll look at the flowery prose thatâs become a hallmark of this annual promotion. The color of 2025 is ⊠Mocha
Action buttons in PowerPoint are versatile tools that bring interactivity and control to your presentations. By following a few simple steps, you can insert and customize these buttons to perform tasks such as navigating slides or opening external applications. Incorporating action buttons can greatly enhance audience engagement, making your presentation
The famous London Tube Roundel or station sign is easy to recreate for Word, PowerPoint or other Office apps. The best way to do this is SVG graphics in Microsoft 365, Office 2024/2021/2019/2016. SVGâs let you change the colors and set the text easily. They don’t have to be a
My favorite Outlook calendar view is very useful but most people donât know itâs there. See today and the next week in one screen. I rarely care whatâs happened in the past, I want to see whatâs happening in the near future. That’s why my âGo Toâ calendar view is
Amazon UK have a great deal on Microsoft 365 Family. There’s a minor condition which is easily bypassed once you know the trick. Office Watcher, John F, let us know about this offer at Amazon UK. Alas, the original offer didn’t last long but the replacement deal is still worth
Enter the Ctrl + – (minus) shortcut in Excel. This powerful shortcut instantly deletes entire rows or columns without any confirmation. But thereâs hidden trickery going on and some misleading info online. Ctrl + – is commonly said to âdelete the selected row or columnâ but, as usual, the reality
The idea that Microsoft is using Word, Excel or other documents to train their Copilot AI system wonât die. Letâs debunk one too often repeated myth about Office âConnected Experiencesâ which is not proof of a Microsoft conspiracy to steal customers work. Weâve gone into detail about what isnât or
Social media is full of allegations that Microsoft is spying on customers Word and Excel documents to train their Copilot AI system. Hereâs the facts and the ‘gotchas’ that Microsoft leaves unanswered. In this article weâll go into the possibility of Microsoft âspyingâ on customers. Weâll start with a summary
Microsoft provides almost useless instructions on how to stop your data being used for Copilot AI model training. Hereâs how it really works. Like all AI companies, Microsoft uses the interactions with their Copilot system to help improve its responses. Thatâs called âmodel trainingâ. Some people, understandably, donât want their
Black Friday means many software deals, on Microsoft 365 and especially Microsoft Office. Here’s how to navigate the treacherous waters of Black Friday sales and ensure you get genuine products without falling prey to fraudulent offers and scams. Recognizing Too-Good-To-Be-True Deals It’s easy to be tempted by offers that seem
Australian Microsoft 365 customers have a chance to extend their Family or Personal plan for near the old price, before the recent price hikes. As part of the trial of Copilot with Microsoft 365 Family/Personal, prices in some countries rose by 20-30% overnight. See Copilot comes to Microsoft 365 with
The latest major Microsoft server outage has shown how vulnerable the new Outlook for Windows is to any breakdown at Microsoft. Outlook (new) is the replacement for the Outlook (classic) for Windows that comes with Microsoft 365 and Office plans. Though the two look similar, Outlook (new) is very different
Bates Numbering is tricky in Word. Weâll explain how to add this special numbering system to Word documents and why itâs not recommended in most situations. What is Bates Numbering? Bates Numbering is a way to add a fixed number or serial number system to each page of a document.
There are many ways to get a list of file names and folders, hereâs four simple ways including one that might be a surprise. Copy from Explorer In Windows Explorer, select the files you want then right-click and choose âCopy as pathâ or Ctrl + Shift + C. The list
Yes, Microsoft Word lets you select vertical (up or down) text blocks. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you
Here are the exact colour codes and new names for the âOvergroundâ lines in London, plus how to add a thick double line in Office documents just like on a Tube map. The changeover is happening in late November 2024. Some old rail lines in London were coloured Orange on
