Type the âpushing handsâ emoji, left 𫷠or right đ«žin Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and other Office apps. Officially the emoji are called Rightwards Pushing Hand đ«ž and Leftwards Pushing Hand đ«· but can also be used as a âHigh Fiveâ. These emoji can be used separately or together to great effect,
Microsoft Designer now has a nice Erase tool to remove unwanted parts of an image. Finding Erase is a little tricky, weâll show you where itâs hiding and how to get the most from Erase. Erase lets you remove parts of an image. Itâs not on the main image toolbar
Microsoft is offering some workarounds for a bug in Outlook for Windows which leaves it hanging on the opening screen and very slowly opening properly. According to Microsoft the bug is in the Outlook software part of Microsoft 365 for Windows. We suspect a similar problem might also be in
Weâve not forgotten about Windows 10 and have just updated Windows 10 for Microsoft Office users to accompany the latest mid-2023 changes and extras. Windows 10 for Microsoft Office users continues to help people get the most from Windows 10, even in 2023. There’s also Windows 11 (June 2023) for
A newly found bug in Windows 11 & 10 might stop you saving or copying files in many apps including some versions of Microsoft Office. Update: there’s a patch now available for Windows 11 but not Windows 10. The bug appears to have been in Windows for a while but
Weâre delighted to announce that our popular ebook Windows 11 (June 2023) for Microsoft Office users has been updated to accompany the latest mid-2023 “Moment 3” changes to Windows 11 itself. New Chapters Two new chapters have been added to the 1,000 page book plus other changes to reflect the
Comments in Word documents can now have a quick response from others just by clicking a âLikeâđbutton. Why just one button when other Microsoft apps have more? Instead of writing a short reply adding to a Word comment thread, you can now just click a Likeđbutton on an existing comment
Microsoft continues to push Office users to store their documents on OneDrive with new promotional messages appearing inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Messages like these are appearing for Microsoft 365 customers who are saving documents on their computer, not OneDrive. âMAKE THE MOST OF MICROSOFT 365 Take advantage of OneDrive
Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10, ideal for older computers or virtual machines. We tested Microsoft Office on both âtiny11â and âtiny10â to see if the Office apps can run in memory far below the official limits. Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of
Tucked away in a little known part of Microsoftâs web sites is a lovely collection of wallpapers (or PowerPoint backgrounds) with new and old, nostalgic designs. Including a 4k rendering of the famous Windows XP wallpaper . Go to https://wallpapers.microsoft.design/ to see all the wallpapers. At first some in full-page
Microsoft is again changing the way Search works in Microsoft 365 and also (surprise!) Office 2021 to expand the results beyond the document or Office features. Now you can search for definitions, media and even web results from the top bar of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The most recent announcement
Our annual look at the words that challenged the Scripps Spelling Bee champs to see how many are recognized by the spell check in Microsoft Word. 2023 wasnât a good year for Word with a disappointing score that would shame some 14 year olds. Hereâs a selection of the last
Microsoft is already boasting that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams will work with the new Apple Vision Pro headset. Here’s a quick look at the new tech and a few features that caught our eye. Apple Vision Pro is the much anticipated virtual-reality headset due out in early 2024 for
What can you do if there’s an outage or breakdown in Microsoft 365 email cloud services? If you’re prepared, you can continue working and communicating until Microsoft fixes the outage. Microsoft 365 breaks down occasionally, so do other online services. These outages have and will happen to even the best
Microsoft Outlook and Teams had a horror Monday (and now into Tuesday) with cloud service outages affecting many paying and unhappy customers. The peak trouble was around 11am (US Eastern time) Monday 5th June. UPDATE: As we type this, there’s a new Exchange Online (Microsoft 365 hosting) outage. According to
Insert the official Power on, off, sleep or standby symbols in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office apps. Either via a font or graphics. These power symbols are not directly supported in either Windows or Mac. Thatâs surprising because the symbols are commonly used on appliances and in software.Â
Use Excel to figure out the percentage discount or increase, for example the difference between the original and sale prices. We’ll show you the Excel formula and some practical tricks beyond the official answer. Percentage discount formula The basic formula is: (Original â Sale) â to figure out the difference
Amazonâs European sites are offering good deals on Microsoft 365 Personal (in Deutsch âMicrosoft 365 Singleâ) The best deal is around âŹ4.35 a month. Weâll look at each offer, figure out which is best and how to avoid the traps. Weâve found similar good deals for the six-user Microsoft 365
Amazonâs European sites are offering good deals on Microsoft 365 Family (for 6 users) including an unusual offer weâve not seen before. The best deal amounts to just âŹ5 a month which you can use to extend an existing Microsoft 365 Family plan. We’ve looked at each offer, figured out
The latest Microsoft 365 feature is an insult to customers who wonât obey. For years Microsoft has been pushing customers to save everything to their OneDrive cloud storage using many tricks, but this latest ‘smart reminder’ is blatant and insulting to paying customers. Smart Save Reminders The feature is called
Hide that âTry the new Outlookâ option appearing in Outlook for Windows and why you should not click that button ⊠not yet anyway. Microsoft has released the ânew Outlookâ to some customers as an option because they want lots of unpaid âguinea pigsâ. Each ânewâ feature added to the
Itâs one thing for a printer maker to add expensive and limited ink âsubscriptionsâ but HP have gone way too far by permanently disabling a printer if the customer stops the monthly plan. And there’s excessive monitoring of how you use your printer. HP+ Smart Printing System (aka HP Plus
Insert the Right arrow â into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The official Unicode name is âRightward Arrowâ â  but it can be called âRight pointingâ âRight facingâ or just âRight Arrowâ. Want more arrows or pointers? Check out all
Word and Office have several right âpointing handâ symbols available in some fonts. Hereâs the Unicode options, index, backhand, sideways in white or black, all explained and shown. Want more arrows or pointers? Check out all 200+ Arrow or Hand pointing symbols and more in a searchable list. Index, Backhand
