Microsoft Forms can export survey/quiz results to an Excel workbook, here’s how to do that easy and efficiently and the limitations that Microsoft hasn’t fixed for most customers. The current method of getting Microsoft Forms results into Excel isn’t very elegant. It doesn’t make use of Excel’s excellent data import
If you look in the Outlook desktop for Windows data folder, you might see a .NST file as well as the usual .OST and .PST data files. Office Watch explains what a .NST file is, should you do a backup and whether itās safe to delete. An .NST file is
You might see mentions of āOutlook Groupsā or even Groups appearing in your Outlook navigation pane.Ā What are Outlook Groups, Microsoft 365 Groups and what can you do with them? For many people, the first thing they know about Groups is when the name appears in their Outlook, either Outlook
Deep inside Microsoft Word’s (Windows/Mac) grammar checks are some detailed settings like one to look for contractions such as: Ā I’m, you’re, shouldn’t, couldn’t and haven’t. These contractions are normal and accepted by Word 2016 Windows/Mac in it’s standard settings but you can change that. Formal Language, Consider avoiding contractions You’ll
One of the āemergencyā options to remember is WordPad, which can open Word documents, available in modern Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7. Often overlooked, WordPad can be very useful. Itās always available when Windows is running even in the Safe mode. No extra install or setup needed. Itās on
It’s possible and practical to make ‘handwritten’ notes or edits direct on your Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents. Instead of printing them out and using a pen/pencil, do it on-screen with a digital pen. Here’s a real-world guide to how you can do it, leaving aside the hype and flashy
Two ways to put left and right aligned text on the same line in Microsoft Word.Ā Thereās the commonly used option and the less well-known choice. BONUS: putting left, center and right aligned text on one line. Weāll show how to make Left and Right aligned text looking like this.
Type the Facsimile sign or Fax symbol ā»Ā into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.Ā Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. FAX ā» symbol is a single character with the letters FAX, normally used to prefix a telephone number in a letter heading or footer. For younger readers:
Occasionally OneNote pages or whole notebooks go missing ā¦ hereās eight places to try finding them again. Donāt Panic OneNote saves everything ā¦ it was designed that way from Day One. Itās unlikely that something has truly been erased. More likely that the page, section or notebook is hiding somewhere
Outlook for Windows lets you draw into emails. Itās an extension of the existing drawing features in Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and Office 2019. Outlookās message ribbon has Draw tab but unlike Word (where you can draw directly onto the document), the drawing tools only
Type the Hundred points šÆ emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. 100 points šÆ symbol is also known as ā100ā, āKeep it 100ā or āKeeping it realā. How 100 points šÆ looks in different fonts. Hereās some examples of how
Type the Face with Tears of joy šĀ emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.Ā Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Face with Tears of joy šĀ emoji is one of the most popular, if not THE most commonly used emoji. Also known as Laughing Crying, Laughing Tears,
You can add a Twitter blue or gray checkmark to your Microsoft Office documents including Word docs, PowerPoint slides.Ā Weāll show you how to add the āverifiedā graphic at any size you need with the exact blue, gray or some other color. Oh, and save yourself $8 a month <kidding>.
Microsoft Create is a new part of Microsoft 365 that will replace the existing Office templates site and more. Office Watch explains how to use the Create site now, the many categories available and whatās to come. Cut through all the usual Microsoft Hypeā¢ like āultimate creator launchpadā and the
A fascinating graphic shows were Microsoft (MSFT) makes money, how much profit it makes and tax paid. App Economy Insights https://twitter.com/EconomyApp made some charts comparing the Income and Spending of Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft. As you can see, the biggest money maker for Microsoft isnāt the traditional cash-cows Windows
Interesting thread from a former developer at Twitter, especially for anyone who thinks that using Twitter, Facebook etc. is harmless from a privacy point of view. Steve Krenzel says: ā Twitter, like most mobile apps, logs *everything* users do ā every swipe, tap, edit, delay, etcā¦ ā for debugging, metrics,
For a limited time, you can setup your own personal email address with your own domain name, using Outlook.com. The personalized email address feature means that you can have your own email address, such as Ā Sherlock@Holmes.com or Ā John@DrWatson.co.uk using the Outlook.com system as your mailbox. This personal email feature of
You can make Windows Search index your documents and Outlook data faster and ‘catch up’ indexing your documents, pictures and emails. Here’s how for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Windows Search makes an index of all your files, documents and Outlook data. It’s essential for quick
Kerning is a font setting that’s important in Word and PowerPoint.Ā We’ll explain kerning and why you mostly don’t have to worry about it except for large size text like titles and headings. Kerning adjusts the horizontal space between letters so they look right to the human eye. It’s necessary
Insert the TEL ā Telephone symbol ā” into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. TEL – Telephone ā” symbol is a single character with the letters TEL, normally used to prefix a telephone number in a letter heading or footer. How
The lesser of the two Windows OneNote programs has been dropped from the Microsoft Store. Itās part of the planned obsolescence of one OneNote app and the focus on a single Windows program for OneNote. Despite this change, thereās still plenty of Microsoft created confusion around OneNote apps. The Tale
Apple Pencil is great, expensive, but still the best digital pen option for iPads. Managing itās battery life needs simple trickery. The Apple Pencil doesnāt have an on/off option. That means that the Pencil keeps a connection and drains a little battery life all the time. When the Pencil is
Type the Tilde ~ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Plus an emoji alternative to Tilde. Tilde is used to mean āapproximateā as in ā ~30 minutes lateā. In maths it means āsimilar order of magnitudeā e.g. ā a ~
The Verge has some good advice on buying an iPad and choosing between the many models available. Nowās the time to buy last yearās iPad by Dan Seifert cuts through the messy collection of Apple iPad models with this core advice … … thing that remains the same isĀ it is
