The \s n switch inside the { SEQ } field code isn’t easy to understand so here’s an example of how it resets numbering after a Heading style. Use {SEQ \s n } to restart numbering from 1 after a chosen Heading style. E.g. { SEQ Identifier \s 1 }
Get the most from the SEQ (Sequence) field code in Microsoft Word using these options and switches. Office-Watch.com has tested all the {SEQ} features and found a few things that are different from the official Office documentation. To start with {SEQ } check out Why Word’s SEQ code is a
Old email addresses or people have an annoying habit of appearing in Outlook, even after you’ve deleted the address or person from the Contacts list. Here’s why obsolete emails keep appearing and how to remove these unwanted and dangerous strays. Here’s an example of Outlook’s problem with ‘sticky’ and unwanted
Microsoft Outlook was blamed for a 2015 leak of passport details of world leaders, including President Obama, according to a report in The Guardian. Here’s what happened then, how it can still happen now and what you can do to avoid the same trap. The details where emailed to the
A Monday morning glitch by Microsoft has accidently disabled access to most Microsoft 365 Stock images and more. At 5:30pm UTC (12:30pm NYC): Microsoft 365 Stock Content is now available on our test machines in the UK and USA. Give your Insert | Pictures | Stock Images a try with
When the Stock and Geography data types disappear from the Data ribbon in Excel here’s how to fix and restore Linked Data Types. The Data ribbon is missing the entire ‘Data Types’ section. We’ve had several reports from Office-Watch.com readers who start Excel 365 and find that their Stock and
Microsoft Word has many supplied Bibliography formats or styles to choose from. You can add your own custom formats to suit your needs (or your professors). First, a quick look at how Word figures out how to format or arrange a citation. See: Add a Bibliography to Word documents Citations for
Type the Orthodox Cross ☦ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Orthodox Cross or Russian Othodox Cross ☦ symbol is widely seen in Russia and in particular the Russian Orthodox Church. There’s also a Christian or Latin Cross ✝ symbol
Type the Marriage Symbol ⚭ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Marriage Symbol ⚭ symbol is two interlocked circles with obvious symbolism. It can be used for any situation you like, perhaps when two items or groups merge or an
Whenever someone has a numbering or list problem in Microsoft Word, the solution usually revolves around the little known but oh so flexible SEQ code. SEQ lets you do things in Word that aren’t possible with the numbered or multi-level list features. Even the powerful ListNum field has to give
Microsoft charges quite different prices for Office 365 Home/Microsoft 365 Family, depending on the country. Some countries residents pay more for Microsoft 365 than others and the differences can be large. We decided to see how cheap or expensive Office 365 Home/Microsoft 365 Family plan can be, depending on where
How long do you have to work to afford Microsoft Office? That’s the question we asked after compiling a list of Office 365 prices across the globe, Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal. For most people it’s not long but there’s a lot of variation from less than one
Microsoft has started dropping ads into Office 2021 in another attempt to switch customers off single-payment Microsoft Office and on to the annual ‘subscription’ Microsoft 365. UPDATED: this article now updated after hearing from some Office Watch readers (always a handy way to find out what’s really happening with Office
An important and useful new option is coming to Word 365’s collaboration options ‘Review only’ aka ‘Reviewing’ mode. There’s also a workaround to get a similar power in other versions of Microsoft Word. Until now sharing a document was only possible in two ways. Either sharing the editing of the
Microsoft has announced a new Symbols Server for Microsoft Office which is a good move but not what most people think of when they see the word ‘Symbols’. These symbols are NOT characters like £ € ™ nor emoji such as ❄️❤️🎂 or the infamous eggplant🍆 😁 The new symbols
You have an Apple iPad but do you know all the different ways that Microsoft Office can run on an iPad. There are four different options, some free and others you have to pay for. Why bother? Surely you just install the Office mobile apps and that’s it? Sadly no,
When you open a master document in Microsoft Word it might give you a scare. Instead of showing the document text all you see is some links. All the subdocuments will appear as hyperlinks in the master document. To see the entire master document with sub-documents go to View |
Making unique (not duplicated) list in Excel is possible in three ways that update automatically. One is headspinningly hard. One has some minor quibbles. The best option is a lot easier and relatively new in Excel. We’re talking here about making a list of unique (non-duplicate) values which update automatically
Segoe Fluent Icon is a handy extra symbols font with some icons that aren’t easily available anywhere else. It’s free for Windows and Mac. Here’s how to use it in Word and Office. Segoe Fluent Icons is intended for use by developers making their Windows apps but there’s no reason
A new embarrassment for Microsoft as they scramble to fix a bug in Outlook 365 for Windows which crashes when trying to display some emails, most commonly receipt emails from Uber. Office Watch goes into detail of this bug. It’s more serious than just blaming Uber for a bug in
Microsoft 365 services are stopping for Office 2019 and Office 2016 two years before their announced software end dates Microsoft is being especially cruel to Office 2019 customers. In October 2023 (i.e 14 months from now) services like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business will not be supported
An easy way to make fancy text, especially headings, with extra style and flourish is with the OpenType Ligatures in Word for Microsoft 365, 2021 and earlier versions of Word including Word for Mac. Microsoft Word supports OpenType Ligatures. Apart from Word, OpenType Ligatures are also applicable in Publisher and,
There’s a way to convert a sentence into an Excel Formula using modern AI. You’d expect this to come from Microsoft but instead it’s the work on one smart man who has made the Excel Formula Bot. David Bressler has created a way to turn human sentences into an Excel
Once you have the basic setup for the I ♥ or I Love … sign, the fun begins. Making your own variations for a Word document or PowerPoint presentation. Start by making your own I ♥ or I Love … sign based on the original I Love NY logo. Font
