Google has a color selector among the many features in their home page. It’s free, works in any browser and it’s easy to copy color codes into Office. Search for ‘Color picker’ or https://www.google.com/?q=color+picker then move the two circles to choose the exact color and shade you want. The HEX
Microsoft 365 does an online licence check at least every 30 days. If your device will be offline for weeks, how can you make sure you have a full 30 days licence before disconnecting from the Internet? Here’s how to update your Microsoft 365 licence before going offline. Office 365
Styles can be saved in a Word document but are most effective when saved in a template. Changing the style in a template will affect any document that uses the same template. At the bottom of the Modify Style dialog are two choices for where to save the style. Microsoft
Here’s how to make a lookalike for the Law & Order TV show title card in either PowerPoint or Word. Last week we showed how to make the Law & Order opening screen image and how to use that look in slides or documents. Many readers asked why Office-Watch.com didn’t
One way to open a PowerPoint presentation could be to copy the opening of the Law & Order TV shows. Here’s how to get the same look in your PPT slides or Word documents plus the distinctive sound. The same formatting can be used in Word, maybe as a callout
Microsoft Teams is becoming another way for criminals to infiltrate an organization or spread malware. According to Help Net Security viruses are being distributed via Teams Chats. A program with an innocent name like UserCentric.exe allows hackers to remotely control computers, install DLL’s and get more information about the user
Here’s how to convert an older .doc .xls or .ppt into a safer and smaller .docx .xlsx .pptx even if you don’t have Microsoft Office. Any smart computer user is wary of documents received in the old .doc .xls .ppt formats because they are regularly used to transmit viruses. The
There are just a few days left for Business customers to lock in lower prices for Microsoft 365, before Business plans get more expensive on 14 March 2022. No customer likes a price increase but Microsoft’s targeted rises in Microsoft 365 Business plans have been unpopular with both customers and
Spreadsheets aren’t just for numbers and money, they can also be used to save lives when saved online and collaborating with other people. Lismore is northern NSW, Australia has been struck with massive floods leaving many people stranded in their homes, some trapped against rising waters. The emergency services were
How to add footnotes just below a photo in Microsoft Word The trick is similar to adding Footnotes to a Word table. Use Endnotes, instead of Footnotes (assuming you don’t use Endnotes elsewhere in the document). Add a Continuous Section Break and change the Endnotes settings to put them at
Moving the selected lines/s to a different numbering level in Microsoft Word is officially done from the Numbering Gallery | Change list level but there’s are quicker keyboard shortcuts. The faster way to do this is shortcuts: Alt + Shift + RIGHT arrow Down / right one level Alt +
Make WhatsApp send and receive the original, full size picture on Android devices for editing and viewing on larger screens. Usually, WhatsApp sends a small version of an image not the full size original but there’s a simple workaround. Find out more at Make WhatsApp send full size, original photos iPhone
Usually, WhatsApp sends a small version of an image not the full size original. Here’s how to send the proper picture on iPhone for editing and viewing on larger screens. In short: send the image using the Document option instead of Camera! Also for Android! Send a full size, original
Inserting an .ics iCalendar item into Outlook is typical Microsoft Office. Seemingly easy if you believe the simplistic ‘help’ from Redmond but a little more involved in practice. iCalendar .ics files are small text files which contain an appointment or event. It’s a common standard so they can be used
Type the Pound Sterling £ currency symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. £ symbol is easy on a UK keyboard but for other keyboards there’s no specific key for Pound. Pound is used for British Pounds Sterling and also
Samsung phones have a hidden service which is slowing down Microsoft Office apps including the mobile apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Office ‘all in one’ app. Inside some of the new S22 Galaxy smartphones is a Games Optimization Service, or GOS. Cynical techies know to be wary
There’s a simple and unobtrusive way to find a missing mouse pointer in both Windows 11 and Windows 10 using the Find My Mouse utility. Sometimes that mouse cursor seems to disappear. Nothing catches your eye when you moving the mouse around. There is a nice and easy solution using
Now you can see on the status bar if there’s accessibility problems as you work with your Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents. Tucked away on the Accessibility Pane is a option to run the accessibility checker as you work, instead of only on request. Keep accessibility checker running while I
Here’s a simple way to redact cells in an Excel worksheet. There’s no direct redaction tool for Excel to match the Microsoft derived Word Redaction Tool. What are the alternatives? Editing the worksheet Copy the worksheet then carefully edit it to remove the private content. Make sure you remove data,
Find and add the Ukraine flag or national colors into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. Ukraine Flag Image There are many, many copies of the Ukraine flag available. We’ve opted for the Wikipedia site because it has an SVG scalable version (preferred)
Excel is getting even more help to write formulas, look out for Argument Assistance coming to Excel on the web and hopefully beyond that. Argument Assistance won’t solve loud disputes with your partner, boss or that annoying guy on the bus. It’s a larger panel to guide people through completing
“You say Kiev, I say Kyiv” for the capital of the Ukraine. How does Microsoft Word handle the different spellings and how to pronounce the name with Read Aloud. See also Ukraine flag & colors in Word, Excel or PowerPoint Is it Kiev or Kyiv? Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling
It’s vexing that the numbering features in Word aren’t all in the one place. Instead they’re spread across different dialog boxes including “Adjust List Indents … ” and “Set Numbering Value…”. Those two bland names hide some useful Word tricks. Numbering can also be set as a style. The main
Word has at least seven in-built numbering for common uses in documents, some that you know and appear automatically with others hidden away and little understood. We’ve told you about Word Numbered List tricks and Hidden Numbering options in Word plus Faster Numbered and Multi-Level Level changes Headings have numbering options at
