Better Excel formula converts days into Years, Months, Days
Here’s a better Excel formula for converting a number of days into text for year, months and days. This formula Read More
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
Typing Numero and other symbols in Office
How to type the ‘Numero’ symbol and other special characters – there’s many ways to do it in Word and Read More
Find your place in the company with Outlook’s Org Explorer
Org Explorer is a new part of Outlook for Windows that shows where you fit in an organization. Who is Read More
Useful shared calendar improvements in Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is in the final stages of a major improvement in the ‘plumbing’ behind synchronizing calendars across an organization. Read More
Using Review mode in OneDrive, Sharepoint and Word
Review mode is a very useful sharing choice in OneDrive and Sharepoint for Microsoft Word documents only. It lets people Read More
Block download option for Microsoft 365 sharing
The Block Download option is worth considering when sharing an Office document, audio file or PDF that you’d like to Read More
Sharing changes coming to OneDrive and Office 365
The options for sharing documents and files will be changing over the next twelve months for the Office 365 apps, Read More
Word’s symbol substitution, the good and the bad
A few years ago, Microsoft quietly added a little Word trickery to make it easier to Insert Symbols and not Read More
More strangeness with Excel Map Charts
Yet more examples of strangeness and inconsistencies with Excel Map Charts with some unexpected workarounds. When Bing ‘accidently’ dropped images Read More
Excel meets esports in the Financial Modeling World Cup
Esports (online gaming) is getting serious. Tomorrow the Financial Modelling World Cup pits eight Excel experts against each other in Read More
Get more from Office 365's Recommended Documents
Office for Windows can have an extra on the Home pane – Recommended Documents which tries to suggest documents you’re Read More
100 points 💯 emoji in Word, PowerPoint and Office
Type the Hundred points 💯 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office Read More
Get up to speed with Teams Demos
Microsoft has a series of demo pages that go ‘step by step’ through the main features in Teams. Teams Basics Read More
Why can’t I see all the features in Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft regularly promotes new or updated features in Teams, but there’s no sign of them for many people – there’s Read More
How to hide a column in Word
You can hide a table column in Word, all it takes is a little trickery and ignoring Microsoft’s advice! Sometimes Read More
Make Google Maps work with Outlook appointments
Google Maps is invaluable for getting around, especially in an unknown city. Corporate rivalry means there’s no proper integration between Read More
Excel Map Charts are way overdue for fixes
A few annoying things in Excel 365 / 2019 / 2021 / LTSC Map charts that Microsoft should fix. We’ll Read More
How to set text on its side, an angle or a curve in Word
Word isn’t limited to horizontal text, with a little digging on the ribbon you can put text vertically, at an Read More
Easy face mask graphics for Word and PowerPoint
Join us in a hunt for face mask graphics and icons to use in Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Use Read More
Tips and help for COVID-19 Vaccination Stats download in Excel
Some of the features, tips tricks in our new COVID-19 vaccination statistics workbook for Excel 365. See Get COVID-19 vaccination Read More
