Better live sorting in Excel 365
In late 2018, Excel 365 got an important new feature, Dynamic Arrays . Here’s a simple way to use the Read More
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Double Vertical Bar ‖ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Double Vertical Bar ‖ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows Read More
Cross of Lorraine ☨ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Cross of Lorraine ☨ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Sigma upper Σ or lower σ case symbols in Word and Office
How to insert the Sigma upper case Σ and Sigma lower case σ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both Read More
Omega upper Ω or lower ω symbols in Word and Office
Type the Greek letter Omega in upper case Ω or lower case ω in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both Read More
Om 🕉 or Devanagari Om ॐ symbols in Word and Office
Type the Om 🕉 or Devanagari Om ॐ symbol in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The Om 🕉 Read More
Christian Cross choices in Word, Excel, PPT and emails
There are various options for inserting a Christian or Latin Cross symbol into Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Read More
Hidden picture info in your Office documents
The BBC has a ‘long read’ about hidden information inside almost all photos. Office Watch has talked about this problem Read More
Image privacy breach in Microsoft Office
Back in 2015 we were amazed and dismayed to discover a privacy gap in Microsoft Office. Six years later Microsoft Read More
Down arrow ↓ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Down arrow ↓ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Read More
The case of the missing file extension
You’ve received a document, but when you try to open it, the file stubbornly won’t appear! We explain how to Read More
Black Right Pointing Backhand Index 🖝 symbol in Office
insert the Black Right Pointing Backhand Index 🖝 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows Read More
Black Right Pointing index ☛ symbol in Office
How to insert the Black Right Pointing index ☛ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Read More
Right-click menus now in Office for iPad
The Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for iPad are getting right-click menus when there’s a external mouse or trackpad connected. Read More
Solved! The problem with Excel Tables and Transpose
There are several ways for an Excel table to be transposed (rows and columns) but none of the online suggestions Read More
Three sources for an X in Word or PowerPoint
Where can you find an X symbol to overlay (or go under) text as used in Three ways to overlay Read More
Broken Vertical Bar ¦ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Broken Vertical Bar ¦ in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office Read More
Windows fixes for Office and printing problems
The March 2021 Windows patches have caused at least two major bugs (sorry ‘issues’) that can affect Office users or Read More
Finding more SVG or Icons for your Office documents
There are a lot more Office Icon or SVG graphics available than the ones in Office 365 or 2019. Jazz Read More
Excellent Excel for Web improvements
Excel in a web browser has some new improvements, many of them are familiar Excel desktop features moved online but Read More
