Dictation and Read Aloud in Office
The latest ebook from Office-Watch.com is a little different, it’s a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to our Office Watch donors. Peter Read More
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Special offer for Microsoft 365 Business Premium or an even cheaper option
If you’re thinking about getting Microsoft 365 email hosting with full Teams and SharePoint, Microsoft has a limited time offer Read More
The latest Office ‘Insiders’ names changes
Microsoft can’t help themselves when it comes to naming their ‘Insiders’, ‘Preview’ or beta test versions. The names change for Read More
The slow way to the end of Excel
Some people have way too much time on their hands …. and this was pre-lockdown! Hunter Hobbs decided to find Read More
How to reduce Microsoft’s spying on your Office use
There’s a hidden registry hack which can reduce the amount of information Office apps send to Microsoft. Dr Aleksandar Milenkoski, working Read More
Office 2010 updates are still available, here’s how
0Patch is stepping in where Microsoft has left by offering continued security updates for Office 2010 after official support was Read More
Putting a Command on the Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is located on the left side of the Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook title bar. You Read More
Quickly add any special characters in Office
One of the eternal questions to Office Watch is about adding characters to an Office document. Symbols and characters not Read More
Plus or Minus sign ± in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the ‘Plus or Minus sign’ ± into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Read More
Excel is getting better Conditional Formatting with much needed improvements
Excel’s Conditional Formatting is getting two small but much needed changes that will make it a lot easier to use. Read More
Left arrow ← in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Left arrow ← into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Fun Eyes 👀 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the fun Eyes 👀 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office Read More
Halloween icons and symbols for Word, Powerpoint and more
Quickly add a Halloween ghost, pumpkin, witches hat and more to your Outlook email, Word document or PowerPoint slides. Icons, Read More
Illustrations, new graphics in Microsoft 365 Windows and Mac
Illustrations are a new graphics option coming to Microsoft 365 that supplements the existing Icons with a wider range of Read More
Registered Trade Mark ® symbol in Word and Office
How to insert the Registered Trade Mark ® currency symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office Read More
Sound Recording Copyright ℗ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Put the Sound Recording Copyright ℗ or Circled P character into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office Read More
Quickly add continent maps to your Office documents
Adding a continent map is easy in Word, Excel or Powerpoint, in fact there’s a few ways to get them Read More
Paste Icons or SVG from Office documents to other apps
Microsoft is expanding their support for SVG graphics by allowing these ‘Icons’ to be copied from Office documents into other Read More
Now you can handwrite directly into Excel cells
Writing into cells is now possible in Excel for Windows using the Action Pen in a new way. Sadly, as Read More
X cross symbol ✗ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the diagonal cross Mark ✗, multiplication or ballot symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office Read More
