One person Comments in Word
Adding comments to documents isn’t just for groups, use them yourself for your own reminders and side-comments on a document. Read More
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2020 - Year of the Icon?
2020 will be remembered for many things (big sigh) but from a design viewpoint, it could be the Year of Read More
Dagger † symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert a Dagger † into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Read More
Double Dagger ‡ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Double Dagger ‡ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Microsoft 365 web page update
The Office.com home page is being updated or rather rearranged. The changed page has been described as ‘beautiful’ and ‘great’. Read More
Quick Fix for Office display problems
How to quickly fix display problems in Microsoft Office. When Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook don’t show up on the Read More
Office Function key alternatives
If pressing Function keys is a hassle, like on smaller laptop keyboards, there are some alternatives. Many laptop users avoid Read More
Complete Function Keys in Microsoft Word
Function keys on your keyboard, though neglected, does have a special role to play specified by the software you are Read More
Money in Excel goes public
Microsoft has gone public with their Money Excel template to import and manage financial transactions from bank accounts. There are Read More
Text Wrapping Breaks in Word
When including images or other objects in a Word document, it can sometimes be a bit fiddly getting the text Read More
Numbered List with Only Odd or Even Numbers in Word
If you want a list of numbered items using only odd or even numbers; how do you do that? Are Read More
Restart or renew Microsoft 365 licence before going offline
Microsoft 365 does an online licence check at least every 30 days. If your device will be offline for weeks, Read More
What’s new in Office for Windows – May 2020
Some useful new features have now been rolled out to the public versions of Microsoft 365 (Office 365) for May Read More
Care of ℅ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
The Care of ℅ symbol can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows Read More
More Rounded Corner tricks for Office
Some more tricks for improving or fixing rounded corner boxes in Office. Change the corner angle or roundness even to Read More
‘Tell me’ help now in Mac Office 365 with the same limitations
‘Tell me’ help box is now in Microsoft/Office 365 for Mac as a way to find features on the ribbon. Read More
Typography 101 – font terms explained
Font vs typeface, ascender, desender, X-height, finial … there’s a nice one-page guide to all the Typography terminology. Become a Read More
Vmware and Hyper/V work together – at last!
At long last, Microsoft and VMWare have decided to ‘play nice’ and allow their virtual machine products to run on Read More
Face mask graphics for Word and PowerPoint
Join us in a hunt for facemask graphics and icons to use in Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Icons The Read More
PowerPoint Ken Burns Effect complete – part 3
We continue our look at the options for the ‘Ken Burns Effect’ in PowerPoint by combining the pan and zoom Read More
