A simple check for Plus addressing with your email address
There’s a simple way to tell if your mailbox has the plus + address feature. Plus email addressing (aka disposable Read More
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Make your own ‘Awards’ with Word and PowerPoint
Those ‘award’ logos with the laurel or fern on each side can be made in Word or PowerPoint. The ‘awards’ Read More
Copyright © tricks for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Tricks for typing the Copyright © into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office Read More
Check out Outlook’s “Smart” Replies to literary and movie classics
We’ve tried out famous and classic lines on Microsoft suggested reply feature. Inspired by The New Yorker’s tests with Gmail. Read More
Office sales help another great financial result for Microsoft
Microsoft first quarter 2021 earnings received a big boost from the move to remote working and the COVID-19 crisis. Though 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
Make a Word table with picture background
How did we make a Word table with a picture background for a recent article – asks an Office Watch 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
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
Office dropped onto Windows computers, in a new way
Microsoft is trying a new way to push Office or Microsoft 365 to new customers by dropping links into the Read More
Office 365 continues to be a hackers treasure chest
Office 365 hosting is still a big target for hackers and criminals to infiltrate organizations around the world. There are Read More
Microsoft bug fixes have October Outlook surprise
There are 87 different security breaches fixed in this months rollout of Microsoft bug fixes, including an important one for Read More
Is Excel ready for negative interest rates?
Are your Excel worksheets ready for negative interest rates? The world is seeing historically low interest rates. So low that Read More
Type a Checkmark or tick ✓ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Check mark or tick has two options, normal ✓ or heavy ✔ to insert into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Read More
8 tips for great Excel Sparklines
Excel’s Sparklines have a good range of options for highlighting high and low values, text or calculated overlays, changing axis Read More
Office 365 for Mac has major change coming
Microsoft is changing their operating system requirement for Office 365 on Mac from 10 November 2020. From 10 November 2020, Read More
Word’s Find can’t find all Unicode symbols and emoji
Word has a way of finding Unicode symbols by their reference number, except it doesn’t work for many symbols and Read More
