Converting SVG into JPG, PNG or other raster image format
Converting SVG icons into JPG is essential for older Word and Office versions that don’t have native icon/SVG support. SVG’sRead More
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Word’s Melissa virus is 20 years old – what’s changed?
One of the first major Word viruses, the Melissa virus, is 20 years old. It’s amazing to see how muchRead More
Laundry label text font in Microsoft Office
Which font to use if emulating a true laundry care or clothing text label in Word, PowerPoint or other OfficeRead More
When Outlook goes completely off the rails
What can you do when Outlook won’t connect to a new mailbox no matter what you try? Long time OfficeRead More
Automatic worksheet/tabs list in Excel
An automatically updated list of all worksheets or tabs in Excel but there are ‘gotchas’ which aren’t often mentioned. We’veRead More
Word’s Save to Web Page options
Word for Windows has three options for saving a document to a web page, Web Page, Single Web Page orRead More
Yen ¥ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Yen ¥ currency symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and OfficeRead More
Degree symbol ° in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Type or enter the ° Degree symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Windows programs generally. Degree ° is aRead More
Google Translate with Office documents
If the Translation options in Microsoft Office don’t do it for you, try the Google Translate full document translation optionRead More
Make Word line spacing LESS than single
There’s a simple Microsoft Word trick that lets you shrink the vertical space between lines. Reducing below single line spacing. ToRead More
Pantone Color of 2019 – available now in Microsoft Office
Pantone has announced its Color of the Year for 2019 but before you run off to grab color swatches, here’sRead More
Print part of a Word document
Microsoft Word can print the selected parts of a document, not just the whole document, Select the part of theRead More
Why Microsoft’s Word Count went to court
A judgement from the US Court of Appeals turned on the Word Count feature in Microsoft Word and how itRead More
Better ways to Shrink One Page in Microsoft Word
We already talked about the Microsoft Word ‘Shrink One Page‘ feature and its limitations. Here’s suggestions for how to moveRead More
Office hacks come faster than ever before
A new report from Sophos shows how hacking via Office documents has changed of lot in 2018 with new attacksRead More
Add a fast keyboard shortcut for any Word style
Here’s how to add a keyboard shortcut for any Microsoft Word style including Headings and Normal style. A shortcut isRead More
Excel trap in date calculations
There’s a little trap in Excel when figuring out the number of days between two dates. Excel has one way,Read More
Degree symbol in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
How to type the degree symbol (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, latitude, longitude) into Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Degree Symbol codesRead More
Access: Persistence of Reference Problems
Back in 2002 I wrote an Access Archon article dealing with reference issues, among them the problem of certain referencesRead More
North Korea attacks via Microsoft Office … again
While North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was busy in Singapore, his government hackers were busy with new malware calledRead More
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