Is Excel more useful than algebra?
One of the sillier online debates is an argument about the usefulness of algebra and other maths skills in aRead More
Office 2003
Another Access memory leak finally patched
The second Access memory leak has finally been patched by Microsoft, almost a year after a very similar problem wasRead More
Lock up your Excel worksheet or cells!
How to lock your Excel worksheet from editing – the whole thing or some cells. Allow some people to editRead More
IF and Nested IF Statements in Excel
An IF statement might sound like a complicated thing that programmers do, but it’s actually fairly easy to do in Excel. AnRead More
Pantone 2020 color of the year in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Pantone has announced its Color of the Year for 2020 here’s how to get it in Microsoft Office – Word,Read More
Unique filter in Excel – the manual ‘one-off’ options
There are two a simple ways to make a list of unique or non-duplicate entries from a longer list. UnlikeRead More
How a deleted Word document caught a serial killer
A Word document and a floppy disk caught a serial killer back in 2010. There are current lessons for anyoneRead More
SumIF, a better way to Sum in Excel
The venerable SUM() function in Excel is simple, really too simple. It just adds up a range of cells withRead More
Word’s Calculator tricks and problems
There’s no need to switch out of Word to do simple calculations because Word for Windows has its very ownRead More
Text formatting in Excel with wrapping, line breaks and merging
There are plenty of options to fit text in Excel but not all of them are obvious. Here’s your choicesRead More
Complete guide to adding placeholder or filler Text in Word
Microsoft Word has several ways to quickly insert placeholder text into documents. Sometimes you want to add some random textRead More
What’s the earliest date possible in Outlook and workaround.
Our articles about saving past events with anniversary reminders begs the question; How far back can Outlook save an event.Read More
Apollo 11 events to download and add to a calendar
Here’s a practical example of how to share an appointment or event with reminders using the iCalendar .ics standard. SomeRead More
8 ways to share calendars or events in Outlook
There are many ways to share an entire calendar or individual events in Outlook software. Sharing can be ‘live’ andRead More
Why Venice invented italics … you can use that trick in Microsoft Word.
Back in the 16th Century, italic fonts were invented and that trick can still be used today in Microsoft Word. Read More
Buying old versions of Microsoft Office
How can you buy an older version of Microsoft Office to fit in with your other computers? Fran, a loyalRead More
Does a document name reveal your secrets?
A US government department has accidentally revealed a secret by overlooking the obvious in Office document security. Office helps youRead More
When F9 and other Fn keys don’t work in Word or Excel
Office Watch reader Steve G is having a problem in Word. The F9 key is starting Cortana instead of updatingRead More
Upside-down or Spanish Question mark in Word
The inverted or Spanish question mark ¿ is available in Microsoft Word, regardless of language setting. There’s even an in-builtRead More
Upside-down or Spanish Exclamation mark in Word
The inverted or Spanish exclamation mark ¡ is available in Microsoft Word, regardless of language setting. There’s even an in-builtRead More
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