Avoiding Comic Sans with these alternatives
Free alternatives to the overused Comic Sans font. The Wall Street Journal has a history of Comic Sans, the font Read More
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X Æ A-12 in Microsoft Word and Office
Elon Musk and partner have named their child X Æ A-12 (no kidding) how do you type Æ in Microsoft Read More
Changing Word zoom to custom fixed settings
How to change Word zoom to your preferred Zoom settings. Ray R writes … “I have been having some vision Read More
Does an Office licence work for two users on a computer?
Microsoft Office rules might let two users or more use the same copy of Office on a computer. It depends Read More
Search My Files is the better way to find files, PDF and Office documents
Nirsoft’s SearchMyFiles has received a major boost. It can now search inside Office documents and PDF’s. SearchMyFiles is the Windows Read More
15 ways to save or export Outlook emails or items
There are many ways to save an Outlook email or other items to a separate file. Which one you choose Read More
Merge or Split cells in Word tables
Combine adjacent Word Table cells into a single cell or split a cell in two. Welcome to ‘Merge Cells’ where Read More
Making pictures smaller - some more options.
There are many ways to make pictures smaller, in both senses of the word. Here are three more options plus Read More
Making lines in Word and stopping them!
Word has a set of AutoFormat shortcuts that make horizontal lines, here’s how they work, how to change them, color Read More
The Old Alt + X trick
Quickly insert symbols, characters and emoji in Microsoft Word without taking your fingers off the keyboard. Inserting Symbols into Word Read More
Simple image overlays in Word
Adding some text, an arrow or graphic to an image should be an easy task in Word … and it Read More
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 a Read More
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 was Read 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 edit Read 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. An Read 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. Unlike Read 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 anyone Read 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 with Read 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 own Read More
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