The slow way to the end of Excel
Some people have way too much time on their hands …. and this was pre-lockdown! Hunter Hobbs decided to find Read More
Office 2007
Putting a Command on the Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is located on the left side of the Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook title bar. You Read More
Reader's suggestion for typing a tick in Office
A quick way to type a ü tick or check mark character in Word. Another great Autocorrect suggestion from Morris Read More
Quickly add any special characters in Office
One of the eternal questions to Office Watch is about adding characters to an Office document. Symbols and characters not Read More
Plus or Minus sign ± in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the ‘Plus or Minus sign’ ± into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Read More
Left arrow ← in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Left arrow ← into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Fun Eyes 👀 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the fun Eyes 👀 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office Read More
New Apple emoji available now but be careful
The new Apple iOS 14.2 adds 117 new emoji to use but be careful now you use them because not Read More
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
The trick to Find or Replace web links in Word
Find or change many web links in Word documents using the Replace command, here’s the trick. For example, you might 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
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
Word field codes for everyone
Word field codes are a way to add some automation or automatic content into your documents. A simple example is 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
