Excel eats Cake
The Excel team has joined the current ‘Cake’ meme with a new Cake() function in Excel. Hilarity ensues … Source: Read More
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Tricks to using YouTube videos into PowerPoint
Online videos from YouTube and other sources can be played within a PowerPoint slide and there are tricks to work Read More
One person Comments in Word
Adding comments to documents isn’t just for groups, use them yourself for your own reminders and side-comments on a document. Read More
2020 - Year of the Icon?
2020 will be remembered for many things (big sigh) but from a design viewpoint, it could be the Year of Read More
Dagger † symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert a Dagger † into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Read More
Double Dagger ‡ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Double Dagger ‡ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Excel Function Keys explained
Function Keys in Excel are a convenient and quicker way of doing tasks by using keyboard instead of mouse. Here’s Read More
Hear a document with Speak in Word 2016, 2013 and 2010
Word 2016, Word 2013 and Word 2010 for Windows all have a ‘text to speech’ or ‘Speak’ feature to read Read More
SLK files used to hack into Excel, again
Despite fair warnings, Microsoft has allowed an old Excel format .SLK to get past their email security and infect Excel Read More
Quick Fix for Office display problems
How to quickly fix display problems in Microsoft Office. When Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook don’t show up on the Read More
Repeating or recurring Outlook Appointments
Outlook can record appointments in the Calendar but it can also record ‘recurring’ appointments for things that happen on a Read More
Nekofont - the cat font
Headline your next document with cats! Looking for something really different to headline your next document or presentation – why Read More
Windows Movie Maker is still available
Windows Movie Maker is a simple and free video editor from Microsoft. Officially it’s no longer available but it’s still Read More
ICE – In Case of Emergency card in Word
Word can be used to fill in and make an ICE or In Case of Emergency card. Our newsletter subscribers Read More
Start a Numbered List from any value, not just 1
You can tell Microsoft Word to start an ordered or numbered list from any number or letter you like. Not Read More
Office Function key alternatives
If pressing Function keys is a hassle, like on smaller laptop keyboards, there are some alternatives. Many laptop users avoid Read More
Complete Function Keys in Microsoft Word
Function keys on your keyboard, though neglected, does have a special role to play specified by the software you are Read More
Make Diagonal Text in Word
Are you exploring ways to enhance a graphical presentation, make your word document more appealing, trying to make the text Read More
What to do when there’s no phone number to activate Microsoft Office
There’s a bug in the activation process for Microsoft Office from Office 2016 way back to Office 2007 which makes Read More
Excel’s order of calculation and BODMAS
Excel has a slightly different order of calculation to the BODMAS rule taught to us at school. Those variations are Read More
