Create Barcodes in Word
Once you start delving into Word, you find it can do all sorts of things that you wouldn’t expect. OneRead More
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To the person who stole my Microsoft Office
Courtesy of the good folks at Popbitch comes this groaner; To the person who stole my copy of Microsoft Office,Read More
Year of the Rat in Microsoft Office
It’s the Chinese Year of the Rat, to celebrate in Word, PowerPoint or Office generally is easy with an IconRead More
Star Trek Logo with variations in Office, Word, PowerPoint or Excel
There are many ways to edit a logo or graphic in Microsoft Office; recolor, outline, shadow, reflection plus Shape options. Read More
Framing pictures, graphics, logos in Word and PowerPoint
Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Word, have simple and easy ways to ‘jazz up’ a simple image, flag or logoRead 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 aRead More
Two ways to stop Office automatic updates
Here are two options to stop Microsoft Office for Windows from automatically updating itself and why you might want toRead More
A better Excel Calendar Creator for Office Watch readers
Here’s a better and more flexible version of the Calendar Creator with both Sunday and Monday start of week. We’veRead More
Academic / Financial year planner for Excel
He’s done it again, David Peel has quickly made up a new version of his Excel Year Planner that startsRead More
Add the US Flag into Word, Excel or PowerPoint
Here’s how to find and add the US National Flag into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint then use someRead More
Year Planner calendar, Improvements and Extensions
The Year Planner Excel workbook download is just the start. Here are many suggestions for changes to improve or customizeRead 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 wasRead More
Styles for individual table cells in Word
There’s a limitation in Word’s Table Styles; no individual cell styles within a Word table We’ll explain the problem andRead More
Make styles for individual table cells in Word
It’s possible to apply individual cell formatting in Word consistently using a little VBA code. In effect it makes stylesRead More
Hidden Text Printing options and workaround for Word
Hidden Text Printing in a Word document is possible but is more complex than it should be. Here’s how toRead More
2020 Calendars in PowerPoint
There are 2020 calendar templates available for PowerPoint, giving you landscape oriented calendars but less options overall. Landscape calendars PowerPointRead 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
2020 Academic calendar in Microsoft Word
The only specific 2020 calendar template in Microsoft Word is an academic calendar from August 2019 to July 2020, here’sRead More
2020 calendars in Word and the tricks to make them special
Word has many 2020 calendars in the File | New templates supplied by Microsoft. There are tricks to getting theRead More
The mystery of Excel’s Calendar Creator template
Excel has a Calendar Creator template which might work or might not. Why it doesn’t work is a mystery. TheRead More
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