Better live sorting in Excel 365
In late 2018, Excel 365 got an important new feature, Dynamic Arrays . Here’s a simple way to use the Read More
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Fixing extra licence problems in Office
It’s possible to have more than one Office licence installed on a computer but that can lead to problems. Here’s Read More
Check your Microsoft 365 licence ‘grace' or offline period
Here’s how to check how many days are left before Microsoft 365 needs an online ‘licence check’ to confirm your Read More
Double Vertical Bar ‖ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Double Vertical Bar ‖ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows Read More
Cross of Lorraine ☨ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Cross of Lorraine ☨ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Read More
Sigma upper Σ or lower σ case symbols in Word and Office
How to insert the Sigma upper case Σ and Sigma lower case σ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both Read More
Omega upper Ω or lower ω symbols in Word and Office
Type the Greek letter Omega in upper case Ω or lower case ω in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both Read More
Can’t send Outlook email? The fix has arrived, at last
Microsoft has finally released a fix for what can only be described as an ‘unforced error’ or bug in Outlook Read More
Get your presentation directly into a Teams call or meeting
PowerPoint for Windows is getting a ‘Present in Teams’ button to drop your presentation into a Teams call or meeting. Read More
Why don’t Outlook calendars and contacts show in Windows?
Windows has some nice features for quickly showing your appointments, calendar and contacts/people lists so why don’t they show that Read More
Om 🕉 or Devanagari Om ॐ symbols in Word and Office
Type the Om 🕉 or Devanagari Om ॐ symbol in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The Om 🕉 Read More
Micron or mu in Word
How to type the micron/micrometer symbol in Word. Stuart H has an AutoCorrect suggestion: ” I need to use the Read More
Word's =Rand() around the World
=Rand.old() is a Word trick which adds common sentences that use all, or most, of the letters in that language’s Read More
Get more from Mark Index features in Microsoft Word
Behind the simple Mark Index feature in Word are some useful but almost hidden options. These give you many choices Read More
Easter Bunnies and more in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint etc.
Yes, there are bunnies and other secular Easter graphics waiting for you in Microsoft 365 and Office 2019. Icons and Read More
Christian Cross choices in Word, Excel, PPT and emails
There are various options for inserting a Christian or Latin Cross symbol into Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Read More
Hidden picture info in your Office documents
The BBC has a ‘long read’ about hidden information inside almost all photos. Office Watch has talked about this problem Read More
Image privacy breach in Microsoft Office
Back in 2015 we were amazed and dismayed to discover a privacy gap in Microsoft Office. Six years later Microsoft Read More
Down arrow ↓ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Down arrow ↓ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Read More
Quickly make Word Indexes with concordance or AutoMark
A more efficient way to mark index entries in Microsoft Word is with a concordance or AutoMark file. It’s a Read More
