Auto updating your Excel Charts
How to make an Excel chart that changes as you add more cells or rows is really simple these days. Read More
Office for Mere Mortals
Date formatted charts in Excel
The secret to a timeline chart in Excel is the data. Emily writes asking “How can I make an Excel Read More
Tricks to formatting Word's Footnotes and Endnotes
Change the look of Microsoft Word footnotes and endnotes. You can change the look of footnotes and endnotes using their Read More
Introducing the Notes Pane for Footnotes and Endnotes
The Notes Pane is the key to some useful Footnote and Endnote options Now that Print Layout is the main Read More
Hide any footnotes and endnotes in a Word doc
Hiding Footnotes or Endnotes in a Word document is possible but needs a little trickery. Maybe you want a ‘clean’ Read More
More Word Find / Search tricks
Following on from our introductionFind pane search secrets in Word here’s some Word Find tricks that you might find useful. Read More
Find pane search secrets in Word
Search for text and more within a document using the Find side-pane feature in Word. There are secrets making it Read More
Footnotes and Endnotes in Word
Getting started with Word’s footnotes and endnotes. Footnotes is one of those Word features that’s been around for a long 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
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
Great OPEN signs in Word for any business
Businesses are reopening, which is great. Here’s some suggestions for big signs to let customers know you’re open, with some Read More
Making QR Codes for Word and Office
QR Codes are those funny little boxes you see on ads and signs … Scan that code with your smartphone Read More
Word Numbered List tricks
Word numbered lists can do a lot more than simple 1, 2, 3 so here we’ll show you some better 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
The Myth about Two-Factor Authentication
aka The lie that’s stopped you from more secure online accounts. For some years we’ve been banging on about Two-Factor 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
Difference between 'Pickup where you left off' and GoBack 'Shift + F5'.
Microsoft Word’s ‘Pickup where you left off’ or ‘Welcome back’ message is different from the Shift+F5 shortcut. All the recent 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
Create Barcodes in Word
Once you start delving into Word, you find it can do all sorts of things that you wouldn’t expect. One 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
