Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
Two ways to find accented letters in Word
How to find words with or without accented characters in Microsoft Word. You might need to find both naïve and naïve or café and cafe. There are many options in Word Find or Advanced Find but not the choice to ‘ignore accented characters’ or ‘treat accented characters as if not accented’. (‘Find all word forms’ […]
Division ÷ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Division ÷ symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Division ÷ symbol is an alternative to the / character. Made up of a dash and two dots. ÷ symbol isn’t recommended these days. It’s not universally known and mostly used to mark division […]
All about Diaeresis or Umlaut in Microsoft Word
How to typing words with a diaeresis or umlaut in Word for Windows, Mac, Apple or Android plus the shortcuts on Mac computers. They aren’t normally needed in English except some organizations that require diaeresis for words like: naïve coöperate reëlect Brontë Noël Noël Coward Or you might be typing in another language where the […]
Saving OneNote notebooks be saved locally and not in the cloud
Many OneNote users would like to save their notebooks on their computer and not OneDrive. Saving a notebook to a local folder is possible. It might become impossible in the years ahead. Only OneNote 2016 for Windows supports saving a notebook to any folder. OneDrive is the only notebook option in other OneNote apps (including […]
Ignore or Mute emails in Outlook
How to get rid of an email conversation or thread in Outlook – it’s called Ignore or Mute. Sometimes you get emails on a topic that doesn’t matter to you and is cluttering up your Inbox. Outlook for Windows has a fairly simple solution – the Ignore button. Ignore tells Outlook to move all existing and […]
What the new iPhones mean for Microsoft Office
Not a lot, to be honest. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the new iPhones so I’m joining in from the side-lines with some comments and a little reality check on some especially silly remarks from Apple. iPhone 14’s have two different but faster chips which means Word docs, PowerPoint decks and especially Excel […]
Six tips for better spreadsheets
Some good advice for better spreadsheets from the distinguished science journal, Nature, (established 1869!) who have tips about the right way and wrong way to use Excel or Google Sheets. The article Six tips for better spreadsheets opens with a horror story about a list of latitude/longitude “It was a complete mix, The spreadsheet was […]
Hiding stuff in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
We’ve completed our series on ‘Hidden’ options in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. How to hide text, images, cells, slides etc within documents. Hiding is a useful option and avoids deleting content that might be needed later. It lets you make a different version of a document/sheet/deck without the hassle of maintaining two very similar documents. […]
Outlook navigation changes in Microsoft 365
All Outlook 365 for Windows users are getting left-side menu changes rolled out to them. Here’s what’s changing and the customizations available with the new look. We’ve had a LOT of concerned messages about this change. Don’t Worry. Microsoft loves to over hype interface innovations with labels like “New Outlook”. Too much fabricated ‘excitement’ can […]
Automatically Update Document Styles in Microsoft Word
Deep in Microsoft Word is the choice “Automatically Update Document Styles“. What does that do and which documents are affected? There are several similarly worded options to do with ‘Style’ and ‘Automatic’ so let’s be clear … we’re talking about File | Options | Add-ins | Manage | Templates | Go | Templates and Add-ins […]
Showing 12 o’clock as ‘noon’ or ‘midnight’ in Excel
Excel shows midday or noon as 12:00 PM which doesn’t suit everyone, here’s how to change the defaults to a word such as ‘Midnight’ or any other time label you’d like. ABC News in Australia delves into the argument about showing 12 PM – There is no such time as 12pm. The argument is that […]
Save fast replies & common text for Outlook emails
In many situations, there’s common text or even whole messages that you want to reuse in emails. Here’s an option to save and add that text with a single click. It’s a lot faster, more consistent and already in Microsoft Outlook. Outlook has a feature that’s good for recycling text for emails. Strictly speaking, Word […]
Apple command ⌘ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
The Apple command ⌘ symbol can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Apple command ⌘ symbol appears on Mac and iPad keyboards but only as a command option, not as a symbol to type. The ⌘ symbol predates Apple computers. It’s a ‘PLACE […]
Excel Formula Bot upgrades and goes pro
The wonderful Excel Formula Bot has a new look, more features and has gone ‘pro’ with paid subscriptions. The whole site https://excelformulabot.com/ has been revamped with a cleaner, clearer look. Excel Formula Bot is certainly up-to-date, as you can see above, it already ‘knows’ about the new Image() function despite still in beta testing. Please […]
Great Periodic Table documents for Microsoft Office
There are some great and editable Periodic Table of Elements options available in Microsoft Office – Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slides There are many Periodic Table ‘documents’ on the net but most are PDF’s or images that can’t be changed. We’re looking for editable Word documents and Excel worksheets that you can adapt, […]
North West/Top Left Arrow ↖ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the North West or Top Left Arrow ↖ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. North West Arrow ↖ or “Top Left Arrow” can be used for directions on a map (naturally) or pointing to ‘top left’ in a Word / PowerPoint table or Excel […]
