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.
Caffeine level easy comparison in Excel
How to compare caffeine levels in coffee, tea, soda and other drinks from an Excel spreadsheet. The Guardian’s Datablog has interesting analysis of caffeine levels in different foods. Sounds boring until you read that: reduced sugar colas have almost double the caffeine of a regular, sugared, cola.1 cup of coffee can have as much caffeine […]
Microsoft Journal, the ink notetaking app, grows up
Microsoft’s digital ink notetaking app, Journal, has grown up. It’s no longer ‘Garage’ trial software but part of Redmond’s official software line up. If you like scribbling or notetaking with a digital pen, you can try out Journal. Journal was a Microsoft Garage project which are trials of an app or technologies. Journal seemed like […]
Automatic due date and reminders in Microsoft To Do
Microsoft’s To Do app can now automatically add due dates, reminders and repeat tasks automatically based on what you type. It works quite well but there’s some traps for the unwary. Whatever you type in a new task is analyzed for hints of due dates, reminders and repeat tasks. Here’s Microsoft’s example: Office Watch has […]
A new Outlook coming soon
Had you wondered what’s happening with the Outlook replacement: Project Monarch? Seems we won’t have to wait much longer to see a preview. Project Monarch is a Progressive Web App (PWA) that will run in your browser. It will have email, contacts, calendar and perhaps other ‘Outlook-like’ features. A Progressive Web App looks like a normal […]
Change case using Word’s Replace feature
Changing the case upper/lower for text through all of a Word document is easy because the default Find / Replace settings don’t need changing. We’ve already talked about the manual Change Case options in Word, now we’ll move onto bulk changes. Sometimes the spelling of a product or brand has peculiar case choices like iPad, […]
Five Change Case choices in Microsoft Word
Change Case options in Word, like many Word features goes beyond the obvious choices from the basic shortcut. There’s up to five choices on the ribbon with a keyboard shortcut to reach it. Alter the upper/lower case of words, phrases or more. ‘change case’ can become ‘Change Case’ or ‘CHANGE CASE’ or even “cHANGE cASE” […]
Change Picture from clipboard in Word and Office
Replacing images in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook is a lot easier using the ‘Change Picture’ option, especially now you can change to insert an image on your clipboard. We’ll show you a step by step on how to do it. There might not be one simple keyboard shortcut, but it is a lot better […]
All the \* named format switches for Word field codes
Ever been confused by the \* formatting options in Word field codes? You’re not alone, believe me. Here’s a complete guide with the \* codes and examples of how they appear. In this article we’ll look at the named formatting codes which start with \* like \* Arabic and \* Ordinal and even \* Hex […]
Quick stock price analysis and charts with Excel StockHistory()
StockHistory() is an Excel function that can add historical stock price info, as well as currency exchange rates at monthly, weekly or daily intervals. Date and Closing Price plus optionally Open, High, Low and Volume. All ready to make a chart for stock price analysis. Excel 365 has Stock and Currency data types but they […]
Clipchamp arrives at a high price for too little
Clipchamp video editor has been integrated into Microsoft’s product range but not in the way promised. Instead, it’s selling at a high price for relatively little extra. Though Microsoft has acknowledged part of the problem by upgrading all customers to a decent quality for exporting files, this article has been updated to reflect the late […]
Useful tricks hide in the new look Office.com
The main Office.com page has an updated look for Business and Enterprise customers. There’s a Create pane, My Content section and Quick Access buttons plus some more useful features hiding away under obscure buttons that are easy to overlook. This is the overall Home https://office.com look if you’re logged into a non-consumer Microsoft account. Choose […]
Using Text Boundaries view in Word – how and why
How to view Text Boundaries in Microsoft Word, why they can be useful and how the feature has changed over time. Text Boundaries put a dotted line box around each text element on a Word page. Turn on Text Boundaries to solve formatting problems. For example, in the above example, it’s easy to see why […]
Show Crop Marks each page in Word
How to show the four corner Crop or Trim marks on a Microsoft Word page. The ‘L’ shapes are a guide to the useable part of the page, inside the margins, and appear in all four corners. The four marks are called Crop Marks also known as Trim Marks. Word Crop Marks in Page View, […]
How Word warns you (or not) about rude, offensive words
Microsoft Word has a ‘profanity’ check to warn you about rude, offensive or swear words in some places. In others, the same word won’t get any special marking. We’ll explain how to setup and use Microsoft Word’s Profanity check then show its limitations and traps. The Profanity, offensive or swear word test is in Microsoft […]
Add a link to a PDF or other file into a Word document
Inserting a link to a PDF (or any other file) into a Word document or email is easy to do. All you need is the web or other link to the PDF and paste that link into your document or email. The key question to ask is ‘Where is the PDF located or saved to?’. […]
Table of Equations in Word made simple
If you have included equations in a document, Word can generate a list of them all for you. Like a table of contents, this list or Table of Equations can include page references or links to each equation. A Table of Equations can be useful for creating a proper appendix or reference within more formal […]
