Office widgets come to Mac computers
The existing Office app “Recent documents” widgets for iPhone and iPad are now available on Mac computers. There are widgets Read More
Share your Office documents from Dropbox
OneDrive isn’t the only choice for sharing Office documents. Dropbox can also share Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents including real-time Read More
The hidden trap in Excel’s DateDif()
There’s a hidden trap in Microsoft Excel’s DateDif function that rarely gets a mention and is too easy to overlook. Read More
The big difference between what Excel shows and what Excel knows
Understanding the difference between Excel’s stored value for a cell and its displayed value is important. It happens a lot Read More
How to get the official Porsche color in Word and Office
How to get the official Porsche color “Turbonite” in Microsoft Office for Word documents, PowerPoint slides and more. The color Read More
Excel blooper history – mistakes by users and Microsoft
Excel is now 40 years old and it’s capable of some amazing things. Let’s not forget some of the mistakes Read More
Apple Handoff now in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Microsoft 365 for Mac can now use the Apple Handoff option to pass a document between a Mac computer, iPhone Read More
Halloween icons and symbols for Word, Powerpoint and more
Quickly add a Halloween ghost, pumpkin, witches’ hat and more to your Outlook email, Word document or PowerPoint slides which Read More
RandArray – Excel’s best way to get random numbers
My ‘go to’ way to get random numbers in Excel is the new-ish RandArray because can do everything that Rand() Read More
Excel in Fiction
Excel is everywhere including in crime fiction here’s some examples. Jo Livingstone has compiled some excerpts from novels that mention Read More
Straight lines and neater drawn shapes in Office
If you’ve used OneNote recently, you’re probably aware of the feature allowing you to draw shapes and make lines straight. Then Read More
Focus Cell for better highlighting in Excel
A nice extra coming to Excel 365 highlights the selected cell, row and column with a single click or use Read More
Excel tricks to highlight selected row, column, heading and more
Make it easier to see your current cell in an Excel workbook by dynamically highlighting the selected row, column, cell Read More
Make simple bar charts with Conditional Formatting
Excel can make bar charts in-cell without bothering with the full Chart system. Despite what you might have seen, there’s Read More
Office 2024 is now on sale
The new version of Microsoft Office 2024 is now on sale to the general public all around the world. This Read More
How to correctly spell Brontë in Microsoft Word with the diaresis
An 85-year-old blunder has just been fixed at Westminster Abbey to change the spelling to Brontë with the important diaresis. Read More
