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Section Symbol § in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Section Symbol § can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Section Symbol § is used for referencing numbered sections of a document, such as US legal code e.g “ 50 U.S. Code § 1861 “ . § in Footnotes It can also appear as […]
Upside-down or Spanish Exclamation mark in Word
The inverted or Spanish exclamation mark ¡ is available in Microsoft Word, regardless of language setting. There’s even an in-built shortcut. ¡ is most commonly used in Spanish for the start of an exclaiming sentence. As far back as the 1660’s there have been attempts to introduce ¡ inverted exclamation to denote irony. Despite its […]
PowerPoint presentations in a window not full screen
PowerPoint presentations don’t have to be full-screen, that’s the default and normal way to show a deck, but a window option is also there. A windowed presentation lets you display the slides in other software like virtual cameras or desktop capture. Go to Slide Show | Setup Slide show and choose ‘Browsed by an individual […]
Inserting Symbols is harder in Office for Mac
One of the many small, but annoying, limitations in Office for Mac is the Insert Symbol feature. In Word for Windows it’s quite developed with a list of recently used characters: Or open up the main dialog to scroll through many more symbols or jump to exactly the one you want. But Word for Mac […]
How to view .msg files without Outlook
How to view a .msg file in either Windows or Mac. .MSG are Outlook for Windows message files which aren’t supported on Outlook for Mac, let alone Outlook mobile or in a browser. We’ve already explained about Outlook .msg files and why they are NOT recommended. In short .msg files are made by Outlook desktop […]
Outlook .MSG files, what are they and why to avoid them
Viewing an .MSG file in either Windows or Mac isn’t always easy or even possible. We’ll explain what a .msg file is and why to avoid .msg in favor of better ways to share Outlook information. What is a .msg file? .MSG files is the “Outlook Message Format” are made by Outlook desktop for Windows […]
Get more from Microsoft Word’s new Review cards
Microsoft Word’s collaboration features are changing, again, with Track Changes cards appearing for each edit in a document with a preview option in Word 365 for Windows. Track Changes cards are already in the browser-based version of Word. They are now coming to Word 365 for Windows and Mac. With Track Changes on, any edits […]
Better ways to Shrink One Page in Microsoft Word
We already talked about the Microsoft Word ‘Shrink One Page‘ feature and its limitations. Here’s suggestions for how to move a few orphaned lines from the top of a page in more subtle and effective ways. Obviously, every document is different so the tricks you use depend on the situation. Pick and try from this […]
Use narrow margins in Word to save paper
Reduce the number of pages in a Microsoft Word document and save paper, one option is to make the page margins narrower. Do that with a single click and change back to normal margins with another click. Narrower margins can make a surprisingly large difference to the number of pages. For example, we ‘shrunk’ a […]
Table Border Painter make tables easier in Word
Tucked away on the far-right of Microsoft Word’s Table Design tab is the Border Painter, a useful little tool to let you copy existing cell borders to other parts of a table. Border Painter saves the trouble of manually changing the table or cell border settings. Instead, just copy an existing border and paste the […]
What happens if you miss your Microsoft 365 payment?
Ever wondered what happens if you miss your Microsoft 365 payment deadline? Office Watch deliberately skipped the due dates to find out. Microsoft 365 works off what Microsoft calls a ‘subscription’ model of (usually) annual payments. That applies to all Microsoft 365 products, Family or Personal software plans plus the Business plans which include mailbox […]
Inside Word’s Language tools
Microsoft Word’s language tools are more than just red or blue squiggly lines. There’s help to choose alternative words, alternate languages, check and improve grammar, hyphenate documents and even test the document for readability. You may think you know all about the language tools, but Word always has a few extras tucked away to surprise […]
Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Cold Sweat 😅 emoji in Office
Add the Smiling (grinning) Face with Open Mouth and Cold Sweat 😅 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Smiling (or grinning) Face with Open Mouth and Cold Sweat 😅 emoji is normally used to express a close call, or nerves / discomfort. It’s just one […]
Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes 😁 emoji in Word, Outlook and Office
Insert the Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes 😁 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes 😁 emoji is used to express joyfulness, excitement, or happiness. It’s similar to Grinning Face 😀 but with different eyes that are meant to be ‘smiling’. It’s just […]
Microsoft Word’s problem with Resume or Resumé
How to type the words Resumé or Resume in Microsoft Word or Outlook plus some problems and software anomalies that arise. This article is an example of what happens at Office-Watch.com. A seemingly simple question like “How to type Resumé instead of Resume “ uncovers various strange things in Microsoft Office such as typing contextual […]
Inside Microsoft’s “Top Grammar Mistakes” in Word
Microsoft once published a list of “Top Grammar Mistakes” in Microsoft Word, but what’s really going on with that list and the technology behind it? Unlike others, we’re not content just to copy Microsoft’s 2017 list. We’ll show how the grammar checks really work in the latest Word. One of Microsoft’s ‘common mistakes’ was NOT […]
