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Voice commands are now available for Outlook emails
Outlook 365 desktop (Windows/Mac) is getting more Dictation controls for email creation and sending. It’s already possible to dictate (speech to text) an email, after all, the Outlook email editor is Word in disguise and Word 365 has dictation features. Now Outlook Dictation can add receivers (TO, CC or BCC), include @mentions, change the subject […]
How to type Koppa upper case Ϟ, or lower case ϟ symbols in Word or Office
Type the Koppa upper case Ϟ and Koppa lower case ϟ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Koppa (uppercase Ϟ / lowercase ϟ) is a letter used in the earlier forms of the Greek alphabet, it was originally used to denote the ‘k’ sound but […]
How to type the Alt Key ⎇ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook
How to insert the Alt key ⎇ symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Alt key ⎇ symbol is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. On a Mac, the same key is called Option. Most keyboards will have one […]
Thinking Face 🤔 emoji in Word and Office
Insert the Thinking Face 🤔 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Thinking Face 🤔 emoji has several other names; Thinker, Throwing Shade, Chin Thumb, puzzled and skeptic. How Thinking Face 🤔 looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Thinking Face 🤔 looks in common Office fonts. Thinking Face 🤔 codes These are the important code numbers […]
Check out Sound Bible for your PowerPoint decks
Sound Bible has some useful, free music and sound effects that can jazz up a PowerPoint presentation. There’s a collection of free audio clips (various rights limitations) from here. In WAV or MP3 format, both compatible with PowerPoint. Many of the text labels are deliberatly bland to avoid copyright disputes. For example Cowboy Theme is […]
Om or Devanagari Om ॐ symbols in Word and Office
Type the Om or Devanagari Om ॐ symbol in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The Om symbol is a divine sign that denotes the essence of absolute truth, Atman or consciousness. In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The syllable is chanted either separately or before a spiritual recitation. The Om symbol is independent […]
Wildcard Find tricks in Microsoft Word
The wildcard is an advanced finding feature that has some powerful options beyond the standard * and ? options for Word. What Word calls ‘wildcard’ is really Regular Expressions, or at least a version of RegEx. Beginning or end of a word The beginning of a word can be represented by the “less than” symbol […]
Excel’s better Average(), try TrimMean() instead
TrimMean() function is a slightly different and useful measure than the regular Excel Average(). It’s still an average/mean but without the high and low, extreme or outlier values in the list. Average() (and its partners AverageA() and AverageIFS() use all the values in the array or list provided. TrimMean() excludes the highest and lowest extreme […]
Microsoft Word vs the 2021 Words of the Champions
How does Microsoft Word’s spell check go with the 2021 Words of the Champions list from the US annual spelling bee? Each year the Scripps National Spelling Bee releases a Words of the Champions study list to educators, featuring up to 800 new words. We grabbed a selection of the most difficult words (called “Three […]
Weary / Distraught face 😩 emoji in Word and Office
Type the Weary / Distraught face 😩 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Weary / Distraught face 😩 emoji is also called Wailing, Frustrated or Sadness. How Weary / Distraught face 😩 looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Weary / Distraught face […]
Fast Word shortcuts for increase/decrease font size
Microsoft Word seems to have two pairs of shortcuts that do the same thing – increase or decrease the font size. This is how they are different. The shortcuts are: Ctrl + Shift + < or Ctrl + Shift + > – which are also buttons on the Home tab. Ctrl + [ and Ctrl […]
How Microsoft Word was beaten by a 14 year-old
Our annual Microsoft Word vs the Spelling Bee Champions contest has returned for 2021. Word has done better than in the past but was still beaten by an extraordinary 14 year-old. Here’s the list of words used in the final rounds, (rounds 10-18) of the Scripps Spelling Bee as they appear in Word 365. In […]
Fire 🔥 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Fire 🔥 symbol or emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Fire 🔥 emoji has many names like Hot, Lit, Flame and Snapstreak How Fire 🔥 looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Fire 🔥 looks in common Office fonts. Fire […]
50 first dates with Excel
Excel isn’t just for budgets and number crunching, you can use it for making lists and even organizing your love life! Lisa used Excel to find her True Love. She listed all her dates in Excel with details somewhat like this… Excel, combined with some personal rules. eventually led her to that special someone. Hear […]
You can protect yourself from Microsoft Office phone scams
Criminals try using Microsoft Office to get money from you using various phone scams impersonating Microsoft. Here’s how to protect yourself. Scammers are clever, sophisticated and look very sincere. Often there are stark warnings about dire consequences. In the end they want your money, infect your computer, steal your personal information or all three. The […]
Save with Microsoft 365 Family deal from Amazon UK
Amazon UK was offering Microsoft 365 Family at more than £25 less than the usual price for both new and renewing customers as part of their 2021 Prime Day deals. It’s still available more than a week later! There are a few peculiarities about the offer, we’ll explain those below but the basics are: Microsoft […]
