All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Make a Jigsaw Puzzle in PowerPoint
Make your own jigsaw puzzle in PowerPoint to gradually reveal a photo or logo hiding underneath. We’ll show how to make the pieces plus a download sample PowerPoint file for our loyal subscribers. You can use a jigsaw puzzle PowerPoint slide as a powerful storytelling tool, ideal for illustrating how different parts of a story […]
The truth behind the Word controversy “Economically disadvantaged” vs “poor”
A minor social media storm over another suggested word change by Microsoft Word. The word ‘poor instead of ‘economically disadvantaged’. Which has some people complaining about Microsoft forcing changes in what we write. On Tiktok, the user @itschicabtw posted a video noting a wording suggestion made by Microsoft Word. It proposes that ‘economically disadvantaged’ be […]
Beware malware in Microsoft Office installations
New malware is spreading under the guise of a Microsoft Office download and installation. Just the latest example of why Office should only be downloaded from Microsoft. This new way of distributing malware poses as a version of Microsoft Office or Windows activation tool. They might do that but also install nasty intrusions on your […]
Windows Recall must be a choice
One part of Microsoft’s AI push should scare the hell out of anyone interested in their privacy but Microsoft is ignoring that with their upcoming Recall feature. Recall is one of the upcoming AI features in Windows 11. It’s supposed to help people search through their past actions by snooping on the computer every five […]
Surprise! Microsoft recommends Windows 11
This should surprise no-one … Microsoft says that it recommends Windows 11 over Windows 10. Even though end-of-support for Windows 10 is over a year away (October 2025), Microsoft is pushing people to switch now. Why? Microsoft is continually frustrated by the reluctance of their customers to move from Windows 10. Windows 11 has been […]
Goggles 🥽 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Put on the Goggles 🥽 symbol/emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Goggles 🥽 symbol is used for safety signs or maybe an alternative to the Glasses or Eyeglasses 👓 symbol How Goggles 🥽 looks in different fonts. Take a screen shot of this table […]
Beware the unexpected when copying an image from Word/Office
When you’re copying an image out of an Office document something unexpected happens that you should be aware of. The size (height/width) of the copied image is NOT the original size (i.e the size of the stored picture) – which is what you might expect. The image is copied according to the displayed dimensions in […]
How to make a Gantt Chart in Excel
Gantt chart for project management or event scheduling are possible in Excel. Here’s the step-by-step help plus a complete sample worksheet for our subscribers. Gantt chart can be widely used in project management for visualizing project schedules. They break down a project or event into tasks or activities as horizontal bars on a timeline. Each […]
A $125 Billion lesson in why cloud backups are vital
Google Drive accidently deleted a $125 Billion dollar pension fund. It’s an extreme example of why it’s important to have your own backups of cloud stored files. Don’t rely entirely on one company, including Microsoft’s OneDrive. Cloud storage is great but nothing is 100% perfect so it’s essential to have your own backups of all […]
How Word pastes into your document
Pasting text in Word might seem like a simple thing but there’s a lot of important and smart options available to suit what you need to see and where the content is coming from. Don’t get too worried about all the different paste choices. The main thing is to be aware that there are various […]
Make monsters and pipes with this clever font
Here’s a clever and innovative font that lets you make unique monsters or pipe connections for Word, PowerPoint or anywhere else you need something a little different. Office Watch has a complete list of the Teranoptia font symbols for easy reference. Teranoptia is a font that uses letters and some other symbols to create fantastical […]
Avoid the traps when adding Excel info into a Word document
A table or chart in Excel can be put into a Word document in two different ways but there are traps that Microsoft doesn’t mention in their help. We’ll explain what’s happening and how to fix it. This looks like a standard Word table and it can be formatted like a table … but it’s […]
How to list all fonts in a Word document
Here’s one way to make a list of all the fonts used in a Word document. Sometimes there are stray fonts used in a Word document, perhaps from earlier versions or unused formatting trials. Even a single letter or blank paragraph set to a font can make a difference. Removing these fonts isn’t just being […]
Face with rolling eyes 🙄 emoji in Word, Outlook, Office
Face with rolling eyes 🙄 symbol is one of the more popularly used emoji, also known as ‘Eye Roll’ or ‘Yeah whatever’. Here’s how to type it in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Office. Not to be confused with the ‘Rolling on the floor laughing’ 🤣 or ROFL emoji or other eye emoji:Eye 👁 emoji in […]
Glasses 👓 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Put on the Glasses or Eyeglasses 👓 symbol (emoji) or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Glasses 👓 symbol is used for all manner of things like a graphic to illustrate “Look here” or “See this” or, of course, “Don’t forget your 👓”. Don’t […]
It’s official – Calibri beats Aptos in font poll
A recent poll commissioned by Microsoft confirms the widely held suspicion that people prefer the Calibri font over the new Aptos fonts pushed into Microsoft Office. This comes from a Twitter/X poll run by the Microsoft run @Microsoft365 account. The previous Office default font, Calibri, handily won the poll with 36.3% of the votes. We’ve […]
