An easy way to get an anonymous face, cat, horse or artwork
Here’s a way to get a face or other image for a PowerPoint slide or Word document but not intrude on anyone’s privacy. Check out ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com The website employs artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to produce photos of people who do not exist. An astonishingly realistic, but entirely fake image […]
Sampi Ϡ symbol in Word and Office
Type the Sampi Ϡ letter into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Sampi Ϡ symbol is occasionally used in Greek today. Its modern form, which resembles a slanting right cross-stroke with a longish curve, evolved during its use as a numeric symbol in Byzantine minuscule handwriting. Informally, its often replaced by lowercase or uppercase π. How Sampi Ϡ looks in different […]
Type Theta Upper Case Θ Small Upper Case θ or Lower Case ϑ Symbols
Theta upper case Θ, Theta small upper case θ and Theta lower case ϑ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Theta (uppercase Θ or θ / lowercase ϑ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet. The lowercase symbol represents many things, such as an unknown variable in trigonometry, or a plane angle in geometry. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why is the new Office 365 look so bland?
Office 365 for Windows is getting a ‘visual refresh’ a changed look to the ribbon and overall appearance of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (the other Office apps will change later). This new look is currently in beta testing and may change a little before public release. It’s only fair to start by saying we […]
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 […]
Office shortcut of the Week – 2005 compendium
The Office Watch “Shortcut of the Week” tips for Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint from 2005 in the one convenient place. Tip 1 – Outlook navigation The Outlook navigation shortcuts could be more intuitive but here they are: Switch to Mail CTRL+1 Switch to Calendar CTRL+2 Switch to Contacts CTRL+3 Switch to Tasks CTRL+4 Switch to […]
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 […]
Project Monarch is now called just Outlook
Microsoft’s attempt at making a version of Outlook entirely as a web application is continuing but is now called just ‘Outlook’. Like we don’t have enough different ‘Outlook’ products already. Outlook is Microsoft’s name for all email/calendar/contacts software and services, often without clear distinction between each one. Project Monarch is an attempt to make an […]
Stop or change new email notifications from Outlook
New email notifications in Outlook can be quite distracting, especially in Windows. Here’s how to stop them or change the notices to make them less distracting and suit you better. Or just change the new email sound to something you prefer. The default email notification appears in the bottom right corner. If you’re trying to […]
Meet Now buttons where you need them in Outlook
Outlook 365 for Windows has a Meet Now button on the calendar views, why not elsewhere? Meet Now is Microsoft’s calling & meeting service. It’s officially part of Teams but is getting a life of its own for computer-to-computer calling and online meetings by individuals. It has features like screen sharing and chat which are […]
Beware the Mackenzie Scott (Bezos) scam email
It was predicable that the Bezos divorce would lead to scam emails pretending to come from the former Mrs Bezos, now Mackenzie Scott. Mackenzie Scott is now the fourth richest woman in the world, following the divorce settlement with the Amazon founder. Though show might not hold that position for long as she gives away […]
