Prescription Take Rx ℞ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Prescription Take Rx ℞ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Prescription Take Rx ℞ symbol is for a medical prescription. It is commonly seen on doctor’s prescription pads and in pharmacies. How Prescription Take Rx ℞ looks Here’s some examples of how Prescription […]
Make a ‘Stop’ 🚫 circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Here’s the best and most flexible way to make the common ‘Stop’ circle 🚫 with diagonal line symbol in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft Office calls it the Not Allowed symbol. It has many, many names; interdictory circle, prohibited symbol, don’t do it symbol, universal no, banned, no entry, nay, no symbol, ‘do not’ sign or circle-backslash symbol. And that’s […]
Yet more ways to insert the Stop circle and line symbol in Office
Aside from the stop/prohibited shape in Office, there are other options for entering the common sign symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Use Icons in Microsoft 365, Office 2021, Office 2019 or Emoji symbols from the Unicode list. See Make a ‘Stop’ circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint for a better […]
More than five Christian ✝ Cross choices in Word, Excel, PPT and emails
There are at least five different options inserting a Christian or Latin ✝ Cross symbol into Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or emails. There are some cross symbols available in the Windows / Office symbol fonts and there’s plenty of nice cross options available online in the flexible SVG format. Office itself is surprisingly secular […]
Two ⸘ Interrobang symbols ‽ in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
What is an interrobang ‽ and how to use it in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Also the Inverted Interrobang ⸘ that can be used with ‽ Interrobang or interabang ‽ is a non-standard punctuation mark – a combination of a question mark and exclamation mark in a single character (glyph). It can be […]
Year of the Rabbit images and more in Microsoft Office
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar. There’s plenty of rabbit, bunny and other New Year related images, icons and Chinese character 兔 in Microsoft Office plus advice on the right colors to use for Chinese New Year graphics. Chinese New Year is on 22 January 2023, an excuse for fireworks, […]
Compass 🧭 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert a Compass 🧭 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Compass 🧭 uses Segoe UI Emoji In Windows, the Compass 🧭 symbol is in the font: Segoe UI Emoji. Depending on the app and use, it’ll appear in color or black. The symbol can […]
Converting Google Docs to Microsoft Word
Google Docs can be handy for sharing and working on documents with other people, but sometimes you just really need that file in Microsoft Word. No problem – it’s actually really easy to convert them. All you have to do is download the file and save it as a Word doc, Excel sheet or PowerPoint deck. If the Google Docs File is Open […]
London Street Signs, make your own in Word and PowerPoint
Famous London streets signs are selling for big bucks … or you can make your own in Word or PowerPoint for nothing. A sale of genuine London street signs by Westminster City Council included one for Abbey Road that sold for £37,200 (US$51,000). We thought that was a lot and figured out how to make […]
8 simple ‘Prohibited’ symbols for smoking, phones, kids and more in Word
Some ‘not allowed’ or ‘prohibited’ symbols, they can be used in Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Outlook. No Smoking, No Phone, No Children, No Drinking, No Pedestrians, No Bicycles, Not Drinkable Water or Mute. The Unicode symbol list includes red circle with diagonal to stop, smoking, children under 18, Mobile Phones, Littering, Pedestrians, bicycles plus no […]
Bulk conversion of old Office documents to new formats
How to bulk convert old documents (.doc .xls .ppt) into the newer Office formats (.docx .xlsx .pptx etc.). Microsoft has never produced a simple bulk conversion tool for the masses, much to the annoyance of users and network administrators. Redmond probably made that choice for their own self-interest but some of the reasons also serve […]
Ohm symbol Ω in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Ohm symbol Ω into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Also the unofficial Siemens symbol, an inverted Ohm ℧ . Ohm is a measure of electical resistance with the symbol Ω It’s an official SI Unit of measurement just like gram, metre and many […]
Omega upper Ω or lower ω symbols in Word and Office
Type the Greek letter Omega in upper case Ω or lower case ω in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Omega (uppercase Ω / lowercase ω) is the twenty fourth and final letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used to often denote the last or ultimate […]
Converting SVG into JPG, PNG or other raster image format
Converting SVG icons into JPG is essential for older Word and Office versions that don’t have native icon/SVG support. Here’s some options for conversion or sourcing alternatives. SVG’s are great with many advantages for Office 365 and Office 2021/2019 users. Not everyone has the latest Microsoft Office or shares documents with others who have earlier […]
Type Phi uppercase Φ or lower φ in Word and Office
Insert the Phi uppercase Φ, and Phi lowercase φ / φ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Phi (uppercase Φ / lowercase φ / φ) is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. The uppercase symbol has various uses, such as the cumulative distribution function of standard normal deviation in statistics. The lowercase symbol has […]
Word documents might write themselves and more
Microsoft is working on extending OpenAI features like ChatGPT to help people write Word documents based on a short suggestion. And there’s a lot more possible given Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI, even a koala poem ‘written’ by Dorothy Parker. Office Watch has been looking at ChatGPT’s ability to write Office VBA programming code (with mixed […]
