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 […]
Up arrow ↑ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Upwards arrow ↑ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The upwards arrow ↑ symbol is used for various purposes. It can notate a mathematical symbol for ‘undefined’, for very large integers or in medical notation it can mean increased. Of course, there are plenty of uses in graphics and design elements especially […]
Banana 🍌 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Banana 🍌 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. There’s also a Banana icon in modern Office apps. How Banana 🍌 looks in different fonts. Only two Segoe fonts support the Banana emoji; Segoe UI emoji (color or black) and Segoe UI Symbol. […]
More adventures with Office VBA and AI
Get ChatGPT or Copilot to show working Office VBA code to select and open a Word, Excel or PowerPoint document. It’s an example of how to work with ChatGPT to get the code you need and its limitations. In episode 1 of this saga, Office Watch showed how to use ChatGPT to make sample Office […]
Sigma upper Σ or lower σ case symbols in Word and Office
How to insert the Sigma upper case Σ and Sigma lower case σ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Sigma (uppercase Σ / lowercase σ) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In mathematics, the uppercase sigma symbol is used as an operator for summation, […]
Double Dagger ‡ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Double Dagger ‡ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Double Dagger ‡ symbol is used to mark a third footnote after the asterisk and dagger in a Word document. How Double Dagger ‡ looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Double Dagger […]
Biohazard symbol for Word, PowerPoint and more
There are official and unofficial biohazard symbols available for Word docs, PowerPoint slides or any other place you need them. We have download links to better graphics you can use with variations to make them stand out The official biohazard symbol was developed in 1966 and there are many variations available. The widely used symbol […]
Type Infinity ∞ symbols in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type Infinity ∞ and similar symbols into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. In Office for Windows and Office for Mac you can enter Infinity, Incomplete Infinity, Tie over Infinity and Infinity negated. Infinity ∞ symbol is used for anything that has no end or boundless. Of course, it’s in mathematics where Infinity was first […]
Installing older Office on Windows 11
Can Office 2007 and other older versions of Office (Office 2010, Office 2013) be installed on Windows 11? What are the licensing, activation problems? How about moving documents? There are four issues to consider; licencing, compatibility, support/patches and migrating documents: Officially only these versions of Microsoft Office are supported on Windows 11: But that’s just […]
Installing older Office on Windows 10
Can Office 2007 and other older versions of Office (Office 2010, Office 2013) be installed on Windows 10. What are the licensing, activation problems? How about moving documents? Eileen G asks a common question to Office Watch: “I got a new HP desktop computer, but can I install the old MS orig office, “Home and […]
Dagger † symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert a Dagger † into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Dagger † symbol is used to indicate a footnote if an asterisk has been already used. Footnotes and Endnotes in Word Formatting Footnotes and Endnotes Dagger is a different look (depending on the font) but […]
Even more Airplane and related symbols in Microsoft Office
There are a lot more airplane symbols available in Microsoft Office including ones for landing, takeoff and even pilots. Also how to get plane graphics for specific models like a 747 Jumbo. If you know where to look, Office has plenty of ‘airplane’ related graphics beyond the simple Airplane ✈ symbol in Unicode. Office Icons […]
