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 […]
Add videos to PowerPoint Kiosk mode
It is possible to add videos to a PowerPoint Kiosk or self-running presentation. Recently we’ve talked about Self-running of kiosk display in PowerPoint as well as the related PowerPoint Photo Album feature. But what about video’s? You can add videos to a PowerPoint presentation, you’ve been able to do that for years but it’s become […]
Make a self-running or kiosk display in PowerPoint
PowerPoint can show slides on a screen as a high-tech signboard, using a self-running presentation known as Kiosk display. Here’s how to do it plus all the settings and tricks available. We’ve all seen screens displaying information on a series of slides – maybe in a shop or conference. Maybe as a prelude or postscript […]
Pride and Mental Health extras in Office 365
Microsoft has added more stock images to Office 365 apps to help people celebrate Mental Health month (May). Also some extra app themes and pictures for Pride Month (June). Mental Health images May was Mental Health Awareness Month so Microsoft added some appropriate Stock Images for documents and slides. They are still available for Microsoft […]
Coming attractions in Teams, Whiteboard and Fluid components
Microsoft has announced their plans for later this year with additions to Teams, Whiteboard and an expansion of their Fluid components concept. None of these things are available now. It’s all future promises, nothing substantial customers can use today. Let’s strip away all the hype about ‘hybrid’ workplaces that are ‘work focused’ (what other focus […]
Get more from Office 365’s Recommended Documents
Office for Windows can have an extra on the Home pane – Recommended Documents which tries to suggest documents you’re involved with. Here’s what’s possible with this feature including how to hide it away and leave more screen space for the things you want to see. Source: Microsoft Recent Documents has been in Office for […]
Easy face mask graphics for Word and PowerPoint
Join us in a hunt for face mask graphics and icons to use in Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Use fask mask icons in signs. See Social Distancing signs in Microsoft Word More ideas for social distancing signs Icons The obvious place for Office 365 customers to look is Microsoft’s Icon feature. This is a […]
It only costs $2k for a Microsoft Office hack
For just US$2,000 you can buy a way to hack into a computer via Microsoft Office. All you need to make your own malware is the money and a willing seller on the dark web. A recent survey by Trend Micro and reported by Dark Reading searching posts that advertised software exploits that hackers use […]
Drawing in all sorts of places Microsoft Office apps
Microsoft has been getting serious about drawing features in Office so we thought it was time to look at what’s available and possible across all the Office applications. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and some nice drawing stuff in OneNote Once upon a time, drawing onto a Word document or Excel worksheet was only possible with a […]
‘Friends’ logo or text complete in Word, PowerPoint and Office
Here’s how to add a taste of the logo or text from ‘Friends’ sitcom to a Word document, PowerPoint slide or other document. That includes the important dots between letters. All you need is available online plus a little Office trickery. Note for old-timers (like Peter, our Editor-in-Chief). ‘Friends’ was a televisual entertainment shown on […]
Psi upper Ψ or lower ψ symbols in Word and Office
How to insert the Psi upper case Ψ, and Psi lower case ψ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Psi (uppercase Ψ / lowercase ψ) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet. The symbols are commonly used within physics to represent wave functions in quantum […]
Xi upper Ξ or lower case ξ symbol in Word and Office
Insert the Xi upper case Ξ, and Xi lower case ξ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Xi (uppercase Ξ / lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. The symbols are used within various contexts. The uppercase letter is often used in pure […]
Flipgrid now supported in PowerPoint
Flipgrid now joins YouTube, Vimeo, Stream and SlideShare as supported services for PowerPoint online videos. Microsoft’s Flipgrid is an education service for teachers to record videos to share with a class. Students can respond with their own recorded video segments. Drawing, text, emoji and other rich media are available for the videos. Go to Insert […]
Locking Objects on a slide coming to PowerPoint
A much-wanted feature is coming to PowerPoint, the ability to lock an object into position so it can’t accidently be moved out of place. Objects in a slide can too easily move out of place with an accidental tap of a mouse or finger. The problem is even worse with collaborative presentations with many people […]
File open bug in Word & Office for iPad! Try this
The latest releases of Office for iPad are crashing when opening documents. Here’s what to do while Microsoft fixes the bug. The problem appears to happen when trying to open documents from OneDrive, which is the vast majority of documents because Microsoft encourages use of OneDrive. The bug is reported in the latest releases of […]
What’s so special about the Bahnschrift font?
Bahnschrift is a Windows font which is a little special and not fully compatible within Office. We’ll explain why it’s special, the extra care needed and the workaround. While it’s listed as an Office Cloud Font, Bahnschrift was originally included with the 2017 ‘Creators’ update of Windows 10. So, it might already be installed for […]
