Indexing ‘bug’ in Microsoft Word tables
A peculiarity of indexes when you use big table cells to format your Microsoft Word document — and a suggested solution. Karen from New Mexico wrote to us describing a strange behavior in her Word document indexes. The documents are class handouts with each topic as a new row in a two column table. This means […]
Make and customize your own tab on Office Ribbon
Have all your favorite Office features and buttons in one place. Commonly used buttons or options that aren’t on the regular ribbon. The Office ribbon lets you make a personal tab filled with your choices. We will show you how easy it is to make in Word below, but this can also be done the […]
How to add a Drop Down List in Word
A Word Drop-down list lets you quickly choose one of several options. It’s a fast way to make new documents with a standardized pattern. Don’t be scared, it’s easy to create even though the word ‘Developer’ is involved. We’ll show you how to make drop-down lists, change the bland ‘Choose an item.’ default text and […]
Add different symbols for each bullet in Word or PowerPoint list
How to make a bullet list that has different bullet symbol or emoji for each Word or PowerPoint line. With the wide range of symbols and emoji in Word and PowerPoint there’s scope for creative lists that use symbols that relate to each line. It’s not possible to do that as a normal bullet list. […]
Type double circled digits in Word, Excel and more
Insert digits with double circles from ⓵ to ⓽ in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook etc. Use them as an alternative way to number a list like this … Double Circled digits in different fonts Only two common Office fonts have double circled digits Segoe UI Symbol and Calibri. Here’s how the symbols look in both […]
Beamed ♬ Musical Notes ♫ in Word, PowerPoint and More
Type beamed ♫ or joined ♬ musical notes into Word documents, Excel worksheets, PowerPoint slides or emails. It’s possible to type musical notes and other notation in Word documents. Full musical scoring isn’t practical (there’s other software). Unicode only has two ‘beamed’ or joined musical notes, the Eighth or Quaver and the Sixteenth of Semi-quaver. Beamed musical notes different in each font […]
Musical 𝅘𝅥𝅮 notes 𝅘𝅥𝅰 in Word, Excel and more
Type musical notes from breve 𝅜 (double whole note) to the semihemidemisemiquaver 𝅘𝅥𝅲 (128th note) in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook etc. It’s possible to type musical notes and other notation in Word documents. Full musical scoring isn’t practical (there’s other software). How musical notes look in different fonts. Most fonts don’t include musical notes. The only common Office font that […]
Jeopardy! clue cards, make your own in PowerPoint and Word
How to make clue cards like the Jeopardy! TV show to use in PowerPoint or Word. Clue … it’s not as straightforward as you might think but we’ll take you through the steps and tricks. Use the well-known format to pose questions for your PowerPoint audience or as a section/chapter heading. Let’s go through the […]
Is “data” singular or plural – let Microsoft Word decide
Is the word ‘data’ singular or plural? It’s one of those changing usages of the English language that reasonable people disagree on. What does Microsoft Word’s grammar and style say … “Data is ..” or “Data are …”? The UK Financial Times has just changed its style guide to say that ‘data’ is always singular. […]
Wavy Dash 〰 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Wavy Dash 〰 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Wavy Dash 〰 symbol is like a long curvy version of the em-dash, there’s no specific meaning or purpose. Not to be confused with the two Tilde ~ symbols and reversed ∽ Tilde […]
Replace one Word style with another using ‘Select All’
Word can ‘select all’ text of a chosen style, then you can change all to another style, here’s how, Gordon G asks “Just read Convert Normal style into Body Text style in Word why didn’t you use Select All from the Styles list then apply a different style?” In Word there’s sometimes more than one […]
How to convert Normal style to Body Text style in Word
Switching paragraphs from Normal style to Body Text styles in Microsoft Word is a clever use of the Replace feature that can switch text with any style to another. We’ve talked about how savvy Word users have their main text paragraphs in the Body Text style instead of the standard Normal style. See also Modifying Body Text […]
Explore five (yes FIVE) different Exclamation Mark ! in Word and Office
There’s more possible with the humble ! exclamation mark / point in Microsoft Word or Office. At least five different ! available and that’s before changing color, size and other text effect options. We’ll show you ways to insert FIVE different exclamation marks into Office, as characters, icons, symbols and several emoji with infinite variations possible […]
Stop contract trickery with a Word document
There are risks when sending a Microsoft Word document to someone when you don’t need to, one landlord found that out the hard way. A Word doc can be changed if you’re not careful. We have some suggestions for avoiding unexpected editing traps. A tenant in the USA received a draft lease via email in the […]
Purple, Prince, Pantone and Microsoft Office
There’s a special purple color named by Pantone as ‘Love Symbol Number 2’ in honor of the musician Prince. That same purple is possible in Microsoft Word and other Office applications. Only last year, Pantone teamed with Prince’s estate to announce that PQ 7448C was to be known as Love Symbol Number 2. Now the […]
Add Prince’s Symbol ‘Love Symbol Number 2’ in Word and Office
The late and much missed musician Prince wished to be known by single character symbol called ‘Love Symbol Number 2‘. Here’s how to enter that unique symbol in Word, PowerPoint or Microsoft Office generally. There are various methods suggested on the Internet, we’ve narrowed them down to one excellent option (SVG graphic) two others that […]
