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 […]
Add the King Charles III monogram to Microsoft Office docs
There’s a new King in Britain (and other countries) which means there’s a new Royal Logo Cypher or Monogram. Here’s how to get the Cypher for Microsoft Office documents or slides. The Royal insignia is usually made from two parts, the Tudor Crown or Scottish Crown above the Royal Cypher. There’s a Royal Cypher below […]
Beware a Microsoft Office 365 – OneDrive outage, what you must to do protect yourself
No cloud service is perfect, no matter what the company says. Here’s what you must do to protect yourself from breakdown of your OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams or Microsoft 365 cloud storage. Microsoft pushes use of OneDrive to store all your documents and images. That suits Microsoft’s strategy but isn’t necessarily a good thing for customers. […]
Exploding Head 🤯 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Exploding Head 🤯 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Exploding Head 🤯 emoji looks Windows only has Exploding Head 🤯 in the Segoe UI Emoji font, either color or black. To me the black version looks more like a bowl than […]
Fixing AutoFit Table Columns in Word
Word will automatically adjust or Autofit the width of table columns and the space within cells to fit the content that you are entering. Sometimes you don’t want this and want to be able to control the column widths yourself. AutoFit for Word tables is great but sometimes gets too enthusiastic. Tables get pushed beyond […]
Two ways to make Diagonal Text in Word
Microsoft Word has two ways to put text at any diagonal angle you like from a slight tilt to a steep incline for both regular text or a ‘watermark’ effect. It’s a simple trick to enhance a graphical presentation, make your Word document more appealing, Look no further, in Microsoft Word, a text box can […]
Transcribe “speech to text” in Word for Windows
Word 365 for Windows is getting the Transcribe feature that’s already available to everyone online. That’s all Microsoft has done, leaving Transcribe’s bugs and limitations unfixed. Transcribe converts live audio or audio recordings into a text transcript. Great for getting a written version of a lecture, speech or meeting. Since 2020, Transcribe has been available […]
Microsoft Word’s Transcribe Tool: Instantly Turn Recordings into Text
Microsoft Word’s Transcribe feature makes converting recordings into text faster and easier than ever. Whether you’re documenting meetings, lectures, or interviews, this built-in speech-to-text tool automatically transforms your audio into an editable Word document. Learn how to use Transcribe in Word for Windows or Word Online, its supported formats and languages, tips for editing your […]
