Images in Office – Inserted or Linked?
More details on the image insert or linked options in Office, Word documents and Outlook emails. We’ve already talked about the three options available for documents; Insert, ‘Link to File’ and ‘Insert and Link’. Insert adds a copy of the image into the document Link displays the current external picture within the document. Insert and […]
Three choices to add images to Office and emails
There are three different ways to add an image into a Word document or Outlook email. Insert is the most common but there’s also Link or Insert and Link ” When I make a web page I can link to any image on the Internet. In Word, it’s different. You add an image to the […]
Cent ¢ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook
How to type the Cent symbol ¢ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook plus any Windows program. Cent ¢ shortcut Word and Outlook The Cent ¢ symbol has an inbuilt shortcut in Word and Outlook: Ctrl + /, C Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing / then type C (upper or lower case). […]
One person Comments in Word
Adding comments to Microsoft Word documents isn’t just for groups, use them yourself for your own reminders and side-comments while you’re working on a doc. Word has a feature to let you add ‘side’ comments to documents – comments that don’t show up in the final document, don’t effect the formatting yet stay with the […]
Get the most persuasive font in Microsoft Office
Baskerville has been decreed the most persuasive font after an experiment by Errol Morris and the New York Times. Happily, a very similar font is available to all Microsoft Office for Windows users. In an interview in Fast Company, Errol Morris talks about the experiment where people were asked to rate the same text, but […]
Blank spaces in Word navigation pane
What causes blank spaces in the Word navigation pane and how to fix them. The Navigation Pane in Word shows the Headings in a document but sometimes has the unexpected. Blank lines or text not in a heading. But sometimes blank spaces appear, like between London and Paris above. Why is that happening? The Navigation […]
Dictate voice commands in Office – the full, searchable list
Here’s the full and searchable list of Word 365 Dictation special phrases, in English. Saying any of these phrases converts the words spoken into the symbol or does a Word command. For example, say “Full Stop” and . appears in the document. Say “Dollar sign” and get $ . Say ‘Align Center’ and the current […]
Checkered Flag 🏁 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Checkered Flag 🏁 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Plus other alternatives available in modern Microsoft Office like icons or stock images. As its name suggests, the Checkered Flag emoji 🏁 shows a flag with a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. It’s often used to represent vehicle racing, challenges, or accomplishments. How Checkered Flag […]
Use Pantone Colors in Office documents
You can translate a Pantone PMS code or name into something Microsoft Office; Word, Excel or PowerPoint understands? Sometimes you’re given a specific color using the Pantone color scheme. Most commonly this happens for a corporate logo. The Ford car company specifies ‘PMS 294C’ for their blue logo. McDonald’s uses PMS 123C and PMS 485C […]
Typing some simple fractions automatically in Word and Outlook
As part of Word’s Autocorrect settings, some simple fractions will show as a symbol when you. For example, if you type in 1/4 and then space straight afterwards it’ll show as ¼. It’s done automatically from File | Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat as you type | Fractions (1/2) with fraction character […]
Typing common fractions in Word and Outlook
Fractions like 1/2 1/4 3/4 can look better in Word and Outlook as ½ ¼ ¾ that can be done for other common fractions too ⅘ ⅚ ⅐ ⅛ among many. Either type directly with a shortcut or using AutoCorrect. We have a full table of the fractions available as symbols. As you may know, […]
Make your own fractions in Word and Outlook
There’s an easy way to make a good looking symbol for any fraction, no matter how unusual it might be. There are symbols and shortcuts for common fractions but beyond that you need a little Word trickery. But not very tricky because all you need is on the Home tab. Superscript then Subscript Use a […]
Thumbs Down👎emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Thumbs Down or Dislike 👎 can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Thumbs Down symbol 👎 or emoji is used to suggest disapproval or dislike. Partnered against Thumbs Up / Like 👍 symbol. How Thumbs Down Sign 👎 looks in different fonts. Here’s […]
Zero-day Windows security bug spreads to Europe and USA
The serious Windows and Office security bug is now used to target organizations in Europe and USA. Despite plenty of warnings, Microsoft still doesn’t have a fix, just ‘mitigations’. Last week Office-Watch.com told you about “Follina, or CVE-2022–30190” a relatively simple hack that exploits a security bug in Microsoft’s own Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (msdt). It’s […]
Word Designer: the quick way to better looking documents
Word in a web browser has a Designer feature, like Designer in PowerPoint, to quickly make great looking documents. Designer uses Microsoft’s templates collection to suggest formatting and design change for the document. One problem with Designer, like similar Office features, is that they can be overused and too many documents or slides end up […]
Suggested Images and Visual Emphasis in Word – a mystery new feature
Suggested Images and Add Visual Emphasis options have appeared in our Microsoft Word … looks like a new but not yet announced feature. We’ve been editing Word documents with Word in a browser, when a small blue diamond icon appears in the left margin: ◇ Clicking on it added a Stock Image to the top […]
