Word Advanced Find – all the special codes
Word’s Advanced Find has many special codes to help locate or replace hidden or unusual things in a Word document. Here’s a complete and searchable list of all the ^ codes and what they are for Under Find | Advanced Find | More | Special there’s a list of special codes for finding hidden formatting […]
An easy way to get an anonymous face, cat, horse or artwork
Here’s a way to get a face or other image for a PowerPoint slide or Word document but not intrude on anyone’s privacy. Check out ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com The website employs artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to produce photos of people who do not exist. An astonishingly realistic, but entirely fake image […]
Sampi Ϡ symbol in Word and Office
Type the Sampi Ϡ letter into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Sampi Ϡ symbol is occasionally used in Greek today. Its modern form, which resembles a slanting right cross-stroke with a longish curve, evolved during its use as a numeric symbol in Byzantine minuscule handwriting. Informally, its often replaced by lowercase or uppercase π. How Sampi Ϡ looks in different […]
The hidden reason why Internet Explorer is still necessary
Microsoft is pushing the Internet Explorer browser over a cliff but there’s a good but hidden reason why IE is worth keeping or get Edge’s IE Mode working. Both Edge and Google Chrome have an annoying feature that adds HTML formatting to the web page downloaded. That’s a problem if you’re copying a web page […]
What does Microsoft’s Word Dark Mode tweet mean?
An enigmatic Microsoft tweet about Word Dark Mode set off plenty of talk about changes to the look of Office 365 ,,, but does a single Twitter message mean anything? The response tweets did reveal some interesting tips about Dark Mode. Here’s the tweet that started it all … Nothing too exciting there, it’s the […]
How to use HEIF/HEIC/HIF Apple images in Microsoft Office
Microsoft has added support for Apple’s iPhone and iPad image formats .HEIC .HEIC and .HIF but there’s a small extra price to pay. After an unsubtle reminder from us, Microsoft has clarified the two extensions needed and the extra to be paid. iPhones and iPads now use a new image format .HEIC or ‘High Efficiency […]
Type Theta Upper Case Θ Small Upper Case θ or Lower Case ϑ Symbols
Theta upper case Θ, Theta small upper case θ and Theta lower case ϑ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Theta (uppercase Θ or θ / lowercase ϑ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet. The lowercase symbol represents many things, such as an unknown variable in trigonometry, or a plane angle in geometry. […]
New mystery message in Office apps on Chromebooks
Chromebook users are getting unexplained messages when they use some Office apps, leading to rumors about Microsoft Office support of Chromebooks. Microsoft isn’t helping by their silence but the signs are not good for paying Office customers with Chromebooks. It all started when Chromebook users reported getting pop-up messages and it was reported by WindowsUnited.de […]
How to type Koppa upper case Ϟ, or lower case ϟ symbols in Word or Office
Type the Koppa upper case Ϟ and Koppa lower case ϟ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Koppa (uppercase Ϟ / lowercase ϟ) is a letter used in the earlier forms of the Greek alphabet, it was originally used to denote the ‘k’ sound but […]
How to type the Alt Key ⎇ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook
How to insert the Alt key ⎇ symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Alt key ⎇ symbol is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. On a Mac, the same key is called Option. Most keyboards will have one […]
Thinking Face 🤔 emoji in Word and Office
Insert the Thinking Face 🤔 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Thinking Face 🤔 emoji has several other names; Thinker, Throwing Shade, Chin Thumb, puzzled and skeptic. How Thinking Face 🤔 looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Thinking Face 🤔 looks in common Office fonts. Thinking Face 🤔 codes These are the important code numbers […]
Om or Devanagari Om ॐ symbols in Word and Office
Type the Om or Devanagari Om ॐ symbol in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The Om symbol is a divine sign that denotes the essence of absolute truth, Atman or consciousness. In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The syllable is chanted either separately or before a spiritual recitation. The Om symbol is independent […]
Wildcard Find tricks in Microsoft Word
The wildcard is an advanced finding feature that has some powerful options beyond the standard * and ? options for Word. What Word calls ‘wildcard’ is really Regular Expressions, or at least a version of RegEx. Beginning or end of a word The beginning of a word can be represented by the “less than” symbol […]
Get more than one Strikethrough in Word
Using Strikethrough in Word seems straight forward but, like many things in Office, there’s extra tricks hiding away for double, long and short strikethrough. Why use Strikethough? Strikethrough has various uses. Perhaps most commonly to show a discounted price Was $100 now $99.99! Or to show that a change was made from the original: Turn left right at the corner. Or for a laugh: I thought […]
Microsoft Word vs the 2021 Words of the Champions
How does Microsoft Word’s spell check go with the 2021 Words of the Champions list from the US annual spelling bee? Each year the Scripps National Spelling Bee releases a Words of the Champions study list to educators, featuring up to 800 new words. We grabbed a selection of the most difficult words (called “Three […]
Why is the new Office 365 look so bland?
Office 365 for Windows is getting a ‘visual refresh’ a changed look to the ribbon and overall appearance of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (the other Office apps will change later). This new look is currently in beta testing and may change a little before public release. It’s only fair to start by saying we […]
