Delete or change the separator line for Footnotes and Endnotes
Don’t like that short dividing line between the Word document and footnotes/endnotes? You can change the color or look. Even delete the line completely. Though it’s hardly obvious even to Word experts. Most commonly you want to remove the footnote dividing line to completely hide the footnotes from a version of the document. Start by […]
Word Footnote hidden bug
Hiding footnotes in Word triggers an annoying bug that’s been there for at least ten years. There’s no sign of it being fixed. While looking into Footnotes and Endnotes in Word for Office-Watch.com we came upon a strange bug. Anyone trying to hide the footnotes in a document will strike it. Here’s the bug and […]
Turn talk into text in Word 365 for Windows
Modern Word has a powerful ‘Speech to Text’ option ‘Dictate’ which works a lot better than similar options in the past. If you’d tried and been disappointed with dictating into Word, it’s time to give it another try. Dictate is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers with Office 365 software for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad […]
Get 11 Indian languages translated by Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Translator now has the language Odia (or Oriya), taking the list of Indian languages supported to 11. in Odia, according to Microsoft …. Microsoft 365 ଅନୁବାଦକ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (କିମ୍ବା ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ଅଛି, ଯାହା ଦ୍ୱାରା 11ଟି ଭାରତୀୟ ଭାଷାର ତାଲିକା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରାଯାଇଛି । Microsoft Translator is a cloud-service so Odia is now on the list […]
Immersive Reader in Teams and Word Online
The Immersive Reader features of modern Word 365 are also available in Microsoft Teams and Word Online (browser based Word) to view documents and messages. Look for the Immersive Reader option on the menu for post threads. It’s also available on the View menu for any Word documents opened in Teams or Word Online. The […]
Office 2010 – not long before it ‘dies’
Microsoft Office 2010 ends support later this year but there’s no need to panic. Here’s what to do, when to change from Office 2010 and what to replace it. Office 2010 countdown [ycd_countdown id=”31774″][/ycd_countdown] Office 2010 ends support on Tuesday, 13 October 2020 All the Office 2010 programs will keep working. No change there. Tuesday, […]
Read Aloud in Word for Mac
Word 365 and Word 2019 for Mac have the same Read Aloud option that’s in other Word releases. Word 2016 and earlier have other options to speak the words in a document. Word 365 and Word 2019 Read Aloud starts from the Review menu. That opens a control panel with the usual options. Back – jumps […]
More ideas for social distancing signs
If you’d like to make your social distancing sign stand out, check out some of these examples using animals and objects to explain the distance needed. And we have some more simple template Word signs for our newsletter readers. Here’s a simple example from the Sydney University Veterinary Hospital Use whatever animal is appropriate. In […]
Footnotes and Endnotes in Word
Getting started with Word’s footnotes and endnotes. Footnotes is one of those Word features that’s been around for a long time and so it often ignored in all the hoopla about new features. In this article we’ll have a close look at Footnotes and Endnotes. In Word there are Footnotes and Endnotes however they are […]
Read Aloud in Word 365 and 2019 in depth
Read Aloud is the newer and better form of the old Speak feature from Word 2016-2010. It’s available in Word 365 and Word 2019. Read Aloud has more controls than the older Speak feature and it appears in more places within Word. The voice selection and settings in Windows are very different. Windows has the […]
Comment View change in Word and Office
Microsoft continues to tinker update the Comments part of Word with yet more changes coming in Word 365. We’ll explain the new Comments view plus look over some of the Comments features from recent years. At last, users get some control over how comments appear. Not a lot of control but some. For many years, […]
2020 – Year of the Icon?
2020 will be remembered for many things (big sigh) but from a design viewpoint, it could be the Year of the Icon. Many of those graphics are available either in Office directly or imported from elsewhere – we’ll show you both. Everywhere you go there are signs reminding us of the new life we have […]
Hear a document with Speak in Word 2016, 2013 and 2010
Word 2016, Word 2013 and Word 2010 for Windows all have a ‘text to speech’ or ‘Speak’ feature to read back a document. It’s hiding away behind the ribbon but works fine once you’ve found it. Speak button can be put on the Quick Access Toolbar or Ribbon. Select some text or Ctrl + A […]
Quick Fix for Office display problems
How to quickly fix display problems in Microsoft Office. When Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook don’t show up on the screen correctly. It doesn’t happen often but occasionally Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook open but as all grey. Clicking around the screen displays just a ribbon or menu but not the whole program. If other […]
Word 365 new feature mystery
Additions and changes to Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel etc) are often not explained properly beyond a short paragraph. Then there are cases where even that explanation is a mystery. We’re obliged to Hannah J. from Munich for asking about this item on the Microsoft site from April 2019 which we overlooked. From What’s new in […]
Nekofont – the cat font
Headline your next document with cats! Looking for something really different to headline your next document or presentation – why not use ‘Neko Font’ the font made out of cats. Strictly this isn’t a font you can download, instead you type text into a web page, choose the size (Large, Medium, Small or Tiny) and […]
