Office 2021 is the personal and small business ‘perpetual licence’, non-subscription version of Microsoft Office. For Windows and Mac.
Office LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel) is the volume licence ‘perpetual licence’, non-subscription version of Microsoft Office for organizations, companies and governments. Also for Windows and Mac.
The features in Office 2021 and Office LTSC are very similar, if not the same.
Vmware Workstation Pro is now free
Our preferred way to manage multiple versions of Microsoft Office is now available free. Vmware Workstation Pro for Windows or Fusion Pro 13 for Mac. VMware has released both of their desktop products to individuals for personal use. All you have to do register and download from Broadcom’s support portal. Both products are a way […]
A quiet month of security fixes for Microsoft Office
Patch Tuesday for May 2024 is a quiet month for Microsoft Office with only four security fixes but one of them is rated ‘Critical’. Also a list of the latest build/version released for each version of Office. Only Excel has a ‘Remote Code Execution’ bug which affects all supported Excel for Windows releases. Sharepoint has […]
Immersive Reader in Word for Windows, Mac and iPad
Immersive Reader in Microsoft Word 365, available on Windows, Mac, iPad, and Teams, offers a unique way to view documents. It provides tools to enhance reading skills, pronunciation, and fluency, while minimizing visual distractions to improve focus for users of all ages and abilities. Immersive Reader can declutter your text. Change the background colour to […]
Word changes a Paste Text option
Microsoft Word 365 is changing the default paste action, which is a noticeable difference. You should know some important details and how to make the change now for any version of Microsoft Word. Plus some unclear points in Microsoft’s explanation of the change. Word 365 is only changing the default paste option for text coming […]
Use free Copilot to summarize Word documents
With a simple trick, you can use Copilot to summarize and query Word documents without paying for an expensive Copilot plan. In theory you need an expensive Copilot plan to sum up or ask questions about Word document with Microsoft’s AI system. The Copilot side-pane is only available in Copilot Pro or Copilot for Microsoft […]
Ear 👂 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Ear 👂symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Use the Ear 👂 symbol for many situations including an icon for ‘Listen” or ‘hear’. Or to complement the Eye 👁 emoji How Ear 👂 looks in different fonts. Two Windows fonts have the Ear symbol, […]
Making pictures smaller – some more options.
There are many ways to make pictures smaller, in both senses of the word. Here are three more options including great news for Windows 11 & Windows 10 users plus an important warning. Converting images into a smaller file size is sometimes essential. The large digital camera images (can be 4-6MB each) can be too […]
Use the Force with your PowerPoint & online backgrounds
The official Star Wars web site has some pictures that you can use as virtual backgrounds for your Zoom or Teams online calls. Also great for PowerPoint slides. Go to https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-backgrounds , click on an image to open the full version then right-click on the picture and choose ‘Save image as …’ or equivalent on […]
Star Wars look in Word and PowerPoint
Whether you’d like to join the Force or make fun of it, here’s how to get the famous Star Wars look in Word, PowerPoint and Office. See Star Wars movie opening and end credits in PowerPoint Star Wars font There are a few ‘Star Wars’ fonts available. All probably in breach of many copyright rules but […]
Happy Star Wars Day – with Microsoft Office
Office-Watch.com has Star Wars Day covered with a series of articles which add the spirit of the Rebel Alliance or the Empire to your Microsoft Office documents, workbooks and slides. Star Wars Day is 4th May each year … “May the fourth be with you” geddit? Star Wars fonts Star Wars look in Word and […]
How to save an Outlook attachment without knowing it
At an important UK inquiry, a lawyer claims that he didn’t know how to save an email attachment. The evidence suggests that he might be telling the truth about that minor detail. We explain how Outlook prints an email attachment. This is a small part of the inquiry into the British Post Office Scandal were […]
PowerPoint trim video reaches the web
The long-standing Trim Video feature in PowerPoint desktop has now reached the browser based version as well as in the desktop Windows and Mac versions. If you’ve ever used Trim Video in either PowerPoint for Windows or Mac, this ‘new’ feature will be familiar in PowerPoint on the web. Any video saved with the presentation […]
PowerPoint video audio compression tricks and traps
PowerPoint offers compression embedded video and audio files, reducing the overall file size. But these options aren’t where you might expect to find them, aren’t selective and need to be used with care. There is compression option for media files (video or audio) to a suitable quality level and make it compact. This feature will […]
The Outlook setting everyone should check
After setting up Outlook for Windows (classic) maybe your older messages aren’t showing up quickly? That might be because of a hidden default set to suit Microsoft which should be changed to benefit you. For most mailboxes (Outlook.com, Exchange Server etc) Outlook for Windows (classic) can synchronize a copy of some or all your messages, […]
Eye 👁 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How to insert the Eye 👁 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Eye 👁 symbol is used for decoration “Look Here” or “See this”. Even as a fancy bullet point in Word or PowerPoint. How Eye 👁 looks in different fonts. Two Windows fonts […]
Better Bullets in Word with SVG Icons
Get better and more creative bullet lists in Word using an Icon or SVG graphic in Word or PowerPoint, you just have to be a little sneaky. Icons (Microsoft’s name for SVG graphics) would seem to be ideal for creative bullets. SVG’s can be resized, colored and adjusted without loss of quality. They are available […]
