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.
Word’s SEQ field code – all the options and switches
Get the most from the SEQ (Sequence) field code in Microsoft Word using these options and switches. Office-Watch.com has tested all the {SEQ} features and found a few things that are different from the official Office documentation. To start with {SEQ } check out Why Word’s SEQ code is a godsend { SEQ Identifier [Bookmark ] [Switches ] } Identifier […]
Why do old addresses remain in Outlook?
Old email addresses or people have an annoying habit of appearing in Outlook, even after you’ve deleted the address or person from the Contacts list. Here’s why obsolete emails keep appearing and how to remove these unwanted and dangerous strays. Here’s an example of Outlook’s problem with ‘sticky’ and unwanted addresses or names. Make a […]
Presidential passport details leaked – Outlook is blamed
Microsoft Outlook was blamed for a 2015 leak of passport details of world leaders, including President Obama, according to a report in The Guardian. Here’s what happened then, how it can still happen now and what you can do to avoid the same trap. The details where emailed to the wrong person by the Australian […]
Custom Bibliography formats or styles in Word
Microsoft Word has many supplied Bibliography formats or styles to choose from. You can add your own custom formats to suit your needs (or your professors). First, a quick look at how Word figures out how to format or arrange a citation. See: Add a Bibliography to Word documents Citations for everyone in Word Note: this […]
Orthodox Cross ☦ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Orthodox Cross ☦ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Orthodox Cross or Russian Othodox Cross ☦ symbol is widely seen in Russia and in particular the Russian Orthodox Church. There’s also a Christian or Latin Cross ✝ symbol available. How Orthodox Cross ☦ […]
Marriage Symbol ⚭ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type the Marriage Symbol ⚭ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Marriage Symbol ⚭ symbol is two interlocked circles with obvious symbolism. It can be used for any situation you like, perhaps when two items or groups merge or an alternative bullet symbol. How Marriage […]
Why Word’s SEQ code is a godsend
Whenever someone has a numbering or list problem in Microsoft Word, the solution usually revolves around the little known but oh so flexible SEQ code. SEQ lets you do things in Word that aren’t possible with the numbered or multi-level list features. Even the powerful ListNum field has to give way to the power of […]
Hidden Text, Images and objects in Word
We have recently discussed how to show hidden formatting characters in Word, but it is also possible to hide text and even images in Microsoft Word, as long as you are using Word desktop on Windows or Mac. See Find and Remove Hidden Text in Word Hidden text positioning and formatting tricks in Word Why hide? […]
Table Cell Margins and Spacing Options in Word
Cell Margins and Cell Spacing are two important settings in any Microsoft Word Table but they aren’t used much and not well understood. Cell margins are the spaces between your text and the edge of the cell. They can be set separately for the top, bottom, and either side of the cells. To change the […]
Microsoft 365 ads appearing in Office 2021
Microsoft has started dropping ads into Office 2021 in another attempt to switch customers off single-payment Microsoft Office and on to the annual ‘subscription’ Microsoft 365. UPDATED: this article now updated after hearing from some Office Watch readers (always a handy way to find out what’s really happening with Office software!). Office 2021 users are […]
Expanding a Master Document in Word
When you open a master document in Microsoft Word it might give you a scare. Instead of showing the document text all you see is some links. All the subdocuments will appear as hyperlinks in the master document. To see the entire master document with sub-documents go to View | Outline. The Outlining bar will […]
Three ways to make an auto-update unique list in Excel
Making unique (not duplicated) list in Excel is possible in three ways that update automatically. One is headspinningly hard. One has some minor quibbles. The best option is a lot easier and relatively new in Excel. We’re talking here about making a list of unique (non-duplicate) values which update automatically if the source list changes. […]
Rearrange and fix Word’s Styles Gallery
Microsoft Word’s Styles Gallery can be fixed to show the styles you want, rearrange to the order you want, not the collection and order decided by Microsoft. It makes sense to have the styles you use most frequently in a prominent place in this panel, and Word allows you to both add styles to the gallery, and to […]
Extra symbols with Segoe Fluent Icon font for Word & Office
Segoe Fluent Icon is a handy extra symbols font with some icons that aren’t easily available anywhere else. It’s free for Windows and Mac. Here’s how to use it in Word and Office. Segoe Fluent Icons is intended for use by developers making their Windows apps but there’s no reason why you can’t use them […]
Make fancy text with OpenType Ligatures in Word
An easy way to make fancy text, especially headings, with extra style and flourish is with the OpenType Ligatures in Word for Microsoft 365, 2021 and earlier versions of Word including Word for Mac. Microsoft Word supports OpenType Ligatures. Apart from Word, OpenType Ligatures are also applicable in Publisher and, to a limited extent, Outlook […]
Easy way to convert sentences into Excel formula
There’s a way to convert a sentence into an Excel Formula using modern AI. You’d expect this to come from Microsoft but instead it’s the work on one smart man who has made the Excel Formula Bot. David Bressler has created a way to turn human sentences into an Excel Formula at https://excelformulabot.com/ It’s interesting […]
