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.
Triangular Flag 🚩 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert the Triangular Flag 🚩 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. There are two different looks and plenty of colors to choose from, not just the Red Flag default. Triangular Flag 🚩 emoji is usually used to warn people of bad ideas or problems or refer to unsafe/dangerous situations. As you’ll see, it […]
Why does a document look different on other devices
Reasons why a Word document or email can look different on one computer than another device and what you can do get ‘fidelity’ or the same look across many machines. In short – you can’t assume that what you see is the same as someone else. You get a document sent to you or maybe […]
Highlight tricks for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
Here’s another example of a seemingly simple Office feature that has hidden depths – Highlighting. For a long time, there’s been a highlight option in Office: Word, Excel, Outlook and even PowerPoint (albeit in a different form). They vary a little in each program so this article will go through them all, mentioning alternatives and […]
Preventing Table overrun to blank page in Microsoft Word
Empty or unwanted pages just after a Word table are especially annoying. Trying to select anything after the table can be difficult unless you know the tricks. Here’s the common problem in Word. A table goes to the end of a document or section but another empty page is added. Clicking Home | Paragraph | […]
Dark Mode has gradual progress in Microsoft Office
Let’s take a moment to see where customers stand with Dark Mode options in Microsoft Office in Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and web. It’s easy to get confused about Microsoft 365 and Office 2021 dark mode or theme options. Microsoft has announced ‘dark’ developments so many times it’s hard to keep up with what’s […]
Dictate your comments into a Word document
Dictate has yet another addition in Microsoft Word. You can now dictate comments when reviewing a document in Word as well as dictating into the document itself. Look for a little microphone icon in the comment entry box. Some people may find it particularly handy. Others might not use it at all (myself included). Either […]
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 […]
Make Contact Groups with CC and BCC in Outlook
Here’s how to make Outlook Contact Groups work with both CC and BCC’s as well. Outlook Contact Groups are a way to combine a list of contacts under a single name. They are often used in business but are also useful for individuals or families. For example groups like: ‘Regional Managers’, ‘Branch Staff’, ‘Neighbours’, ‘Club […]
8 ways to share calendars or events in Outlook
There are at least eight ways to share an entire calendar or individual appointment in Outlook software. Sharing can be ‘live’ and connected. Any changes or updates to the event or calendar are automatically sent to everyone sharing. Or it can be a ‘one-off’ item. A special attachment which is emailed or a little .ics […]
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 […]
Getting into PowerBI with the free desktop app
Get started and understand Microsoft’s Power BI using the free desktop app. Here’s how to setup Power BI and some of its nifty tricks to delve into and make sense of data. All without the hassle of a ‘free’ trial. With plenty of buzzwords such as data-driven culture, business intelligence, analytics, metrics, KPI and our […]
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 […]
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 […]
