The Notes Pane is the key to some useful Footnote and Endnote options Now that Print Layout is the main editing view in Microsoft Word, the Notes pane has been somewhat forgotten but it’s the home of details in the Footnotes and Endnotes. Get to the Notes Pane Switch to
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
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
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
One of the most curious feature additions is now in Outlook for Mac. Each Contact can have their Blood Type and Star Sign included along with phone numbers, address etc. These details and many more have always been possible in Outlook Contacts via custom fields. In the latest Outlook for
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
Microsoft has a Microsoft 365 offer for students and recent graduates that’s worth a look but watch out for the fine print. The offer is Microsoft 365 Personal for $12 instead of $69.99 which is a good deal if you qualify. It’s available to students and recent graduates of colleges/universities
There are strange and worrying reports of double billing, disconnection of service and other anomalies that leave some Microsoft 365/Office 365 paying more or getting less than what they paid for. Here’s what to do if your Microsoft 365 account and billing has gone wrong, Just some of the troubles
There are changes coming for Office 2010 and Office 2013 for Windows plus Office 2016 for Mac on 13 October as Microsoft makes their online services incompatible with older versions of Office. We’ll explain what’s happening, to whom and the effects. What’s happening? Some older, less secure connection methods will
The names of genes are being changed just to stop Excel confusing them with dates during the import process. We’ll explain two ways Excel already works to avoid the geneticist’s problem. Genes named like MARCH1 and SEPT1 which Excel converts into dates when imported the wrong way, usually directly via
Why does Excel change what people type or import, sometimes in ways they don’t want? It’s the General cell format that messes with what you type or import. It’s the default cell format ‘General’. It’s top of the Formats list and most of us haven’t given it a second thought.
The latest Preview version of Outlook 365 for Windows includes a cloud storage option for settings. Which settings are being saved? Customers have long wanted the ability to share Outlook settings, especially Signatures, across different installations of Outlook. That’s now coming though the vital details aren’t easily available. In recent
It’s easy for forget when your Microsoft 365 (Office 365) plan is up for renewal or even which plan you’ve purchased. These are vital points if you want to avoid being overcharged for Microsoft 365 renewals, which is what Microsoft will do if you’re not careful. Go to https://office.com and
A new Windows 10 update includes fixes for some Office related bugs for Word, Excel and Outlook. The patch is called KB4568831 released July 31, 2020 . It’s for the latest Windows 10 May 2020 release (aka ‘2004’ or ‘Build 19041.423’). It’s a large update which fixes many different Windows
Getting a refund on an Office 365 /Microsoft 365 plan isn’t easy but can be possible depending on the reason for cancellation and your local consumer laws. There’s a lot of misleading or out-of-date information on the web, including details from Microsoft itself. Here’s the hard information we’ve been able
Many people talk about what’s possible in getting a refund of Microsoft 365 plan but it’s mostly copied from other social media or forums and some completely wrong. We’ve gone looking for Microsoft’s real rules for cancelling and refunding a ‘subscription’ they are quite different from what’s commonly ‘known’. Zombie
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
An unfixed Outlook 365 bug can delete messages before you get a chance to see them. Microsoft has been ‘investigating’ for about two weeks with no fix. The only saving grace is that it’s a relatively uncommon use of Outlook and not a default setup. Even so, any bug which
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
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
Customers trying to cancel their recent Microsoft 365 plan might see a totally bogus message which wrongly claims that a cancel and refund isn’t possible. A thread on Microsoft ‘Answers’ includes a web page image from a customer trying to cancel Microsoft 365 Family. Microsoft had auto-renewed the plan but
@mentions can be very handy at ‘tagging’ people into an online conversation but they can also be a damned nuisance. Here’s how to disable @ mention in Outlook 365 for Windows. Microsoft has added @ mentions throughout the Microsoft 365 services including Teams and Office document collaboration. It’s great for
Too many people report problems cancelling Microsoft 365 trial subscription. Here’s the steps to stopping the trial and what to do if cancelling doesn’t work properly. Microsoft has offered a free one-month trial of Office for a long time and for all that time there have been problems. People try
Office-Watch.com is always on the lookout for ways to save money on buying Microsoft Office. Here’s a summary of the tips we’ve discovered over the years. Microsoft 365 Family (with six users) is the main seller and you can buy/renew it for less than the official price. Formerly Office 365
