Two ways for sorting by Number
Choosing the sort type is really important and Word doesn’t always guess correctly. Office-Watch.com reader Peter M. reminds us thatRead More
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Why is Gene Cernan ignored in Word?
The last man on the moon is missing from Microsoft Office. Let the conspiracy theories begin! The last man toRead More
Sort by hidden column in Word
How to sort a list using a hidden or unseen list in Word. Sometimes you want to sort a listRead More
How to hide a column in Word
You can hide a column in Word, all it takes is a little trickery. Sometimes you want to hide aRead More
Sorting in Word
In-depth and clever tricks with sorting in Word. Following our look at different alphabetical orders, here’s a look at theRead More
Alphabetical order in Word
Which version of alphabetical order does Microsoft Word use? I thought that alphabetical order was, well, alphabetical order. That’s whatRead More
Adding the Ruble to Office
Microsoft adds the Ruble symbol to Windows 8.1 and we show you how to add it to earlier versions ofRead More
Why PivotTables get confused and how to fix them
Why Excel PivotTables get messed up and how to stop it. Time and again we’ve heard from people who tryRead More
PivotTables: selecting and changing data sources
How to add and remove data from a PivotTable. Thanks for the great feedback from our article on PivotTables. OneRead More
Where is Microsoft on email encryption?
Microsoft needs to play ‘catch up’ with email encryption. Yahoo is going to join Google is supporting not just emailRead More
The Old Alt + X trick
Quickly insert symbols, characters and emoji in Microsoft Word without taking your fingers off the keyboard. Inserting Symbols into WordRead More
How to Email direct to cloud storage and services
Some programs let you email documents directly – here’s now. Microsoft Office for iPad has an ‘Email as attachment’ asRead More
Word – Insert Symbol wish list
The Insert | Symbol feature in Office is overdue for an overhaul. Our venture into the new Unicode symbols andRead More
Character Map in Windows
A Windows feature that’s very useful for Microsoft Office users. Character Map has been in Windows for as long asRead More
Office is 25 years old
Microsoft celebrates 25 years of the software suite. Microsoft quietly celebrated the 25th anniversary of their Office suite on 1Read More
Simple and useful PivotTables
A simple, practical and non-scary example of how Excel PivotTables can work for you. Excel’s PivotTables are a great featureRead More
Access: Two Handy Procedures
The two procedures will let you easily clear up redundant Word documents, and alphabetize lists of declarations. Access versions: 2007-2013Read More
Which character code is that?
Word: how to find the character code used for a particular letter or symbols. Last week we talked about theRead More
How Word’s grammar check can let you down
A funny example of how you can’t trust the spelling and grammar checks in Word. We laughed at this sign,Read More
What is Microsoft Delve?
What is Delve and what does it mean for Microsoft Office? At the recent Microsoft conference there was mention ofRead More
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