A quick way to type a tick character in Word. Another great Autocorrect suggestion from Morris B. ” … the one that I have found the most useful is to replace ‘./’ with a tick (wingdings 252 – or wingdings 254) “ Using the fullstop/period is a clever Autocorrect prefix since that character isn’t usually […]
Readers suggestions for using Autocorrect with the degree sign and temperature Yehuda Z says: “I use (0) to auto-correct to the symbol for degrees ?. It makes things much easier. I also use ty and tyvm for Thank you! and Thank you very much! respectively. Little tricks like this save lots of time! “ If […]
Insert special characters into Office documents quickly. One of the eternal questions to Office Watch is about adding extra characters to a keyboard. The most common requests are for adding currency symbols like Pound £ Euro € or Yen/Renminbi ¥ but can also include the @ symbol which can, even these days, be missing from […]
How we might be editing Office docs in the future, try it today. One of the more interesting Windows 8 apps is ‘Onenote MX’ an experimental version to see how Office might look in a world of Windows 8 apps, formerly known as Metro. Part of OneNote MX is the touch control called the Radial […]
What is an interrobang and how to use it in Microsoft Word. Interrobang is a non-standard punctuation mark – a combination of a question mark and exclamation mark. In Word, interrobang looks like this: (Interrobang in some common Word fonts: Calibri, Cambria, Arial Unicode MS & Lucida Sans Unicode.) In the sixties, the interrobang was […]
The Comic Sans haters have risen again as a TV show is plastered with the hated Comic Sans font Stephen Fry’s latest TV show uses Comic Sans as its primary font, so the haters of the common font have risen in protest. We’ve talked about Comic Sans before. It’s not a bad font; in fact […]
Inside the Office feature of embedding fonts within documents. Font embedding is when the font details are stored in the document itself so that anyone reading will see the same text as the creator. Normally fonts are installed on the computer and used by whatever programs need them. If the font you want to use […]
Just because Office lets you embed a font doesn’t mean it will work. Word and PowerPoint have options to embed a font into the document, so why doesn’t it work? In theory you can select the ‘Embed fonts’ option for a document and all the necessary fonts will be included in the document. That means […]
Keyboard shortcuts for special characters that work outside Office and without special setup. After our article on Accent characters, some readers asked why we didn’t mention another method of entering characters using the Alt key. It’s possible to enter any character into a Windows program using the Alt key plus the number pad (usually on […]
How to enter accented characters, grave, circumflex, umlaut etc when they aren’t on the keyboard. Typing accented letters can be a chore and a mystery, especially for those of us unaccustomed to languages with the ‘extra’ letters. The keyboards don’t show accented letters and it’s not obvious how to type them. It’s good to get […]
Changing the font for all documents is remarkably easy. In Word 2010 the default font face is Calibri, font size 11 and style Normal. This might not be the ideal combination for many as different individuals have different font preferences. Making modifications to font style, size and font face to suit your requirements every time […]
Text effects in Word 2010 have wide range of options like applying shadow, reflection or glow to transform the appearance of text and give it an altogether new look. Text effects in Word 2010 have wide range of options like applying shadow, reflection or glow to transform the appearance of text and give it an […]
Making ordinary texts look extraordinary has been possible for many versions of Word. Alas, the features can make ordinary text look awful – if you’re not careful. Making ordinary texts look extraordinary has been possible for many versions of Word. Alas, the features can make ordinary text look awful – if you’re not careful. Word […]
An easy way to make headings with extra style and flourish in Word 2010. Microsoft Word 2010 supports OpenType Ligatures. Apart from Word 2010, OpenType Ligatures are also applicable in Publisher 2010 and, to a limited extent, Outlook 2010 since Word is used as the editor in Outlook. Behind the technical and typographical terms is […]
Type in many languages from one keyboard. Here’s how you can type in other languages using a single keyboard into any Window program including Microsoft Office. Google has added a virtual keyboard to its search pages. On some search pages like google.co.th and google.ru you can now click on a symbol to see a virtual […]
It’s too late for Christmas cards but not too late for a simple Xmas Email. We’re the first to admit that sending a Christmas email isn’t the most traditional method but it can be done with good cheer and grace. Here’s just one example from a friend and some tips from the writer and designer […]
Suggested fonts to teach writing recognition. Office Watch reader Wim V saw our article on Avoiding Comic Sans and wrote to us about a use for Comic Sans and other fonts used in teaching literacy. Some fonts can be used to teach people how to recognize and write different letters. Wim writes … ” Many literacy […]
Free alternatives to the overused Comic Sans font. The Wall Street Journal has a history of Comic Sans, the font that people love to hate, complete with an interview with its creator, Vincent Connare. It turns out that Comic Sans was born from the unlamented Microsoft Bob project with inspiration from comic books – hence […]
Windows 7 adds 43 fonts to the set supplied by Windows. There will be 21 new typefaces in Windows 7, a total of 43 fonts to the set supplied by Windows. Many of the fonts are for non-English languages like Hindi, Japanese and Arabic. For Latin and similar alphabets the Windows 7 additions are:Gabriola Segoe […]
Reasons why a document or email can look different on one computer than another. You get a document sent to you or maybe you’ve sent a document out and it looks different on the receivers computer, maybe quite unreadable. Why? Fonts Most likely it’s a font compatibility problem. The fonts you use in a document (Word, […]
