Microsoft added support for WebP images in Microsoft 365, allowing users to insert WebP pictures into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office applications. WebP images offer high quality with smaller file sizes compared to traditional formats like JPEG and PNG. WebP is an image format unknown to many people but is
Windows 11 and 10 has the Emoji Panel. What a pity that it totally sucks and is incredibly dumb. Emoji Panel is better than what we had before (nothing) but not by a lot. We’re talking about the Emoji Panel or ‘keyboard’ which appears in Windows 11/10 when you press
Windows 11 and Windows 10 have a better clipboard but there’s a big problem as well, it’s hidden away and many people don’t realize it’s there. Windows 11 and Windows 10 saves more than one item into a clipboard memory. Most likely you have this enhanced clipboard and don’t even
Microsoft has published an almost laughably revisionist version of how Patch Tuesday started and changed over 20 years. Called Reflecting on 20 years of Windows Patch Tuesday, it’s a highly selective and self-serving version of events to put it mildly. Speaking of ‘reflecting‘, you can insert your own ‘cracked‘ or
Often you need to switch between windows of the same program, so there should be a quick keyboard shortcut to do that. Here are your options in Windows or Mac. Whether you’re moving between Word documents, Excel workbooks or PowerPoint decks or Outlook emails, the need is the same. You
Type the three main gender symbols Male ♂ Female ♀ or both ⚥ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The gender symbols have many uses, not just on bathroom doors <g>. How Male ♂ Female ♀ Both ⚥ appear in
Someone send you an audio or video file but it won’t play? There’s free software that can play any video, audio or music file, pretty much. VLC is a free, reliable and widely used audio and video player https://www.videolan.org/ it’s available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and Linux. You
Selecting the exact color from a sample on the screen is best done with one of the PowerToys for Windows 11 and Windows 10 – Color Picker. Unlike the color selector in Office, the PowerToy Color Picker can choose from any visible part of the screen with a keyboard shortcut.
There are some keyboard shortcuts to open or switch to Office apps in Windows 11 and Windows 10, if you have enough fingers! They are all based around the Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Win combo plus a letter. That might seem like a keyboard shortcut for an octopus
There are now four ways to get your Threads account appearing on your Windows or Mac desktop. Yes we have a Threads account (follow us @officewatch) . All our new articles are posted on Threads, as well as Twitter and Facebook. Web Page The new Threads social media now has a
Google offers a great variety of free open-source fonts that can be used in Microsoft Office, Windows or Mac. You just need to know the right trick to access them. Over 1,500 Google Font families There are 877 1,550 Google Font families currently available at https://fonts.google.com Google Fonts are intended
A newly found bug in Windows 11 & 10 might stop you saving or copying files in many apps including some versions of Microsoft Office. Update: there’s a patch now available for Windows 11 but not Windows 10. The bug appears to have been in Windows for a while but
Function Fn keys on your keyboard, though neglected, have a special role to play in Microsoft Office. Sometimes they combine with Ctrl, Alt or Shift keys to provide certain functions. Here’s how to use Fn keys when they’re on smaller laptop keyboards or totally missing! Plus how Microsoft Office’s help
Office Watch reader Steve G is having a problem in Word. The F9 key is starting Cortana instead of updating fields in a Word document. He suspects a buggy patch of Windows or Office. Here’s how to find the source of the Function key problem and fix it. Hint –
Is it possible to use very old versions of Microsoft Office like Office 2000, Office XP (2002) or Office 2003 on Windows 10 or Windows 11. Should you even try? Office Watcher, Clyde R asks: “What is the oldest version of Office which would be loadable on Windows 10 Pro,
Taking an image of what’s on your computer screen is something everyone with a computer should know; novice or experienced. Here’s a guide to some of the many screen shot options and shortcuts available on Windows, Mac, Apple iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Why? More people should use screen shots when
Insert the Banana 🍌 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. There’s also a Banana icon in modern Office apps. How Banana 🍌 looks in different fonts. Only two Segoe fonts support the Banana emoji; Segoe UI emoji (color or
Can Office 2007 and other older versions of Office (Office 2010, Office 2013) be installed on Windows 10. What are the licensing, activation problems? How about moving documents? Eileen G asks a common question to Office Watch: “I got a new HP desktop computer, but can I install the old
You can make Windows Search index your documents and Outlook data faster and ‘catch up’ indexing your documents, pictures and emails. Here’s how for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Windows Search makes an index of all your files, documents and Outlook data. It’s essential for quick
The latest from the James Webb Telescope is wonderful, a new look at the “Pillars of Creation”. A photo from 6,500 light years away which you can add to your computer or PowerPoint slide in seconds from the original source. The image has appeared on many web sites at reduced
Two new Windows PowerToys are especially useful for many Microsoft Office users. One is a better way to type accented characters, the other grabs text from images. Quick Accent, Text Extractor and, to a lesser extent, Screen Ruler are all additions to the PowerToys collection that can be useful for
Your deadline is in four hours, you’ve got pages to write and BAM! a letter key breaks on your keyboard …. What do you do? There are at least six different workarounds available in Word, Windows and Mac. A broken key happened to Colin Chambers, a University of Buffalo student
Make the same drive letter or patch appear for the same removable drive, plugged into Windows computers. Keep Microsoft Office Open menus working for external drives. Jenny N writes: “I have a problem with Word when working with documents on my flash drive. If I insert the drive days later
Microsoft has released a fix for the ‘Follina’ security hole in Windows which was being exploited via hacked Office documents. We explained the Follina hack and long delay before Microsoft finally acknowledged the problem. The security hole is in Windows or specifically the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (msdt) but it’s
