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.
Microsoft has announced some of the extras coming to the next version of Windows 11, rolling out from September 26 onwards. Here’s a quick look at some of these changes, in particular those which can improve your Office docs, sheets, slides and emails. Paint Paint app receives a major upgrade
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
Microsoft has released a preview of their Copilot AI system for Windows. Here’s how it works, how to enable it and why not to expect too much from it. Copilot is Microsoft’s upcoming AI system that they’ll be adding to almost all their products. It’s still in (rushed) development as
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
Office 2021 is the current ‘perpetual licence’ or non-subscription version of Microsoft Office for consumers and small businesses, here’s details of what’s new, prices, shorter support time and why Microsoft doesn’t want to sell Office 2021 at all! It’s what Microsoft calls a ‘perpetual licence’ version. A single payment for
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 11? What are the licensing, activation problems? How about moving documents? There are four issues to consider; licencing, compatibility, support/patches and migrating documents: Officially only these versions of Microsoft Office are supported on
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
See the Microsoft 365 / Office simplified ribbon combined with Windows 11’s new accessibility feature, Voice Access. Voice Access is a new way to control Windows by voice that’s in the 22H2 release of Windows 11. Windows 11 for Microsoft Office users is already updated for 22H2 features including Voice
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
