Some common characters don’t need help from Autocorrect in Word. Our good friend and budding woodworker, Rose Vines adds her $0.02 to our AutoCorrect suggestions, especially for accented characters. This is something we’ve talked about in Office-Watch.com before, but is worth repeating. “There’s very simple built-in shortcuts for accented characters
Microsoft security patch causes new bugs. It has to happen some times a new Microsoft security patch has caused a new bug to arise in PowerPoint among other software. In the last set of security patches there was MS12-078 but the patch itself is faulty and will have to be
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
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
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
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 –
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
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
Windows 7 added 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
With more and more people using LCD screens on the desktop and on portable computers there are more people who would benefit from the Windows ClearType Tuner option now rather than when it first came out. With more and more people using LCD screens on the desktop and on portable
A reader problem tells us the symptoms of and solution to an unusual problem in Word 2002 related to having too many fonts installed. Office Watch reader Francine Millman, founder of PROMPT Consulting, writes: “Recently, I had a problem in Word 2002 whereby every single time I went to insert
Microsoft has posted the program that removes the two swastikas from the Office 2003 Bookshelf Symbol 7 font. Microsoft posted the program that removes the two swastikas from Office 2003’s Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font that I mentioned in a previous article in Office Watch. In fact, the tool does more than
No doubt you’ve heard by now that Office 2003 ships with a font that contains two swastikas. (I think Reuters first published the story, but apparently Microsoft itself fed the story to the press). Apologies have been made all around, MS has promised a tool for removing the offending characters
The “Arial Unicode MS” font – which is regarded by many as the ultimate Unicode font, containing virtually every character from every written language – disappeared from the Microsoft website in August 2002. Sometime in mid-August 2002, Microsoft removed a giant reference font from its Web site. The “Arial Unicode
