Keyboard shortcuts for special characters that work outside Office and without special setup on any Windows computer. It’s possible to enter any character into a Windows program using the Alt key plus the number pad (usually on the right side of a larger keyboard). This is a handy shortcut to
There are at least two ways to switch away from the new Aptos fonts in Microsoft Word and back to the old Calibri fonts or something else. Microsoft has forced a change to Aptos as the new default font in Word but that change doesn’t suit everyone. In particular, Aptos
Switch from the new Aptos default font in Outlook to another font that you prefer and is has better readability in Outlook desktop (Windows or Mac) and Outlook (new). Personally I’ve tried to like Aptos fonts but after a few months they still offend my eyes, especially in emails. It’s
Many different ways to type or insert laundry care symbols, which appear on clothing labels, into Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Laundry care symbols can be for laundry area signs or for fun like this t-shirt. Or alternative symbols in a PowerPoint slide. All five symbols were black laundry care icons.
The Square Root √ can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. There are two different styles to choose from plus a better option for equations and formulas. Square Root √ symbol is sometimes called a radical symbol, radical sign, root symbol, radix, or even a surd. The symbol can include a horizontal
Word has many 2024 calendars in the File | New templates supplied by Microsoft. There are tricks to getting the most from the templates and make them personal and special. Search for ‘ calendar’ in the File | New pane. They are all programmed templates, type in type in the
Microsoft Word can make Yearly and Monthly calendars quite easily and they have better configuration options than you might expect. We’ve already looked at the Outlook printing options , customizing them including blank Weekly and Monthly calendars. Outlook doesn’t have a yearly calendar option, so we’re turning to Word. We’ll look
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
How to use the font kerning settings in Microsoft Office, Word and PowerPoint and fix the default setting for Heading styles in Word. Kerning letters makes a difference as the letters get larger so the setting is more important for headings and titles in Word and PowerPoint. Here’s common Arial
Add the Croissant 🥐 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. I have to declare a personal interest in this article because the Croissant 🥐 is an essential part of my breakfast. No morning is complete without the “Three C’s”
Four simple Microsoft Word tricks to squeeze a Table of Contents (or Table of Figures etc) into fewer pages. Here’s an example of a Table of Contents (ToC) that’s grown too big using Word’s default settings. It’s creeped over to a second page. We’ve seen ToC’s for big documents that
Need a Thanksgiving emoji or symbol? Here’s a quick and searchable list of the holiday emoji for documents, sheets, slides, emails or messages, that you can use or copy. These emoji are supported (with different looks) on Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Unicode value (hex) The Unicode value column
Insert the Tower 🗼 (Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower) emoji, symbol or stock photo into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. The emoji is commonly called ‘Eiffel Tower’ in the west but it was originally intended to show the Tokyo Tower. That’s
How to insert the Registered Trade Mark ® symbol as text or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Registered Trade Mark ® not to be confused with the Unregistered Trade Mark ™ symbol. Registered Trade Mark ® in Word and
Type the Satellite Antenna 📡 symbol/emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Satellite Antenna or Dish 📡 symbol can be used for modern television, radio, GPS or wireless broadcasting generally. Can be used with the Satellite 🛰 emoji or icon.
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
Insert the Satellite 🛰 emoji or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Satellite 🛰 looks in different fonts. In Windows fonts only Segoe UI Emoji and Segoe UI Symbol have the Satellite emoji. As usual the Apple version
Need a Halloween emoji or symbol? Here’s a quick and searchable list of more than 30 spooky, scary emoji for documents, sheets, slides, emails or messages that you can use or copy. In Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and Office 2019 there are also Halloween icons and symbols for Word, Powerpoint
There are plenty of creepy Halloween themed fonts available for free to work on Windows or Mac with Word, PowerPoint or other Office apps. Here’s seven that caught our eye plus one that you probably already have. All of these work in both Windows and Mac, mostly TrueType fonts. They
Our exclusive Pumpkin Color Charts have the perfect ‘pumpkin’ colors you can use in Halloween documents, slides and graphics with their Microsoft Office compatible color codes including the five Pantone colors called ‘Pumpkin’. There are many Halloween ‘pumpkin’ colors to choose from depending on the variety and ripeness of virtual
Outlook.com email attachments are counted as part of the OneDrive allowance. That means your OneDrive quota will be used up a little more quickly, but other consequences of this change haven’t been answered. From 1 February 2023 (), the space used to store Outlook.com email attachments will be counted against
How to insert the Stethoscope 🩺 symbol/emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Trivia: the stethoscope was invented by a Frenchman who was embarrassed putting his ear upon a lady’s chest to hear her heartbeats. His original was a simple tube,
Microsoft’s alternatives for the new Aptos fonts range are very poor. In some cases, the substitutions make no sense at all. We’ve looked at what happens if a document with Aptos fonts is opened Office 2016 and earlier versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Aptos fonts are the new
Insert the Water Pistol or Gun emoji 🔫 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. AND how to make the ‘gun’ point to the right. Water Pistol 🔫 symbol is the only ‘gun’ style symbol in the emoji collection. It’s officially
