Famous London streets signs are selling for big bucks … or you can make your own in Word or PowerPoint for nothing. A sale of genuine London street signs by Westminster City Council included one for Abbey Road that sold for £37,200 (US$51,000). We thought that was a lot and figured out how to make […]
Some ‘not allowed’ or ‘prohibited’ symbols, they can be used in Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Outlook. No Smoking, No Phone, No Children, No Drinking, No Pedestrians, No Bicycles, Not Drinkable Water or Mute. The Unicode symbol list includes red circle with diagonal to stop, smoking, children under 18, Mobile Phones, Littering, Pedestrians, bicycles plus no […]
A little-known Word shortcut lets you type Δ Θ Δ Ω Π plus other Greek and math symbols quickly and easily. Ctrl + Shift + Q changes to the Symbol font for the next letter only. Only in Word for Windows, I’m afraid. Not Word for Mac. It’s a very old Word shortcut, it’s in […]
Type the micron µ, micrometer or mu μ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Stuart H has an AutoCorrect suggestion: ” I need to use the symbol μ for micron (1/000 mm) and use mu for this. “ The Micrometre / Micrometer is one-millionth of a meter. The μ character is the Greek letter […]
Type the Ohm symbol Ω into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Also the unofficial Siemens symbol, an inverted Ohm ℧ . Ohm is a measure of electical resistance with the symbol Ω It’s an official SI Unit of measurement just like gram, metre and many […]
