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Microsoft 365 for Mac, Office 2021 for Mac and earlier versions.
There are two ways the fallout from the Crowdstrike troubles might affect people even if their computers didn’t ‘die’. First, some organizations are still recovering or are dependent on businesses that are recovering. Keep that in mind if there are problems with a company. (On the other hand, some organizations
Excel on the web has a new look and some nifty extra features like better ways to arrange rows/columns – move, resize, insert. A clever Freeze Pane option too. Some of these we’d love to see in desktop Excel. Overall, the web version of the Office apps now look more
Microsoft Designer’s Image Creator can now make landscape (wide) images as well as square and portrait orientations. Unlike Copilot which gives no orientation choice. Go to Image Creator and click on Size to see three options. Square (1024 x 1024) Portrait (1024 x 1792) Wide (1792 x 1024) Designers ‘Wide’
Microsoft Office has a Remove Background tool for images but there are two better, faster and free ways to do the same job. Background removal lets you get an image with a transparent surround which can be merged/overlaid into any other slide or document more seamlessly (left) than a separate
There are two quicker ways to insert an image or graphic from the Internet or web page into a Word document, Excel sheet, PowerPoint slide or Outlook email. The method most people are taught is to save an image to their computer then Insert | Picture | from this device
Add Spain’s national flag into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. Get the Spain Flag Image There are many, many copies of the Spanish flag available. We’ve opted for the Wikipedia site because it has an SVG scalable version (preferred)
Add England’s national flag “St George’s Cross” into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. Not to be confused with the British “Union Jack” flag, the English flag is a simple red cross on a white field. Many online searches for
The Navigation Pane is a great part of Word for Windows and Mac. Don’t miss on the hidden features because there’s more in that side-pane than the obvious. Navigation Pane is the best and fastest way to move around a document. It’s available in Word for Windows (Microsoft 365 and
OpenDocument is another set of file formats for word-processing, spreadsheets and presentations. It’s an international standard that’s supported by Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office. OpenDocument vs Microsoft Office docs While most people use the modern Microsoft Office document formats (.docx .xlsx .pptx etc) there’s a competitive set of Office file
Proton, the makers of fully encrypted cloud and email storage now have an online word processor that’s properly private from everyone except you. Data stored on Proton is fully encrypted from ‘end to end’ including when it’s saved on Proton’s servers. Unlike Microsoft’s OneDrive, no-one can access Proton stored data
Microsoft 365 is updating their OpenDocument format support to v1.4 which will improve compatibility with other software like LibreOffice. OpenDocument Format (ODF) is the International Standard for saving documents (ISO 26300 if you’re keeping score). It’s similar to the Microsoft Office formats in their basics of being XML based with
There are ten different bald eagles in Microsoft Office alone, as icons, stock images or even a 3D model, plus many other sources for photos and graphics online. We’re focusing here on the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) which is native to North America and a US National Symbol. There are many
Microsoft is slowly and discreetly notifying customers who have had their data hacked, more than SIX months after the theft occurred. Even the email notice was poorly worded so some people thought it was a fake. Their response should worry everyone who uses their cloud services. Back in 2023 Microsoft’s
How long will Microsoft let you use Microsoft 365 if you don’t pay by the due date? Will the subscription service just stop on the due date or is there a ‘grace period’. We wondered how patient Microsoft would be if a Microsoft 365 Business plan wasn’t paid by the
It’s easy to get a video background to a shape, graphic or text in a PowerPoint slide, once you know the ‘secret sauce’. Here’s two examples we’ll show how to make in this article. One uses an Icon/SVG, the other is text, both with a video background. There are various
Here’s the latest example of a fake Microsoft email that slips past their anti-virus and security checks to end up in a Microsoft 365 mailbox. It might look like a real email at first glance but it’s not. The big clue to us was “Office 365” which is a name
How to insert the Mobile Phone 📱 or smartphone emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Mobile Phone 📱 symbol looks in different fonts. The mobile phone emoji is available in these standard Windows fonts: Segoe UI Emoji and
Ever since Word 2013 there’s been a line alignment bug in Word. Line and Arrow shapes aren’t straight, horizontal or vertical. Here’s how to fix this ten year (and counting) bug. Whenever a line or arrow is inserted (Insert | Shapes | Lines ) the result is always a little
Don’t fall for the myth that’s stopped you from more secure online accounts. For some years we’ve been banging on about Two-Factor Authentication. ‘2-fac’ is one of the main protections against online hacking and identity theft. Savvy online users have 2Fac for their main online accounts: Microsoft/Office 365 account, Google.
Ever wanted to make a drawing from a photo? Now you can with a new Microsoft Designer feature “Restyle Image”. It turns any photo into an image in a variety of styles. “Restyle Image” lets you upload a photo, choose a drawing style and then the Designer AI system will
How to insert a Rose 🌹 emoji, symbol or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Use the Rose 🌹 symbol on a romantic card, PowerPoint slide or anywhere that needs a flower icon. How Rose 🌹 looks in different fonts.
Make your own jigsaw puzzle in PowerPoint to gradually reveal a photo or logo hiding underneath. We’ll show how to make the pieces plus a download sample PowerPoint file for our loyal subscribers. You can use a jigsaw puzzle PowerPoint slide as a powerful storytelling tool, ideal for illustrating how
New malware is spreading under the guise of a Microsoft Office download and installation. Just the latest example of why Office should only be downloaded from Microsoft. This new way of distributing malware poses as a version of Microsoft Office or Windows activation tool. They might do that but also
Put on the Goggles 🥽 symbol/emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Goggles 🥽 symbol is used for safety signs or maybe an alternative to the Glasses or Eyeglasses 👓 symbol How Goggles 🥽 looks in different fonts. Take a
