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Buying Microsoft Office in a physical store (remember them?) can be a trap for the unwary. People are being sold the wrong type of Office, instead they are pushed to the best option for the salesperson. We’ve had questions from readers after they’ve visited a local computer store. They’ve been
Track Changes in Word on the web has changed so that accept or reject an edit appears right next to the text. The Track Changes feature allows users to gain feedback from others working on the same document. Microsoft has recently introduced a new feature, cards that pop-up to allow
OneNote lets you change the size of the paper page, including adjusting the margin size of your notes from the default ‘Auto’ to a fixed size like ‘Letter’ or ‘A4’ among many. Although OneNote has a ‘default setting’ when it comes to paper size, you can adjust this using this feature, plus, it’s easy to do and won’t take you
An essential Excel testing and debugging tool is finally in Excel 365 for Mac. The Watch Window makes fixing workbooks a lot easier. Watch Window is a separate pane which shows the current status of selected cells from across many workbooks or sheets. When you can’t figure out why Excel
Here’s a good video that explains the changes coming to Microsoft Office.com portal Big Tick ✔️ for a Microsoft video that’s more substance than style. Also ✔️ the lovely peg-board for office supplies. Some ❌ marks for too often used Microsoft Hype™ words the form of ‘Excited’ and ‘Experience’. Two
Microsoft Office 365 has a very interesting addition to their stock graphics range called “Cartoon People” but is really a lot more than just people. Cartoon People has been added to stock Images, Icons, Cutout People, Stickers and Illustrations. Access it from Insert | Pictures | Stock Images or Insert
Here’s a better look at more Cartoon People graphics in Microsoft Office 365. Check out the main categories, how to search Cartoon People and some useful search terms. This article looks at the people graphics available under the ‘Cartoon People’ section with many examples to give you a better idea
It’s called Cartoon People in Office 365 but there are plenty of non-human graphics available to use either on their own or as part of a combined graphic. See also How to find more Cartoon People in Office 365 to see the human side of this feature for Word 365,
The latest macOS, v12 called ‘Monterey’ is out now. Which Microsoft Office for Mac will work with the new operating system for Mac computers? Should you update to Monterey now or wait a little while? In short, any Office for Mac which works with ‘Big Sur’ macOS v11 is OK
There’s a new generation growing up who see the Office ribbon differently from their parents. To some young people a floppy disk icon looks more like a vending machine! Check out this icon on the older Office ribbon …. To you, me and most people it means ‘Save’ because that’s
Word has many options to make simple checklists that you can print out and tick with a pen (ink or digital). Plenty of formatting choices for the shape of the tick ‘box’, it’s color and size. There’s a simple shortcut to re-order the list. Previously we’ve discussed how to make
Redo is the often-forgotten partner to Undo. It’s mostly used to ‘undo an undo’ or reverse the last ‘Undo’ action but ‘Redo’ has other uses in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. In most cases, you use the redo button to revert to a previous state. For example, if you used
Excel and Wolfram have teamed up to produce a handy interactive Periodic Table Template, useful for those searching for an introduction to chemistry, or a handy guide for study. The table lets you easily access information on elemental properties, chemical compounds, diagrams and more. You can download or open the
Here’s the short list of new and changed features in Access 2021. It has only three new and changed features in the high-end Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 bundles. Remove, relink, or refresh linked tables The Access database includes a Linked Table Manager that provides a central location for
Visio 2021 has only two new and changed features in the high-end Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 bundles. Visio’s new shapes and stencils Microsoft has added many more stencils for users to use when creating Azure diagrams. For example, stencils can be used to create diagrams on network topologies,
An essential part of Word’s citations and bibliography feature is the Source Manager dialog – here’s how to, er, manage the Source Manager. Open the Source Manager from References | Citations and Bibliography | Manage Sources. There is a Current List (at right) which is saved in the current document.
The workload of students and academics has been made a lot easier with the arrival of Citation features in Word. They are useful for everyone, not just in academia. Citations are individual references to source material you’ve quoted in your document. A Bibliography is a list of citations and sources
Microsoft Word’s ‘Similarity Checker’ compares Word document text with online sources. That can warn the writer / student or reader / teacher about plagiarism or accidental copying. Word Similarity Checker uses Bing search to compare the text with online sources. It shows a percentage of text similar to text found
How many rows and columns does Excel have now and in the last 25 years of Excel for Windows and Mac? All the talk about 64-bit versions of Office has raised the issue of maximum rows and columns in Excel. A few readers seem to believe that 64-bit Excel will
There are many online tools that will summarize or paraphrase a long Word document into something shorter and more readable. These five tools also have other uses. Originally, Word 2007 had an Auto Summarize feature, but it was dropped in Word 2010, so Word users will need to rely on
Good news iOS users, if you’re a Microsoft 365 subscriber, you now have access the premium content library. Take your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint creations to the next level with thousands of royalty-free images, icons, stickers, and illustrations. Here’s how it works Tap Insert | Pictures | Stock Images on your iOS device,
Numbered or bullet lists don’t have to look the way Microsoft sets automatically here’s how to change them to suit your needs and style. In Microsoft Word, it is simple to create a numbered or bullet list. Simply select your text | Home Tab | Paragraph Group| Select the Numbering
Organizations need to start work now to reduce the impact of coming price rise. Microsoft 365 enterprise licenses can increase by up to 25% on 1 March 2022 . Here’s some tips to keep the costs of Microsoft 365 down, despite Redmond’s efforts to get more money from customers. Individuals
Skype is getting a surprise makeover with improved group calling views, display customization, two camera support and even translation on calls to regular phone lines. Microsoft calls these changes, we’re not kidding, ‘buttery smooth’. The announcement is a surprise because all the indications have been that Skype is on its
