Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
Excel 365 has a detailed history of workbook changes down to the cell level so users can see what’s changed, when and who did it in Show Changes. Office-Watch.com explains how to use the new feature, some handy tricks plus the inevitable traps and limitations. This is great for collaborative worksheets with many people making […]
Microsoft has released a new range of fonts called ‘Aptos’ that are the new default fonts in Microsoft 365. Here’s what you need to know about the new fonts. Firstly – as Douglas Adams (much missed) reminded us: DON’T PANIC. Despite what you may have read, your documents should not change before your eyes to […]
The new Aptos fonts in Microsoft 365 are installed and licensed in a different way from most fonts. How does that affect making a PDF either saving or printing. Can it be done at all? There are two broad ways to make a PDF file from an Office document. Save As PDF or Print to […]
Images can now be included in Excel PivotTables which not only makes for better looking PivotTables but more interesting Slicers too. A great contribution from Office Watch reader “AllanC” in New Zealand. With pictures in a PivotTable you can easily make cute slicers like this to show one record (person) at a time Here’s the […]
In 2018 Office for Mac took a huge step towards true document compatibility. Font embedding was finally added to Word for Mac (Word 2021, Word 2019 and Word 365 for Mac) and PowerPoint for Mac. Font embedding adds the font details into the document itself. When another computer opens that document, it can use the […]
