There are many ways to visually explain a list of values with different types of Excel Charts and other trickery. We’ve already looked at the numerical or statistical ways to summarize a list of values. Now let’s visualize the data in various ways available easily in Excel. There are various
Everyone knows the SUM function in Excel but that’s just the start, there are eight SUM() functions (and more) for adding up numbers in different ways. SUM() SUM is one of the first functions taught to newcomers. It’s as old as Excel itself (older because SUM was in the first
With the sale of fonts via the Microsoft Store and cloud fonts there’s now a complication in the familiar way fonts are managed in Windows 11/Windows 10 and how Office for Windows handles new fonts. There are now three different locations that fonts can be saved. For as long as
A Windows 11 update might stop Outlook or other Office apps from working because of a conflict with anti-virus software. The trouble started with KB5027231 a Windows 11 update released 13 June 2023 which, among other things, fixed a file copying bug. 15 days later Microsoft admitted there was a bug
At long last, there’s a way to insert an image into a single Excel cell called Place in Cell. No problems with floating images etc, just a cell with a picture which resizes with the cell size. Adding images to Excel sheets has always been confusing because they weren’t directly
Here’s a fun web site that will play office background noises to your home office or online meeting. https://imisstheoffice.eu/ is part game, part ambient noises. Hard to believe there’d be a time when you’d miss the ambience and noises of the office? Click on items to see what happens, some
How large can a document in Microsoft Word actually get? While most users never hit the upper limits, Word does have technical size restrictions that can affect performance, file stability, images, and long reports. Here’s what you need to know about maximum Word document size, file limits, and how to
Insert the Telephone receiver symbol 📞 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Telephone receiver or handset 📞 symbol can be used on a letterhead or sign where a phone number is shown. There’s an emoji in the Unicode standard plus
A clever interactive from The New York Times explains the basics of fonts and how to choose the right font for your documents, slides and sheets. What’s your type? Try these tests to pick the perfect font for you starts with an option to read the whole article in different
Stability.AI now has a quick and easy way to expand or extend an image. Using AI, it can take an existing image to make a larger version. Unlike other options like OpenAI’s Outpainting, ‘Uncrop’ is quite simple to use. Whatever you call it; Uncrop, Outpainting, extending etc, it’s a useful
Microsoft has released some information about what you’ll need to get their AI tools (called Copilot) when they are eventually released. Copilot is Microsoft’s name for their upcoming AI tools integrated into Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) plus other services like Teams. As with all Microsoft’s Copilot announcements,
Microsoft Designer now has an image editing tool that’s been missing from Microsoft Office. Erase in Designer lets you edit images in an important way that’s not possible in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook for Windows or Mac. Picture editing in Office has a lot of features but they mostly
Microsoft Designer now has a nice Erase tool to remove unwanted parts of an image. Finding Erase is a little tricky, we’ll show you where it’s hiding and how to get the most from Erase. Erase lets you remove parts of an image. It’s not on the main image toolbar
Microsoft is offering some workarounds for a bug in Outlook for Windows which leaves it hanging on the opening screen and very slowly opening properly. According to Microsoft the bug is in the Outlook software part of Microsoft 365 for Windows. We suspect a similar problem might also be in
We’re delighted to announce that our popular ebook Windows 11 (June 2023) for Microsoft Office users has been updated to accompany the latest mid-2023 “Moment 3” changes to Windows 11 itself. New Chapters Two new chapters have been added to the 1,000 page book plus other changes to reflect the
Comments in Word documents can now have a quick response from others just by clicking a ‘Like’👍button. Why just one button when other Microsoft apps have more? Instead of writing a short reply adding to a Word comment thread, you can now just click a Like👍button on an existing comment
Microsoft continues to push Office users to store their documents on OneDrive with new promotional messages appearing inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Messages like these are appearing for Microsoft 365 customers who are saving documents on their computer, not OneDrive. “MAKE THE MOST OF MICROSOFT 365 Take advantage of OneDrive
Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10, ideal for older computers or virtual machines. We tested Microsoft Office on both ‘tiny11’ and ‘tiny10’ to see if the Office apps can run in memory far below the official limits. Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of
Tucked away in a little known part of Microsoft’s web sites is a lovely collection of wallpapers (or PowerPoint backgrounds) with new and old, nostalgic designs. Including a 4k rendering of the famous Windows XP wallpaper . Go to https://wallpapers.microsoft.design/ to see all the wallpapers. At first some in full-page
Microsoft is again changing the way Search works in Microsoft 365 and also (surprise!) Office 2021 to expand the results beyond the document or Office features. Now you can search for definitions, media and even web results from the top bar of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The most recent announcement
Our annual look at the words that challenged the Scripps Spelling Bee champs to see how many are recognized by the spell check in Microsoft Word. 2023 wasn’t a good year for Word with a disappointing score that would shame some 14 year olds. Here’s a selection of the last
Microsoft is already boasting that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams will work with the new Apple Vision Pro headset. Here’s a quick look at the new tech and a few features that caught our eye. Apple Vision Pro is the much anticipated virtual-reality headset due out in early 2024 for
Microsoft Outlook and Teams had a horror Monday (and now into Tuesday) with cloud service outages affecting many paying and unhappy customers. The peak trouble was around 11am (US Eastern time) Monday 5th June. UPDATE: As we type this, there’s a new Exchange Online (Microsoft 365 hosting) outage. According to
Use Excel to figure out the percentage discount or increase, for example the difference between the original and sale prices. We’ll show you the Excel formula and some practical tricks beyond the official answer. Percentage discount formula The basic formula is: (Original – Sale) – to figure out the difference
