Give a still image some interest and movement by adding a simple ‘pan’ animation across the photo. This continuing our look at making the Ken Burns or ‘pan and zoom’ effect in PowerPoint. We’ve already shown how to add a Zoom to a still photo – PowerPoint calls it ‘Grow/Shrink’.
Businesses are reopening, which is great. Here’s some suggestions for big signs to let customers know you’re open, with some Word tips to make the letters as big as possible. What’s needed is a BIG sign that catches the eye from a distance or when passing in a bus. Getting
The ‘moving picture’ or Ken Burns effect can be done in PowerPoint for Windows or Mac. It converts a still image into a slowly moving ‘pan and zoom’ over the photo.. There are several ways to apply a ‘Ken Burns effect’ which we’ll explain starting with a very simple option
PowerPoint 365 for Mac has a background animation or ‘Ken Burns effect’ feature that’s not available in other PowerPoint’s. We have hidden tricks to improve Animate as Background beyond the simple defaults. Animate as Background adds a slow ‘zoom and pan’ effect to a still image, making it a moving
Microsoft is testing a new feature or template, Money in Excel. You can apply to be one of the first to try it. Money in Excel is a separate Excel ‘premium’ template that will connect with bank accounts, import transaction information and display as charts and lists. Transactions Bank accounts
Office 365 hosted organizations will soon get protection from Reply All email storms. Reply All storms happen with large distributions lists (e.g. whole company or division). Too many people hit ‘Reply All’ sending thousands of messages to already cluttered mailboxes. Now, if there’s too much ‘Reply All’ activity in a
It’s now possible to open two Word docs or PowerPoint decks side-by-side on an iPad. iOS has multiple window or side-by-side support already, but Word and PowerPoint didn’t allow more than one document open at a time. That meant you could have a Word document open alongside another app but
Elon Musk and partner have named their child X Æ A-12 (no kidding) how do you type Æ in Microsoft Word and Office generally. The child’s name doesn’t trigger any spelling or grammar errors in Word. No squiggly lines. What is Æ ? Æ or æ is a a-e ligature
Make online group calls better for you and others on the call. Muting, watching your look and the background. We’ll use Zoom as our example but the same etiquette applies to Teams, Meet, Facetime or any other group calls. Mute if you’re not speaking Group online calls are great but
A long last, Excel is getting a quick summary of the workbook statistics including the bounds of the sheet, tables, formulas and external connections. Look on Review | Proofing | Workbook Statistics in Excel 365 for Windows or Mac. There are details for the currently selected sheet and the whole
It’s possible to add a virtual background of your choice to a Microsoft Teams video call or just blur the background for a little privacy. Microsoft hastily added some virtual background options to Teams but the whole calling part of Teams is still woefully inadequate. For example, many of the
Transport for London knows some of us are missing our bus and tube journeys so they’ve made some virtual backgrounds you can use on Zoom, Teams or anywhere else that supports it. Or use as a background on a PowerPoint slide. Go to https://londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2020/05/01/video-conference-backgrounds/ There’s ‘Sit in collection’, pretend you’re
We’ve updated our workbook that imports the latest COVID-19 statistics and combines with population data through Excel 365’s Stock Data Type. No technical changes in the workbook but we’ve added a few more ‘interesting’ or outlier countries. Plus some repeat help tips. Download COVID-19 Global Statistics workbook there’s also a
Adding a moving average line to an Excel Chart is very easy, just a few clicks, with many options. Any chart with a series of values over time will benefit from a trendline like a moving average. What is a moving average? An average / mean is a single value
It was only a matter of time before someone became so bored in the lockdown that they made a song about Microsoft Word. Ghetts, a British ‘rapper‘ (translation: singer/songwriter in the modern styling) has ‘dropped‘ (released) a song and video entitled ‘Microsoft Word’. As a boring white man in his
Section breaks are probably one of the most useful features in Word when you are formatting complicated documents. They allow you to change formatting aspects that would otherwise be the same throughout a document, such as page orientation, margins, columns, headers and footers. Column changes (2, 3 or more columns)
There are two ways to make Microsoft Word open with your preferred font ready to go. Just like with Two Ways to Change Word’s Opening Paper Size there are two ways to change the default or preferred font. Change the base Normal style or open the main Word template and
Nirsoft’s SearchMyFiles has received a major boost. It can now search inside Office documents and PDF’s. SearchMyFiles is the Windows search tool that should be included with Windows. It’s interface might be old-fashioned but all the options are visible, including some not available in Windows. Some of the highlights in
There’s big gap between the response of the Windows and Office parts of Microsoft to the coronavirus troubles. One team has understood the changed needs of customers and adapted; the other part of the same company is carrying on as normal and even taking advantage. Most people think that Windows
Microsoft has changed sentence spacing default setting in Word 365. Now the default is set at a single space at the end of a sentence, not two spaces. You can still choose your own preference or stop the checks completely. Single sentence space vis double spacing is one of those
Word numbered lists can do a lot more than simple 1, 2, 3 so here we’ll show you some better (1st, 2nd) and maybe unusual options (First Level, Second Place etc). All these and more are possible with Microsoft Word’s numbering plus a little knowledge and cunning. Numbering controls are
Format Painter in Office will work to copy formatting between shapes which is very useful for complex Gradients. But they don’t always format copy in the way you’d expect. We’re obliged to Office-Watch.com reader, Lorelei, for pointing out that Format Painter can copy gradient fills in most but not all
A pop-up message to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 says there are ‘more benefits’. Are there extra benefits in Microsoft 365 or is it more Microsoft hype? This dialog appears after an update to Office 365 …. Office 365 is now Microsoft 365 New Name. More benefits. Same price. Microsoft
Word has six shortcuts to make horizontal lines, here’s how they work, change them, color the lines and how to stop lines when they get out of control. All six line shortcuts There are six horizontal line shortcuts. For each one type the same character three times at the start
