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Microsoft Designer’s Generate Image feature has just received a big boost with the upgrade to Dall-E 3 ‘text to image’. That means a significant improvement in the quality of images made for you in Designer. That means the images made in Designer should now be more realistic, more detailed and text should be rendered better. […]
It seems the next version of Office will be out in 2024. If the latest leak from Microsoft holds up, Office 2024 will replace Office 2021. Some images posted on Twitter (X) by techosaurusrex show a screen from Word 2024 as part of a “Office 2024 LTSC Professional Plus 2024” bundle. LTSC means ‘Long Term […]
Microsoft Office can make drawings with linked lines or arrows between shapes that automatically change if the shapes are moved. Here’s how Office connectors work and the tricks to make connecting shapes work better. A little known but really useful part of the Insert | Shapes is the ability to link objects with lines that […]
Türkiye is now the preferred name for the country Turkey. Here’s how to easily type Türkiye with the umlaut in Microsoft Office, Word and Outlook on Windows or Mac. It’s also a good example of the limits or traps in Word’s Autocorrect. A common trick for a change of name is AutoCorrect, e.g. anytime you […]
Once you know the ‘secret’ shortcuts, it’s easy to type the umlaut vowels ä ë ï ö ü Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü in Word and Outlook but, alas, it’s not the same in Excel or PowerPoint. There are alternatives in Windows and Mac if you’re not using Word. There’s also a stand-alone ¨ umlaut […]
