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Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
There are some interesting and useful changes coming to Read Aloud in Microsoft Word. More voices and languages, reading speed and (at last!) text scrolls as it’s being read. The current Read Aloud settings are limited. Review | Read Aloud then click the little ‘cog’ icon. That’s changed in some Insiders Beta releases to this: […]
Here are all the current options for Microsoft Office 365 update channels, in other words how often the software is updated with new or changed features. Microsoft never gets tired of changing the names of the Office software releases or ‘channels’. Even though the channel schedule doesn’t change, Microsoft can’t resist the urge to change […]
Type or enter the ° Degree symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Windows / Mac programs generally. Degree ° is a common symbol and should be available in most fonts. If not, try another font or one of the fonts with a very wide range of characters like Arial Unicode MS or Lucida Sans […]
Here’s some Office Watch readers suggestions for using Microsoft Office’s Autocorrect with to quickly type common phrases and symbols like the degree sign and temperature. Yehuda Z says: “I use (0) to auto-correct to the symbol for degrees ?. It makes things much easier. I also use ty and tyvm for Thank you! and Thank […]
Insert a World Map 🗺 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Of course, there are many Earth map images or drawings available on the Internet. There’s also some Microsoft Office Icons that we’ll explain below. We’re mostly talking about the World Map 🗺 symbol […]
