There are ten different bald eagles in Microsoft Office alone, as icons, stock images or even a 3D model, plus many other sources for photos and graphics online. We’re focusing here on the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) which is native to North America and a US National Symbol. There are many
Microsoft is slowly and discreetly notifying customers who have had their data hacked, more than SIX months after the theft occurred. Even the email notice was poorly worded so some people thought it was a fake. Their response should worry everyone who uses their cloud services. Back in 2023 Microsoft’s
Outlook for Windows is about to become Outlook (classic). We’ll explain why the change is necessary and should have happened last year. The current Outlook for Windows is being renamed “Outlook (classic)” or more properly “Outlook (classic) for Windows”. That will properly distinguish it from the new, still in development,
How long will Microsoft let you use Microsoft 365 if you don’t pay by the due date? Will the subscription service just stop on the due date or is there a ‘grace period’. We wondered how patient Microsoft would be if a Microsoft 365 Business plan wasn’t paid by the
In Excel 365 you can list the world’s top companies and their market capitalizations including the shortlived leader, NVIDIA. NVIDIA have a lock on the supply of AI related hardware and so their stock price has dramatically risen. ‘Dramatic’ is an understatement because NVIDIA briefly jumped over Microsoft and Apple
It’s easy to get a video background to a shape, graphic or text in a PowerPoint slide, once you know the ‘secret sauce’. Here’s two examples we’ll show how to make in this article. One uses an Icon/SVG, the other is text, both with a video background. There are various
Here’s the latest example of a fake Microsoft email that slips past their anti-virus and security checks to end up in a Microsoft 365 mailbox. It might look like a real email at first glance but it’s not. The big clue to us was “Office 365” which is a name
Outlook (classic) for Windows is getting Copilot AI features but only some people will get the summarizing, draft, rewrite and coaching benefits. You might have seen the news that the current Outlook 365 for Windows is getting Copilot but few mentioned the crucial detail that Microsoft put in the fine
How to insert the Mobile Phone 📱 or smartphone emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Mobile Phone 📱 symbol looks in different fonts. The mobile phone emoji is available in these standard Windows fonts: Segoe UI Emoji and
Excel’s PowerQuery has many clever tricks, one of them is merging and matching data from multiple tables into a single table. Combine, clean, and transform data from multiple sources into the single format you need; a table, PivotTable or PivotChart It’s a simple relational database with relations set to match
Don’t fall for the myth that’s stopped you from more secure online accounts. For some years we’ve been banging on about Two-Factor Authentication. ‘2-fac’ is one of the main protections against online hacking and identity theft. Savvy online users have 2Fac for their main online accounts: Microsoft/Office 365 account, Google.
A new Windows 11 option will let you update Windows, Microsoft Office and other Microsoft apps at the same time. Is it such a good idea? In the latest Windows 11 Insiders there’s a new choice “Receive updates for other Microsoft products” which defaults on. Find it at Settings |
Ever wanted to make a drawing from a photo? Now you can with a new Microsoft Designer feature “Restyle Image”. It turns any photo into an image in a variety of styles. “Restyle Image” lets you upload a photo, choose a drawing style and then the Designer AI system will
There’s a fairly new Microsoft product called Microsoft 365 Basic featuring 100GB of OneDrive and a 50GB mailbox for under US$20 a year. There’s a hidden opportunity for anyone with non-subscription Office 2021/2019 too. What’s in Microsoft 365 Basic Stripping away all the hype and marketing blurb, the Basic plan
How to choose more than one Microsoft Office file or document to open at the same time. One of the frustrations about the ‘pane’ interface in Office for Windows is the failure to include all the features that customers were accustomed to from the standard File dialog boxes. Microsoft added
How to insert a Rose 🌹 emoji, symbol or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Use the Rose 🌹 symbol on a romantic card, PowerPoint slide or anywhere that needs a flower icon. How Rose 🌹 looks in different fonts.
Make your own jigsaw puzzle in PowerPoint to gradually reveal a photo or logo hiding underneath. We’ll show how to make the pieces plus a download sample PowerPoint file for our loyal subscribers. You can use a jigsaw puzzle PowerPoint slide as a powerful storytelling tool, ideal for illustrating how
A minor social media storm over another suggested word change by Microsoft Word. The word ‘poor instead of ‘economically disadvantaged’. Which has some people complaining about Microsoft forcing changes in what we write. On Tiktok, the user @itschicabtw posted a video noting a wording suggestion made by Microsoft Word. It
New malware is spreading under the guise of a Microsoft Office download and installation. Just the latest example of why Office should only be downloaded from Microsoft. This new way of distributing malware poses as a version of Microsoft Office or Windows activation tool. They might do that but also
One part of Microsoft’s AI push should scare the hell out of anyone interested in their privacy but Microsoft is ignoring that with their upcoming Recall feature. Recall is one of the upcoming AI features in Windows 11. It’s supposed to help people search through their past actions by snooping
This should surprise no-one … Microsoft says that it recommends Windows 11 over Windows 10. Even though end-of-support for Windows 10 is over a year away (October 2025), Microsoft is pushing people to switch now. Why? Microsoft is continually frustrated by the reluctance of their customers to move from Windows
Put on the Goggles 🥽 symbol/emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Goggles 🥽 symbol is used for safety signs or maybe an alternative to the Glasses or Eyeglasses 👓 symbol How Goggles 🥽 looks in different fonts. Take a
When you’re copying an image out of an Office document something unexpected happens that you should be aware of. The size (height/width) of the copied image is NOT the original size (i.e the size of the stored picture) – which is what you might expect. The image is copied according
Gantt chart for project management or event scheduling are possible in Excel. Here’s the step-by-step help plus a complete sample worksheet for our subscribers. Gantt chart can be widely used in project management for visualizing project schedules. They break down a project or event into tasks or activities as horizontal
