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There are now over 5,000 articles at Office-Watch.com from over twenty years of keeping a close eye on Microsoft Office. Now it’s easier to find what you need. We’re delighted to say that we’ve improved the search / find features at Office-Watch.com (all these improvements are possible thanks to WordPress Wizard Michael Oglesby ) Gone […]
You’re not stuck with the Microsoft automatic settings when inserting a new shape. Change the defaults to whatever you like for faster shape formatting in Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. When you Insert | Shape, something like this probably appears. Blue fill, 1pt black single line outline, no effects and Text Wrapping in front […]
If you don’t like the large Office Backstage pane, the older and more powerful Open and Save dialog boxes are still available via shortcuts or changing a Microsoft Office setting. Microsoft has spent a lot of time and effort changing the Word, Excel and PowerPoint File panes to add more features and unsubtle hints to […]
Pantone has announced their “Color of the Year” for 2023 is “Viva Magenta” and, as usual, we’ll explain how to use that exact color in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. And we’ll look at the purple prose that’s become a hallmark of Pantone’s annual promotion. The color of 2023 is … Viva Magenta As usual […]
How to tell which Microsoft 365 plan (Personal, Family/Home, University etc.) you’ve bought and the expiry date. Or maybe you’re sharing a Microsoft 365 Family/Home plan. The Microsoft 365 plan, status and expiry doesn’t appear in the Office software (that would be too easy). See: Microsoft 365 which email address am I using? Instead, go to […]
