Quick Actions in Outlook for Windows (365/2021/2019) we’ll explain how to use it, why the name is wrong and the many limitations. From a quick look (no pun intended) Quick Actions seems like a good idea. Alas, it’s not been well developed or integrated properly into Outlook. Quick Actions only
Word 365 for Windows is getting the Transcribe feature that’s already available to everyone online. That’s all Microsoft has done, leaving Transcribe’s bugs and limitations unfixed. Transcribe converts live audio or audio recordings into a text transcript. Great for getting a written version of a lecture, speech or meeting. Since
Insert the Rotated Heavy Black Heart Bullet ❥ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. As the term ‘bullet’ suggests Rotated Heavy Black Heart Bullet ❥ symbol is intended for bullet lists. Looking for other heart symbols? Five+ heart ❤ symbols
Create more interesting and engaging bullet lists in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint, use symbols or emojis for a touch of creativity and visual appeal. Here are some different symbols that can be used in bullet lists: Define New Bullet Word has some default symbols that are seen in too many
Deep in the bowels of Word’s setting is a way to increase or decrease the spacing between letters. Character Spacing | Spacing lets you stretch or compress text. It’s a handy trick for headings, it makes them look bigger without increasing the font size. Or compress text so more words fit into limited
Get real Microsoft Office running on Linux in four different ways – a virtual machine, remote access, browser apps or Wine. There’s no ‘Microsoft Office for Linux’ and unlikely there ever will be. That doesn’t mean a Linux machine can’t access the full power of Office for Windows or Mac
There’s a proper digital font version of the typeface used on US National Park signs. It’ll work with Office for Windows or Mac. The original signs were hand-carved with a router bit. At https://nationalparktypeface.com/ there are four options available: Light, Regular, Heavy and Outline. They are available as a free
The famous Art Deco font used in US National Park posters is available free for Word, Excel or PowerPoint. National Parks Traveller has an interesting article on the history of US National Parks posters. Original posters now sell for four figure prices, not bad for things that were once thrown
Type Loudly Crying Face 😭 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. In mid-2011 Loudly Crying Face 😭 was the most popular emoji in the world. Alternative names are; Crying, Sobbing, Sad Tears, Bawling, uncontrolled laughter or even overwhelming joy. How
There’s a simple trick to make WhatsApp send full size, original pictures instead of smaller versions that WhatsApp usually sends. Sending the original, unchanged picture is better for display on larger screens and especially for editing the image. It’s best to have good resolution pictures in Word and especially PowerPoint
Insert the Down arrow ↓ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Down arrow ↓ symbol is used for all sorts of things including a bullet symbol. How Down arrow ↓ looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Down
Office 2013 is expiring in 2023, we’ll explain what that means, what you must do and why there’s no need to panic! Office 2013 gets extended support for Windows, including security updates until 11 April 2023 or . After that date, there’ll be no more patches to Office 2013 –
Is it possible to use very old versions of Microsoft Office like Office 2000, Office XP (2002) or Office 2003 on Windows 10 or Windows 11. Should you even try? Office Watcher, Clyde R asks: “What is the oldest version of Office which would be loadable on Windows 10 Pro,
Insert the Rolling on the Floor laughing 🤣 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Rolling on the Floor laughing 🤣 emoji is commonly used, sometimes using the acronym ‘ROFL’ or ‘Hysterical Laughter’ Not to be confused with Face with rolling
Type the Beta – lower case β into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Beta – lower case β symbol is the 2nd letter of the Greek Alphabet. Within finance, it is used as a measure of investment portfolio risk. Within statistics,
If you have Office VBA you’re trying to understand, ChatGPT can help. ChatGPT can take some VBA code and explain it in plain human language. This is very useful for digging into poorly documented or undocumented code. Also for beginners trying to get a handle on how Office VBA works.
What Microsoft Word calls “Total Editing Time” isn’t what you might think and it really doesn’t mean anything at all. We’ll explain how Word calculates “Editing Time” and why it’s not to be trusted. What seems like a simple thing “Total Editing Time” has hidden complexities. That should not surprise
Office Insiders is now called Microsoft 365 Insiders but little else is changing for the Office app test program. Since Microsoft is changing the name of almost everything to the “Microsoft 365” branding, it was inevitable that “Office Insiders” would be dropped in favor of “Microsoft 365 Insiders”. For existing
Insert the Heart ❤ as a symbol, emoji, icon or shape into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Of course, the heart symbol has come to mean love or affection. Less romantically it’s a “plane curve” in geometry called a cardioid.
Once you start delving into Microsoft Word, you find it can do all sorts of things that you wouldn’t expect. One of these is that it can be used to create barcodes, and it’s surprisingly easy to do. Once you’ve made your barcodes, they can be scanned with any barcode
Here’s some different ways to add files to your OneDrive, DropBox or other cloud store by emailing them as attachments. Saving direct from emails is easier and faster than uploading. If you’ve received an Office document, PDF or other file as an email attachment, it’s simple to just forward the
Type the Eta – lower case η into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Eta – lower case η symbol is the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. The symbol is used within various contexts. In Economics, it represents elasticity. To
In the last few hours there’s been another major breakdown in Microsoft’s cloud services affecting Microsoft 365 mail hosting, Outlook.com and Teams among others. Sadly, the problems continue after Microsoft said they were ‘recovered’. The problem started at about 7am UTC on Wednesday 25 Jan (overnight Tues into Wed in
Find and add the Australian National flag, Aboriginal flag and other Aussie ensigns (Boxing Kangaroo or Eureka flags) into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. The same help can be used for any other national flag, just look for a
