An Excel Table Form is a simple no-code way to view a single table row in an editable box. If a row of data is too wide, instead of scrolling left/right to find what you need, use a data form to add, edit, find, and delete rows. Table Form is
Word 365 for Windows now has an even darker dark mode option which changes the page area to black with white text. Until now ‘Dark Mode’ only applied to the ribbon and other interface areas, not the document area. The newly extended Dark mode only changes the look on the
A fascinating article digs into the ‘new’ Windows 10 look to reveal that it’s not as new as Microsoft hype would have you believe. Some parts of Windows 10 are over 25 years old and it’s a similar story in Microsoft Office, despite the Ribbon. It’s the same in Microsoft
The full collection of Van Gogh masterpieces are available online, ready to be used in PowerPoint slides. Here’s how to get good quality images of the great man’s work and use them wisely in slides. Not interested in Van Gogh? These tips show how to fit any image into PowerPoint
Apple’s new Privacy tags sound like a great idea but they rely on the honesty of app makers (Ha!) The simple labels can cover an enormous amount of privacy intrusion in Microsoft Office and Outlook mobile apps. The Washington Post is behind a paywall but the ‘general tenor of his
Here are some more ‘right pointing’ symbol options for Word, Excel, PowerPoint or any Microsoft Office app. We’ve already looked in detail at: White Right Pointing Index Hand ☞ Right arrow → symbol Now let’s see some other ‘right pointing’ options that can be used in Office documents. Right pointers
How to insert the white right pointing hand ☞ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Officially called “WHITE Right POINTING INDEX” ☞ symbol is a different or novelty form of the right arrow as a hand. It can be used
There are two different levels of hidden sheets within Excel, hidden and the less well-known very hidden worksheets. We can easily hide our worksheets by right-clicking the sheet tab and selecting hide. There’s a more extreme option available. Very Hidden means the sheet/tab doesn’t show up at all in regular
It’s been a slow process, but now it’s possible to move a file from Outlook to Teams across both web clients and programs. Users have been asking Microsoft for years to be able to quickly copy an Outlook attachment to a Teams area. Customers had to save the attachment to
Continuing our series on the ‘Not Allowed’ symbol, let’s make a version with a black background and white center graphic. This isn’t part of the official ISO specification for the symbol but it’s widely used. It’s done by adding a black circle under the main circle/line & graphic (which is
You may have heard about ‘Project Monarch’, Microsoft’s plan for a single Outlook program for Windows, Mac and maybe other platforms. This is what we know so far about Microsoft’s ‘vision’ for ‘One Outlook’ Project Monarch is an early Progressive Web App (PWA) which will have email, contacts, calendar and
Here’s how to install Outlook as a standalone web app or PWA. This looks like Outlook in a browser but it’s not, it’s Outlook as a standalone Progressive Web App (PWA). It’s available now in Windows 10. It’s not the upcoming Project Monarch but a part-way step in that direction. See
Microsoft Office (plus Word, Excel and PowerPoint) can be installed as a standalone web apps or PWA. We’ll explain how and the current limitations. This looks like the Office.com web page but it’s not, it’s Office as a standalone Progressive Web App (PWA). It’s available now in Windows 10 with
Windows 10X is coming and you’ll hear a lot about it in the coming months. Let’s see what Windows 10X is, how it will run Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook) and why most people won’t need to worry about Windows 10X. What is Windows 10X? Windows 10X is
News that WhatsApp is sharing more data with Facebook (the owner) has led to a stampede of people moving to more private alternatives. But which – Signal or Telegram? Secure messaging is an important way to safely and quickly exchange any type of file or document. Even if you’re not
Microsoft announced 83 security bug fixes for January 2021, the count is really 96 once you add the Edge browser patches from last week. At first look, it seems there’s only five Office related patches including two each for Word and Excel. It’s important to keep both Office and the
Amazon UK has a good deal on Microsoft 365 Family (six user). For the next week only save £30 on the regular price for new and existing customers. Pay £49.99 for (another) year of Microsoft 365 Family, instead of £79.99 which is what Microsoft charges for automatic renewals. Click here
Continuing our series on the ‘Not Allowed’ symbol, let’s make a versions with text instead of a graphic or icon. Check out our article on Make a ‘Stop’ circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint about creating, resizing and coloring the basic shape. Text in circle Instead of
Continuing our series on the ‘Not Allowed’ symbol, let’s make a version with text and graphic or icon. Check out our article on Make a ‘Stop’ circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint about creating, resizing and coloring the basic shape. Better ‘Not Allowed’ red circle/line symbol with
As we mentioned back in October, Office Lens has been dropped from the Microsoft Store but it’s not the end of Lens, far from it. Microsoft announced that the cloud services backing Lens features would be disabled from 1 January 2021. Only Office Lens for Windows 10 and Windows Mobile
There’s plenty of scope for variations on the basic Not Allowed symbol (red circle with diagonal) using the tools in Microsoft Office. See Make a ‘Stop’ circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint for how to insert the basic ‘Not Allowed’ shape and change to suit your needs.
Well, that’s been an ‘interesting’ year for all of us <sigh> . Here’s some of the articles that have been popular with our worldwide audience over 2020. Getting more from online video calls With the global lockdown, Office Watch switched roles for a while and added lots of advice for
Microsoft India is raising the price of their commercial and online services from 1 February 2021. The news is out despite a pointless attempt at secrecy by the local subsidiary. As reported by DQChannels Commercial on-premises software goes up 11% Online services like Microsoft 365 hosting goes up 9% The
NewEgg is offering a 15-month new or renewal of Microsoft 365 Family for just $75 saving about $45. There’s a special discount or promo code that we’ll tell you below. UPDATE The price has changed to $99 which is still a good deal on a 15-month Microsoft 365 Family. $99
