The Apple command ⌘ symbol can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Apple command ⌘ symbol appears on Mac and iPad keyboards but only as a command option, not as a symbol to type. The ⌘ symbol predates
Insert the North West or Top Left Arrow ↖ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. North West Arrow ↖ or “Top Left Arrow” can be used for directions on a map (naturally) or pointing to ‘top left’ in a Word
Handwrite direct into Office apps for iPad, converting your writing into text right away, courtesy of the iOS Scribble feature. What you’ll need, how to setup and the new thing to look for on the Draw tab of the Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps. Microsoft has integrated the Scribble feature
You have an Apple iPad but do you know all the different ways that Microsoft Office can run on an iPad. There are four different options, some free and others you have to pay for. Why bother? Surely you just install the Office mobile apps and that’s it? Sadly no,
Type the Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes 😄 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes 😄 emoji is used to express genuine joy, laughter, or excitement. It’s just one of
Set Picture as Background in OneNote feature is a handy feature for those looking to fill in forms or wish to draw and highlight on top of images pasted into their OneNote page. It’s now available in the Web version of OneNote as well as OneNote for Windows/Mac. How to
Insert the Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes 😁 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes 😁 emoji is used to express joyfulness, excitement, or happiness. It’s similar to Grinning Face 😀 but with different eyes that are meant
Add the Grinning Face with Big eyes aka Smiling Face with Open Mouth 😃 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. “Smiling Face with Open Mouth” is the official Unicode name for the 😃 emoji. It’s commonly labelled Grinning Face with
Insert the Triangular Flag 🚩 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. There are two different looks and plenty of colors to choose from, not just the Red Flag default. Triangular Flag 🚩 emoji is usually used to warn people of bad ideas or problems or refer to unsafe/dangerous
Insert the Checkered Flag 🏁 into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Plus other alternatives available in modern Microsoft Office like icons or stock images. As its name suggests, the Checkered Flag emoji 🏁 shows a flag with a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. It’s often used to represent vehicle racing, challenges,
OneNote is finally getting the Office Dictation (speech to text) feature that’s already in other Office programs. That’s in addition to the long-standing Look for Dictation in OneNote for Windows Home tab, way off at the right-side. Also, in OneNote in a web browser … Dictation and Read Aloud in
Add the Duck 🦆 emoji into Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Duck 🦆 emoji represents the quacky bird with webbed feet. The emoji is usually depicted as a Mallard. Sometimes used as a substitute for the f-word, because of iPhone’s tendency
There’s a simple way to copy a screen image into Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook or OneNote. Word, PowerPoint and other Office apps for Windows (Office 2010 and later) has a Screenshot option to paste an image from any open program window into a document or email. Go to the Insert tab of
Microsoft’s digital ink notetaking app, Journal, has grown up. It’s no longer ‘Garage’ trial software but part of Redmond’s official software line up. If you like scribbling or notetaking with a digital pen, you can try out Journal. Journal was a Microsoft Garage project which are trials of an app
For a long time, it’s been possible to ‘print’ from any program and put the result directly into OneNote desktop program. Now you can ‘print’ to the OneNote for Windows 10 app. Once the ‘printed’ pages are in OneNote, they’ll get a text version added in the background. You’ll need
Type the White or outline Chess King ♔ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. White Chess King ♔ symbol is useful for users that want to represent the chess piece as a symbol, rather than an image. There’s also a
Word and Office have several down “pointing hand” symbols available in some fonts. Here’s the Unicode options explained and shown with the codes and shortcuts to type them in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook too. There are various pointing hand options in Unicode: Index – a pointing index finger with palm
Word and Office have several up “pointing hand” symbols available in some fonts. Here’s the Unicode options explained and shown with the codes and shortcuts to type them in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook too. There are various Up pointing hand options in Unicode: Index – a pointing index finger with
Immersive Reader, as seen in Word and older versions of OneNote, is returning to the latest releases of OneNote It’s a worthwhile tool to use, designed for those with dysgraphia or dyslexia, but perfect as well for those wanting to improve their reading experience. Here we’ll be using OneNote for
Microsoft has recently added the ability to resize Embed content within OneNote Web. It was already available for the Desktop versions, but now it has been introduced to the OneNote browser based version too. Simply by inserting, pasting, or linking content right in your notes, you can embed a variety
Draw with Touch is available for users with a touch-enabled device. Simply draw with your mouse, digital pen, or even your finger on your OneNote page. You might be familiar with Draw with Touch on OneNote for Windows desktop. Great news, this feature has recently been added to OneNote for
At long last, OneNote can sort the pages (tabs) either alphabetically or by date. Previously in OneNote, if you wanted to sort out your pages, had to do it manually by dragging and dropping the tabs. Microsoft has now added an automatic Sort Pages option. Right-click on a page tab
Set Picture as Background in OneNote is a handy feature for those looking to fill in forms or wish to draw and highlight on top of images pasted into their OneNote page. Generally, the page can shift, and your notes can become a complete mess when inserting images, so it’s
OneNote Pages can contain all manner of things; text, files, documents, PDF, drawing, images, tables, web clippings, lists, audio and video files. Pictures and recordings in OneNote have some nifty tricks and you can search everything you’ve added to OneNote. Text is very simple just ‘click on the page and
