Has your invitation to the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla got lost in the mail? Never fear, you can make your own ‘replacement’ <g>. Or more likely use the ornate graphics for some other purpose, not always so serious. Here’s an ‘invitation’ made in PowerPoint with a name
How to type the Per Thousand ‰ (or it’s official name ‘Per Mille‘) sign into Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Per Thousand / Per Mille ‰ means ‘parts per thousand’ and can be used for values below 1%. It’s not regularly used in English. How Per Thousand ‰ looks in
3D models have a secret. They let you choose the exact look you want, turn it into a 2D ‘normal’ image that you can do a lot more with. Here’s a 3D model from the Smithsonian collection, a full length but frankly plain view of a famous statue. With a
There are SIX ways to add text that appears smaller and slightly below (subscript) or above (superscript) in Word, PowerPoint and other Office apps. This kind of text is commonly used in mathematics (e.g. X2) and other technical fields (e.g. H2O), but can also be used for something as simple
Font vs typeface, ascender, desender, X-height, finial … there’s a nice one-page guide to all the Typography terminology. Become a typography nerd in under 10 minutes by Andrew Coyle Has a good visual summary of all the major words used talking about type – the broad categories of fonts (Serif,
The (in)famous Goldman Sachs bank has released their own font which anyone can use in their Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents. It’s called Goldman Sans and is available for anyone to download and use. The font is especially useful in Excel workbooks. The company describes the sans-serif typeface as “approachable
How to insert the Speaking Head in Silhouette 🗣 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Speaking Head in Silhouette 🗣 emoji can be used as a different way to draw attention to a special point or note. Or as an
Insert the Siren or Police Car Light 🚨 symbol / emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Police Car Light🚨 (aka Siren or Emergency Vehicle Light) symbol can be used any time you want to add warning or alert to
How to insert and use 3D models in Microsoft Office. 3D models let you rotate, pan and zoom all around an object to show it exactly the way you want. Microsoft Office’s 3D models feature has more uses than you might expect. From the Microsoft promotion, it looks like 3D
How to insert the Degree Fahrenheit ℉ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Degree Fahrenheit ℉ symbol is used as the unit for the Fahrenheit temperature scale. It’s a single character that’s a combination of the degree symbol and capital
Insert the Degree Celsius / Centigrade ℃ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Degree Celsius ℃ is a single character symbol is used to refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius or Centigrade scale. Centigrade was the original name for
Microsoft has added SketchUp 3D graphics (.skp files) to the models inserted into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. SketchUp is a 3D graphics program where you can create shareable designs such as architectural models and graphics used in industrial design, product design, and civil and mechanical engineering. SketchUp Free is
The Smithsonian has millions of images and 3D models available online to add something great and different to Microsoft Office including PowerPoint slides and Word documents. The Smithsonian Institution has been a US cultural, scientific and historical resource for the last 170 years. No visit to Washington DC is complete without
Microsoft has reversed course on their proposed changes to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Office 365 apps. The current defaults remain for new installs with ‘below the ribbon’ available as an option. In other words, common sense has prevailed. Microsoft wanted to move the Quick Access Toolbar from
Amazingly, a simple color can be trademarked and using one in a Word, PowerPoint or Office document can be illegal. We’ll explain why and a list of some colors you might need to avoid. Companies can trademark a color that’s associated with their product or logo. If you’re designing a
Even after 15 years, there’s still misinformation about the ‘new’ Office document formats .docx .xlsx etc. We’ll explain these myths and how you can easily disprove them yourself. Most of these myths surround the use of ZIP compression to make the document files smaller. Folks have jumped to wrong conclusions
How to insert the Vertical Bar | into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Vertical Bar | symbol (technically a glyph) has many uses in computing, physics, maths and typography. In some programming languages | has a special meaning, for example
You’re not stuck with the Microsoft Office automatic settings when inserting a new text box. Change the Text Box defaults to whatever you like for faster text box formatting in Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. There are TWO ways to add a Text Box in Word and Outlook –
How to insert the Zero Thirds (Baseball) ↉ fraction or symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Zero Thirds ↉ symbol (officially called ‘Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds’) is a rarely used Baseball scoring symbol. The best explanation we could find was
Here’s a complete list of the PowerPoint Function Key features from fast access to Help, jumping around the presentation, doc panes, spelling, grammar and guidelines. What you can do with the F-keys labelled F1 through F12 on your keyboard. Don’t like Function Keys? KeyTips are your way to faster Microsoft Office
Office’s Document Inspector is supposed to remove or scrub information being accidentally included in Word, Excel or PowerPoint files. It’s not perfect and misses out on some critical hidden information that can give away secrets. Details in images, layers and even highlighting. Document Inspector is at File | Info in
PowerPoint has, finally, added shortcuts to quickly make bullet or numbered lists without using the ribbon. Here’s the full list of typing shortcuts and how to turn them off. In Word, you’re probably familiar with a list being automatically created if you type * or 1. at the start of
How to insert the Construction or Roadwork Sign 🚧 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Construction, Roadwork or Warning Sign 🚧 symbol can be used in PowerPoint slides and in other Office documents sometimes to mark WIP or “Work in
Make better and faster images with Bing Image Creation, Dall-E and other AI tools using a few simple tricks. Here’s some ideas and comments with plenty of examples. If you’ve tried Microsoft Designer, Dall-E or other AI image makers, Bing Image Creation is nothing new and works the same way.
