Moving objects around your PowerPoint slides in tiny, tiny little jumps instead of larger moves, simply by holding down the Ctrl key. The simple way to position an image or object in a PowerPoint slide is either dragging with the mouse or using the arrow keys – obviously. Either option
Insert the Wavy Dash 〰 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Wavy Dash 〰 symbol is like a long curvy version of the em-dash, there’s no specific meaning or purpose. Not to be confused with the two Tilde ~
There’s more possible with the humble ! exclamation mark / point in Microsoft Word or Office. At least five different ! available and that’s before changing color, size and other text effect options. We’ll show you ways to insert FIVE different exclamation marks into Office, as characters, icons, symbols and several
PowerPoint 365 (Windows, Mac and iOS) can now use separate caption files for audio inside a presentation and also export the captions with media. What’s new are captions for audio files like a transcript of a lecture or even song lyrics for a PowerPoint ‘sing-a-long’. There’s a catch but one
Here’s the basics of how subtitling or captions works for PowerPoint. Using a simple text editor, you can create closed-caption files for videos and audio that you wish to make more accessible. It’s great for subtitling any video including one you’ve made of your PowerPoint presentation. Closed captions or Subtitles
There’s a special purple color named by Pantone as ‘Love Symbol Number 2’ in honor of the musician Prince. That same purple is possible in Microsoft Word and other Office applications. Only last year, Pantone teamed with Prince’s estate to announce that PQ 7448C was to be known as Love
The late and much missed musician Prince wished to be known by single character symbol called ‘Love Symbol Number 2‘. Here’s how to enter that unique symbol in Word, PowerPoint or Microsoft Office generally. There are various methods suggested on the Internet, we’ve narrowed them down to one excellent option
There’s a new King in Britain (and other countries) which means there’s a new Royal Logo Cypher or Monogram. Here’s how to get the Cypher for Microsoft Office documents or slides. The Royal insignia is usually made from two parts, the Tudor Crown or Scottish Crown above the Royal Cypher.
No cloud service is perfect, no matter what the company says. Here’s what you must do to protect yourself from breakdown of your OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams or Microsoft 365 cloud storage. Microsoft pushes use of OneDrive to store all your documents and images. That suits Microsoft’s strategy but isn’t necessarily
Insert the Exploding Head 🤯 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Exploding Head 🤯 emoji looks Windows only has Exploding Head 🤯 in the Segoe UI Emoji font, either color or black. To me the black version looks
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
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
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
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.
There’s a better, more selective way to choose which shapes, images or other objects to ‘Morph’ between slides in PowerPoint 365, 2021 and 2019. Morph in PowerPoint is a way to transition between two slides with a nice smooth effect like this. The Morph transition normally applies to either all
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.
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
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
