‘Punctuation required with quotes’ is the most commonly changed Microsoft Word grammar and style setting. It checks is for the location of commas etc. when used with a quotation. Here’s two similar sentences to demonstrate: In US usage, the sentence punctuation mark go inside the quotation marks. In standard British /Commonwealth usage, the comma is outside […]
Microsoft Word can check for the Oxford Comma in your lists and it now uses that name in Word 2016 for Windows or Mac. Sadly, Word 2016’s options have been degraded from earlier versions. Word 2016 can only warn you if the Oxford Comma is NOT there … good for people who prefer the ‘Comma required […]
Which version of alphabetical order does Microsoft Word use? I thought that alphabetical order was, well, alphabetical order. That’s what I was taught at school and apparently I was taught wrong. There are at least three ways, two used by dictionaries, another by Microsoft and that’s for English alone! Reading Sue Butler’s delightful book ‘The Aitch […]
Can or should you open Office documents directly from removable storage like portable hard drives, USB ‘memory sticks’ or even floppy disks? Since we wrote about removable drives and drive letters we’ve had long time Office users asking about opening documents directly – should it be done at all. Many years ago, it wasn’t a […]
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 into some Office for iPad […]
