The gradual rollout of the new look Office for Windows (Microsoft 365 and Office 2021) continues. More users, but not all, can now try the revamped Office interface. We’ve had a lot of feedback from Office Watchers about the new look. Some approve, others definitely don’t. Some users are eager to try the new look […]
Type the Approximately Equal To ≅ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Approximately Equal To ≅ symbol with a curvy line above the usual = symbol is commonly used within Mathematics to refer to approximate equality between two values, congruence or isomorphism. Not to […]
Thunderbirds are go! They live on in Microsoft Office, ready to serve as a retro look in your Word documents or PowerPoint slides. The passing of Gerry Anderson was sad news. Mr Anderson enthralled millions of kids (and more than a few adults) with his groundbreaking shows like Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO and, […]
Here’s some suggestions for making a Word, Excel or Powerpoint document smaller. Also useful for Outlook emails. We’ve had readers occasionally asking how they can ‘shrink’ a document until it’s under some arbitrary size limit. Why even worry about the file size of documents? Much of the time, the file size isn’t a concern. Modern […]
There’s a limitation in Word’s Table Styles; no individual cell styles within a Word table We’ll explain the problem and several options to workaround it. Along the way it’s a chance to dig into some interesting parts of Word and Office and make them do things that might not have occurred to you. There’s a […]
