There are different check mark, tick or cross symbols available in Word, PowerPoint or other Office apps. Here’s an easy searchable list of all Unicode symbols plus in modern Office ✅✔️☑️ is called a ‘check mark‘ or ‘check‘ in some places and ‘tick‘ in others. Same symbol, different English names.
Insert Thumbs Up or Like👍symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Thumbs Up / Like👍emoji is typically used when you ‘like’ something or have approval/agreement. It’s commonly used as a quick response to a comment on Facebook, Twitter and it’s
VBA code or Macros can be copied between Microsoft Word documents and templates quite easily if you know where to look. We’ve seen people laboriously copying code between VBA editor windows, not realising there’s an easier way. It’s not entirely necessary but usually the two macro-enabled documents/templates are opened first.
Search for text and a lot more within a document using the Find side-pane feature in Microsoft Word. There are secrets making it more powerful than first appears. You might think it’s as simple as typing in a word and Office will find it but, as usual, there’s a lot
There are different arrow or hand pointing symbols available in Word, PowerPoint or other Office apps. Left, Right, Up, Down, North, South, East, West. Here’s an easy searchable list of all Unicode pointing symbols plus the arrow and point icons in modern Office See also Check ☑︎, tick ✔️ and
Open and close your presentation with a look from a galaxy far, far away or at least a Star Wars movie near you. Here’s the fonts, colors, background and other details to emulate the opening and closing credits. See Star Wars in Office Star Wars in the Office dictionary Opening Credits
All 20 (yes, twenty!) emblems for the Coronation of King Charles III, the exact colours required and how to use them in Microsoft Office like Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Also how to get an SVG/icon version of the emblem, ideal for modern Office apps and show just the parts
Add the British National flag “Union Jack” into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. The same help applies for any other national flag, just look for a different source. Get the British Flag Image There are many, many copies of
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
Reducing the line spacing or vertical gap between lines in Word paragraphs can be done in six different ways depending on your needs. Adjusting line spacing to put lines very close isn’t usually necessary for regular text. It becomes useful when trying some design tricks for headings, for example the
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
There’s a simple Microsoft Word trick that lets you shrink the vertical space between lines. Specifically reducing to below single line spacing. To set less than 1 line space go to Paragraph | Line Spacing and choose ‘Multiple‘ – yes ‘Multiple’. Sounds screwy but it works. Set the Multiple line spacing value
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
Now you can copy a document from Microsoft Word to the Kindle ebook reader in one step with the arrival of “Send to Kindle” inside Word 365 for Windows and Mac. We’ll also explain how to convert and transfer a Word document to Kindle without the latest Office innovation. It’s
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