Once upon a time there was just one ‘Microsoft Outlook‘ but these days there are at least eleven current programs or services under the ‘Outlook’ name * and two programs called “Outlook for Windows”. That’s before counting past versions that are still supported. You’re totally excused for being confused because
There are shortcuts that automatically format bold and italic text in Word. The same shortcuts and more work in WhatsApp texting as well. There are now four more formatting options; bullet lists, numbered lists, quotes and inline code. AutoFormatting Bold and Italics as you type In Microsoft Word and Outlook
Make an unpleasant point with the world’s ugliest color. A ‘drab dark green’ can be used in any Word document, Excel sheet or PowerPoint slide. And we’ll explain the recommended complement color and font. It’s not our opinion, but the market researched result of an effort to find the most
How can you buy an older version of Microsoft Office to fit in with your other computers? Fran, a loyal Office-Watch.com reader has that problem getting an older version of Office. “ I have Office 2013 on two computers now. Is there a way to get another copy for the new Microsoft Surface
All Outlook for Windows have a critical bug which makes it too easy for any hacker to gain access to a computer. It just needs a simple link clicked from an email to bypass Office Protected View protections, even from the Preview pane. So all Outlook’s should be updated asap.
More than five ways to type characters with accent, grave, circumflex, tilde, umlaut, dieresis or cedilla in Microsoft Word and Outlook when they aren’t on the keyboard such as á ã à ä Ç ç ē é ê è ë â ê î ô û and many more. Typing accented
Compare one set of numbers with another list of values using ChiTest() in Excel. It compares two sets of numbers and gives a single number to show how different the sets are. ChiTest() or ChiSq.Test() sounds like a complex formula that only expert statisticians can understand – not at all!
Let’s take a moment to explain, without the hype, what Copilot is and what it can do for you and all Microsoft Office users including Office 2021,2019 and earlier. We’ll explain some ways Copilot can save time and money doing simple tasks for anyone with Microsoft Office. Beleive me that
Many different ways to type or insert laundry care symbols, which appear on clothing labels, into Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Laundry care symbols can be for laundry area signs or for fun like this t-shirt. Or alternative symbols in a PowerPoint slide. All five symbols were black laundry care icons.
The Square Root √ can be typed into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. There are two different styles to choose from plus a better option for equations and formulas. Square Root √ symbol is sometimes called a radical symbol, radical sign, root symbol, radix, or even a surd. The symbol can include a horizontal
Checklist when your version of Microsoft Office will stop getting security bug and software bug fixes, what Microsoft calls the end of support. This is important because software updates are necessary for Office apps. Mainly because outdated versions are more vulnerable to hackers, particularly in the case of opening malicious
How to get and use the copyright free Mickey Mouse and other public domain creations in Microsoft Office. Add to Word documents or PowerPoint slides. There’s been a lot of stories about content that is now in the public domain, especially Mickey Mouse. That copyright expiry applies to the USA
Word has many 2024 calendars in the File | New templates supplied by Microsoft. There are tricks to getting the most from the templates and make them personal and special. Search for ‘ calendar’ in the File | New pane. They are all programmed templates, type in type in the
Here’s a better and more flexible version of the Calendar Creator with both Sunday and Monday start of week. Office Watch reader, David Peel, has made a better, more compatible Calendar Creator. We added some different versions to suit other calendar formats. We’ve told you about The Mystery of Excel’s
There are 2024 calendar templates available for PowerPoint, giving you landscape oriented calendars but less options overall. Landscape calendars PowerPoint calendars aren’t just for presentations. They offer printable landscape orientation calendars not usually available in Word or Excel. Look for the overall layout you want, change the images and colors
Each of the Outlook printed calendars has some options to improve what’s shown on the page. Task List, Upcoming appointments and blank note space can all be selected to suit you. If you want to define your calendar options you have to ‘click deep’ into what Microsoft calls ‘styles’ (no
Excel can make calendars from some supplied templates. Some templates are labelled with a specific purpose however a few simple changes can make them better and suit what you need. Sadly, the help with the templates can be wrong or misleading. Here’s just one example to show what’s possible to
Microsoft Word can make Yearly and Monthly calendars quite easily and they have better configuration options than you might expect. We’ve already looked at the Outlook printing options , customizing them including blank Weekly and Monthly calendars. Outlook doesn’t have a yearly calendar option, so we’re turning to Word. We’ll look
All about Find in Microsoft Word Text Boxes. Text Boxes in Word have special needs when you’re either looking for text inside Text Boxes only or just the main document. What’s inside Text Boxes is handled separately to the main document, depending on the options you’ve chosen for the search.
Find and replace inside Microsoft Word Text Boxes is something that Word can’t do directly but is possible in two different ways. As we’ve already explained, Word can only find text inside Text Boxes as either part of a search of the entire document or just the content of Text
Let’s go deeper into the Microsoft Word ‘Find’ function, looking specifically at a number of options that can be accessed in the Word “Find” feature (Ctrl+F) and clicking its “More” button. In a recent issue of Office for Mere Mortals we looked at how to search within a Word document. There
Excel can’t add up reliably and it never has. It’s an important limitation of computer software that everyone needs to be wary of. Phil N sent us an interesting Excel worksheet. He’s simply adding a column of numbers starting with a negative number then positive numbers – the total should
Windows 11 and 10 has the Emoji Panel. What a pity that it totally sucks and is incredibly dumb. Emoji Panel is better than what we had before (nothing) but not by a lot. We’re talking about the Emoji Panel or ‘keyboard’ which appears in Windows 11/10 when you press
Did you know that you can link text boxes in Microsoft Word? Connect text in one box to another box, so that the text flows smoothly from one to the other. You can link text boxes on the same page or across different pages in your document. This way, you
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