Add a bit of zing to your document, Word has a fun little feature that allows you to add color gradients or rainbow effects to your text, the background of a text box or inside an Office shape. The rainbow effect is a bit gaudy but demonstrates the possibilities of more subtle gradients. The rainbow […]
Microsoft once published a list of “Top Grammar Mistakes” in Microsoft Word, but what’s really going on with that list and the technology behind it? Unlike others, we’re not content just to copy Microsoft’s 2017 list. We’ll show how the grammar checks really work in the latest Word. One of Microsoft’s ‘common mistakes’ was NOT […]
There are two keyboard shortcuts to highlight text in Word, for some reason Microsoft has hidden the main one and the alternative has an annoying inconsistency. All the regular Office shortcuts should be in the tooltip label that appears when the mouse is hovered over a button. But the Highlight shortcut Ctrl + Alt + […]
Use the ListNum field in Word to insert sequential numbers, letters or legal numbering anywhere in a document. ListNum is the way to number or order items in ways not possible with the standard numbered or multi-level listing features. Just for starters, use ListNum to number things within a paragraph, instead of separate lines. Or […]
Officially a Gauge, dial or speedometer chart isn’t available in Excel. It’s a glaring omission from the in-built Excel charts but happily, it’s still possible with a little Excel trickery explained in this article. A “speedo” (Aussie slang), dial or gauge chart is made with a combination of Excel’s Doughnut chart and a Pie Chart […]
