There’s a lot more to Undo than just reversing the last thing you did in Microsoft Office The UNDO command is surely one of the greatest time-saving inventions of the digital age. According to Jensen Harris, the head honcho of the Microsoft Office User Experience Team back in 2008 ,
From 1 March 2022 OneDrive will stop working on Windows 8.1. What does that mean for Microsoft Office 365 and other Office software compatible with Windows 8.1? Can Word and other Office apps still work with documents saved on OneDrive. Windows 8.1 customers are left with unanswered questions after Microsoft’s
Which font to use if emulating a true laundry care or clothing text label in Word, PowerPoint or other Office program? We’ve already talked about how to put standard laundry care symbols in Word, Excel or PowerPoint but what about the text that usually goes with the icons? In our
Buying Microsoft Office in a physical store (remember them?) can be a trap for the unwary. People are being sold the wrong type of Office, instead they are pushed to the best option for the salesperson. We’ve had questions from readers after they’ve visited a local computer store. They’ve been
Track Changes in Word on the web has changed so that accept or reject an edit appears right next to the text. The Track Changes feature allows users to gain feedback from others working on the same document. Microsoft has recently introduced a new feature, cards that pop-up to allow
OneNote lets you change the size of the paper page, including adjusting the margin size of your notes from the default ‘Auto’ to a fixed size like ‘Letter’ or ‘A4’ among many. Although OneNote has a ‘default setting’ when it comes to paper size, you can adjust this using this feature, plus, it’s easy to do and won’t take you
Here’s a good video that explains the changes coming to Microsoft Office.com portal Big Tick ✔️ for a Microsoft video that’s more substance than style. Also ✔️ the lovely peg-board for office supplies. Some ❌ marks for too often used Microsoft Hype™ words the form of ‘Excited’ and ‘Experience’. Two
The latest macOS, v12 called ‘Monterey’ is out now. Which Microsoft Office for Mac will work with the new operating system for Mac computers? Should you update to Monterey now or wait a little while? In short, any Office for Mac which works with ‘Big Sur’ macOS v11 is OK
Can you move Office 2021 or Office 2019 from one computer to another? The answer is ‘maybe’, it depends on how Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 2021 was purchased. ‘Perpetual license’ or non-subscription versions of Microsoft Office 2021 or Office 2019 are limited to just one computer at a time.
The license rules for Office 2019 and Office 2021 are buried deep in the software. Here’s how to find the license wording plus explanation of the rules about installation and transfer to another computer. Microsoft Software License Terms are the same for Office 2019 and Office 2021, at least when
There’s a new generation growing up who see the Office ribbon differently from their parents. To some young people a floppy disk icon looks more like a vending machine! Check out this icon on the older Office ribbon …. To you, me and most people it means ‘Save’ because that’s
Microsoft has some Halloween related images, icons and more to add a little spooky to your documents and slides. See more Halloween suggestions – images, icons, fonts and more. We had a look through the Office Stock Content (Insert | Icons or Insert | Pictures | Stock Images) for Halloween
Microsoft PowerToys have fixed a glaring omission from Outlook, Windows and the Edge browser. PowerToys now lets Outlook preview PDF, Markdown and SVG attachments in the Reading Pane. For too long, the main way to get an Outlook preview of a PDF email attachment was to install the whole Adobe
Word has many options to make simple checklists that you can print out and tick with a pen (ink or digital). Plenty of formatting choices for the shape of the tick ‘box’, it’s color and size. There’s a simple shortcut to re-order the list. Previously we’ve discussed how to make
Redo is the often-forgotten partner to Undo. It’s mostly used to ‘undo an undo’ or reverse the last ‘Undo’ action but ‘Redo’ has other uses in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. In most cases, you use the redo button to revert to a previous state. For example, if you used
Excel and Wolfram have teamed up to produce a handy interactive Periodic Table Template, useful for those searching for an introduction to chemistry, or a handy guide for study. The table lets you easily access information on elemental properties, chemical compounds, diagrams and more. You can download or open the
Back in 2010 an Office Watch reader drew our attention to this Microsoft Knowledge Base article 2008277 (update: after we published this article the KB article was totally removed by Microsoft). “Error message “The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open” when opening a Word file from outside
An essential part of Word’s citations and bibliography feature is the Source Manager dialog – here’s how to, er, manage the Source Manager. Open the Source Manager from References | Citations and Bibliography | Manage Sources. There is a Current List (at right) which is saved in the current document.
The workload of students and academics has been made a lot easier with the arrival of Citation features in Word. They are useful for everyone, not just in academia. Citations are individual references to source material you’ve quoted in your document. A Bibliography is a list of citations and sources
How many rows and columns does Excel have now and in the last 25 years of Excel for Windows and Mac? All the talk about 64-bit versions of Office has raised the issue of maximum rows and columns in Excel. A few readers seem to believe that 64-bit Excel will
In Microsoft Outlook you can view two calendars ‘side-by-side’ or overlaid to look like a single calendar. Select two calendars from the left-side pane of a Calendar view. Choose from ‘My Calendars’ or ‘Other Calendars’. The selected calendars appear ‘side-by-side’ in different colors. Overlaid with other calendars Click on the
Excel has six different choices for removing content, formatting, comments or everything from cells. Five are on the ribbon plus another hidden away. Plus three useful keyboard shortcuts, one obvious and two very obscure. Home | Clear On the right of the Home tab is a selection of five ‘Clear’
Microsoft Word has three different keyboard shortcuts to clear formatting, each with its own special variation on how to remove things like bold, italics etc. from text. Choose from Ctrl + Space , Ctrl + Q or Ctrl + Shift + N depending on exactly what you want to remove
Sometimes text formatting can get confusing in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher and OneNote. There are several ways to clear the additional formatting and return to original settings. The formatting styles in your text can be easily restored to their default settings by clearing all formatting. Users can waste a lot
