Like an image in an Microsoft Outlook email? Here’s how to save it to a separate picture file. Sometimes you get an email with a nice picture displayed in the message (as opposed to an attachment). You can ‘grab’ any image and save it to your computer. On most web
There are two ways to make a text box transparent in Office; Word, Excel or PowerPoint. There’s a quick option and other that gives you some more control. The Word, Excel or PowerPoint ‘Text Box’ feature is presented as a way to have ‘pull quotes’ or sidebar text in your
What is an RTF document, is it safe, how to use in Microsoft Word and why is it still being used? “I’m looking for a job and many employers are asking for my resume in RTF format. How do I do that and why can’t I just use a Word
Insert the Identical To ≡ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Identical To ≡ symbol, also known as the triple bar, is a mathematical symbol. The three lined symbol means that something is identical or like another value, but this
Here’s how to force the ‘Draw with Touch’ button to appear in Word, Excel and PowerPoint when it doesn’t show up automatically. ‘Draw with Touch’ is an Office option to let you draw with a finger or stylus on a touchscreen. It should automatically appear on the right of the
There’s a fast way to Fill cells with sequential data into a list or rows without dragging the mouse. The Series command can insert all sorts of lists for dates, weekdays and numbers. It’s very handy for users that need to fill a large number of cells. Those that use
Making QR codes is quite simple, all you need is a simple online code maker and by following our step by step guide you’ll have it set-up in no time. We’ll show how to make QR codes for web links and even easily sharing Wifi settings. Nowadays, QR Codes are
How to convert the code which makes an SVG illustration into something that will work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint and also change the SVG code to alter the colors and background settings. Usually, SVG format graphics are supplied as a separate file but sometimes they come as a long
Microsoft is taking liberties with their new “Teleprompter View” in PowerPoint because it’s not a true Teleprompter with text that scrolls as you speak. But there are options for a true Teleprompter/Autocue professional effect. A real Teleprompter (aka AutoCue) displays the speech text in front of the camera so the
Back in 2015 the US government made an important decision in favor of ‘net neutrality’ and got a quick complaint back in Morse Code! Here’s how to add Morse Code dots and dashes to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or other Office app. Verizon issued a press release complaining about the FCC’s
Excel’s Paste Special feature can be used to modify multiple numbers at once. Paste Special is more commonly used to paste only values or formatting, it has other tricks to offer. We’ll show you firstly how to multiply numbers in Excel by using Paste Special then add, subtract and division.
The Word Text Box Gallery gives you a head start on nice document effects. Under the Insert tab in Word is the Text Box gallery, a selection of pre-set options to jazz up your document. It’s the easy way to put in fancy design elements you see in books and
Styles in Microsoft Word would be very cumbersome if you had to set up each one individually. To make it easier, styles have inheritance. A new style is usually a copy, linked to an existing style with just some changes to selected items. Here’s an example of inheritance in a
The right-click menu is a powerful part of modern computers. It lets you quickly access options in Windows, Mac and Microsoft Office. Right-click is such a basic part of personal computing that it works even on devices without a mouse! We love ‘stupid’ questions because they’re rarely stupid at all.
Word has many calendars in the File | New templates supplied by Microsoft. Search for “calendar” in the File | New pane then make simple changes to suit you. In Microsoft Word’s File | New pane, search for ‘calendar’. There are two basic calendar designs: Start of Week Some have
Is it possible to share or send a single Excel tab or worksheet from an entire spreadsheet? Sharing a single worksheet or tab isn’t possible. Excel’s sharing features work on the workbook or entire document level. But it is possible to send out or share a single worksheet/tab with a
Outlook replies can be a problem of invisible or hard to read text when the incoming email has a color background. We’ll explain the problem and how to fix your reply email. Messages with colored backgrounds might look OK to the sender but are a pain when you try to
Use Word tables to do formatting tricks, make complex formats easily and solve Word formatting problems. There’s more to Word tables than just showing grids of information like this: Tables have all sorts of little tricks in them and let you do clever things in Word. Here’s a look at
Word lets us down when it comes to viewing a document’s styles and how they link together. The only way to see a detailed list of styles is to Print them! In the print pane, choose the drop-down list under Print All Pages and scroll down until you see the
The Drop Cap function in Microsoft Word provides a simple way of capturing the ornate look of an old book or manuscript. There are many options that can be used to change the look, positioning and behavior of any drop cap to suit your formatting needs or taste. Drop Caps have been in Microsoft
Drop Caps are very old fashioned, there’s space left for them in the oldest printed books in the world, the Gutenberg Bibles. You can do the same thing, a lot more easily, in Microsoft Word. In this Office-Watch.com article we’ll go beyond the simple ‘how to’ for Drop Cap. There’s
It’s not easy working with Excel and really large numbers. In fact, Excel doesn’t do a great job with larger numbers. Up to 15-digit integers, Excel is fine, but once you go over that, it quietly rounds numbers. Basically, data above 15 digits stop being accurate. As a result, Microsoft hides that inaccuracy by displaying
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 ,
What can you do with a file attachment that has no file extension? Sometimes you get a file, probably an email attachment, that has no file extension. Without something after the dot/period (.doc .docx .xlsx .pptx etc.) Windows doesn’t know what program to use. This is most likely to happen
