Insert the Phi uppercase Φ, and Phi lowercase φ / φ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Phi (uppercase Φ / lowercase φ / φ) is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. The uppercase symbol has various uses, such as the cumulative distribution function of standard normal deviation in statistics. The lowercase symbol has […]
Why does the same picture appear rotated sideways or flipped in Outlook for Windows/Mac but right side up elsewhere? It’s an image annoyance in older versions of Microsoft Outlook which we’ll explain. Outlook for Windows or Mac lets you preview a picture by clicking on the attachment icon but sometimes the preview is the sideways […]
More ideas and a wish list for ending a PowerPoint presentation with a different slide. After our article on the ending slide options for PowerPoint, Vivian from the UK writes: “… it’s really very easy to do what I always do at the end of PPT presentations. Just add a new blank slide – which […]
In PowerPoint you can record narration and comments during or after a slideshow. This makes the presentation more interesting and interactive. This feature is especially useful when you convert presentation to video. With narration the video would seem complete and the process of doing this is quite simple and easy. This feature is available in […]
Which version of alphabetical order does Microsoft Word use? I thought that alphabetical order was, well, alphabetical order. That’s what I was taught at school and apparently I was taught wrong. There are at least three ways, two used by dictionaries, another by Microsoft and that’s for English alone! Reading Sue Butler’s delightful book ‘The Aitch […]
