Up until 20 years ago, thanks to typewriters, it was common to see sentences written with two spaces the period. At long last, Microsoft Word has started marking double spaces as an error by default. If you’re a two-spacer wh…
If you’re wanting to delete a page containing text, graphics, or other content in a Microsoft Word document, or if you’re wanting to get rid of that blank white page at the end of your report that won’t appear to go awa…
Leaving comments in a Word document is a good way to leave feedback on a piece you’re reviewing. If the issue you commented on has been resolved, you can remove the note to keep things looking clean. Here’s how….
Outlook has useful tools built into the email client, such as Clutter, Conversation Clean Up, and Focused Inbox, to help keep your inbox tidy. Outlook Online includes a feature called Sweep, a tool used for deleting or moving…
Microsoft Office normally starts at $70 per year, but there are quite a few ways to get it for free. We’ll show you all the ways you can get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office applications without paying a cent….
It’s difficult for two or more people to work on a PowerPoint presentation simultaneously, as Office doesn’t have the same collaboration features offered by Google Slides. One way around this problem is to combine PowerPoint…
If you have a PDF file that you would like to convert to a PowerPoint presentation, you can download a program to quickly do the work for you, or you can use one of the many available online converters….
If you’re working with different languages, but your language skills are a little rusty, you may be looking for a quick translation tool. Microsoft Office has you covered—you can translate a document easily within Word itse…
Creating an expense and income spreadsheet can help you manage your personal finances. This can be a simple spreadsheet that provides an insight into your accounts and tracks your main expenses. Here’s how in Microsoft Excel….
The Status bar at the bottom of the Outlook client contains a lot of information. However, you can use a simple context menu to customize it, and either add or remove different values and shortcuts. Here’s how to configure it…
If you have an animation in your PowerPoint presentation that’s moving just a little too slow (or too fast), you can adjust the speed of the animation to match your desired timing. Here’s how it’s done….
Outlook Online can detect when an email contains reservation or booking information and automatically adds the details to your calendar. Here’s how to turn the automatic feature on and choose what gets added to your schedule….
The title text for a PowerPoint presentation is generally quite large in size. If your presentation could benefit from changing the boring black title text to something with a little more color, use an image instead….
When you’re adding comments to a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation, Office 365 lets you mention another user using the “@” sign (like most chat apps). Here’s what Office 365 mentions are for and how…
Microsoft Planner is a to-do app that comes with Office 365. It’s used for personal and teamwork planning, with a simple card-based interface that’s similar to Trello. Here’s a quick look at how to use it….
If you send someone your PowerPoint presentation, but they don’t have the used fonts installed, the formatting and layout can get messed up. You can prevent this from happening by embedding the fonts in your presentation. Her…
Make your chart labels in Microsoft Excel dynamic by linking them to cell values. When the data changes, the chart labels automatically update. In this article, we explore how to make both your chart title and the chart data …
When you’re presenting a PowerPoint presentation, it can be easy to lose track of what slide you’re currently on—especially if it’s a large one. To help, you can add slide numbers in PowerPoint to know your position….
There are a variety of ways in Excel to remove decimal points and shortening number values. In this article, we explain how to use the TRUNC function and what makes it different from other techniques.
One of Outlook’s most useful and least-understood options is Follow Up, the program’s email reminder tool. If you struggle to remember to answer emails after they’re no longer on the front page of your inbox, this tool is for…
If you’re looking to quickly change the case of the text in a slide of your PowerPoint presentation, Microsoft Office provides a couple of quick and easy ways to do so—and several different text case styles to choose from…
For most people, the quickest method for combining Word documents is to manually copy and paste them into one. This isn’t the best method for merging documents—a far easier method is to insert your documents as objects in…
If you’re wanting to reuse a PowerPoint presentation but would like to clear the slideshow’s formatting, there’s no need to do it slide by slide—you can do it all at once. Here’s how.
Whether you want to add new autocorrect entries to Word or just do a little housekeeping and remove some vocab that’s no longer relevant, you can do so in just a few easy steps. Here’s how.
Microsoft Forms is a great tool for creating free, easy-to-use surveys, polls, quizzes, and questionnaires. It includes branching, which allows you to send users to different questions depending on their previous answers. Her…
