Applicable to the following Office versions: 2019, 2016, 2013, 365; on Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10. Here’s a question we received from one of our readers: “I’ve just installed a new version of Office 365 in my system but it’s clearly not defined as the default program for viewing and editing of Microsoft Office … Read more
Several languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu or Hebrew are usually written from right to left. Today we will learn how to shift the writing direction in Office 2016/2019/365 from the default Left To Right (LTR) into Right To Left direction (RTL). For convenience, we are providing detailed instructions for Word and Outlook; however process … Read more
Here’s a question from Dana: Working on a quarterly operational report for management. I have a nice spreadsheet with some sales information that i would like to insert into a Word document that i am authoring. Any ideas? Thanks for the question, Dana. See below for the details. I assumed you are using Windows, but … Read more
“I need to process dozens of similar emails each day, extracting information and filing them in specific folders. It’s taking up hours of my time. Is there a way to automate this in Outlook without purchasing third-party software? I’ve heard about macros but don’t know where to start or if they’re difficult to set up.” … Read more
Dorothy wanted to learn how to insert objects into her Excel spreadsheets: I believe that i have seen a Microsoft Excel worksheet that had a Word document embedded in it. Can you explain how can i insert Word files into Excel and in general how to embed file objects in Office? Just so you are … Read more
Applicable to: The other day, i received the following note from a friend who uses Outlook to manage his mail, contacts, tasks and calendar; and also happens to travel quite a bit in between:-): Hey, don’t know if you noticed that the Outlook calendar is now shipping a tiny weather widget that displays the current … Read more
Here’s a question from Katie: My new manager asked me to create short series of 2-3 meetings with his main reports. Seems to me that setting up a series of meeting would be somewhat of an overkill and waned to ask you whether there is a simple way to manually duplicate occurrences of Outlook meetings. … Read more
Applicable: Microsoft Excel 2019/365/2016; Windows and macOS operating systems. Here’s a question we got: Dear Team – some time ago i have created a quite sophisticated Excel spreadsheet for my manager which i password protected for increased security. The thing is that it seems that i have forgotten the password which i previously set. So … Read more
Note: This post content is applicable to Office 2019,2016, 2013, 2010; desktop and Office 365 versions; Windows 10, 8 and 7; Here’s a question from Deanne: I work in the Retail industry. I use Outlook in order to manage my contact information. I am quite fond of Outlook as my contact manager, but clearly i … Read more
Here is a question we received some time ago from a reader struggling to read a Onenote files on macOS: I have received a bunch of .one files from my colleagues as attachments to an Outlook email. The challenge is that I don’t know how to open these files and I don’t find a compatible … Read more