Here’s a question from Eva: I am using Microsoft Word to work on a proposal document for a client project. My document contains several tables. My ask is whether there is a simple way to insert a short caption below each table in the document? Thanks in advance for your help. Insert Word table captions … Read more
Here is a question from Scott: In a recent Teams meeting i participated, the meeting host was sharing a Word Document through the Teams app. One thing that caught my eye was the fact that his Word interface was completely black, instead of the typical white background. Seemed much more easy on the eye that … Read more
Here’s a question from Dorothy: I am working on an extensive document that contains real estate information. One if the things i would like to do is to embed a couple of slides of an existing PowerPoint presentation into a document. I know that i am able to copy specific slides and just go ahead … Read more
Last update: July 2020; Applicability: Office 365,2019, 2016, 2013. Sometimes, we would like to make our Word documents more interactive and even capture some user input. Enter message and input boxes . As the name suggests a message box is a piece of information that is displayed to the document users. Input boxes are instrumental … Read more
Few days ago we learnt how to develop new macros in Microsoft Word . Today’s quick tip will focus on improving access to the Macro so that not only expert users will be able to run it. We’ll show you how to run your macros with a simple button click from the Ribbon. This simple … Read more
Applicability: Word 365, 2019, 2016; Windows and MAC OS X operating systems. Here’s a question from a reader:: I am a teacher typically use Word 2019 to write my documents. I often need to change the font and size of my document paragraphs. Is there a way to automate my work with Macros, so i … Read more
This tutorial is applicable to: Office 365, 2019, 2016 (Windows 11 & 10) and Google Docs (Windows, macOS and Linux). Here’s a note we got from our reader, Diana: I work as a business analyst and often use Microsoft Word as well as Google Docs to author some performance tracking reports which i submit to … Read more
Last updated: May 2020. Here’s a question from our reader, Lila: I usually prefer working with Microsoft Word when creating any important documents. But now I am in need to create a simple form to capture some colleague feedback on an initiative i am leading at work. Can you tell how to create basic fillable … 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