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Microsoft Office

How to use Microsoft 365, Office 365, or Microsoft Office products. We cover most consumer-oriented apps from the Office suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and more.

How to delete a page in Word (6 ways)

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  • Codrut Neagu
  • 01.02.2021
Microsoft Word is one of the best and most popular tools for writing and editing documents. It’s also designed to be easy to use and offer an intuitive interface. Be that as it may, there are some quirks about it that can be quite annoying. One of them is deleting pages, blank or...

How to change the PowerPoint Slide Size: All you need to know

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 17.11.2020
It’s always a good idea to know how to change Slide Size in PowerPoint, as you might have to adapt your presentation to different devices. Did you know that the default size of a PowerPoint slide depends on the version of the program you’re using? That’s another reason...

How to select or highlight text in Windows

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  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 24.08.2020
It is hard to ignore the usefulness of selecting text efficiently in Windows, especially if you use Microsoft's Word, WordPad, or Notepad on a daily basis. After all, highlighting a fragment is always the first step, regardless of what you want to do with that text (copy, delete,...

Download ISO files with Windows 10 and Office (all versions)

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 11.06.2020

If there's one thing we don't like, it is downloading disc images in the form of ISO or IMG files for Windows and Office. Microsoft has made it easy to download Windows 10 ISO files using the Media Creation Tool. However, that only works if you want the latest version of...

4 ways to align text in Microsoft Word

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 08.01.2020
One of the essential things about formatting text in any word processor is the ability to align text. Fortunately, whether you need to align pieces of text to the left, to the right, or center it on the page, Microsoft Word lets you do that easily. To make things even...

How to convert a PDF into a Word document that can be edited

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 24.10.2019

Do you have a PDF file that you want to be able to edit using Microsoft Word? Do you want to learn how to do that without having to buy specialized software or uploading your PDF files to online conversion tools? If you answered yes, then here are two easy and free ways to...

How to print as PDF from Windows 10, using only built-in tools

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 22.08.2019

PDF files are excellent containers for web pages, documents and images, and other things. They are everywhere these days, and creating them is easy if you have a modern operating system on your PC, such as Windows 10. In today's article, we show you how to print as PDF, from...

How do I write in two, three or more columns in Word documents?

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 09.08.2019
Do you need to write documents in Microsoft Word and want to split all or just some of your text into separate columns? You do not know how to write text in two columns? Or maybe you'd like to have three or even more columns in your Word document? What if you want to choose where a...

How to add page numbers in a Word document (starting at page 1, 2, 3 or later)

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 10.06.2019
When you create large documents, you may need to add page numbers. They are useful for many reasons, and, depending on the type of document that you create, they may be mandatory. Microsoft Word offers several ways for you to add page numbers, and some may not be as intuitive as you...

4 ways to download PowerPoint straight from Microsoft

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  • Codrut Neagu
  • 03.06.2019
PowerPoint is the most popular slideshow presentation app in the world. It is developed and sold by Microsoft as part of its Office suite, together with other productivity apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook or Access. However, it is also available online as a web app. Unless you have...

What version of PowerPoint do I have? What is the latest version?

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 24.01.2019
If you need to create presentations, you probably use PowerPoint, an app that is part of the Microsoft Office productivity suite. If you are wondering what version of PowerPoint you are using, in this guide, we show you how to identify it. Whether you want to know this piece of...

How to enable the Dark Mode in Microsoft Office (change themes and backgrounds)

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 09.01.2019

Starting with Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft has introduced a Dark Mode for all Office apps. In Office 2019 you get two Dark Modes to choose from. If you purchased an Office 365 subscription, you also get background patterns for your Office apps. Here is how to personalize the...

Simple questions: What is Microsoft 365?

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  • Codrut Neagu
  • 02.01.2019

In 2017, Microsoft started to offer a new line of subscriptions services, called Microsoft 365. The company offers different plans tailored to businesses of all sizes, as well as schools. The Microsoft 365 subscriptions include Windows 10, Office 365, devices security and...

Simple questions: What is Microsoft Office 365?

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  • Codrut Neagu
  • 17.12.2018

Office 365 is a term you hear often on the internet and when looking for apps such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Although Microsoft has pushed Office 365 subscriptions to its users for quite a few years now, you might still not know what it really is. What does Office 365 mean?...

Simple questions: What is Microsoft Sway?

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 13.12.2018

Microsoft Sway is an app that reflects the way we interact with information in the age of internet and mobile computing. While Microsoft Word was built focused on paper documents and PowerPoint on projector screens, Sway approaches the sharing of information similar to web pages...

How to view, insert, or remove section breaks in Microsoft Word documents

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 12.12.2018
When you edit Microsoft Word documents, you may need to change the page layout for some of your pages, restart the automatic numbering or change the number of columns. In all these cases you need to introduce sections in your Word document. Read this tutorial and find how to add,...