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Custom Bullets Transparency Issues
So I've been using custom bullets for years, in January 2025 there was no issue. I was unable to work on my document since then because of issues with my PC. Yesterday when I opened my document, my bullets no longer had transparency. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem because the background is also white, but in this document, I have background images as well. As you can see the background on the bullets stand out. The file is a PNG with a transparent background. I have tried replacing it more than once, I have 2 different bullets in this document and they are both doing it. I checked another document that was fine in the past and it too is having the issue. I opened a brand new doc and changed the background color of the doc and it does the same thing. I contacted M365 support, it was painful they didn't even know how to do a custom bullet, they were looking for picture settings... Hehe. Anyway, they told me to post here. To me it's something in Word itself because it was working before. The doc is NOT in compatibility mode or anything like that. I can't find anything on the Internet and its frustrating me to no end. Of course I could take the custom bullets out but this is going to be a publish book, that little extra flair is everything, and this is the 4th book in the series, and having it differ from the first three.... Again it's in the details, readers might not care, but I care.
Conditional Formatting Partial
Good morning, In need of a little bit of help. My current situation is I can't figure out a formula to highlight partial matches. In my current excel I gather information from a scan then I filter it out to give me the text I want. Now from there I want that filtered info to match another sheet that same text followed with text after. Due to privacy reason I cant share my excel sheet but will provided a similar example. So lets say column D is the filter info from my scan and my list is from column A (in real word list and filtered info are in 2 separate sheets but same book). on the top you can see a formula I have been trying but doesn't always work. I want both sides (or sheets to highlight when it happens).
SUMPRODUCT() Formula Query
Hello, I'm facing issue while using SUMPRODUCT(). I have 2 different table (TableX and TableY). TableX = Contains Department, Candidates and Joining Date TableY = Department, Candidates and New Column under which I want to populate the count Candidates who will join in specific month. Below formula is not working. Can someone please help on this ? =SUMPRODUCT((TableX[Department ID])=A2)*MONTH((TableX[Joining Date])=6) Table1: Table2:
Power Query Dropping Decimals with Accounting Format
I'm encountering what seems like a bug in Power Query. I have a table with data that contains numbers with more than 4 decimal places. When this data is in the Accounting format, Power Query is only picking up 4 decimal places, even if the Query is formatting the data is Decimal Number (Changed Type). When the data is formatted as Number, Power Query is able to pick up all decimal places (Some numbers have 10+ decimals) Is this normal behavior? I would like to use the Accounting format because it looks cleaner, but obviously I cannot sacrifice data accuracy. It is also very illogical to have a format labeled "Accounting" only hold 4 decimal places when passed through Power Query I did try restarting Excel multiple times, refreshing queries, the only thing that resolved it was changing the local format to Number.New to Win 11 and cant figure out where my files are going
Using: Win11, Microsoft 365 subscription, Dell Inspiron AIO Good Afternoon, I purchased a new computer with Win 11. I screwed up the setup because I chose set up as a new PC so It's hard to find old files. I would like to keep everything on ThisPC and only allow certain files/folders on One Drive. Right now, it looks as if everything is going to drive C and there are no folders available on This PC. This may be because before I stopped using my old computer, I backed up everything into OneDrive. Q: How to change OneDrive configuration back without losing everything that is already saved in the cloud? Q: How to add folders to ThisPC? Q: I would like to save everything by default to This PC. If I do that, but have the correct folder set for one drive, will the file automatically save on my pc and save a copy in the cloud. Thank you in advance for your help, I appreciate it. I hope I'm not as clear as mud. MissJaynee
Creating a Form from a List
The Forms link at the top of a Microsoft List is awesome -- it lets me create a Form for the current list. I can use all of the great features of Forms to make the list be exactly what I want. What's really disappointing, though, is that there's no way (at least that I can find) to connect my beautiful form to the New button for the list. In the Forms section of the List settings, I can opt for the default form, a Power App form, or an Info Path form. It would be fantastic if I could choose the form that I just created -- FROM THE LIST -- to the list. It seems like an obvious and confusing disconnect. The very presence of a link to Forms suggests that this is the way to customize an intake form for the list. But alas, no. I assume I'm not the first person to fall into this pit! Is it on the roadmap?
Filter via checkboxes with multiple criteria
I want to make a feature/application matrix where you can choose features by clicking on a checkbox and the filter needs to show only the application where all the chosen (checked) are available. So instead of the inbuild header filter I want to choose by checking / unchecking the boxes . Example: Can some one tell me how to achieve this? (I prefer to have the features vertically and the application/platform horizontally but I think that's harder to achieve or I'm I wrong?)"New Outlook" Inbox not updating
In the "New Outlook" (which appears identical to the current web version of outlook): whenever I get a new email, I will get a notification and the unread counter next to my inbox tab will increase by one... but the email itself will not appear in the inbox UNTIL I click out of the inbox and back into it! It doesn't appear that the inbox can refresh itself "on-the-fly" as new emails come in, it only refreshes itself when it is loaded up! Are others experiencing this issue? I see svhelden posted about it a year ago but they said a software update fixed it... to me it seems to still be occurring with both the desktop and web app.Excel to PDF images not included
I am experiencing an issue when I PDF an excel file that my images, within the table, are not showing up. My links are also not working anymore. All of this started with the last adobe and excel updates which hit at the same time for me. I found the link below on the Adobe forums. It seems to be pointing to Excel as the culprit. Anyone have a solution for this? https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/excel-to-pdf-images-are-not-included/m-p/10800897#M232629
Designer feature disappears in Word on office.com
Whenever i open a new Word document on office.com - during the loading phase i can see the Designer button present between Add-Ins and Copilot. Within some time the button disappears. There are no menu options available to bring it back either. I have a subscription for Microsoft 365 yet this is happening. I have tried: 1> Clearing cache and history files. 2> Different browsers 3> Different systems However, the issue repeats in the same fashion. Image 1- While loading Image 2- After some time
Stock quotes from Refinitiv stopped working, any alternatives?
Hi, I've noticed that after March 3rd update to 16.95 on Mac my stock quotes from Refinitiv stopped working. There is no "stock" data type in the ribbon. Same thing with online app. Did you notice this? Are there any alternatives for stock quotes to this data type that gets data from Refinitiv
I need help with transforming data
I have been trying to move my data automatically instead of copy paste cells one by one, but because my data has lots of info, I'm failing in doing so. I added a picture, I only made 6 for the example but I have over 50 agents. I want this data to go automatically in the other format from the picture. So this other format of the table should show how many hours each of them has worked each day. As you can see I need to move the data from the first picture (different table formatting) to the other one. I have over 50 agents, and their time worked is put one by one based on the date. Now on the second one (the one I need to be filled automatically), the table is set on the way where I put the hours worked by agent, one by one for one month. How do I transform my data into that? What's the best formula to use? Please help!Email uol imap doesn't work with New Outlook
I am trying to add my email uol Imap to the New Outlook. I follow the process to introduce a new account, it run for 4 minutes (message "Aguardando seu provedor de email" and does not complete the configuration. I have tried to speak with Microsoft Chat Support and they recommended me to report the problem here, because this is a complain without solution till the moment.Excel in OneDrive and on Mac.
Hi everyone, I am working in Excel on a Mac and I cannot add a logo in the header, or type in the footer. all of the ribbon is greyed out so I can't select insert date. I have checked on Microsoft 365 updates are automatic. I have put the spreadsheet in page layout view. I have checked the margins. I have downloaded both documents one contains the logo picture, and the spreadsheet, but still unable to click on the image to paste it in the header. I have checked help function, and worked on it for several hours, but still unable to use it. Cheryl.
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