Removing text formatting in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

It’s not uncommon to copy text from some source into an email, and you find that it’s copied over all the formatting that was part of the source material. You can try various techniques to remove the formatting before you paste it, but you can also remove the formatting once it’s in your email, Word document, or PowerPoint slide. Here’s how to make that happen…

Transcribing an audio file in Word for the web

Have you ever interviewed someone, saved the audio file to your computer, and then had to start the laborious task of transcribing it? By using Word for the web, you can upload that audio file and Word will transcribe it for you! Sounds like a great way to get the majority of your transcription work done automatically. Here’s how it works…