Apple’s iPad Pro has been released, to mixed reviews. But there’s little mention of the special requirements for Microsoft Office users that don’t apply to other iPad’s. To use the Office for iPad apps on an iPad Pro, you must have an Office 365 subscription. Regular iPads can use the
Which do you choose? Microsoft Office 32-bit or 64-bit? Does it matter? We’ve talked about this before ( 64-Bit Office – Is It Worth The Trouble? ) but it’s worth revisiting since computers have changed and so has the way Office is delivered. Microsoft now defaults to installing 32-bit Office
Microsoft Australia has a ‘cash back‘ deal on Office 365 subscriptions (new or renewal) bought until 3 January 2016. It’s worth checking out and we have some extra tips to help you get the most from Microsoft’s (temporary) largesse. Like most people, we don’t like ‘cash back’ offers. They are
Here’s how to keep using Office 2013 on your computer and not make the switch to Office 2016 for Windows. Office 365 subscribers are encouraged to use the latest version of Office. It’s one of the main benefits of the annual fee option for Microsoft Office. For most people, the
Microsoft’s advice for Office 365 customers switching to Office 2016 for Windows leaves out some important points. Here’s the real story based on experiences from Office Watch readers across the globe. The Theory According to Microsoft there’s two ways for an Office 365 subscribers with Office 2013 to switch over
Outlook users might be having trouble, caused by one of the most recent security patches from Microsoft. The November 2015 security patch referenced MS15-115 is supposed to stop attacks via fonts. Unfortunately, the security fix seems to have broken Outlook’s ability to display HTML formatted emails. Not for all users,
The November 2015 release of Office patches includes a lot more than the usual security updates. There are major changes to Power Pivot in Excel 2013. There’s three separate patches involved. Two of the patches (KB3039739 and KB3039800) are actually part 1 and part 2 of the same update. There
September’s Excel 2013 ‘security’ update is more like a bug patch. As usual, Microsoft has tried to bury the bug news by bundling the fixes with some vague ‘security’ issues. The documentation for the bug fixes is in KB3085502 which is misleadingly titled as a ‘Description of the security update
Apple users are excited that the iOS 9.1 update includes ‘the finger’ emoji, officially called ‘Reversed Hand With Middle Finger Extended’. The symbol is already in some Microsoft Windows fonts but it doesn’t look the same as the Apple version. In fact, it doesn’t look the same in the two
As we’ve already mentioned, it’s safer and more reliable to use images, not fonts, for emoji in Office documents and Outlook emails. Just to add more confusion, there are “emoji’s” released which are supplied as standard images not fonts. Some examples of ‘image’ emojis: Australian radio network Triple-J released some
Emoji are those funny little icons that appear in text/SMS messages and some emails. Emoji have become quite the thing. More are being added to mobile phones, especially Apple devices. Originally intended to show emotions in text messages, they’ve expanded to other uses and overlap with many common symbols from
We’re big fans of BT Sync. It’s a great way to sync files and media between a range of computers and devices. It can do it wherever the devices are, as long as they are connected to the Internet. The synchronization happens directly between the computers. There’s no cloud storage
There’s been some welcome changes to the Office apps for Android. These updates have been, or will soon be, pushed out to devices. Office for Android Overall each app is now about 50% smaller than before. Word for Android takes up 66MB. That’s good for those of us with limited
Microsoft has today dropped their promise of ‘unlimited’ OneDrive storage for Office 365 customers. Their lame excuse for the reduction is an insult to their customers. “Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away” What Office 365 subscribers (Home, Personal and University) now get: 1TB of OneDrive storage, down from ‘unlimited’ storage.
Over the last few days there’s been some talk about companies which stop customers from suing them either individually or as group. Does that apply to people who buy Microsoft Office? The New York Times has a long piece on the move by a wide range of US companies have
After a few weeks of frustration for Macintosh users, Apple has released a patch which will, hopefully, fix the Office 2016/Mac crashes. According to Apple the El Capitan Update 10.11.1 ‘Improves compatibility’ with Microsoft Office 2016 which is corporate weasel words for ‘fixed bugs’. Another 150+ new emojis is the
Microsoft has a very limited offer for anyone who has recently purchased Office 2013 for Windows or Office 2011 for Mac. Update: the offer was changed from the original announcement. It’s now $40 to upgrade (not $40 off) and the Office 365 option dropped. Alas the method of claiming this
When is a ‘security’ update for Office not a security update? When Microsoft bundles a lot of other bug fixes and new features at the same time. Under the heading “Description of the security update for Office 2016 for Mac: October 13, 2015” is a surprisingly large number of non-security
Office 2016 for Mac users are right to be unhappy with Apple and Microsoft as troubles continue with Office and the new ‘El Capitan’ release of Mac OSx. Thousands of people have gone to forums and Office support to complain that Outlook for Mac crashes after the El Capitan update of
Office 365 services are now available from three data centers in India at Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. That should mean slightly better performance (lower latency) for Office 365 users in India that are connected to one of those data centers. Generally speaking, the location of your Office 365 data doesn’t
The evolution of Office for Apple devices continues with the release of Word, Excel and PowerPoint v1.14 for iOS. New in this release are: Rename is now available from the File menu Word: New navigation method for long documents. “Scroll, hold and drag” to jump directly to a page. Word:
” I have a lot of acronyms in a document and would like to add a link to a glossary each time an acronym is used. But I can’t figure out how to add a link to existing text using Replace. ” It’s a fairly obvious thing that’s possible in
Sending files via email is simple but is changing as new technologies become commonly available. Here’s what’s possible in Outlook and new in Outlook 2016. Simple Attachments Outlook Attachments 101. In any email you can attach files in two ways: Use Insert | Attach File from the ribbon Or Drag
There are two broad types of links in Word documents. We’re all familiar with external links, usually to web sites. External External links are easy and most likely you use them often to add a link to an external web site from a Word document. As usual, there are more
