Python power in Excel 365 is getting closer to full public release. It’s now available for Microsoft 365 Current Channel (Preview), the last step before going out to all users. Python in Excel is possibly the most important improvement to Excel for a long time. All the power of Python
Microsoft is slowly and discreetly notifying customers who have had their data hacked, more than SIX months after the theft occurred. Even the email notice was poorly worded so some people thought it was a fake. Their response should worry everyone who uses their cloud services. Back in 2023 Microsoftās
Outlook for Windows is about to become Outlook (classic). We’ll explain why the change is necessary and should have happened last year. The current Outlook for Windows is being renamed āOutlook (classic)ā or more properly āOutlook (classic) for Windowsā.Ā That will properly distinguish it from the new, still in development,
European Union officials have announced preliminary findings that accuse Microsoft of antitrust violations and could cost the company $211 Billion. The tech giant is under scrutiny for allegedly integrating its Teams application with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365, a move that may breach EU competition laws. A competitor, Slack, alleges
How long will Microsoft let you use Microsoft 365 if you donāt pay by the due date? Will the subscription service just stop on the due date or is there a āgrace periodā. We wondered how patient Microsoft would be if a Microsoft 365 Business plan wasnāt paid by the
In Excel 365 you can list the worldās top companies and their market capitalizations including the shortlived leader, NVIDIA. NVIDIA have a lock on the supply of AI related hardware and so their stock price has dramatically risen.Ā āDramaticā is an understatement because NVIDIA briefly jumped over Microsoft and Apple
Itās easy to get a video background to a shape, graphic or text in a PowerPoint slide, once you know the āsecret sauceā. Hereās two examples weāll show how to make in this article. One uses an Icon/SVG, the other is text, both with a video background. There are various
Hereās the latest example of a fake Microsoft email that slips past their anti-virus and security checks to end up in a Microsoft 365 mailbox. It might look like a real email at first glance but itās not.Ā The big clue to us was āOffice 365ā which is a name
Outlook (classic) for Windows is getting Copilot AI features but only some people will get the summarizing, draft, rewrite and coaching benefits. You might have seen the news that the current Outlook 365 for Windows is getting Copilot but few mentioned the crucial detail that Microsoft put in the fine
Clear Formatting lets you remove extra text formatting in Word documents. As usual in Microsoft Word, there’s a lot more happening behind a seemingly simple feature. Sometimes the formatting of some Word text gets very confused but thereās a simple way to get it back to plain formatting. Word has
How to insert the Mobile Phone š± or smartphone emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.Ā Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. How Mobile Phone š± symbol looks in different fonts. The mobile phone emoji is available in these standard Windows fonts: Segoe UI Emoji and
Ever since Word 2013 thereās been a line alignment bug in Word.Ā Line and Arrow shapes arenāt straight, horizontal or vertical.Ā Hereās how to fix this ten year (and counting) bug. Whenever a line or arrow is inserted (Insert | Shapes | Lines ) the result is always a little
Thereās about to be a big change in how you login to Outlook.com (Hotmail.com, live.com email and itās best to get ready now. We explain which email apps are already setup OK, some apps might need a simple change while others have to be replaced. From 16 September 2024, Outlook.com
Don’t fall for the myth that’s stopped you from more secure online accounts. For some years we’ve been banging on about Two-Factor Authentication.Ā ‘2-fac’ is one of the main protections against online hacking and identity theft. Savvy online users have 2Fac for their main online accounts: Microsoft/Office 365 account, Google.
A new Windows 11 option will let you update Windows, Microsoft Office and other Microsoft apps at the same time. Is it such a good idea? In the latest Windows 11 Insiders thereās a new choice āReceive updates for other Microsoft productsā which defaults on. Find it at Settings |
Ever wanted to make a drawing from a photo?Ā Now you can with a new Microsoft Designer feature āRestyle Imageā.Ā It turns any photo into an image in a variety of styles. āRestyle Imageā lets you upload a photo, choose a drawing style and then the Designer AI system will
Thereās a fairly new Microsoft product called Microsoft 365 Basic featuring 100GB of OneDrive and a 50GB mailbox for under US$20 a year.Ā There’s a hidden opportunity for anyone with non-subscription Office 2021/2019 too. Whatās in Microsoft 365 Basic Stripping away all the hype and marketing blurb, the Basic plan
How to choose more than one Microsoft Office file or document to open at the same time. One of the frustrations about the āpaneā interface in Office for Windows is the failure to include all the features that customers were accustomed to from the standard File dialog boxes. Microsoft added
How to insert a Rose š¹Ā emoji, symbol or icon into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.Ā Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Use the Rose š¹Ā symbol on a romantic card, PowerPoint slide or anywhere that needs a flower icon. How Rose š¹ looks in different fonts.
A minor social media storm over another suggested word change by Microsoft Word. The word āpoor instead of āeconomically disadvantagedā. Which has some people complaining about Microsoft forcing changes in what we write. On Tiktok, the user @itschicabtw posted a video noting a wording suggestion made by Microsoft Word. It
How can spam email appear in a brand new Outlook.com account right away, before anyone has been given the address?Ā Office Watch reader Sophie J setup an Outlook.com account and was shocked to see spam email appear in the mailbox within minutes.Ā She hadnāt given out the email address to
New malware is spreading under the guise of a Microsoft Office download and installation. Just the latest example of why Office should only be downloaded from Microsoft. This new way of distributing malware poses as a version of Microsoft Office or Windows activation tool. They might do that but also
One part of Microsoftās AI push should scare the hell out of anyone interested in their privacy but Microsoft is ignoring that with their upcoming Recall feature. Recall is one of the upcoming AI features in Windows 11. Itās supposed to help people search through their past actions by snooping
Has there been a change Microsoft Word’s Footnotes settings or has the ‘Numbering’ choices (Continuous, Restart each page or section) remained the same? How much of Microsoft Office is really new, despite appearances? Office Watch reader “Joe L.” has done a big Microsoft Office leap from Office 2010 to the
