Faulty Microsoft patch makes Windows LESS secure
A faulty Microsoft Windows security update not only didn’t fix the bug in VBScript, it opened another way for hackers Read More
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Will Facebook drop Office 365?
The Information is reporting that Facebook is considering moving from Office 365 to Google Apps for their 27,000 employees. The Read More
How Microsoft Teams fits together; organizations, teams, channels, apps and people
When you first go into Teams it’s a confusing jungle of terms and options. As usual, Microsoft assumes we’ve all Read More
Worrying new data sharing options in Microsoft Office
Office 2016 for Windows or Mac has an inconsistent set of privacy and diagnostic data options depending on exactly which Read More
Office Watch, your privacy and GDPR
You’ve been getting a lot of special emails from companies about the data and emails they send you. That’s all Read More
Build 2018 announcements for Office users
The Microsoft Build conference has many promises and announcements of future technologies. They aren’t things you can use right now Read More
Google about to release pointless Android feature
Talk about being behind the times. Google is reportedly about to release an SMS Replacement called Chat. Chat is an Read More
Busy few weeks for 'Blackboard Teacher' from Ghana
It’s been a busy few weeks for Richard Appiah Akoto the Ghanaian teacher who taught Microsoft Word with only a Read More
Office Watch privacy and you
With all the news about data leaks from Facebook and others, we thought it was time to restate our privacy Read More
Outlook's appointment location annoyance
Outlook has a really annoying and inconsistent physical address glitch that Microsoft has ignored for years while it’s rival at Read More
Ribbon developers licence update
A follow up on our story about the Corel patent case and the more confusing case of a developers licence Read More
Sorry John Oliver, there's no Calligrapher font in Word
A rare factual error in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that, amazingly, is related to Microsoft Word. In an Read More
The truth behind the blackboard computer teacher
A follow up on the story of the Ghanian teacher who has to draw Microsoft Word on his blackboard to Read More
Automatically marking newsletters as 'not spam' at Gmail
Here’s how to stop Office Watch, or other newsletters, from being moved from the Gmail Inbox to the ‘Spam’ folder Read More
Automatically mark newsletters as 'not spam' at Outlook.com
Here’s how to stop Outlook.com/Hotmail from wrongly marking email as spam. These are messages that end up in the Junk Read More
Saving Office Watch from Outlook.com
Microsoft’s mail service Outlook.com moves Office Watch to Junk Email. Here’s how to stop it doing that. The same advice Read More
Can the Microsoft Office Ribbon be used by other developers?
The Corel patent dispute raises the interesting question, can other developers use the Ribbon interface in their own products? The Read More
Microsoft wins Office patent battle with Corel
A jury has found Corel guilty of six patent violations in it’s WordPerfect and QuattroPro products which have breached Microsoft Read More
A different Office for Mac option now in beta
SoftMaker Office is moving into the Macintosh world with the public beta/preview of Office 2018 for Mac. Softmaker is a Read More
Facebook now has Office Watch
Office Watch has a presence on Facebook, finally, https://www.facebook.com/OfficeWatch/ Our new Facebook page has the very latest Office related news Read More
