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
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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
Wannacrypt ROI is why we’ll see more ransomware
The makers of Wannacrypt made some quick money for a small investment. That means other’s will copy their success or Read More
Wannacrypt rescue without paying – if you’re lucky
There’s now a way to recover files locked up by Wannacrypt ransomware without paying the attackers a thing but there Read More
Excel – Transform by Example looks great
Microsoft overuses the term ‘exciting’ to describe their latest work but the new ‘Transform by Example’ for Excel looks genuinely Read More
Microsoft is to blame for WannaCrypt/ransomware and lots of other troubles
A New York Times article raises our blood pressure and not because the paper is a mouthpiece for left wing Read More
Microsoft plays a WannaCrypt/ransomware distraction game … and wins!
Microsoft played a great PR game over the last few days. They managed to deflect responsibility for the WannaCrypt ransomware Read More
Amazing security bug in Windows Defender
Microsoft has moved quickly to block a security hole in their own anti-virus software, Windows Defender. We’re used to seeing Read More
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