Unpacking a big day for Office 365 / Microsoft 365
Microsoft has dumped a lot of news in a single day. As a result there’s a lot of misunderstanding and, Read More
Remote Life & Work
Teams coming to Home and Families
Microsoft is developing a family or home version of their Teams service to allow small groups and families to share Read More
Protecting yourself and others on Zoom
Zoom is a good online meeting & conferencing tool but with any collaboration tool comes risks for the unwary. There Read More
One readers experience with WhatsApp, Skype and Viber
For a different perspective on calling apps, we were delighted to receive this long and detailed message from Michael Joyce Read More
Get ready to Viber
If someone asks you to Viber with them, here’s how to get ready for Viber and some settings you might Read More
Online call services ranked
Choose the best online call and conference service to keep in touch with the people in your life. We’ve looked Read More
Try Grandma’s Trivia Quiz by email and online
A simple and cheap way to keep kids amused and give them something to talk to grandparents and others during Read More
Zoom ‘1 to 1’ calls – making and answering
Here’s how to call someone using Zoom or answer a call, then some of things you can do in a Read More
Get an emergency, backup email account
Be prepared for the possibility that one mailhost/email address might not work. That’s a risk at any time, not just Read More
Is my email slowing down? and what to do about it
A few readers have asked if email services are slowing down. Maybe, but not significantly and not to worry about. Read More
OneNote in Teams and other temporary changes
Microsoft has announced some more temporary changes and slow-down in their Office 365 hosted services for Teams, SharePoint and Streams. Read More
Coming attractions in Teams not ready now
You may have read about ‘new’ Teams features like ‘Raise Hand’ and noise suppression but not that they won’t go Read More
Stop copying of your signature as a picture
There’s no way to stop someone copying a picture of your signature (or any image) but there are some tricks Read More
Get the Metropolitan Opera’s daily streaming performances
An opera loving reader has asked about the New York Metropolitan Opera’s nightly streaming and how to get it. The Read More
Microsoft keeps older Windows 10 alive, what about Office?
Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators) for Enterprise ENT and Education EDU is having an extended lifecycle until 13 October 2020. Read More
Insert a signature picture into a Word document
There are some nifty tricks to inserting a picture of your signature into a Word or other document. Tips that Read More
All the ways to sign a digital document in Word and more
Adding your signature or signing a document digitally is possible in several different ways using Microsoft Word or other Office Read More
Setup Contacts on Zoom
Linking to other people on Zoom is necessary before you call them. We’ll explain both sending contact requests and receiving Read More
Get ready to Zoom ….
Zoom online meeting software has become very popular with many people joining it for the first time. Here’s how to Read More
What’s going on with Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft’s Team collaboration service has hit some snags this week in stark contrast to the company’s shameless promotion of Teams Read More
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