Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
Designer gets a clever Erase feature
Microsoft Designer now has a nice Erase tool to remove unwanted parts of an image. Finding Erase is a little tricky, we’ll show you where it’s hiding and how to get the most from Erase. Erase lets you remove parts of an image. It’s not on the main image toolbar (with Replace, Remove Background etc.) […]
Outlook bug workaround for hang or slow startup
Microsoft is offering some workarounds for a bug in Outlook for Windows which leaves it hanging on the opening screen and very slowly opening properly. According to Microsoft the bug is in the Outlook software part of Microsoft 365 for Windows. We suspect a similar problem might also be in Outlook 2021 for Windows since […]
Updated – Windows 11 for Microsoft Office users
We’re delighted to announce that our popular ebook Windows 11 (June 2023) for Microsoft Office users has been updated to accompany the latest mid-2023 “Moment 3” changes to Windows 11 itself. New Chapters Two new chapters have been added to the 1,000 page book plus other changes to reflect the updates to Windows 11. Moment […]
Like👍button now in Word Comments
Comments in Word documents can now have a quick response from others just by clicking a ‘Like’👍button. Why just one button when other Microsoft apps have more? Instead of writing a short reply adding to a Word comment thread, you can now just click a Like👍button on an existing comment or reply. Each comment/reply has […]
‘Suggestions’ appear to sell Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft continues to push Office users to store their documents on OneDrive with new promotional messages appearing inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Messages like these are appearing for Microsoft 365 customers who are saving documents on their computer, not OneDrive. “MAKE THE MOST OF MICROSOFT 365 Take advantage of OneDrive storage” “SHARE THIS DOCUMENT Work […]
Can you use Microsoft Office with Tiny Windows?
Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10, ideal for older computers or virtual machines. We tested Microsoft Office on both ‘tiny11’ and ‘tiny10’ to see if the Office apps can run in memory far below the official limits. Tiny Windows are stripped down versions of Windows 11 (tiny11) and Windows […]
Lovely Wallpapers from Microsoft – old and new
Tucked away in a little known part of Microsoft’s web sites is a lovely collection of wallpapers (or PowerPoint backgrounds) with new and old, nostalgic designs. Including a 4k rendering of the famous Windows XP wallpaper . Go to https://wallpapers.microsoft.design/ to see all the wallpapers. At first some in full-page versions but scrolling past that […]
Search improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Microsoft is again changing the way Search works in Microsoft 365 and also (surprise!) Office 2021 to expand the results beyond the document or Office features. Now you can search for definitions, media and even web results from the top bar of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The most recent announcement is about Office 365/2021 for […]
2023 Spelling Bee champs vs Microsoft Word
Our annual look at the words that challenged the Scripps Spelling Bee champs to see how many are recognized by the spell check in Microsoft Word. 2023 wasn’t a good year for Word with a disappointing score that would shame some 14 year olds. Here’s a selection of the last round words from the 2023 […]
Word, Excel and PowerPoint work in Apple’s VR headset
Microsoft is already boasting that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams will work with the new Apple Vision Pro headset. Here’s a quick look at the new tech and a few features that caught our eye. Apple Vision Pro is the much anticipated virtual-reality headset due out in early 2024 for about US$3,500 (no, that’s not […]
Microsoft outages hurt lots of paying 365 customers
Microsoft Outlook and Teams had a horror Monday (and now into Tuesday) with cloud service outages affecting many paying and unhappy customers. The peak trouble was around 11am (US Eastern time) Monday 5th June. UPDATE: As we type this, there’s a new Exchange Online (Microsoft 365 hosting) outage. According to Microsoft “Users may be intermittently […]
Excel formula: get percentage discount
Use Excel to figure out the percentage discount or increase, for example the difference between the original and sale prices. We’ll show you the Excel formula and some practical tricks beyond the official answer. Percentage discount formula The basic formula is: (Original – Sale) – to figure out the difference between old and new amount […]
Get 25% off on Microsoft 365 Single/Personal from Amazon in Europe
Amazon’s European sites are offering good deals on Microsoft 365 Personal (in Deutsch “Microsoft 365 Single”) The best deal is around €4.35 a month. We’ll look at each offer, figure out which is best and how to avoid the traps. We’ve found similar good deals for the six-user Microsoft 365 Family Our links are to […]
Get up to 30% off on Microsoft 365 from Amazon in Europe
Amazon’s European sites are offering good deals on Microsoft 365 Family (for 6 users) including an unusual offer we’ve not seen before. The best deal amounts to just €5 a month which you can use to extend an existing Microsoft 365 Family plan. We’ve looked at each offer, figured out which is best and how […]
A new Word feature is really Microsoft’s insult to customers who won’t move to OneDrive
The latest Microsoft 365 feature is an insult to customers who won’t obey. For years Microsoft has been pushing customers to save everything to their OneDrive cloud storage using many tricks, but this latest ‘smart reminder’ is blatant and insulting to paying customers. Smart Save Reminders The feature is called ‘Smart Save Reminders’ but should […]
Stop ‘Try the new Outlook’ button appearing
Hide that ‘Try the new Outlook’ option appearing in Outlook for Windows and why you should not click that button … not yet anyway. Microsoft has released the ‘new Outlook’ to some customers as an option because they want lots of unpaid ‘guinea pigs’. Each ‘new’ feature added to the software gets a blog post […]
