Group and Ungroup objects in Word, PowerPoint and Office
Shapes, images, and other items can be grouped together and often should be in Word, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office Read More
Image privacy breach still in Microsoft Office
Back in 2015 we were amazed and dismayed to discover a privacy gap in Microsoft Office. Seven years later Microsoft Read More
“Free” Office for Windows is being trialed
Microsoft is testing a free version of Office for Windows with limited features, an important requirement and ads to ‘pay’ Read More
Pinned documents are now Favorites in Office – why?
Microsoft 365 apps are changing the ‘Pinned’ document list to ‘Favorites’ but why is Microsoft bothering at all? For many Read More
Stop Copilot appearing in Microsoft 365
Here’s how to stop Copilot prompts appearing in your documents, sheets and slides. Microsoft 365 customers are now seeing “Copilot Read More
Keep safe after this change to Microsoft account logins
There’s important change in the way Microsoft handles browser logins to Microsoft accounts. If you’re using someone else’s computer or Read More
Smart Percentage Change in Excel
Calculating a simple percentage increase in Excel seems simple but, as usual, there’s a traps for the unwary. Here’s a Read More
Excel’s order of calculation is not BODMAS
Excel has a slightly different order of calculation to the BODMAS rule taught to us at school. Those variations are Read More
How to Disable Copilot in Microsoft 365
Microsoft is slowly adding an option to disable Copilot AI from their Microsoft 365 apps, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Here’s Read More
Copilot Pro brings AI into Microsoft Office
AI technology without limits is available in Microsoft Office with Copilot Pro. AI features are integrated into Word, Excel, PowerPoint Read More
HUGE changes to Microsoft 365 happening now
Microsoft 365 customers around the world are waking up to a new look in their Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Read More
Two ways to make a running total in Excel
Here’s two ways to make a running total column in Excel. The way you were probably taught and a much Read More
Copilot comes to Microsoft 365 with many limits and a high price
Microsoft 365 Family and Personal plans are getting Copilot AI integration into their Office apps but it comes with a Read More
Excel gets Regular Expression functions
Excel 365 is getting new functions that bring the power of Regular Expressions (RegEx) into spreadsheets. It’s HUGE news and Read More
How to remove words from the Word dictionary
How and why to remove words from the main Microsoft Word dictionary. The Office Exclusion List ensures a red squiggly Read More
2025 calculations in Excel
2025 is a special number, as various social media posts have pointed out. It can be calculated in some interesting Read More
