Get Office Startup Boost for any Office app and any version
The Startup Boost feature coming to Word 365 is really a sly trick by Microsoft. It’s a trick that anyone Read More
Fix F9 Fn Keys don’t work in Word, Office or Windows
Office Watch reader Steve G is having a problem in Word. The F9 key isn’t updating fields in a Word Read More
Copilot in Office - grumbles and 'modest proposals'
Copilot could become a ‘toxic brand‘ because of pushy way Microsoft is adding it to Microsoft Office. We have some Read More
Office help on the right-click menu 'Search the menus'
There’s a little undocumented surprise on the right-click menu. Tucked away at the top is ‘Search the menus’ help. Sadly Read More
Upload a phone image to Copilot chat
Microsoft has introduced a new feature allowing users to upload images directly from their mobile devices to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Read More
Excel Value Tokens – what are they good for?
Excel is getting Value Tokens but what are they good for? Do they add any ‘value’ or are they just Read More
Create A Variance Chart in Excel
There are better ways to chart differences between matching values like budget vs actual than the simplistic one offered by Read More
OneDrive messages pushed into Microsoft 365 apps.
Microsoft is adding yet another push for customers to save all their documents to OneDrive. This time inside Word, Excel Read More
Circle & Sphere calculations in Excel using Pi 𝜋
Use these handy Excel formulas for circle and sphere calculations! Whether they’re a distant memory from school days or a Read More
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
