All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Office 2016/2013 bug fixes and updates for August 2019
Here’s this months list of bug fixes and updates for Office 2016 and Office 2013. These apply only to the older ‘MSI’ Windows installs not the modern ‘Click to Run’ Office including all Office 365. For most people, these patches will be installed automatically via Microsoft/Windows Update. PowerPoint 2016 – KB4464577 Morph now gives you […]
Discount Office 2019 killed from Home Use Program
As Office Watch noted back in July, Office 2019 (Professional Plus or Home & Business) are no longer available in the Home Use Program. Until last month, Office 2019 Professional Plus or Office 2019 Home and Business could be had for the trivial price of $14.99 instead of well over $200. The Home Use Program […]
What’s new with Microsoft, Office and Galaxy Note10? Not a lot.
Microsoft and Samsung have a long announcement about Windows, Office and the new Samsung Note10 but there’s little really new. Under the bland title “Microsoft and Samsung partner to empower you to achieve more” is a carefully worded press release which mostly goes over existing Microsoft products which are available in other Samsung products and […]
Windows no longer a core part of Microsoft
If you thought that Microsoft’s move to multi-platform apps and cloud computing was hype, think again. The latest filing with the US Securities commission has a notable change in Microsoft’s policy. For a long, long time, Windows has been the core of Microsoft’s strategy. There’s been support for other operating systems but getting people onto […]
Dutch report warns about privacy leaks in Office Online and apps.
A report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security warns government departments NOT to use Microsoft Office Online or the apps for Apple or Android. The Privacy Company report was made public with the Ministry’s permission via two blog posts short and long. Many governments and organizations have legitimate concerns about the amount […]
EmailMerge.cc Add on for MS Outlook
Office-Watch.com reader Jeffrey J. offers this look at Emailmerge.cc an add-on that fixes some limitations in the Word/Excel/Outlook mail merge system. “ Outlook email merge function does not allow multiple To line addressees, nor allows creating any cc or bcc addressees. And you cannot customize the Subject line. Manually adding/modifying each required email is labor […]
Office 365 Home/Personal activation changes make sign-in better
Microsoft is improving (fixing?) the activation system for Office 365 Home and Personal customers. This comes a few weeks after they announced the same changes for Office 365 Enterprise customers. The per device activation limit will be handled in a much better way. Each Office 365 user is limited to login/activations on five each of desktop programs, tablet […]
Inserting or linking other files into Word documents
Word allows you to insert other files with data and functionality from another document or program directly into your Word document. Microsoft calls these additions ‘Objects’ which makes it sound overly technical and difficult but it’s not. Don’t get fazed by all the nerd talk about ‘objects’, that’s programmer speak that’s leaked out into the […]
Where is Stock data in the latest Excel 365?
The latest release of Excel 365 for Windows is a right mess with missing Dynamic Arrays and, for a while, Stock and Geography data types disappeared too! We received some reports late Friday, US time that Excel 365 for Windows v1907 build 11901.20176 wasn’t showing Stock or Geography data types on the Data ribbon. The […]
Do you have Dynamic Arrays in Excel 365?
It’s quite easy to tell if your Excel 365 has the new Dynamic Arrays. No need to setup a table and use the new feature – just three keypresses are enough. Some people are reporting that they have the right Excel 365 but with no dynamic arrays. Checking the program/app version is possible, see below. […]
Excel now has Dynamic Arrays – Windows, Mac and more …
After many months of testing, all Excel 365 apps now have dynamic arrays (except Excel Online) though some are just for Insiders at present. Dynamic Arrays are a major and powerful expansion of Excel’s powers. The new abilities, functions and error messages might seem scary but are a great leap forward for Excel. All Excel […]
Opening Office file hyperlinks in Office desktop apps not browser
A new option in Office 365 for Windows is the ability to choose how hyperlinked Office files are opened. Inside Word, Excel or PowerPoint or in the default browser. The new option is at File | Options | Advanced | Link Handling Open supported hyperlinks to Office files in Office desktop apps. An Office document […]
Making Word work for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s style rules
A newly promoted UK politician has his own special style guide for staff, here’s some Word features that can help ensure your documents are approved by the boss. The Right Honourable Jacob William Rees-Mogg (to give his new full title) proudly affects an old-fashioned demeanor and has been described as “on secondment from the 18th […]
Office 365 hack copies your emails without you realizing
Hackers continue to trick people into giving away their Office 365 login details with a little help from Microsoft. The criminals are getting cleverer by not only stealing passwords but checking immediately and hiding the theft while they copy your mailbox. Avanan has the details on this latest type of Office 365 phishing. It starts […]
Accessible PDF advice in Microsoft Word
Word is getting reminders for accessibility before making a PDF. When Word makes a PDF version of a document, it includes accessibility tags. These tags help screen readers (spoken for blind and the visually impaired) and also adjusting the PDF for small and large displays. When saving a PDF (File | Export or File | […]
Clippy still lives, now as a dating meme
Yea, gods. Clippy is a persistent little beggar. Over 20 years since it infested our screens and it’s now being used as a dating meme by people not born when Office 97 annoyed us. The infamous Office paperclip, Clippy, continues to pop up just like it did in Office 97. Now it’s become a meme […]
