All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Important Microsoft 365 and Office events to watch in 2025
2025 promises to be ‘interesting’ for Microsoft 365 and Office users, not always in a good way. Here’s some of Read More
What Office License do you have? Retail, Volume or OEM
Here’s how to find out what type of Microsoft Office licence you have; Subscription, Retail, Volume or OEM and other Read More
Outlook (new) doesn’t mail merge with Word
Outlook (new) for Windows doesn’t support Mail Merge from Word. Just one of the many limitations of that software which is Read More
Last minute Christmas tricks from Designer
Some last minutes Christmas tips to make personal gift tags, unique for the receiver (especially kids) using avatars or stickers, Read More
Microsoft 365 money saving chance – if you act now
Microsoft 365 Family and Personal users have a chance to beat the price rise widely expected to come in 2025. Read More
See which Excel cells need updating or stale
Excel 365 is getting (at last) a clear warning that some cells have not been recalculated aka a ‘stale cell’ Read More
Copilot key didn’t last long – not even a whole year
The dedicated Copilot key, announced at the start of 2024 is being partly phased out by the end of the Read More
Great Excel monthly calendar from just one cell
Modern Excel lets you make a whole monthly calendar from just one cell formula. We’ll explain how it’s done with Read More
Bad news for Microsoft 365 customers, Skype Credit has ended
Skype has stopped their Skype Credits service which is bad news for Microsoft 365 consumers who took advantage of their Read More
Get free Skype minutes to save on overseas phone calls
With your annual Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscription, you get a fantastic perk: an hour of free Skype calls each month to many Read More
Everybody loves FRED, including Excel
Get Economic data or graphs from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) to load into your Excel workbooks or PowerPoint slides. Read More
Forced move to Outlook (new) in April 2026
Microsoft has put Microsoft 365 customers on notice that a forced move from Outlook (classic) to their new, very different, Read More
Excel increase/decrease decimal buttons change
Keep a close eye on the increase/decrease decimals buttons on the Excel ribbon because Microsoft is changing them without warning. Read More
Word’s Calculator tricks and problems
Word can do simple calculations because Word for Windows has its very own built-in calculator. Calculate in Word has some Read More
Word's Hidden Calculator
You haven’t heard about it? Don’t worry, even Microsoft has no information about this feature, unless you dig way back Read More
Show currency in Excel with country and symbol
How to show currency amounts in Excel with the country and correct currency symbol included. Excel doesn’t support the standard Read More
