Convert Office docs to text with Markitdown
Check out this clever Python tool that converts Word documents, Excel sheets, PowerPoint decks and PDFs into a plain text Read More
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
Microsoft Pushes Out Emergency fix to Stop Office 2016 Crashes
If your Microsoft Office 2016 apps suddenly started crashing last week, you’re not alone. Fortunately, Microsoft has rolled out an Read More
Stricter requirements for mass mailings to Microsoft mailboxes
Stricter requirements are coming on mass mailings to Microsoft hosted mailboxes including Outlook.com. The new rules also affect anyone with Read More
Important changes for your Microsoft and Outlook.com email
Emails you want to see might end up in Junk Email as Microsoft imposing new standards to ensure emails are 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
Microsoft Office support end dates checklist
Checklist when your version of Microsoft Office will stop getting security bug and software bug fixes, what Microsoft calls the Read More
‘Show in Calendar’ pros, cons and ads in new Outlook
Outlook (new) has some more ads appearing in it as well as a handy way to add calendar events from Read More
Copilot loses an AI writing competition
The Washington Post has done an interesting comparison of AI services and their email drafts for some difficult situation. Microsoft’s 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
Fix for Apple Mail bug with Microsoft mailboxes
For the last three days (since 3rd March) the Apple Mail app for iPhone and iPad hasn’t always been able Read More
Outlook (new) gets “Mail Merge” sorta, kinda
The new Outlook for Windows has what Microsoft calls “Mail Merge” which could be useful but bear NO relation to Read More
All about Outlook new for Windows
Confused about the new Outlook for Windows? Here’s all you need to know. What Outlook (new) is, when you have Read More
Outlook classic dropped from Microsoft 365
Outlook (classic) for Windows, the one we’ve all used for many years has been dropped from some Microsoft 365 installations 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
