As a publicity stunt, Microsoft published a list of common grammar mistakes made in Word. It’s strange that one of the listed mistakes is NOT detected even by the latest version of Microsoft Word. Office-Watch.com noticed this curiosity because we tested all Microsoft’s claims against their own Word software. We
Even today, despite the public outcry, a document saved to docs.com will automatically be available to everyone. The privacy choices aren’t obvious and the ‘public’ default isn’t clear either. Here’s what you see when uploading to docs.com You have to click the ‘three dots’ menu button then scroll down a
Microsoft is taking a lot of heat over their Docs.com and the leaking of private information. Redmond isn’t entirely to blame, though they could have handled the issue much, much better. Office Watch explains the problem and what to do about it. Private information on docs.com like credit card details,
If you’ve ever used http://docs.com it’s a good idea to check what’s saved there and what public access is set. Login with your Microsoft account (or other login) and check the list of saved documents (click on your name at top right. Depending on your wishes you can: Leave as
One of the latest Excel patches causes more trouble than it’s supposed to solve. Patch ‘KB3178690‘ is supposed to fix some non-security bugs in Excel 2010, ironically bugs that cause Excel to crash in certain situations. Guess what the patch does to Excel 2010? That’s right – Excel 2010 crashes.
Shared Calendars is now available for the Outlook apps for Android and Apple devices. The Outlook app for iOS was recently updated to include shared calendars. This brings the Outlook apps into line with this important Outlook for Windows/Mac feature. Shared Calendars let one person make their appointments visible or
The debate about the Oxford Comma continues with news that a Maine company has lost a court case for the lack of a vital extra comma. Oxford Comma is one of the lesser known grammar checks in Microsoft Word. Sadly, Word would not have warned of the problem and saved
Microsoft Teams, their new collaboration and messaging service, has now gone live after a long beta test. As usual, the media have lapped up this news without a critical eye. Teams is certainly interesting and powerful, see below for a quick introduction. Microsoft is packing in a lot of features;
Facebook Messenger is the instant messaging part of anyone’s Facebook account but it’s not something that everyone likes … far from it. We all have many forms of communication clamoring for our attention – phone calls, SMS/texts, email to various accounts and instant messaging. Checking each of these can be
TeenVogue magazine is making quite a name for itself beyond the stereotype of makeup tips and boy-band gossip. Nicole Kobie has an excellent explanation of the considerations when choosing a messaging app. The article explains ‘threat model’ or who might be interested in your messages. If you’re only worried about
Amazingly, Microsoft has at least three programs that are called ‘Outlook 2016’. It’s not a trivial point, knowing which ‘Outlook 2016’ you have is important if you ask for help or tech support. Confused? Join the club. When Microsoft talks about ‘Outlook’ they probably mean ‘Outlook for Windows’. ‘Outlook 2016’
Microsoft makes it hard for people to move from their Entourage program data to modern Outlook for Mac. Entourage was the email/calendar/contacts part of Office for Mac. Office 2011 replaced it with Outlook 2011 for Mac. Outlook 2011 had a conversion option that let former Entourage users move to the
Redmond has released more Office training videos to help newbie users. Get started with Office Intro to Office Basics Sign in to Office Get help and support Change your Office for Home password Change your Office 365 for Business password What is Office 365? What is Office 365? Get the
The OneNote app for Windows 10 now has a graphing feature in addition to the existing ‘Ink to Math’. As usual, there’s a catch or two. For a little time, you’ve been able to draw an equation then have it converted into text. This works fairly well, though, as you’ll
From the crazy bureaucracy department is the news that IBM has been granted a patent for Out of Office emails! That’s right, those automatic emails that go out when you’re poolside are now the property of IBM. From the patent application: “When the out of office agent is enabled, it
Last year we renewed one of our ongoing gripes with Outlook, the lack of an incoming email translation feature. See a ‘side-by-side’ translation of an email you’ve received. After many years, Microsoft has finally done something to fix this obvious gap, but they’ve done it in a typically self-serving way.
It’s not just politicians who get into trouble using public email services. They are just the headline-worthy tip of a much larger email problem. AOL has a way to secure a AOL mail account but too few people (and politicians <g>) use it. We’ve talked before about Two Factor Authentication
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows (Office 365 subscribers) is getting a new feature to help you make the basics of a presentation. QuickStarter is now available for PowerPoint for Windows Insider (Fast) build 16.0.7823.1000 and later. It will released to Slow ring Insiders then the public in the coming months. QuickStarter
Avecto’s analysis of Microsoft’s security lapses and patches shows a worrying increase in the number of security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office when you’d hope to see fewer. Most of the coverage has been on the issue of Administrator access but we’re more worried about the security holes in Office. It’s
Avecto has released an analysis of Microsoft’s security lapses and patches over the last few years. It makes interesting reading even though the headline conclusion hasn’t been well understood. Administrator Rights problem Most media have focused on a quote from the report that says “94% of Critical Microsoft vulnerabilities would
It should be no surprise that Amazon is rumored to be working on an Office suite to rival Microsoft Office and Google Docs. The Information is reporting that Amazon wants Office programs to complement their very popular and flexible cloud service – Amazon Web Services AWS. At the moment, this
Office Picture Manager, the much loved and simple image editor was dropped by Microsoft, but it’s still available. Picture Manager has some features that aren’t in Windows 10 to this day. Here’s how to get it for free. There are two ways to get Office Picture Manager (OPM). Both involve
Microsoft has released Skype Lite, a new app that’s designed for smaller devices and low speed internet access. But it’s only available in India. Skype Lite allows voice and even limited video calls on slow 2G networks or unstable net connections. Skype text messages are also available. Source: Microsoft Images
The Google Docs apps have a useful option for making new documents, worksheets and presentations that are Microsoft Office compatible. JR Raphael at ComputerWorld pointed out the option in the Google Docs app for Android, we poked around to find the equivlalents in Google Sheets and Google Slides Under Settings there’s
