WhatsApp is getting credit, including fawning praise, for turning on End-to-end encryption for their very popular messaging product. Looking a little deeper into WhatsApp shows that it’s not as great as the hype might have you think. For starters, WhatsApp is late to the ‘end to end encryption’ party. Other
As the author of a popular Windows 10 book (thanks to the thousands who have bought it so far) Peter knows he’s supposed to be an enthusiastic and unquestioning shill for Windows 10. But that’s not the Office Watch way … we tell you what we think … We’ll look
There’s a small but important change coming to the way Microsoft sends out updates to Office. Microsoft has two types of updates – security updates (fixes for the never ending list of gaps that hackers might use) and non-security updates (aka ‘bug fixes’). Until now, both types of updates have
One of the cheapest places to buy Microsoft Office is at Amazon.com, you can save even more if you plan a week or more ahead. For some time, we’ve noticed a curious pricing anomaly at Amazon. Amazon charges customers more for their least costly fulfillment option (for Amazon) The more
Lot’s of chatter about Apple’s latest accessory – Microsoft Office! Apple is now selling MS Office software at the Apple Store online. This isn’t surprising. While Apple have their own office software apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) they know that a lot of iPad users will turn to Microsoft Office,
When you first start Outlook or in a new profile you will probably see a starting box that seems to get stuck at the 30% mark … what to do? You can wait and Outlook will eventually get going. It might seem like forever ….. Or you can shut Outlook
We’ve already discussed which folders Outlook checks when you do a search but there’s another thing to consider – what does Outlook search in each item? Each Outlook item has many parts, among them are; a message has To, From, Subject and Message Body, Calendar items have subject, location, organizer
Apple has released a new iPad Pro with a 9.7″ screen – and that means a $100 a year saving for Microsoft Office users. Here’s why … The Microsoft Office apps for Apple and Android devices have a 10.1″ screen threshold. Devices BELOW 10.1″ can use the Office apps free
Aside from blocking the download of large messages, Outlook has another way to reduce its downloads. On the Send/Receive tab there’s the Download Preferences options. Download Full Items – the default, the entire message is downloaded immediately. Download Headers and then Full Items – first Outlook grabs all the message
An Office Watch friend is about to visit Cuba and emailed with an interesting Outlook problem that travellers might have anywhere in the world. The problem is limited Internet access. In Cuba the speeds may be slow and connection erratic. It’s an issue Peter has struck in many places across
Over the years, Outlook has widened its search scope beyond just the current mailbox. On the search line, above a messages list, there’s a pull down list of options. For mail folders, these are your options. Current Folder – whatever folder you’re looking at Subfolders – the current folder and
If you’re trying to decide between Evernote and OneNote, Melanie Pinola has a useful summary at Lifehacker. We agree with her summary of the two: ” Evernote is better for collecting and organizing information and mobile note-taking.” and ” Evernote is more like a filing cabinet, with a simpler notes interface
Introduction In my Working with Word ebook (the 4th edition is available now), there is code that lists (among other things) the document properties in a Word document. This is useful information, but sometimes you need to know which of the doc properties have actually been used; that is what
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet to the note taking rival Evernote with the release of a converter to move your data into Microsoft OneNote. Evernote is a very well regarded note taking product. It has very good apps for Apple, Android and Windows devices as well as web browser.
Microsoft has released some changes to the Bing image search feature in Office 2016 and Office 2013. When you choose Insert | Online Pictures then the Bing image search. The default search is for images tagged as using the Creative Commons licence – ‘CC Only’. Use the selector on right
An interesting read from Tony Redmond about the impact of Outlook/Exchange Server’s storage limitations. He has a great description of the two main types of Outlook user and how they organize their email – Filers and Pilers. Filers – file incoming email into other Outlook folders. Pilers – leave incoming
A sad farewell to Ray Tomlinson, the man who created email. Mr Tomlinson and the other developers of early Internet technologies did amazing work. They designed robust technologies that are still in use today and have scaled up to vastly greater sizes than anything originally conceived. We love the story
Spammers have been trying the false invoice scam for many years but now there’s a more targeted and dangerous version. A couple in the UK lost over US$35,000 when they were tricked into paying a bill they did owe, but to a different bank account. Their email account had been
Microsoft has released yet another buggy patch for Office. This time Outlook 2016 is affected and the commonly used POP mail service. To add to the woes, Microsoft’s suggested workaround can cause a lot of confusion for customers. So we have some alternatives to consider. The bug is in Outlook
We’ve had Office ‘Click to Run’ (CTR) installations for a few years now and there’s obvious problems with the technology. Obvious to anyone except Microsoft which has its usual ‘head in the sand’ approach to customers’ woes. There’s a lack of options and notifications to Microsoft Office customers which makes
Microsoft has sent an email to Office 365 customers setting out their downsizing plan for OneDrive. Back in November ’15, Microsoft announced that the unlimited OneDrive allowance was being reduced to 1 Terabyte because, shock horror, a small group of people were storing a lot of files on OneDrive. The
The latest ransomware going the rounds is ‘Locky’ and arrives via email as a Word document. Currently the email arrives with a subject like: ATTN: Invoice K-56463223 The message: Please see the attached invoice (Microsoft Word Document) and remit payment according to the terms listed at the bottom of the
Microsoft will be releasing what’s called ‘Outlook.com Premium’ – a paid upgrade to the free Outlook.com mail hosting but also free to Office 365 ‘subscribers’. Serial Microsoft leaker ‘Walking Cat’ published a shot of the pilot for Outlook.com Premium which gives a peek into what we can expect. Personalized Addresses
Centennial Office Test a Windows 10 app is available on the Windows Store. It doesn’t do much now but foretells something interesting in the Office world. The link for more information on the publisher ‘Project Centennial’ is totally blank but its actually Microsoft itself. ‘Project Centennial’ is makes ‘bridges’
