The Verge has some good advice on buying an iPad and choosing between the many models available. Now’s the time to buy last year’s iPad by Dan Seifert cuts through the messy collection of Apple iPad models with this core advice … … thing that remains the same is it is
Yet again, Microsoft finds itself accused of “censoring” some “politically incorrect language” in another outbreak of the culture war. It puts Office Watch in the unusual situation of defending Microsoft, using some facts about how Microsoft Word really works. There are all sorts of accusations being spread, most of which
The latest Microsoft Office 365 for Windows has a new and, to date, undocumented, toolbar or “personalized Office experience”. This ‘toolbar just for you’ is both more and less than it appears. The toolbar is an effort to declutter the top or title bar of the Office apps. Microsoft has
Last week Microsoft made a series of announcements of new and changed features in Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365. Here’s a brief roundup of what the main ten promises and what they mean for you (if anything). The important word is ‘announcement’. Almost all the statements are about future arrivals,
The Windows 11 late 2022 update (called 22H2) is quite different from earlier Windows updates. We’ll explain how it’s different and some thoughts about why Microsoft is trickling out the changes over time.. In the past, major updates to Windows were installed and activated in one load. New and changed
Microsoft’s proposed “Outlook for Windows” replacement has some additional features but still lacks features that most people would think are essential for any mail program. This “New Outlook” can’t do things that the Outlook apps for Windows, Mac, Apple and Android could do from the start. The “New Outlook” is
Tasks in Outlook have been given a major update with the development of Microsoft To Do. To Do is way better than the old Tasks with more options, its own app and web page options. It’s available for everyone but works best with a Microsoft hosted mailbox (Outlook.com, Microsoft 365
Not a lot, to be honest. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the new iPhones so I’m joining in from the side-lines with some comments and a little reality check on some especially silly remarks from Apple. iPhone 14’s have two different but faster chips which means Word docs,
The wonderful Excel Formula Bot has a new look, more features and has gone ‘pro’ with paid subscriptions. The whole site https://excelformulabot.com/ has been revamped with a cleaner, clearer look. Excel Formula Bot is certainly up-to-date, as you can see above, it already ‘knows’ about the new Image() function despite
Excel users are rightly interested in Lambda() a very powerful addition to Excel. Lambda lets you create user-defined functions without VBA. No need for .xlsm files with all the security concerns they entail. A long formula can be written once then referenced anywhere in the workbook by a short name of
Handwrite direct into Office apps for iPad, converting your writing into text right away, courtesy of the iOS Scribble feature. What you’ll need, how to setup and the new thing to look for on the Draw tab of the Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps. Microsoft has integrated the Scribble feature
Microsoft is now showing deceptive, disguised ads into Outlook Mobile apps for Apple and Android. There are ways to, partly, get rid of the ads. The ads appear for people using the free Outlook mobile apps, not Microsoft 365 subscribers like this: The ads appear in the Inbox or the
Old email addresses or people have an annoying habit of appearing in Outlook, even after you’ve deleted the address or person from the Contacts list. Here’s why obsolete emails keep appearing and how to remove these unwanted and dangerous strays. Here’s an example of Outlook’s problem with ‘sticky’ and unwanted
When the Stock and Geography data types disappear from the Data ribbon in Excel here’s how to fix and restore Linked Data Types. The Data ribbon is missing the entire ‘Data Types’ section. We’ve had several reports from Office-Watch.com readers who start Excel 365 and find that their Stock and
An important and useful new option is coming to Word 365’s collaboration options ‘Review only’ aka ‘Reviewing’ mode. There’s also a workaround to get a similar power in other versions of Microsoft Word. Until now sharing a document was only possible in two ways. Either sharing the editing of the
Segoe Fluent Icon is a handy extra symbols font with some icons that aren’t easily available anywhere else. It’s free for Windows and Mac. Here’s how to use it in Word and Office. Segoe Fluent Icons is intended for use by developers making their Windows apps but there’s no reason
A new embarrassment for Microsoft as they scramble to fix a bug in Outlook 365 for Windows which crashes when trying to display some emails, most commonly receipt emails from Uber. Office Watch goes into detail of this bug. It’s more serious than just blaming Uber for a bug in
Microsoft has resumed rollout of their new Office macro blocking system after the feature was mysteriously suspended a few weeks ago. But why? Microsoft hasn’t explained why they stopped the new macro blocks and their reason for restoring the feature is both incomplete and nonsensical. The new system totally blocks
How to view a .msg file in either Windows or Mac. .MSG are Outlook for Windows message files which aren’t supported on Outlook for Mac, let alone Outlook mobile or in a browser. We’ve already explained about Outlook .msg files and why they are NOT recommended. In short .msg files
Microsoft was addressing the long-standing problems with Excel 365 importing text files (.CSV) by adding some options to prevent common conversion problems. The ‘Automatic Data Conversion’ choices are welcome, but you’re still better using other, safer, Excel import options. NOTE: this feature has been quietly dropped by Microsoft. The Automatic
If you get an unexpected phone call from Microsoft, hang up on them. It’ll be a scam where you could lose thousands and precious personal data from your computer. We’ve mentioned this before but reminded by this Australian article warning that just in ‘Oz’ people have lost an estimated AUD$2
Officially a Gauge, dial or speedometer chart isn’t available in Excel. It’s a glaring omission from the in-built Excel charts but happily, it’s still possible with a little Excel trickery explained in this article. A “speedo” (Aussie slang), dial or gauge chart is made with a combination of Excel’s Doughnut
Despite appearances, Microsoft Word’s Grammar and Style checks are not compulsory. There are simple but somewhat hidden controls to turn off the blue underline or dots for selected tests. This article explains how to selectively turn of Microsoft Word’s “Grammar and Refinements” checks either once only or for all your
Australian data nerds rejoice! The first load of data from the 2021 Census has been released in a format ready for Excel. Here’s how to get it and look at the detailed statistics for yourself. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released the first block of data from the
