All Outlook for Windows have a critical bug which makes it too easy for any hacker to gain access to a computer. It just needs a simple link clicked from an email to bypass Office Protected View protections, even from the Preview pane. So all Outlook’s should be updated asap.
Switch from the new Aptos default font in Outlook to another font that you prefer and is has better readability in Outlook desktop (Windows or Mac) and Outlook (new). Personally I’ve tried to like Aptos fonts but after a few months they still offend my eyes, especially in emails. It’s
Let’s take a moment to explain, without the hype, what Copilot is and what it can do for you and all Microsoft Office users including Office 2021,2019 and earlier. We’ll explain some ways Copilot can save time and money doing simple tasks for anyone with Microsoft Office. Beleive me that
We’ve been using Copilot and Copilot Pro for a little while and here’s our first impressions of Microsoft’s paid AI services as they exist today. In other words, what you get for your money right now. It’s hard to justify paying upfront $360 per user for a year commitment to
Word has many 2024 calendars in the File | New templates supplied by Microsoft. There are tricks to getting the most from the templates and make them personal and special. Search for ‘ calendar’ in the File | New pane. They are all programmed templates, type in type in the
Microsoft Word can make Yearly and Monthly calendars quite easily and they have better configuration options than you might expect. We’ve already looked at the Outlook printing options , customizing them including blank Weekly and Monthly calendars. Outlook doesn’t have a yearly calendar option, so we’re turning to Word. We’ll look
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The Microsoft Designer home page has a major update that highlights some of its hidden features. These changes aren’t just cosmetic, but are a welcome boost to the functionality and usability of the opening page. The new Designer home page is in two parts: Get Started and My Projects. Get
Everyone hates taxes, but most people pay Microsoft’s Laziness Tax every year. Here’s how to avoid paying extra for Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 annual tribute fee for the Home/Family plan is US$99.99 but you can pay less for renewals. The difference is Microsoft’s Laziness Tax. It’s the extra you pay
The Washington Post has a ten-tip etiquette guide to which we’ve added our Microsoft Office & Outlook specific suggestions. Check out Danielle Abril’s article at The Washington Post. Her recommendations are necessarily general so we’ll add more technical and specific comments for Office users. Consider not sending an email So
Often you need to switch between windows of the same program, so there should be a quick keyboard shortcut to do that. Here are your options in Windows or Mac. Whether you’re moving between Word documents, Excel workbooks or PowerPoint decks or Outlook emails, the need is the same. You
Microsoft Word is 40 years old today! Back on 25 October 1983, the first Word was released into the wild. Here’s a look at what was tech innovation back when “Every Breath You Take” was the latest pop sensation. Originally called “Multi-Tool Word”, it later renamed “Microsoft Word” or as
Office has various options for graphics or images of skeletons or skulls – perfect for Halloween or other gory, scary uses in Word docs, PowerPoint slides or Outlook emails. We can’t offer a 12-foot skeleton, complete with creepy glowing eyes. For this 3.56 meter monster you have to hunt through
Create your own fun, satirical ‘Halloween costume’ pack in the style of a popular meme using just Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. Use this article as a year-round example of how to overlay one image over another plus adding text to a picture. Take a blank Halloween costume image, add an
Excel 365 is getting a simple way to add checkboxes into cells to easily set True/False, Yes/No, On/Off binary settings. You can hear the cries of “About bloody time” across the Excel world <g>. It’s long been possible to add a checkbox into an Excel worksheet but it’s a clumsy
There’s a hidden part of Excel which can be used to catch ‘data cheats’ or people who tweak workbooks to get the results they want. There’s a news story about research into honesty, the academic is being accused, ironically, of dishonesty in their findings. The Professor is suspected of tampering
Microsoft is adding Dall-E to new services for Microsoft 365 (Designer), Bing and Office (starting with Word). Let’s look at what Dall-E is, what it can do for you and the fun to be had. In short, Dall-E turns text into an image with often good and sometimes funny results.
Microsoft has announced some of the extras coming to the next version of Windows 11, rolling out from September 26 onwards. Here’s a quick look at some of these changes, in particular those which can improve your Office docs, sheets, slides and emails. Paint Paint app receives a major upgrade
Over the past ten years, OneTastic and its early version, OneCalendar, have established themselves as vital tools for dedicated OneNote users. These applications, developed as a passion project by Omer Atay from the OneNote product group, have proven especially beneficial for users who frequently record meeting notes across various sections
Microsoft and Project Gutenberg have joined to create thousands of audiobooks for free, using modern ‘text to speech’ technology that’s amazingly good. And we have some tips on how to create audiobooks with more variety in voice, accent and pace. Since 1971, Project Gutenberg has compiled a wide range of
Microsoft’s alternatives for the new Aptos fonts range are very poor. In some cases, the substitutions make no sense at all. We’ve looked at what happens if a document with Aptos fonts is opened Office 2016 and earlier versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Aptos fonts are the new
The Python Editor for Excel is a welcome innovation of the Microsoft Garage project making editing and debugging Python code in Excel a lot easier. Python Editor add-on for Excel mirrors the functionalities of renowned integrated development environments (IDEs) using the code management system behind Visual Studio Code. Sample code
Here’s how to get the new Microsoft Designer app for iPhone and Android smartphones. Also how to share designs between the mobile app and the full Designer web app. Get the Designer app Go to https://designer.microsoft.com/install and scan the QR code provided on that page That will open the App
It seems possible that Office 2021 is really installing Microsoft 365 with the license details controlling what features are available. In some cases, it’s an important difference to keep in mind. A few bits of information suggest that there’s more commonality between Office 2021 and Microsoft 365 than you might
