Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
Word’s default PDF export creates a basic file, but hidden options let you make smaller PDFs, add navigation bookmarks, include accessibility features and even password-protect the result. Here’s where to find those options and how to use them. PDF’s made from Word can be smaller than usual for faster sending or to get under size […]
Microsoft Publisher is ending in October 2026, and what happens to you depends entirely on how you bought it. If you use Publisher 365 from a Microsoft 365 plan, the app will simply stop opening on October 1st. That is a kill switch, not a polite end of support notice. If you have Publisher 2019 […]
Dates imported or pasted into Excel often arrive as text — they look like dates but Excel can’t use them in formulas or sorting. One quick fix is the Paste Special Add Zero trick. It forces Excel to convert text into a real date value by adding zero, which changes the data type without changing […]
If you use Word 365 to save documents as PDFs to SharePoint and perhaps other locations, your files may be vanishing. Microsoft has confirmed a bug in version 2609 that silently drops PDFs into a hidden cache folder on your PC with randomized filenames, and gives you no warning. Here’s how to check if you’re […]
Microsoft is changing how Copilot is priced — and it could affect your bill. Alongside the familiar flat-rate subscription, Microsoft is rolling out usage-based billing for advanced AI features. That means three new terms every Copilot user and admin needs to understand: USL (User Subscription License), UBB (Usage-Based Billing) and FinOps. Here’s what they mean, […]
