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Microsoft 365 is updating their OpenDocument format support to v1.4 which will improve compatibility with other software like LibreOffice. OpenDocument Format (ODF) is the International Standard for saving documents (ISO 26300 if you’re keeping score). It’s similar to the Microsoft Office formats in their basics of being XML based with ZIP compression. After initially joining […]
There are ten different bald eagles in Microsoft Office alone, as icons, stock images or even a 3D model, plus many other sources for photos and graphics online. We’re focusing here on the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) which is native to North America and a US National Symbol. There are many collective nouns for eagles …. […]
Microsoft is slowly and discreetly notifying customers who have had their data hacked, more than SIX months after the theft occurred. Even the email notice was poorly worded so some people thought it was a fake. Their response should worry everyone who uses their cloud services. Back in 2023 Microsoft’s systems were hacked by a […]
Outlook for Windows is about to become Outlook (classic). We’ll explain why the change is necessary and should have happened last year. The current Outlook for Windows is being renamed “Outlook (classic)” or more properly “Outlook (classic) for Windows”. That will properly distinguish it from the new, still in development, Outlook (new). Despite being a […]
How long will Microsoft let you use Microsoft 365 if you don’t pay by the due date? Will the subscription service just stop on the due date or is there a ‘grace period’. We wondered how patient Microsoft would be if a Microsoft 365 Business plan wasn’t paid by the due date? So we held […]
