Microsoft quietly trims Windows 10 support for Microsoft 365 apps — As Windows 10 hits its official end‑of‑support on October 14, 2025. Microsoft 365 customers running on Windows 10 will get a lot less support time than Microsoft originally hinted. Their ‘fine print’ shortens full support from extra three years to less than one. Originally
Microsoft is sacking another 9,000 workers or about 4% of its global workforce. That’s in addition to the 6,000 people dismissed earlier this year. What does that mean for us paying customers? If you’ve wondered why Microsoft pushes Copilot AI so hard – it’s to recoup their incredibly large investment
Down in Australia there’s another example of a mistake when redacting a Word document before public release. Make sure you delete any links to redacted text, such as a Table of Contents or summary. What caught our eye was the latest example of an oversight when redacting a document. Aussie
Many common Excel functions have a great new power added to them with little fanfare. They can become dynamic array functions which improves the consistency of worksheets. It’s simple and easy to do. When Microsoft added dynamic arrays to Excel, all the focus was on the new functions like SORT,
Some Excel functions won’t spill their results in the way you might expect. Edate(), EOmonth(), IsEven(), IsOdd() and RandBetween(), among many, need an extra little trick to become a dynamic array function. We’ve already explained how many common Excel functions (Round(), Trim(), Upper() and many more) can “spill” their results
Transform your next presentation by mastering five powerful ways to add images in PowerPoint. Whether you’re embedding visuals directly from the web, creating photo albums, leveraging SmartArt, or using Copilot enhancements, these expert tips will streamline slide preparation. On a PowerPoint slide with a picture placeholder, just click the image
The July 2025 security bug fixes list plugs another 137 problems found in Microsoft software. Some are really serious and need patching right away for all Microsoft 365 and Office users. BitLocker also gets some security fixes. This months load of Microsoft Office security updates includes a fix for a
There’s a new feature in Microsoft 365 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web to request elevated permissions directly within the application. Anyone with view-only access can ask for higher editing or reviewing rights without leaving the document. Microsoft, as usual, buries an important condition deep in their promotional blurb
For years, Exchange Server has a feature which can be used to infiltrate organizations. Only now that Direct Send is being exploited is Microsoft finally acting to warn customers and provide a way to turn it off. In other words, Microsoft is “closing the barn door after the horse has
There’s a mystery English grammar rule that any native speaker knows but probably can’t explain. It’s the order of adjectives before a noun (e.g why “Brown Big Cat” is wrong). The Microsoft Word grammar checks for this rule but doesn’t always ‘see’ or fix it. Adjective order is a mystery
Add the US National flag “Old Glory” “The red, white and blue” into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. The same help can be used for any other national flag, just look for a different source or our articles about
Autosave in Microsoft 365 and Office is one of the more frustrating features with annoying limitations. One of them is not automatically saving any macro-enabled Word, Excel or PowerPoint file. We’ve talked before about how Autosave is used to push customers into using OneDrive to save documents. Autosave could work
Clipchamp has a clever new feature that makes editing videos a lot easier and faster. Instead of trimming the video, just delete parts of the transcript, Clipchamp will do the rest. Clipchamp can already make a text transcript from the audio of a meeting or conversation. Microsoft Word can also
There are a lot of changes coming for Microsoft customers in October but there’s one that might be overlooked. Support for Microsoft 365 ARM-based 32-bit applications will conclude: Feature updates stop in October 2025 or . Security updates end in December 2026 or . Most Arm versions of Office are
OneNote Clipper is a quick way to save a web page so you can read it later. It can replace Pocket, the lovely clipping service that’s about to leave us. Pocket, the ‘read it later’ service, is ending on July 8, 2025. Pocket is/was a ‘ready it later’ service to
Discover PowerPoint placeholders — designed to make slide creation faster, easier, and more visually compelling. With smarter prompts, broader media support, and customizable layouts via Slide Master view, placeholders help you create polished, professional presentations with minimal effort. In PowerPoint, placeholders are those built-in boxes that make adding stuff like
Microsoft has quietly shifted their position on support for Microsoft 365 on Windows 10, when Win10 ends support in October. Now Microsoft 365 for Windows get partial support on Windows 10 for a few more years … but there are some big unknowns. How to get Windows 10 support for
Take control of Microsoft 365 by learning how to enable or disable Copilot in each app—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to customize Copilot settings per application and explains why sometimes you can’t turn it off. Copilot integration into Microsoft 365 is a mess. Microsoft
Instead of complaining about Word’s Resume style suggestions. Turn it off! It’s easy to do, here’s how. I often see social media posts bitching about a Grammar or Style suggestion given by Word. There are plenty of problems with Word’s Grammar and Refinements feature, but this one is an easy
Some Microsoft 365 consumer plans come with a monthly allowance of “AI credits” but it’s hard to find out how many are left. The AI credit balance does not show up in the Microsoft 365 apps nor Windows 11 account information. It should be there and maybe Microsoft will eventually
Microsoft has given Copilot in Excel 365 some smarts to choose the table or cells to work on. Previously, Copilot relied on the user’s selected cell to determine context, often defaulting to the nearest structured table. We explain how it works in the real world and the important limitation. Enter
Ever since Microsoft 365 consumer plans have existed, you’ve been able to buy them cheaper from other retailers to extend your subscription. Here’s the simple steps to extend your subscription with a product key bought for less money, When you buy from another retailer, you should get a product key
Buying Microsoft 365 from another country might seem like a money-saver, but Microsoft’s region locks often block activation. Learn why it fails—and smart, legal ways to make it work. That might be tempting because of exchange rate and price differences but Microsoft won’t let you do it. A little currency
Among Microsoft’s June security bug fixes there are some that directly affect Microsoft Office users. These three caught our eye. Two are rated as High risk while another is Critical, though we’d suggest ‘Unforgivable’ is a better word. Power Automate Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2025-47966 CVSS score: Critical 9.8 out of
