If you’re browsing your Dropbox account at their web site, select a document then look at the Open menu for options. Copy to Paper – Paper is Dropbox’s own online collaboration tool. Open in Word 2016 – the Dropbox site has detected the presence of Office 2016 on the computer.
Adding Dropbox to your Word Online, Excel Online or PowerPoint Online place list saves some extra steps. Then you can quickly open, create, modify and saves files to your Dropbox. To add Dropbox to Office Online: Go to OfficeOnline.com (https://www.office.com/), open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint Online. Click Add a place, under ‘Open
Dropbox has integration direct into Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows It’s best to install the Dropbox app (https://www.dropbox.com/install) on your devices. Of course, you can always access the Dropbox website https://www.dropbox.com from any laptop, computer or smartphones and tablets. Once Dropbox is installed on your desktop, you’ll notice a new
The latest Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneDrive apps for iPhone and iPad have some genuinely good and useful changes. iPad users are the main beneficiaries of the changes. If you push past the usual Redmond buzzwords ‘collaboration’, ‘co-authoring’, ‘create’, ‘experience’, ‘delight’, ‘productivity’, ‘from the ground up’ and the ever present
Microsoft has announced better Hindi, Bengali (Bangla) and Tamil online translation using AI enhancements in Microsoft Office, Bing and other online services. The company has dropped their latest buzzwords like “artificial intelligence” and “deep neural networks” but what does it really mean for Microsoft’s customers? Our headline translated into Hindi,
After a seven month testing period, Microsoft Office desktop programs are available for Windows 10, especially Windows 10 S users via the Microsoft Store. Until now, the cheaper Windows 10 S machines could only run the ‘Mobile’ or UWP apps not the full-featured Office desktop programs. Now Word 2016, Excel
Microsoft has previewed new Office features targeted at students and teaches, however many are good for the wider public too. For example, Dictation is coming to Word for Windows, Word Online, PowerPoint for Windows, Outlook Desktop, OneNote Windows 10, and OneNote Online with support for at least nine languages. Source:
So many patches for Microsoft Office and Windows in this month’s package of bug fixes. Few parts of Windows or Office aren’t patched this month, either directly or indirectly. According to Microsoft there’s ‘only’ 56 patched security holes in their products, this month alone. In reality there’s a lot more
Crossover, the Windows emulation for Mac computers, has released v17 which adds support for Office 2016 for Windows. With Crossover v17, the default compatibility has changed from Windows XP to Windows 7. That’s a big improvement and opens the way for a lot more recent programs to run like Quicken
Use less print toner or ink simply by changing to a font designed to save you money. Ryman Eco is an Windows/Mac font which the makers say uses a third less ink or toner than regular fonts. In smaller sizes it looks normal but as the point sizes grow you
The FBI is using evidence from Microsoft Word to oppose a change of release conditions for former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. We’ll show you the mistakes that were made and how to avoid them. We’re not interested in the prosecution itself nor the politics, here’s a summary. Our focus
Here’s how to save yourself money but still be up with the latest color hype from Pantone. 2018’s color of the year is ‘Ultra Violet’ and we’ll show you how to get that exact color in your Office documents. Source: Pantone Color of the year We’re meant to take this
Microsoft has released Office apps that work on Chromebooks, the low cost laptops using Google’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps are now available for most, if not all, Chrome OS users. There seems to be some teething troubles with the Office apps and the Google Play store. Redmond hasn’t
Tamil language has been added to Microsoft’s suite of translation apps and services. There’s about 70 million Tamil speakers mostly across Sri Lanka, India, Singapore and Malaysia. We checked with Office 2016 for Windows, Office 365 and sure enough there was Tamil among the many language choices. Beyond Office The
Apple has introduced a new image and video format for iPhone and iPad, here’s how to handle it in Microsoft Office documents. .HEIC image files are made by default in some Apple devices with iOS 11. Microsoft Office and Windows don’t support the new format yet but there’s workarounds available
OneDrive will automatically save past versions of an Office document, here how to access those revisions quickly. The advertised way to view a document history is through the Activity button, next to Share on the top right. In Office 2016 for Windows, Office 365. The Activity pane shows a list
A recent Office addition is ‘Shared with Me’, a list of the documents you’ve been invited to collaborate on with others. It’s available in Office 2016 Windows/Mac and the iPad, iPhone and Android Mobile apps. According to Microsoft ‘Shared with Me’ ” lets you see the files others have shared
Office 2016 for Mac (Office 365) has the same document sharing options as Office for Windows but they look a little different. In fact, Office for Mac has an additional sharing option not available in Windows. Just like Office 2016 for Windows, Office 2016 for Mac has a Share button
It’s always been possible to email a document for reviewing or editing. Modern versions of Office make that easier by letting you email from the document directly, instead of an email program like Outlook. Instead of opening your email to send an attachment, click on Send as an attachment from
The Share pane in modern Office is fine within an organization or with people who are familiar with document collaboration. But what if you want to share a document link with more detail in the email or using a non-email method like Instant Messaging? Well, you want to get just
Ever since Microsoft added shared, collaborative documents via OneDrive, they’ve had problems with saving and sign-in. Here’s how to deal with some of those persistent bugs. These bugs can happen in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote. Most commonly with documents saved to OneDrive but also Dropbox or other cloud storage.
Bluetiful will be the new Crayola color. It’ll be generally available from January 2018 or you can use it right now in Microsoft Office with these tips. Office-Watch.com told you about the demise of Dandelion, the now defunct Crayola color. And we showed how to keep Dandelion in your Office
We’re delighted to announce that our champion Office 2016 ebook has been updated, yet again, to include new and added features for the main Windows version of Microsoft Office. A bit like Office itself, Office 2016: the real startup guide is updated to keep pace with the improvements in Office
Microsoft has released another version of Office 2016 for Windows to be tested by insiders. This one is bought and installed from the Windows 10 Store. Naturally Office-Watch.com dived in to check it out. At the moment, only some Windows Insiders and users of Windows 10S can get Office in
