The famous Earthrise photo is not what Apollo 8 astronauts actually saw through the window. The widely shared version is cropped, rotated and color-adjusted from the original. In fact, there were three separate Earthrise photos taken during the December 1968 mission, two by astronaut Bill Anders in color and one by Commander Frank Borman in […]
Microsoft is said to be dialing back Copilot in Windows, so it’s only fair to ask, will Microsoft Office get the same treatment? As Copilot’s promises and over-hype collide with reality, Office users can only hope for better AI that’s not ‘in your face‘. Microsoft now claims it will dial back Copilot’s heavy-handed presence in […]
Microsoft finally gave Word the Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut for pasting plain text. It is a change that millions of people wanted, but it came at a cost: several long standing keyboard shortcuts had to move or disappear entirely, and the rollout created a mess in Outlook that took months to fix. OneNote now has the Ctrl/Cmd […]
Need to add a gender symbol to a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or Outlook email? Microsoft Office supports all three main gender symbols: Male ♂, Female ♀ , and the combined symbol ⚥ . Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Whether you are labeling a form, a chart, or a scientific table, […]
Microsoft is switching off free Copilot Chat inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for millions of Microsoft 365 business users starting April 15, 2026. Unless your organization pays for a full Microsoft 365 Copilot license, the AI chat panel that appeared in those apps will either vanish completely or be throttled to second-rate performance. Microsoft […]
