A new collection of Copilot features have been released under the banner “Wave 2” with inclusions for Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word and Teams. Don’t get too excited because there’s ‘fine print’ that limits who can catch this wave. Before we explain a little of what’s in the new set of
European Union officials have announced preliminary findings that accuse Microsoft of antitrust violations and could cost the company $211 Billion. The tech giant is under scrutiny for allegedly integrating its Teams application with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365, a move that may breach EU competition laws. A competitor, Slack, alleges
The official Star Wars web site has some pictures that you can use as virtual backgrounds for your Zoom or Teams online calls. Also great for PowerPoint slides. Go to https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-backgrounds , click on an image to open the full version then right-click on the picture and choose ‘Save image
The Microsoft muddle of naming their products continues with the renaming of Microsoft Teams. Not content to label many different programs as “Outlook”., Microsoft seems to enjoy a jumble of names for their Teams products. For instance, this new listing of changes between the old Teams app (left) and a
How to stop Microsoft Teams opening automatically when the computer starts – Windows or Mac. Microsoft wants to push their Teams software to as many people as possible. Part of that is making Teams (free or paid) really obvious or intrusive, depending on your point of view. Teams doesn’t take
Microsoft Mesh is a new way to have online meetings with avatars and virtual “immersive” spaces. It works with computers but especially VR headsets like Meta Quest devices (Oculus). Mesh puts online meeting participants in a virtual setting, instead of the usual grid. This example shows two important parts of
Teams app is being forced out of the Microsoft Office bundle. It’s a compulsory divorce with a side-benefit for anyone who doesn’t use Teams or doesn’t use it often. Microsoft has now decided (under duress) to stop selling their Teams app as part of Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365 bundles
What you need to know about Copilot for Microsoft 365 which brings AI technology into Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Here’s how to get Copilot for Microsoft 365 and the secrets to getting it working. What is Copilot for Microsoft 365? Copilot for Microsoft 365 applies to Microsoft
There are special web links to make a new Office document (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) with a single click. Microsoft has bought some .new domain names like https://word.new . When you click on a .new link, a fresh document is created for you. Word, Excel or PowerPoint files are created
Need a Thanksgiving emoji or symbol? Here’s a quick and searchable list of the holiday emoji for documents, sheets, slides, emails or messages, that you can use or copy. These emoji are supported (with different looks) on Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Unicode value (hex) The Unicode value column
Need a Halloween emoji or symbol? Here’s a quick and searchable list of more than 30 spooky, scary emoji for documents, sheets, slides, emails or messages that you can use or copy. In Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and Office 2019 there are also Halloween icons and symbols for Word, Powerpoint
Microsoft PowerPoint’s Cameo lets you put a live camera feed into your slides. The camera feed can be moved, resized, cropped, and styled just like any other image. Designer in PowerPoint can also be used to add flair to slides that use cameo. Cameo is already in Windows and Mac
There are some keyboard shortcuts to open or switch to Office apps in Windows 11 and Windows 10, if you have enough fingers! They are all based around the Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Win combo plus a letter. That might seem like a keyboard shortcut for an octopus
Microsoft has released some information about what you’ll need to get their AI tools (called Copilot) when they are eventually released. Copilot is Microsoft’s name for their upcoming AI tools integrated into Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) plus other services like Teams. As with all Microsoft’s Copilot announcements,
All 20 (yes, twenty!) emblems for the Coronation of King Charles III, the exact colours required and how to use them in Microsoft Office like Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Also how to get an SVG/icon version of the emblem, ideal for modern Office apps and show just the parts
Teams Free (classic) for business is shutting down in mid-April 2023. In a classic Microsoft money-grab, the continuing free option is buried away in favor of paid plans plus there’s a hidden punishment for anyone who doesn’t pay. After April 12, 2023, Microsoft Teams Free (classic), the legacy free Teams
In the last few hours there’s been another major breakdown in Microsoft’s cloud services affecting Microsoft 365 mail hosting, Outlook.com and Teams among others. Sadly, the problems continue after Microsoft said they were ‘recovered’. The problem started at about 7am UTC on Wednesday 25 Jan (overnight Tues into Wed in
Microsoft has quietly announced that features are being withdrawn from the standard Teams plans and will only be in the higher-priced ‘Teams Premium” plan. The change is controversial because it’s a late change to the features in Teams Premium by taking away existing options from other paying customers. Microsoft knows
There’s now a Games for Work addon for Microsoft Teams so you can either connect or waste time with your fellow staffers <g>. Games app for Teams is a combination of a few well-known Microsoft Games: Buried down in the footnotes of Microsoft’s announcement is an important limitation … “Available
Powerpoint is a quick way to make a photo collage or presentation that you can use as a separate photo for any purpose, including as a virtual background! Today is the 80th birthday of an amazing man. We’ll be meeting up on Zoom to celebrate the big day and we’d
Need a Christmas emoji or symbol? Here’s a quick and searchable list of all the Xmas emoji for documents, sheets, slides, emails or messages that you can use or copy. This list has all the Christmas related emoji we can think of, the broadest sense both secular and religious. These
Last week Microsoft made a series of announcements of new and changed features in Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365. Here’s a brief roundup of what the main ten promises and what they mean for you (if anything). The important word is ‘announcement’. Almost all the statements are about future arrivals,
If you thought the modern world could not get any stranger, we’ve got bad news. Microsoft Office and Oreos (the chocolate cookie) have combined for a marketing stunt with online events (sorry “snack breaks”), special packs, tchotchke and emoji. Poor old Clippy has been dragged in as well. On the
It started as just a little outage of Microsoft Teams but things soon got a lot worse for customers relying on Microsoft’s online services during a widespread outage on Thursday 21st July 2022. According to Microsoft, the trouble started with a “broken connection to an internal storage service”. It initially
