The Outlook preview pane isn’t just convenient, it’s a good front line defence against hackers and viruses. Here’s an in-depth look at a deceptively simple part of Outlook. The standard preview pane hasn’t changed a lot for many versions of Outlook. Microsoft now calls it a Reading Pane which recognizes that many people read and […]
How can you put an obvious visual warning on the screen for file types you should be wary about? We’ve warned about opening old or potentially dangerous file types like .doc .xls or .rtf . There are options to totally block opening these files from Outlook. That can be frustrating when you need to open […]
The latest issue of Private Eye (No. 1421 to 7 July 2016) notes that Microsoft UK is paying an amazingly low tax rate. We wondered how Office 365/2016 prices in the UK compare with those ‘across the pond’ in the USA? How much extra is Microsoft grabbing off UK consumers. On page 5 of […]
Starbucks and Microsoft have released a tool to help promote the famous coffee chain through Outlook. But there’s more limitations to the offer than the hype suggests. Starbucks for Outlook is promoted as for Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013 and Outlook.com but it’s more complicated than that. We’ll look at that below. What duzzit do? The […]
Office 2016: the real startup guide has been updated to include all the recent changes in Office 2016 for Windows. Office 2016: the real startup guide isn’t a single release, anyone who buys the ebook gets the free updates too. It’s a bit like the rolling updates to Office 2016 itself, but NO annual fee <g>. Microsoft […]
