Though it’s probably no real surprise, a new report ranks Microsoft Office skills as highly desirable for any prospective employer. First, a note about the source of these ‘facts’ and who paid for the report. The report comes from IDC and is ‘sponsored’ by Microsoft. IDC makes that clear at the top of their report […]
Microsoft has released ‘Office Online Server’ but what is it and should we care? Everyone can use the ‘Office Online’ services, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote which let you use basic versions of those programs in your browser. Even for regular Office software users, the Online versions are a handy ‘fallback’ position. Office Online is […]
It’s that time of year again and Office-Watch.com has a little fun seeing how Microsoft Word’s dictionary compares to the winners of the Scripps (US) National Spelling Bee. Surprisingly, Word did better in 2016 than past years, despite the words being harder. Still, no chance of Word reaching the finals in 2013, 2014, 2015 and […]
The stream of updates (or feature ‘catch up’ depending on your point of view) continues with Office for Android getting the ‘Tell me’ help system that’s already in other incarnations of Office. The ‘Tell me’ icon is a lightbulb. Office for Android (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) has it on the editing toolbar. Tap on the […]
The Norwegian experiment of reading out Terms and Conditions got us wondering about how long the Microsoft Office Terms and Conditions really are. It’s a bit like asking ‘How long is a piece of string’? It depends on what you think is part of Office. There’s the initial software licence plus additional privacy terms and […]
