The Guardian in the UK has a nice summary of the latest advice for making secure, but memorable, passwords. Having a long password, at least 12 characters, makes it harder for brute force attacks on your account. To make a memorable password, think of a phrase you remember from a film, TV or play. Then […]
The Office apps for Windows 10 continue to receive updates of ‘new’ features. These ‘new’ features are things any Office for Windows/Mac user would take for granted. Microsoft makes it harder to use these apps with truly awful and disorganized documentation. There’s a much linked page but the first section only mentions changes they want […]
Microsoft is adding Urdu language support to Office for Android, but Office 2016 for Windows got there first. Urdu is one of the many languages of India and Pakistan, spoken by at least 60 million people. Coming ‘soon’ will be the option to use Office for Android devices in Urdu. It will be available from […]
Here’s how to save an Outlook message or other item to PDF. Use this to save copies of important or reference emails like airplane bookings, hotel reservations etc. After all Microsoft’s talk about PDF support in Office, it’s disappointing to realize that you can’t Save As … from Outlook to the PDF format. There are […]
Microsoft has announced some upcoming changes to Outlook for Mac. The email editor is getting a long-overdue revamp, starting with better image and text choices. Outlook for Windows users will be amazed that these features aren’t in the Mac version already. While Microsoft is putting a positive spin on these improvements, the sad fact is […]
