Winnebago County, Illinois has to pay Microsoft $283,000 for installing the wrong version of their Office suite. The Country had bought a volume licence for Microsoft Office Standard but had been installing Office Professional instead. Office Standard has all the usual Office programs including Outlook. Office Professional Plus adds Access, Skype for Business plus features […]
Eagle-eyed regulars may have noticed that Office-Watch.com is now a secure connection. The web pages sent to your computer are now encrypted so no-one can see what you’re browsing (for example, intercepting your use of an open wifi connection). The little information sent to us is also encrypted en-route. The Internet is moving towards greater […]
A nasty, infected message managed to avoid Peter’s (supposedly) high-quality mail filters and the check by Outlook for Windows to arrive in his Inbox. These messages or similar efforts are a relatively new trick. It uses the person’s name to populate the message, subject and attachment. In Peter’s case, the message was obviously fake because […]
There are a few options for compressing your Outlook data file (PST or OST) which often get promoted as solutions. What you’re not told is the pros and cons of each. Let’s have a look at each options plus some comments for our friends with Outlook for Mac. Compress on hard drive If your hard […]
How to lock your document from editing – the whole document or just part of it. Allow some people to edit the document but others can only view it. There is also a useful option to ensure that the Track Changes is always on. This ensures no one sneaks unnoticed edits into a document. Read […]
