Printing email messages is something that we all do at various times, and in theory it should be as simple as clicking the Print icon in your email program – but what if the message won’t print out properly? Sometimes the printed version of an email message (or web page) comes out with strange formatting. […]
Here’s what you need to know about the two official international document formats, Microsoft’s OpenXML (.docx .xlsx etc) and Open Document Format (.odt .ods etc) both supported in Microsoft Office and most other office suite software. Each format has been recognized by international bodies so there are two ‘official’ document standards for Planet Earth. Both […]
Not only can Teams share Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, but you can also make new documents right in Teams or upload existing documents. Create a New File You can easily create a new file within Teams for Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote from the New pull-down list at left. Or make a new folder. […]
Excel’s PivotTable allows you to evaluate trends, comparisons, and patterns within datasets. Once a PivotTable is setup, you can filter “Drill down” into it to focus on key information. These days there are several ways to filter a PivotTable, Slicers (which Microsoft loves to boast about), AutoFilter and by Field List. All these options mean […]
Soon older versions of Outlook won’t be able to connect to Microsoft hosted mailboxes, even though both the software and service come from the same company. Here’s what’s happening, why, who is affected and what to do. Microsoft is finally ending older, insecure, ‘Basic’ authentication connections to their Microsoft 365 mailboxes including Outlook.com. The change […]
