Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday arrives today, and after September’s rough round of updates including an Excel copy-paste bug that took two weeks to fix and other troubles, be cautious. Here’s how to temporarily pause Office updates on Windows and Mac so you can let others test first, without leaving your system exposed long-term. The […]
Word’s default PDF export creates a basic file, but hidden options let you make smaller PDFs, add navigation bookmarks, include accessibility features and even password-protect the result. Here’s where to find those options and how to use them. PDF’s made from Word can be smaller than usual for faster sending or to get under size […]
Microsoft Publisher is ending in October 2026, and what happens to you depends entirely on how you bought it. If you use Publisher 365 from a Microsoft 365 plan, the app will simply stop opening on October 1st. That is a kill switch, not a polite end of support notice. If you have Publisher 2019 […]
Dates imported or pasted into Excel often arrive as text — they look like dates but Excel can’t use them in formulas or sorting. One quick fix is the Paste Special Add Zero trick. It forces Excel to convert text into a real date value by adding zero, which changes the data type without changing […]
Paying for Microsoft 365 at home while your employer gives you another plan at work? You don’t need a second copy of Office, or a second computer, to use both. Microsoft 365 for Windows can hold two or more Microsoft 365 licenses in the same installation and switches to the matching plan when you change […]
