Outlook’s Clutter feature is going away in favor of the Focused Inbox. Both have the same limitation that Microsoft doesn’t talk about much. Clutter was a hyped Outlook/Exchange feature which shunted lower priority messages to a separate folder. Marketing emails, group messages etc could go to Clutter leaving, in theory,
Windows 10 Mobile will end support in December 2019, the latest in a long line of failed attempts by Microsoft to produce a smartphone version of Windows. Smartphones with Windows 10 will continue to work, of course. So will the Office apps for Win 10 Mobile. But there’ll be no
Now that Microsoft is changing the default Office 365 and Office 2019 install to 64-bit software from 32-bit software – which one do you choose and does it matter? Most people will not notice the difference between 32-bit Office and the 64-bit version. The latter is faster but not so
A Canadian man has been caught trying to hide assets from bankruptcy because the wrong fonts were used in documents. Gerald McGoey, the former CEO of Look Communications filed for bankruptcy over a year ago. He presented trust documents that appeared to shield two properties from his creditors. But there
Microsoft Project and Visio are expensive extras to Microsoft Office so it’s tempting to buy cheap versions from sites like Ebay but there are traps for the unwary. Visio software plans start at $15 a month up to a one-time price of $530 for Visio Professional. Visio Online only can
Ads for cheap, illegal or maybe non-existent versions of Office 365 appear all over the place, including Facebook. Just like similar offers on Ebay or Amazon they look great but can’t possibly be legitimate. This one on Facebook mobile offers ‘Lifetime’ Office 365 for just $75. Since a single year
Many Word users are reporting Booklet printing options after the January 2019 updates to Office. No word from Microsoft but we have some suggested workarounds. All sorts of problems are being reported, mostly missing or blank pages in a booklet. The best workaround is using Adobe Reader which also has
Great news for Mac Office 365 users, the Stock and Geography data types in Excel 365 for Windows have started rolling out to Excel 365 for Mac. At the moment it’s only Excel 365 for Mac, Fast Insiders v16.22 build 190112 or later. It means it’s coming to Slow Insiders
Adding automatic subtitles with optional translation to presentations is a step closer with the latest PowerPoint 365 for Windows Insiders release. Last month we told you about this promised addition to PowerPoint and now we can see it working compared to Microsoft’s promises. At the moment it’s just PowerPoint for
An astonishingly simple security breach in Microsoft Office has finally been patched two months after Microsoft confirmed the problem. The unanswered question, why did it take so long to discover it? Mimecast.com discovered the ActiveX memory leak back in November 2018 and told Microsoft. Two months later Microsoft fixed the
Microsoft Office 365/2019 installation is about to change in a big way for all users – home and business. The default is changing from 32-bit to 64-bit software in mid-January 2019. Microsoft is giving little warning of the change despite the compatibility risks to customers. An important change in the
Excel can display dates in many different formats including Japanese Imperial Era. You don’t need the Japanese version of Excel. Office-Watch.com shows how to display an Era date and how Excel knows which Era to use. You don’t ‘convert’ a date from western format to Japanese Era. Like any date
The British Army has new recruitment posters for Millennials or ‘Snow Flakes’. Make your own versions in Microsoft Office with either Word or PowerPoint. The campaign targets “snowflakes”, “millennials” and “selfie addicts” with a call-back to the famous Lord Kitchener “Your Country needs YOU” poster. Here’s our re-creation in Microsoft
Office has picture adjustment tricks to convert a picture into something gray and transparent. Remove Background We found a black & white photo (rights free) online and used the Office Picture Tools | Format | Remove Background to make the surrounding transparent and show through the page background color. Color
Skype has an email bug that shows no sign of going away. Office 365 customers may wrongly get an expiration email saying “your existing subscription World 60 mins mobiles and landlines – 1 month with Office 365* has expired.”. Office 365 Personal, Home & University include an hour each month of Skype
Office 365 for Mac users might well be confused about compatibility with their MacOS. Some Office 365 for Mac users might not be getting the latest and greatest features. Microsoft has a blog post might be accurate, but it doesn’t exactly shine with clarity. The situation appears confusing, so we’ll
Microsoft is replacing the current ‘My Office’ gateway app with a new ‘Office’ app for Windows 10. The Office app is a gateway to your Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents plus Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint. Source: Microsoft The official Microsoft blurb: ” Quickly switch between apps. See all your Office apps
Microsoft India has announced a 15% price increase for Office 365 Home from 8 January 2019. Buy now to beat the price rise and extend your Office 365 subscription. The current price for Office 365 Home is INR4,619 – which has been the price since January 2017 when Microsoft raised
An Arizona man practiced as a dental anaesthesiologist using a Microsoft Word template as part of his application. It wasn’t hard for Office-Watch.com to find the template he used and you can too! ABC15 (Arizona’s News Leader) has the story of Dr. Pankaj Goyal who applied for a General Anaesthesia
If you’re looking for 2019 calendar options, open up Microsoft Excel. Excel has a wide range of calendar templates to choose from. Go to File | New and type ‘calendar’ into the search box. There’s a proverbial embarrassment of riches. Pick a year All the Excel templates apply to any
Office 365 customers read about new and changed features in ‘Office 365’ but they don’t appear in the software they’ve bought. Where are these missing features? Microsoft loves announcing new stuff in ‘Office 365’ and, seemingly, can’t bring themselves to tell customers of any limitations. Even in a footnote. Just
You can ‘go dark’ with Office 365 for Mac combined with the MacOS Mojave Dark Mode. MacOS Mojave release includes a system-wide Dark theme at Apple | System Preferences | General | Appearance. Compatible programs will switch to darker menus etc. Originally Office 365 for Mac did not change with
Musicians with Excel skills might like to try Excel MIDI an Excel file with a simple sequencer that plays MIDI music. Made by ruiseixas from Portugal, Excel MIDI is an Excel worksheet downloadable from SourceForge. It’s an .XLSM file so you’ll have to enable VBA content to let it work.
If you’re sending meeting requests or invitations there’s an important Outlook option to check. Normally, Outlook within a company, uses Microsoft’s own method for including meeting details. That’s OK ‘in-house’ where you can be sure everyone has Outlook. But you don’t know what people outside the organization use to manage
