Skype subtitles are great if you’d prefer a text record of your call or you’re hard of hearing and like a text extra. As a bonus, the same subtitles service will translate when talking to someone who speaks another language. Try Skype’s Live subtitles option. It will convert the spoken
Already we’ve seen signs of stress on Internet access, cloud and streaming services. Do you have alternatives ready to use? Two popular collaboration services, Slack and Microsoft Teams have already suffered slow downs or outages. Part of our Remote Life and Work coverage. Tips and help from experts in working
There are several free options to access one computer from another. You can see the screen, type and mouse from a remote location, just as if you were in front of the real computer. Access work computer from home computer Use desktop computer from a laptop or tablet Interact with
Working on an Office document can easily be done between many people no matter how far away they are. Most organizations will have some way to share documents remotely If not, there are clever options available. Instead of exchanging documents (we’ll get to that in a moment), save the document
There are many free tools available to make work and life continue if your movements are limited. Things you should do to prepare for a possible ‘work from home’, ‘no school’ or at worst ‘quarantine’ or ‘social isolation’ of some type. We know what we’re talking about because Office Watch
Last week we said it would not be long before Microsoft released their Office app for Apple devices and, sure enough, within a few days Office ‘all in one’ for iPhone and iPad is out. The app is a combination of Word, Excel and PowerPoint plus other tools into a
Microsoft has released a video to promote the Office Mobile ‘all in one’ app for Apple and Android. It’s big on fancy graphics but almost no useful information. There are lots of fancy colors, bouncing bubbles and even Office logos turning into balloons then exploding … all for no good
The ‘all in one’ Office app combining Word, Excel, PowerPoint with Office Lens and PDF support is now available for all comers with Android phones. Office Watch did a comprehensive look at the Office app back in November when it was available to insiders. Now it’s available to all at
A new Office app for Android a single ‘all in one’ app for Microsoft Office. We’ve done our own look at the new app, not relying on Microsoft’s hype to check out the Home panel, Actions, Word, Excel and PowerPoint features, PDF viewing and options, ‘image to text’ features and
Move a message to the Archive folder with any of the usual ways to move an item between Outlook folders plus three dedicated special options only for the Archive folder. See Starting with Archive in Microsoft Outlook Archive in Outlook 365 and Outlook 2016/2019 for Windows Archive button Most obvious is
Outlook has three features called ‘Archive’ with the newer versions (Archive and Online Archive) much better than older ‘AutoArchive’. We’ll explain the difference, how to use Archive and why to avoid AutoArchive. Each form of Archive sets aside older messages or emails you’ve finished with. It does that in two
Outlook for iPad gets split-screen support which goes a small way towards making the much-hyped app an effective tool for email, calendar and contact management. Sadly, no similar options for other Office Mobile apps. Source: Microsoft plus a little border cropping … According to Microsoft … “ Multi-task like a
Xlookup is now available across all the Excel programs and apps, making it a viable alternative to Vlookup/Hlookup for Office 365 users. The Xlookup function is the much-improved way to lookup values from a list or table. It works really well but it’s taken some time to appear across all
Here’s how to find the version number of your Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook apps for iPhone or iPad. Sometimes it’s important to know which exact app version you’re running. Normally, the apps are updated automatically but occasionally it’s important info. Maybe you need to check the version to ensure
The iPhone apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint have been redesigned with a new look that reduces the initial menu options from five to three. At least that’s what Microsoft is saying, though there’s no change in the apps so far. According to Microsoft the apps are “Redesigned From Scratch:
Xlookup, the vast improvement on Vlookup/Hlookup is now available on Excel Mobile for iOS (iPhone/Ipad) and Android. This is great news because it means Office 365 Windows/Mac workbooks can be fully compatible with Excel on mobile devices. You can create or edit formula with XLookup() and refresh existing data that
It would be great to share draft emails between Outlook on different devices including iPhone, iPad and Android. You can start a message or reply on a smartphone and finish it later on a computer. Sharing drafts between Outlook for Windows or Mac has been possible for many years, only
Microsoft has added Dynamic Array functions to Excel for iOS (iPhone and iPad) and done it in an uncharacteristically low-key way. Dynamic Arrays are now available across all Office 365 platforms; Excel 365 for Windows and Mac, Excel for Android, Excel Online (web) and now Excel for Apple devices. That’s
The Office apps on Windows 10 Mobile devices have now ended main support and will end security updates, hotfixes and support in 2021. It’s an unsurprising announcement and another death notice for the failed Windows 10 Mobile platform and phones. Source: Microsoft, from happier days when Win10 phones were ready
In a recent blog post Microsoft explained some of their thinking behind the redesigned Office mobile apps like the new ‘all in one’ Office app. The company has done a lot of research into the way people use their mobile devices, including the many people who only use a smartphone
The Office apps for Android are getting some interesting new features. Excel for Android has better sort and filtering. Galaxy Watch can now link to the Outlook app. At first for preview ‘Insiders’ and later to the publicly available Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook apps. Here’s Microsoft announcement of the
The first sign that OneNote 2016 is back from a slow death is the announcement of the first new feature in well over a year. OneNote 2016 is getting a Dark Mode just like the Mac and Apple apps. OneNote dark mode will be an option in OneNote 2016 for
In Wales, all teachers and their students can get Office 365 free, instead of about ₤60, thanks to an initiative of the Welsh government. It’s worth checking what access to the full Office suite your school, college or university kids might have. The Welsh government has arranged this as part
The new iPad has a great price tag and good features but a hidden price trap for Microsoft Office users. It has a 10.2” screen with support for important accessories like an external keyboard and Apple Pencil. Source: Apple. The trap is in the screen size, at 10.2” it’s 0.1
