Microsoft has applied for a patent for paper … a new type of paper. It’s an interesting idea, part way between current ebook readers and paper. We won’t be seeing it anytime soon but, one day, Word might print to this type of electronic paper. Ebook readers use very little
Microsoft continues to expand the uses for their cloud storage of calendar information with the introduction of StaffHub. It’s an extension of the existing calendar and resource scheduling to include shift workers and especially those who mostly use mobile devices. Staff can download a StaffHub Apple or Android app (no
Ever wondered about scam phone calls? Either cold calls or calls prompted by an email? Maybe a fake virus warning or false Microsoft Office activation scam? For a look at the other side of those phone calls, check out India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use from The New York Times.
There’s a new type of infected Office document that can bypass some protections and trick people into installing a keylogger on their computer. A keylogger is software that records each keypress and send it to a hacker. They can use that info to get your login details for many sites
The latest ‘Slow’ insiders release for Office 2016 has a new feature for shared documents – the Activity view. This pane shows who has saved a shared document on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business or SharePoint. There are ‘Open version’ links offered but these only give errors in our tests. Perhaps
Office-Watch.com ebooks give great value to our readers. The low price is just the start. There’s also free updates to the book available to past and new customers. Real-Time Excel has just been updated to include more chapters and example documents. The update is available now to past purchasers who
If you’re looking for a new PowerPoint background, desktop or screen-saver image, NASA always has something to impress. The latest from NASA and JPL is an image of Earth and the Moon, from Mars. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) needed calibration and pointing it ‘home’ allows that. The brown blob,
There’s plenty of uncritical hype about the Outlook apps for Apple and Android devices that don’t mention the two big downsides of the Microsoft Outlook app. Single app = Single view In Outlook for Windows or Mac you can open up many different views. One each for the Inbox, Calendar
Almost a year ago we sarcastically complained about the lack of words from ‘Game of Thrones’ in the Office dictionary. We didn’t expect Microsoft to do anything out it and, if they did, thought they’d tell customers. Slate magazine has noticed that many Westeros names now don’t get a red
Microsoft has now released a preview version of Microsoft Office for Android devices running Intel x86 processors. Until now, Office for Android has been restricted to ARM chip devices, which is the vast majority. But Intel x86 power some of the more powerful tablets which better suit Office. Android Lollipop
Microsoft has made yet another Office announcement … not a big announcement but an opportunity to explain the idea of Universal apps for Office and how they compare with traditional desktop apps. The Microsoft announcement was that a preview version of Office for Windows 10 for phones will be available
The days of carrying a separate presentation ‘clicker’ may be over as Microsoft brings it’s Office remote app to Android. Office Remote turns a smartphone into a controller for a PowerPoint presentation, Excel worksheets (including Slicers and PivotTables) plus Word documents. Image supplied by Microsoft. The smartphone connects to your
In Outlook 2013 you may have noticed the ‘Link Contacts …’ item on each contact card. We’ll explain why it’s there and what it can do for you. Link Contacts is different from ‘Contact Linking’ that’s been available in many versions of Outlook. Contact Linking lets you connect a contact
Getting Outlook windows into the positions you want, and keeping them there, is one of those mysteries that Microsoft offers to us mere customers. We’ll try to explain what’s going on but, alas, can’t guarantee any solid answers. Most Outlook users have more than one window open at any time.
LiveLoop was an interesting product. You could share a PowerPoint presentation via the web to any computer or phone. But not anymore. We use the past tense because new customers aren’t being accepted and existing customers have until 24 April 2015 to retrieve any data from the system. There’s nothing
ZDnet is reporting that an ebay merchant is offering an Office 365 Personal subscription for $29.99. The ebay item is here and we’re wary about it. Many have been sold (1,154 as we type this) and there’s good feedback both for the merchant and the Office 365 purchases. An Office
Finally, in this series about the ‘not so permanently’ deleted Outlook items, how do you recover a supposedly ‘permanently’ deleted item? Or maybe check to see if something you want wiped from your computer has truly been removed. All this is embarrassingly easy (embarrassing to Microsoft). There are various tools on
The fact that Outlook doesn’t ‘permanently’ delete items (like it says it does) has advantages or disadvantages depending on your need. Both needs are, thankfully, rare but worth keeping in mind. Cons These days we’re all more concerned about data privacy and where information can be stored without us realizing
So now we know that an Outlook item is not ‘permanently deleted’ even if Microsoft says so. How can you truly delete an Outlook message, appointment etc. You might want to truly delete when you’ve received something in error (as in the Aussie case) or simply want to prevent sensitive
There’s a vital but broken web page link in Outlook 2013 that stops people adding to one of it’s most promoted features. Outlook 2013 comes with some ‘Social Connectors’ to link contacts to Facebook and Sharepoint. For others you click a link ‘Connect to another social network’ (In Outlook Contacts,
Here’s a simple way to speed up Outlook when connected to accounts via IMAP. In short, make Outlook work offline at all times except when connecting to send/receive messages. Go to Send / Receive and click Work Offline On the Outlook status bar it’ll show ‘Working Offline’. Then go to
In our recent article – USB charging – check the adapter AND the cable we tested some USB cables to see how much power they supplied from the same AC adapter. The results showed that a poor quality cable would only transmit a fraction of the available power and that
We’ve been digging and found something interesting – when charging a device from a USB socket, the CABLE can make a big difference to charging speed. I’ve been having trouble with slow charging of my phone … sometimes the charge can only keep up with use and there’s little improvement
An amazing story of failed email security in the UK, not sure if it’s funny or tragic. We are sure it’s another example of failed email security and how Microsoft, among many, could prevent it. A prisoner managed to get a smartphone into his cell. He then created a fake
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