Howdy, cheeps! I’m on the road this week, but I’m leaving you with a rerun of one of my favorite deals — which I last shared almost exactly a year ago. Regular readers know that I have some anger issues when it comes to Microsoft Office. I won’t dive too deeply into the reasons, but …
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The next time you open up a new Apple computer, go to the App Store to start downloading apps, and type in “Microsoft Office,” you’ll actually get something. Until now, anyone who wanted to use Microsoft Office and its popular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps had to do so by going to Microsoft’s website and downloading it all from …
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Microsoft’s Bing search engine is inaccessible in China following a government order, the Financial Times reported late Wednesday. State-owned telecom company China Unicom confirmed that the government had ordered the block, the Financial Times reported, citing a source. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment but is reportedly investigating the matter. If Bing is indeed blocked in China, …
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Microsoft is trying to make it even easier to use its Office apps. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced its new Office app for Windows 10. The app will act as a central hub for all your Microsoft Office needs, replacing the current My Office app. Open it up and you’ll get access to all the Microsoft Office productivity apps at the …
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Unhappy with your current office suite? Need something for a new computer? Lots of folks turn to Microsoft Office out of pure habit, but there are loads of free — and surprisingly good — alternatives. You can try one of them and help a good cause at the same time. Between now and Dec. 24, SoftMaker will donate 0.10 euro (equivalent …
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Cheapskates don’t use Microsoft Office. Or, at least, they don’t pay for it: Microsoft offers pretty decent freebie versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that live in your browser. And let’s not forget the various free alternatives, such as Google Docs, LibreOffice and WPS Office. All that being said, I like a good deal, and this is a good deal. …
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Microsoft is giving its Office suite a makeover. In late November the company debuted its new icons for the Microsoft Office apps and said that a larger redesign was on the way. Microsoft Outlook for iOS is among the first to get the new look. Microsoft announced the Outlook redesign on Wednesday, and it’s currently available for download. Outlook is …
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Microsoft announced today it’s adding live captions and subtitles to Skype and PowerPoint, making it easier to understand what people are saying. The captions use speech-to-text AI to record what’s being said in real time during a presentation or video call. They also give you the option of changing your language settings in case you need subtitles. This feature seems especially …
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Microsoft Office is rolling out new app icon designs for the first time in five years. Icons for apps such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint will sport a more simplified look, Microsoft said in a Thursday blog post. The changes will start showing up on mobile in the next few months, and on Windows and Mac in the months following. …
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Office Depot didn’t come to play on this Cyber Monday — the retailer hit the competition hard with some of the lowest prices we’ve seen, especially if you’re in the market for new laptops and PCs. Look here to find one of the best discounts of the entire year: Office Depot has an HP laptop that’s equipped with a seventh-gen Intel Core i7 …
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