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Your independent source of unvarnished news, tips and help for Microsoft Office, since 1996.
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📊 Want live sorted results in Excel?
Use SORT(FILTER(...)) to filter and sort data that updates as your source changes.
#Microsoft365 #Office2024 #Office2021
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December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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##Pantonecolor of the year for 2026 is “Cloud Dancer” aka "off white"😎 
Use that exact color in #MicrosoftWord #Excel #PowerPoint #Outlook and #Designer using the right Hex/RGB color code. #Microsoft365 #Office2024 and earlier
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December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Enter: Mico for Copilot
If you’ve ever wished your assistant reacted like a gelatin dessert ...#Microsoft heard you.
#Copilot #AI #Blob
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December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🔍 Attention Microsoft 365 volume license users: your 2026 renewal will cost more.
Check out the updated pricing before you’re charged and maybe save by acting soon.
#Office365 #Microsoft365 #SaaS
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December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Calibri out, Times New Roman in.
Why the US State Department is returning to a classic typeface.
#font #Microsoft365
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December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Microsoft just made #Copilot cheaper for freelancers & small teams.
Copilot Business adds smart writing, data analysis, and automation across Office apps.
✍️📊 #Microsoft365 #CopilotBusiness
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December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Want to work smarter in Word?
The Status Bar hides a treasure trove of features — here’s how to unlock it 👇
#MicrosoftWord in #Microsoft365 #Office2024 and earlier #Productivity
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🔇 Tired of accidental ALL-CAPS chaos? Learn how to turn your Caps Lock into a useful shortcut or disable it entirely for #Windows or #Mac
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Struggling with messy data in Excel?
With Excel 365 regex functions, cleaning, extracting and reformatting text is way easier. 🔧
#ExcelTips #Regex #Excel in #Microsoft365
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December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Tried opening Classic Outlook lately? You might get New Outlook instead.
There's now a forced switch is real and it’s annoying power users.
#Microsoft365 #Outlook for #Windows
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December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🚨 Trouble opening #Excel files in New #Outlook ?
If your filenames contain accents or special symbols, you might see “Try opening the file again later.”
Here’s what’s going on — and how to get around it. #Microsoft365
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December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Microsoft Word now speaks more keyboard shortcuts — 60+ commands give audio feedback! 🔊 #Accessibility #MicrosoftWord in #Microsoft365
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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AI models, explained!
See which tools are built by #OpenAI #Copilot #Google or #Anthropic and why it matters. 🔍
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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Tired of endless scrolling in your inbox?
Use the right search scope + filters in #Outlook for #Windows and find what you need in seconds. #Microsoft365
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Create smarter drop-downs in Excel 365/2021/2024: use UNIQUE() + dynamic arrays for clean data validation with an #ExcelTrick
#Excel in #Microsoft365 #Office2021 and later.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Unlock the hidden power of Excel’s GROUPBY() function – multi-levels, custom headings & re-usable results. #PivotTable #ExcelTips for #Microsoft365 #Office2024 and #Excel online.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Need more cloud space? 💾
If 1 Terabyte isn’t enough, you can now expand #OneDrive storage under #Microsoft365 Up to 11 TB total. Here’s how ➜
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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Breaking down #Excel powerful GroupBy() function — what it does, how it works and why you’ll love it.
#ExcelHack in #Microsoft365 and #Office2024
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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From simple photo to integrated design: see how to wrap a picture around text in Microsoft Word for clean, professional results.
#MicrosoftWord #Office2024
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November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Need a Thanksgiving emoji? 🍂🦃 Copy this quick list of holiday symbols and add them to your #MicrosoftWord #PPT slide or #Outlook email in seconds!
#Thanksgiving with #Microsoft365 #Office2024 and earlier.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🚀 Meet Word Agent in Microsoft Word: the AI editor that doesn’t just suggest changes, it edits the document for you. Write, re‑format, restructure. Want to see how? 👉 #Microsoft365 #WordAgent #AIediting #Copilot
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November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🚀 Big news for Microsoft 365 business users: Copilot is leveling up!
Explore how “Agent” mode in Word/Excel/PowerPoint, voice commands & new WorkIQ intelligence are coming to volume licences. 👉 #Microsoft365 with #Copilot
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November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Stuck installing Microsoft 365?
Good news — #Microsoft has finally released a fix for the install bug after a week of delays. #Microsoft365
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November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🔍 Are you using the right dash in Microsoft Word?
Learn when to use hyphen, en-dash or em-dash —
plus the new #Windows11 shortcuts!
#MicrosoftWord #Typography
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November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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New Microsoft Word docs can now default to #OneDrive #SharePoint locations with AutoSave on and different file naming.
You can switch back — here’s how in #MicrosoftWord #WordTips in #Microsoft365
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November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM