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We’ve seen the first ‘real world’ example of the promised “Move to ribbon” choice for the Copilot button in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It’s not exactly what Microsoft promised but better than their first attempt. Microsoft copped a strong backlash from their original “Dynamic Action Button” which appeared over the workspace. The ‘Dock’ option didn’t […]

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Copilot inside your Microsoft 365 apps can’t reliably tell you which version, build, or platform it’s running on. Ask Copilot which Microsoft 365 version you have and you get one of two answers: a vague “I don’t have access to that,” or a confident reply that’s flat wrong. That’s not a small quirk. It means […]

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The FIFA World Cup 2026 runs from June 11 to July 19, spanning 16 host cities across the US, Canada, and Mexico with 104 matches spread across four time zones. Keeping track of every kickoff time is a perfect job for Outlook’s calendar, which automatically converts match times to your local time zone so you […]

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I If your Word document has ever sprouted a random extra page, shown different headers on different pages, or refused to switch from portrait to landscape mid-document, section breaks are almost certainly the culprit. Not because you used them wrong but because most people don’t know they exist. Word is built around sections, and sections […]

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Excel speaks many languages on screen but only one under the hood. When you save a workbook in French, German, Spanish, Japanese or any other localized version of Excel, the formulas are stored in English inside the file. When a workbook is opened, Excel translates the formulas to match the local language of the app […]

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