Google Sheets vs. Microsoft Excel: Which works better for business?
Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are the two best-known spreadsheet applications available today. Both are polished and very useful — so much so that it’s...
Tag : Office Software
Microsoft offers Office 365-loaded browser homepage to enterprises that use Bing
[ Related: FAQ: What the new Edge offers the enterprise ] After tying Edge’s new tab page to its Microsoft and Office 365 cloud-based services,...
Microsoft points to October end-of-support for older Office apps accessing 365 services
Microsoft recently reminded customers that starting Oct. 13 the company will not support older versions of Office applications connecting to Office 365 and Microsoft 365...
The best office apps for Android
The days of taking care of business exclusively in an office are over. You’ve got a powerful productivity gadget in your pocket practically 24/7, after...
Microsoft will pitch virtualized Windows-as-a-subscription service, update and maintain VMs for customers
Microsoft may be crafting a new subscription offer for Microsoft 365 customers that will be, for all intents and purposes, a device-as-a-service minus the, well,...
Gmail tips: Snoozing, shortcuts, and other time-savers
You might not know it from looking, but Gmail is jam-packed with time-saving tricks. Some of ’em are right there in front of your face,...
Outlook went down for four hours Wednesday. What happened?
At mid-morning Wednesday in the U.S., Outlook stopped working. Dead in its tracks. Both the Click-to-Run version of Office (er, Microsoft) 365 and the installed...
How to filter Outlook emails on all your devices
I’m inundated with emails, so I use mail rules to maintain some semblance of order, coupled with a zero-inbox strategy. For example, automated reports are...
Did Microsoft kill the wrong store?
In late June, Microsoft said it would permanently close its chain of 82 retail stores after temporarily shuttering them in March because of the coronavirus pandemic....
How to work across time zones in Outlook
I work in San Francisco with people based in or near Boston, Sydney, Paris, London, Bangalore, Auckland, Amsterdam, and — oh yeah — San Francisco....