Microsoft Office

Google Drive for Android now supports viewing password protected Microsoft Office docs

3 months

It’s rare to cover an update of an Android app that isn’t Microsoft, but this one strikes me as particularly interesting for Microsoft users. Google has issued an update to its Google Drive app that allows support for...

Demo of new Office experience leak early (video)

by Surur

4 months

Microsoft will be rolling out improvements to the Office suite to Office 365 customers in the near future that will give a significant facelift to the venerable collection of apps. According to Microsoft, the update will focus on ...

Microsoft’s new update patches the Office DDE vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild

by Anmol

10 months

Microsoft rolled out a new update as a part of Patch Tuesday and it fixes an important vulnerability. The latest patch Tuesday update disables DDE feature in Word which was recently abused to install malware. In case you don’...

Microsoft Office Specialist Championship announced for 2018

by Greg Jordan

11 months

Are you between the ages of 13 and 22 and rather proficient in Microsoft Office? Well showcasing that knowledge can win you an all expenses paid trip to compete in the 2018 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship at the Wiz...

It looks like Microsoft might have lost a source code of an Office Component

by Anmol

11 months

Microsoft recently released an update to patch a security bug which has raised some eyebrows. The latest vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-11882 that affected EQNEDT32.EXE which was included with the Microsoft Office suite until...

Microsoft wants to know if its Office Insider release notes are useful to you

by Michael Allison

1 year

Microsoft just released a new build of Office for Mac Insiders on the Fast Ring. While the entire Office suite gets updated, looking at the changelog, not much gets changed across the board with the exception of Outlook and Onenot...

OneNote’s July update brings multi-window and custom pen support to all

by Michael Allison

1 year

The OneNote July Update is now rolling out for Windows devices via the Windows Store, and it’s adding a few new features to boot. Most important, and most visibly, is the new multi-window feature (pictured above in preview f...

Outlook Groups gets a revamped look and a new logo

by Sean Chan

1 year

Microsoft today started rolling out a new update for Outlook Groups on Android, introducing a revamped user interface along with a brand new logo. The new logo can be seen above, and it’s an interesting new change from the p...

Microsoft launches new Arabic font in partnership with The Executive Council of Dubai

by Sean Chan

1 year

Microsoft is today launching a new free typeface. The company is partnering with The Executive Council of Dubai for the new Arabic font, simply called the “Dubai” font. The Dubai font will ship with Microsoft’s O...

Microsoft pulls Docs.com’s search feature following discovery of sensitive files

by Sean Chan

2 years

Microsoft’s Docs.com service is a great place to share your stories and creations with your friends and family as well as the internet. Docs.com is part of Microsoft’s Office suite, so it is likely being used by millio...

Keystone cops as Dutch police repeatedly mis-orders thousands of Office licenses worth nearly €3M

by Sean Chan

2 years

Dutch police reportedly ordered nearly 14 thousands of licenses for Microsoft Office back in 2008 — by mistake. The order cost the Dutch police €2,961,029. When the Dutch police administration noticed the mistake, the poli...

Neverware ditches Google services for Office 365 on its ‘Chrome OS for old computers’

by Sean Chan

2 years

Neverware, the company behind CloudReady is introducing a new version of its OS. CloudReady, for those unfamiliar, is essentially Chrome OS for old Windows laptops that aren’t capable of running Windows 10 or other versions ...