Entries from 2017-03-01 to 1 month

When will Microsoft end support for your version of Windows or Office?

www.office.com/setup Blogs: As we count down to the New Year, the support clock is ticking. Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows Vista in mere months and on Office 2007 in less than a year. So how long until Windows 7, Office 2010, and …

January 2017 Office Update Release

www.office.com/setup Blogs: The January 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 2 security updates (1 bulletin) and 31 non-security updates. Security bulletins: MS17-002 All of the security and non-s…

Business Process Modeling with Visio at the Gartner BPM Summit

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Krishna Mamidipaka is a Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft Visio team. Microsoft Visio is one of the most widely used tools for Business Process Modeling (BPM) projects worldwide, and people use V…

Project Online and Excel Web App: Cloud data improves reporting

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Mike McLean is a Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Project team. Along with the general availability of Project Online in Office 365, new scenarios have been enabled for Project Online reporting. We introd…

Office 365: Governments’ secret weapon for reducing costs

www.office.com/setup Blogs: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to save $12 million over four years. The City of Chicago anticipates saving $1.3 million over the same length of time. And the State of Minnesota expects to save …

Fueling creativity with Office 365

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today’s post was written by Amanda Reynolds, Director of Communications, Copyright Alliance. We’re all creators-each in our own way. I’m part of an organization that advocates for those who are creatively talent…

Yammer’s 2013 Business Value Survey Results Are In!

www.office.com/setup Blogs: At Yammer, we’re focused on transforming how employees get work done by making companies more open and connected. We’ll be the first to tell you that it’s not all about the technology or the software. It’s about …

Format and customize Excel 2013 charts quickly with the new Formatting Task pane

www.office.com/setup Blogs: The new Excel offers a rich set of charting capabilities that make creating and customizing charts simpler and more intuitive. One part of the fluid new experience is the Formatting Task pane. Until now, precise…

Garage Series: The Great Race–did rolling out Office just get faster?

www.office.com/setup Blogs: In this episode, the intrepid Garage Series hosts explore the change in guard of compatibility tools. Conducting the great race of Office installs, they catch up with Office engineer John Hoegger about Microsoft…

Project for team members

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Project managers can do their best work when life is easy for their team members. With the release of the new Project, now there are new and improved ways for team members to do their part in keeping the project…

Project for project managers

www.office.com/setup Blogs: With the release of the new Project, there’s curiosity about how best to put it to work and apply its wide range of resources in a variety of business roles. Some people are experienced users who want to learn n…

Public Sector organizations becoming more lean and modern on Office 365

www.office.com/setup Blogs: At Microsoft’s annual Public Sector CIO Summit, we were pleased to announce a growing community of public sector customers who’ve adopted Office 365 including the City of Kansas City, MO; the City of Seattle; Ki…

Four reasons why governments trust Microsoft

www.office.com/setup Blogs: As governments strive to become more responsive and transparent, it’s important for them to make public information easily accessible to citizens. At the same time, it’s critical that they protect confidential d…

6 Features to Look Forward to in Microsoft Office 2016

www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you are still using Microsoft Office 2003, you should be aware that Official support has long ended. If you are using Office 2007, support is due to end in 2 short years. Microsoft Office 2016, the latest Win…

4 nifty new Microsoft Office 2016 features

www.office.com/setup Blogs: With Google Apps and Office 365 revolutionizing the way people work, you may feel that Microsoft Office is quickly becoming a dated product that will soon be packed away to the back of the closet. But with the 2…

March Updates for Office 365 Include Excel Co-Authoring, Microsoft Teams, More

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft today detailed the new features and improvements that it delivered to Office 365 users this month. Key among them are new Excel co-authoring capabilities, Microsoft Teams, and new OneNote inking and ac…

What's new in Project 2016

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Project 2016 has all the functionality and features you're used to, with some enhancements and the best new features from Office 2016. NOTE: The following feature updates are available to Project Online subscrib…

What is Microsoft Forms?

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft Forms is a new part of Office 365 Education that allows teachers and students to quickly and easily create custom quizzes, surveys, questionnaires, registrations and more. When you create a quiz or for…

Tutorial for Visio 2016

www.office.com/setup Blogs: New to Visio? This tutorial will help get you started with Visio 2016. We’ll take you through starter diagrams to give you an idea of what diagrams look like. Then we’ll take you through the four basic steps to …

Install Microsoft Office Project 2016

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Select your version of Project for the steps to install. Download and install Project 2013 or 2016 (1 user and 1 PC) If you have a one-time purchase of Project 2013 or 2016, follow these steps to install it. Wha…

Word Tips: How to Create Forms in Word

www.office.com/setup Blogs: How to create forms in Word www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you've ever used Microsoft Word, you've probably spent a lot of time customizing different options to get your document to look exactly the way you want…

Word Tips: Using the Format Painter in PowerPoint and Word

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Using the Format Painter in PowerPoint and Word www.office.com/setup Blogs: Themes can be a great way to make your PowerPoint presentation or Word document look nice, but sometimes you might want to add custom d…

Word Tips: 5 Tips for Printing Word Documents

www.office.com/setup Blogs: 5 tips for printing Word documents www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you've ever used Microsoft Word, there's a good chance you've needed to print a document. While Word's printing options are more advanced than so…

Word Tips: Free Resources for Learning Office for Mac

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Free resources for learning Office for Mac www.office.com/setup Blogs: Our Microsoft Office tutorials are some of the most popular courses we offer. These tutorials, however, are designed for those using Office …

Access 2016: Formatting Forms

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: After creating a form, you might want to modify its appearance. Formatting your forms can help make your database look consistent and professional. Some formatting change…

Access 2016: Designing a Simple Query

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: The real power of a relational database lies in its ability to quickly retrieve and analyze your data by running a query. Queries allow you to pull information from one o…

Access 2016: Designing a Multi-table Query

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: In the previous lesson, you learned how to create a simple query with one table. Most queries you design in Access will likely use multiple tables, allowing you to answer…

Access 2016: More Query Design Options

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Access offers several options that let you design and run queries that return exactly the information you're looking for. For instance, what if you need to find out how m…

Access 2016: Creating Reports

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you need to share information from your database with someone but don’t want that person actually working with your database, consider creating a report. Reports allow…

Access 2016: Advanced Report Options

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Access offers several advanced options for creating and modifying reports. The Report Wizard is a tool that guides you through the process of creating complex reports. On…