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Open Office Files in Browser or Desktop App: How to Take Control
Clicking a link to a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file should be simple, but Microsoft has turned it into a guessing game. Sometimes the document opens in your browser, sometimes in the desktop app, and the setting that controls it is scattered across Outlook, Office apps, and OneDrive options. This guide shows you exactly where […]
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Open Office Files in Browser or Desktop App: How to Take Control
Clicking a link to a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file should be simple, but Microsoft has turned it into a guessing game. Sometimes the document opens in your browser, sometimes in the desktop app, and the setting that controls it is scattered across Outlook, Office apps, and OneDrive options. This guide shows you exactly where […]
Office for Mac
Microsoft buries the Copilot button and floats a nag in its place
Microsoft has quietly removed the Copilot button from the Home tab in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and replaced it with a permanent floating icon at the bottom right of every document, sheet and slide. You cannot turn it off. You can only shrink it. We explain how this annoyance works, why Microsoft is doing this […]
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Microsoft Publisher Ends in October 2026 – Key Dates, Alternatives & How to Keep .pub Files
Microsoft Publisher will officially be discontinued in October 2026, marking the end of a decades-old desktop publishing tool used by millions. Depending on the Publisher version it will either stop working or keep running but without updates. If you rely on Publisher for newsletters, brochures, or other design projects, now is the time to prepare. […]