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New to Microsoft 365 in April—tools for the modern workplace

This month, we’re kicking off a new approach and moving from our monthly “What’s new in Office 365” blog to “What’s new in Microsoft 365.” We’re also consolidating updates from across Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Secur…

Microsoft debuts Office 2019 as a Preview for business customers

In addition to revealing the Windows 10 April 2018 release date, Microsoft also announced this morning that Office 2019 Preview is now available for business customers. This first preview release includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, …

I forgot the username or password for the account I use with Office

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I'm asked for parental permission when signing in to Office with my Microsoft account

If you're trying to sign in to Office with your Microsoft account, you may get a message asking you for parental permission or to verify your age. For more information about why you're seeing this and how to resolve it, see Parental consen…

What's new in Office 365

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Where to enter your Office product key

If your purchase of Office came with a product key, you enter your product key on one of the websites listed below for your version of Office. After you enter your key, you can download and install Office, or you can renew your Office 365 …

System requirements for Office

Office 365 is designed to work best with Office 2016, Office 2013, and Office 2016 for Mac. Previous versions of Office, such as Office 2010, Office 2007, and Office for Mac 2011 may work with Office 365 with reduced functionality. Get mor…

Microsoft signs Azure / Office 365 deal with US intelligence agencies as huge Pentagon contract decision looms

Microsoft announced today that both it has entered a deal with the US Intelligence Community worth millions of dollars over six years. Under the agreement, the Intelligence community will use Microsoft’s products, like Office 365 for US Go…

Need Office 365 lessons? Microsoft Training Services pilot begins in July

Perhaps, as part of an overhaul of its marketing strategy, Microsoft recently launched its Microsoft Training Services to help cut training cost for customers. In what looks like a pre-pilot phase rollout, some customers can use a new digi…

Windows 10 Preview 17677 comes with heafty list of fixes and known issues for Fast Ring and Skip Ahead Insiders

Earlier this week, the Windows team warned Insiders that a blocking bug would put this weeks release on ice as the team worked to fix the issue. However, late day Thursday, Windows Insider program lead Dona Sarkar tweeted that the team man…

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…

PowerPoint 2016: Modifying Themes

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Let's say you really like the style of a theme, but you'd like to experiment with different color schemes. That's not a problem: You can mix and match colors, fonts, and …

PowerPoint 2016: Action Buttons

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Another tool you can use to connect to a webpage, file, email address, or slide is called an action button. Action buttons are built-in shapes you can add to a presentati…

PowerPoint 2016: Hyperlinks

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Whenever you use the Internet, you use hyperlinks to navigate from one webpage to another. If you want to include a web address or email address in your PowerPoint presen…

PowerPoint 2016: Tables

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Tables are another tool you can use to display information in PowerPoint. A table is a grid of cells arranged in rows and columns. Tables are useful for various tasks, in…

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting Videos

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: PowerPoint allows you to insert a video onto a slide and play it during your presentation. This is a great way to make your presentation more engaging for your audience. …

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting Audio

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: PowerPoint allows you to add audio to your presentation. For example, you could add background music to one slide, a sound effect to another, and even record your own nar…

PowerPoint 2016: SmartArt Graphics

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: SmartArt allows you to communicate information with graphics instead of just using text. There are a variety of styles to choose from, which you can use to illustrate dif…

PowerPoint 2016: Charts

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: A chart is a tool you can use to communicate data graphically. Including a chart in a presentation allows your audience to see the meaning behind the numbers, which makes…

Power BI Custom Visuals - Calendar Visualization

www.office.com/setup Blogs: www.office.com/setup Blogs: In this module, you will learn how to use the Calendar Visualization Power BI Custom Visual. The Calendar Visualization is a very unique visual that allows you to show the distributio…

Excel 2016: Formatting Cells

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: All cell content uses the same formatting by default, which can make it difficult to read a workbook with a lot of information. Basic formatting can customize the look an…

Excel 2016: Modifying Columns, Rows, and Cells

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: By default, every row and column of a new workbook is set to the same height and width. Excel allows you to modify column width and row height in different ways, includin…

Excel 2016: Cell Basics

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Whenever you work with Excel, you'll enter information—or content—into cells. Cells are the basic building blocks of a worksheet. You'll need to learn the basics of cells…

Access 2016: Working with Forms

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: While you can always enter data directly into database tables, you might find it easier to use forms. Forms ensure you're entering the right data in the right location an…

Access 2016: Working with Tables

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: While there are four types of database objects in Access, tables are arguably the most important. Even when you're using forms, queries, and reports, you're still working…

PowerPoint 2016: Presenting Your Slide Show

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Once your slide show is complete, you'll need to learn how to present it to an audience. PowerPoint offers several tools and features to help make your presentation smoot…

PowerPoint 2016: Printing

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: Even though PowerPoint presentations are designed to be viewed on a computer, there may be times when you want to print them. You can even print custom versions of a pres…

PowerPoint 2016: Using Find & Replace

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Introduction www.office.com/setup Blogs: When you're working with longer presentations, it can be difficult and time consuming to locate a specific word or phrase. PowerPoint can automatically search your presen…