Category Archives: Office

Trouble with the new Outlook app: forced update and sluggish behavior?

[German]Quickly asked about the status of the switch to the new Outlook app. There is an indication that the last Windows 10 update from October 2024 will carry out a forced update. And there was feedback that the new Outlook … Continue reading

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Word bug fix: Documents with # or capital letters in the name were deleted

[German]Small addendum from October 8, 2024 – on this date, Microsoft fixed a bug in certain versions of Word that caused documents with a # in the file name or capital letters in the file name extension to be deleted … Continue reading

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (October 8, 2024)

[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (October 8, 2024)

[German]On October 8, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 117 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities, four of which are classified as 0-day … Continue reading

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Office Updates October 1, 2024

[German]I have to catch up on something from last week – on October 1, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016. I'll summarize some information about these updates here in the blog.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft investigates Word bug that deletes files when saving

[German]Microsoft has confirmed a memory error in Microsoft Word that causes certain document files to be deleted unintentionally. The developers are investigating the bug.

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Microsoft 365: Prevent installation of Office add-ins

[German]Microsoft tenants allow users to access and install Office add-ins by default. However, this is usually not desired. I recently came across an article that deals with this topic.

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Microsoft has released Office 2024 as a perpetual license

[German]Quick addendum from this week: Microsoft has released the previously announced Microsoft Office 2024 on October 1, 2024. It is a purchase version that is available from approx. 150 US-$ or Euro for private users and 250 US-$ or Euro … Continue reading

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Microsoft Word deletes files due to file extension capitalization

[German]Strange observation, Unpleasant observation reported by German blog readers. As of today, October 2, 2024, Microsoft Word deletes document files (.RTF, .DOCX) as soon as the file name extension is written in capital letters.

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Outlook cannot apply labels with encryption

[German]Microsoft has fixed a bug in Outlook classic for the desktop that was annoying when encrypting. The identifier for the encryption could simply not be selected.

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