Category Archives: Office

Office Updates October 1, 2024

Posted on 2024-10-07 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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Microsoft investigates Word bug that deletes files when saving

Posted on 2024-10-05 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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Microsoft 365: Prevent installation of Office add-ins

Posted on 2024-10-05 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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Microsoft has released Office 2024 as a perpetual license

Posted on 2024-10-03 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2024-10-02 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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

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Outlook cannot apply labels with encryption

Posted on 2024-09-27 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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Fix: Outlook cannot log in to GMail IMAP

Posted on 2024-09-26 by guenni

[German]A few days ago, Microsoft provided a fix for a problem with Outlook access to GMail accounts. This should fix the error that no Gmail IMAP login was possible. Advertising

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Microsoft Office: Administrative Templates (ADMX/ADML) updated

Posted on 2024-09-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated its template files (Administrative Templates, ADMX/ADML files) for Microsoft Office as of September 18. The template files contain the group policies for managing Microsoft Office. Advertising

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Fix for Outlook, Word, OneNote crashes when typing

Posted on 2024-09-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has fixed a bug in Microsoft 365 that could cause the Outlook, Word and OneNote applications to crash under certain circumstances when typing. The fix is being rolled out with certain Microsoft 365 builds. Advertising

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel and Agents

Posted on 2024-09-18 by guenni

[German]Short addendum from the other day: In addition to Office 2024 LTSC, Microsoft has also announced the launch of its "Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2". There is a product called Copilot Pages and Microsoft Excel gets support for the Python … Continue reading →

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