Microsoft 365 for Personal and family

Published February 5, 2013

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Why sign in? Your files are always waiting for you with Office 365

Signing in to Office 365 Home Premium unlocks a world of new functionality between Office and the cloud. Whether you’re using a phone, PC, or tablet, you can be at home, school, work, or on the bus and your files and applications are there wherever you are.

Published January 24, 2013

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PowerPoint 2013: Widescreen Presentations

Widescreen (16:9) is the new default aspect ratio in the new PowerPoint. To make your experience with the new dimensions pleasant, we’ve built a brand new set of themes specifically targeting this aspect ratio, and we’ve improved our conversion code so that you can easily make the switch to widescreen from other aspect ratios.

Published January 7, 2013

6 min read

Support for international users and multiple languages in the new Office

We have made major new investments in the new Office to support international users who work in languages other than English. Three new languages have been fully localized for the first time and Language Interface Packs added in 13 more.

Published December 19, 2012

2 min read

Juiced. Pickled. Canned. Use Word templates to label your holiday goodies

My handwriting is about as legible as a doctor’s. And this year my Italian plum trees pumped out fruit like a post-recession factory, producing enough for three different kinds of chutney, and yes, Slivovitz (plum brandy).

Published December 13, 2012

4 min read

Introduction to PowerPivot in Excel 2013

This blog post was brought to you by Diego Oppenheimer a Program Manager on the Excel team. Some weeks ago I introduced an important, new part of the Excel 2013 Data Model and how you could create relationships between different data sources right in your Excel workbook (http://approjects.co.za/?big=b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/08/23/introduction-to-the-data-model-and-relationships.aspx).

Published December 5, 2012

1 min read

Reorder your folders, any way you like ‘em

Sometimes, it’s the little things that really make the day easier. We understand this really well. The Outlook team gets lots of suggestions for a convenience here or a shortcut there, to make the edges of your day go more smoothly.

Published November 19, 2012

3 min read

Field List and Field Well in the Excel Web App

Excel for the browser has adopted a number of features that, previous to the 2013 release, only existed in the client application. In this blog I want to introduce you to one of those features: the field list and field well.

Published November 15, 2012

3 min read

Chart Styles in the new Microsoft Office

With Excel 2013, you now have a new default style and set of chart styles to apply to your chart. The new styles are designer quality and will make your chart beautiful in one click!

Published November 2, 2012

3 min read

The New PowerPoint Web App

Last week we announced the release of the new Office Web Apps. Today, we’re excited to talk a bit more in depth about the new things available in PowerPoint Web App. We’ve packed a ton of new features into this release all oriented around helping you be more productive.

Published October 31, 2012

1 min read

Starting from blank: Design templates in the Word 2013

Last month, we introduced the Start screen in the new Word and discussed how templates and built-in content can be used to quickly create great looking documents. We know that over half of all Word sessions start from a blank document.

Published October 24, 2012

6 min read

Beyond column filters: Slicers on tables

Slicers were first introduced in Excel 2010 and made filtering PivotTables as simple as clicking a button. We’ve taken the goodness of slicers but moved it beyond just PivotTables – with Excel 2013 you can now create slicers on any table!

Audience: Personal and family

Top Office 365 questions answered

Why sign in? Your files are always waiting for you with Office 365

PowerPoint 2013: Widescreen Presentations

Support for international users and multiple languages in the new Office

Juiced. Pickled. Canned. Use Word templates to label your holiday goodies

Introduction to PowerPivot in Excel 2013

Reorder your folders, any way you like ‘em

Field List and Field Well in the Excel Web App

Chart Styles in the new Microsoft Office

The New PowerPoint Web App

Starting from blank: Design templates in the Word 2013

Beyond column filters: Slicers on tables

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