This obscure Microsoft Word feature makes proofreading documents easy
In my job, I write and edit a lot of text every single day, and parsing it all for spelling or grammar errors can take up more time than I like. But when one of…
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it’s become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster announced that “slop” is…
You don’t need Microsoft 365 to get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint anymore
TL;DR: Cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription and get a Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business lifetime license for $169.97 (MSRP $249.99)—just a one-time payment. The recurring cost of Microsoft 365 adds up fast—especially when all you need are…
It’s now only $20 to get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for life
TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2019 lifetime license for Windows for only $20. Microsoft 365 subscriptions aren’t the only way to get access to Microsoft apps. If you get a Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 lifetime license,…
This Apple News+ word game is better than Wordle, Connections, and Strands
Back when News+ launched in 2019, the value was somewhat debatable. While the $9.99 service offered access to hundreds of magazines as well as “premium online publications,” it paled in comparison to the New York…
How to add a circular author photo in Word or PowerPoint
Sometimes you might want to add a circular photo of the author on the last page of a text or presentations. Word and PowerPoint don’t offer this feature directly, but there are two ways to…
Microsoft Word documents will soon auto-save to the cloud by default
Since a while back, there’s been a setting in Microsoft 365 that makes it possible to auto-save Word documents to the cloud. It’s a convenient feature that helps mitigate the risk of losing data in…
How to permanently display your character count in Microsoft Word
Word already displays the number of words in a document in its status bar for all versions. This number appears at the bottom, second to the right after the number of pages in the document.…
Never share a Word document without running this quick check first
Among other things, Microsoft Word saves information about the author in its documents and keeps a record of the changes made. This is often tied to specific people. Before passing a document to another company,…
How to Recover Unsaved Word Document? – Step By Step
You spent a lot of time on a crucial Word document and, just when you save, your machine either shuts down or stops functioning, leaving your work unsaved. You may wonder whether can you recover…