Microsoft Office

Microsoft facing multibillion legal claim over how it sells software

Updated Stop us if you've heard this one before

OSes13 May 2025 | 43

Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme

A look back at two decades of ODF, from open source hopes to patchy real-world adoption

Applications03 May 2025 | 88

Ad-supported Microsoft Office bobs to the surface

Only a test at the moment, but a sign of things to come?

Applications25 Feb 2025 | 98

You know something's wrong when Clippy fills you with nostalgia for simpler times

It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that?

Offbeat05 Feb 2025 | 27

Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks

For the IT professional who has to take work home

Applications04 Oct 2024 | 63

Microsoft unveils Office LTSC 2024 for users that remain stubbornly offline

What do you mean you don't want Copilot and Microsoft 365 services?

Applications18 Sep 2024 | 71

Techie told 'Bill Gates' Excel is rubbish – and the Microsoft boss had it fixed in 48 hours

On Call I'm a Mac. I'm a PC. You're both annoying me

Software09 Aug 2024 | 114

WordStar 7, the last ever DOS version, is re-released for free

The preferred tool of Arthur C Clarke, Anne Rice and George R R Martin

Applications06 Aug 2024 | 129

October 2025 will be a support massacre for a bunch of Microsoft products

Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business, and all those Office installations

Software18 Apr 2024 | 38

German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice

'Complete digital sovereignty' ... sounds familiar

Software04 Apr 2024 | 199

What strange beauty is this? Microsoft commits to two more non-subscription Office editions

Just the apps, none of the cloud, forever – for one payment

Software19 Mar 2024 | 122

Microsoft Publisher books its retirement party for 2026

Updated Venerable desktop publisher not going to get a Copilot any time soon

Applications20 Feb 2024 | 57

Miscreants turn to ad tech to measure malware metrics

Now that's what you call dual-use tech

Research15 Feb 2024 | 4

Outlook's clingy 'reopen last session' prompt gets the boot

It looks like you're a perpetual Office user who needs a hidden feature disabled. Would you like help?

Applications02 Oct 2023 | 16

These Microsoft Office security signatures are 'practically worthless'

Updated Turns out it's easy to forge documents relying on OOXML

Research13 Jun 2023 | 14

Microsoft swears it's not coming for your data with scan for old Office versions

Don't mind us, we'll just have a quick look for unsupported installs and then disappear, we pwoooomise

Software03 Feb 2023 | 77

LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite

FOSDEM Decent upgrade from older versions, essential if you're still on OpenOffice

Applications03 Feb 2023 | 99

If your Start menu or apps are freezing up on Windows, Microsoft has a suggestion

No, it's not install Fedora Linux, sadly

OSes26 Jan 2023 | 100

Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files

Adapt or die

Research23 Jan 2023 | 6

Microsoft is checking everyone's bags for unsupported Office installs

Please, sir. I don't want a 365 subscription

OSes21 Jan 2023 | 147

Gonna run System Restore in Windows 11? Microsoft says some of its apps won't

Want to access Office tools? Don’t try to go back in time

Software19 Jan 2023 | 21

Cisco’s Talos security bods predict new wave of Excel Hell

Criminals have noticed that spreadsheet's XLL files add custom functionality - including malware

Security21 Dec 2022 | 15

Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word

Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time

SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 23

Microsoft boss Nadella's compensation pack swells 10% to $55m

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, the median? Ratio to Redmond's average employee pay is 289 to 1

Off-Prem28 Oct 2022 | 21

'Fully undetectable' Windows backdoor gets detected

SafeBreach supposedly spots somewhat stealthy subversive software

Security18 Oct 2022 | 21

Upcoming Outlook for Windows app opens to more testers

Office Insider? You might want to check refreshed email client

Applications29 Sep 2022 | 6

Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice

Only in the Mac App Store, as part of FOSS-for-biz strategy software org admits may not quickly deliver results

Applications20 Sep 2022 | 96

Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps

Good thing Redmond has a brilliant track record with patches

Applications15 Sep 2022 | 48

LibreOffice improves Microsoft compatibility with version 7.4

If you absolutely must keep using those proprietary formats, walk this way

Applications19 Aug 2022 | 84

Tim Hortons offers free coffee and donut to settle data privacy invasion claims

In brief Also, malicious VBA macros are out and container files are in, Robin Banks helps criminals rob banks, and more

Security30 Jul 2022 | 36

Zero-day vuln in Microsoft Office: 'Follina' will work even when macros are disabled

Updated Researchers comb through code execution flaw found in malicious document

Security30 May 2022 | 24

European antitrust watchdogs sniff around Microsoft cloud licensing deals

Reportedly has already sent a Q&A to Microsoft cloud rivals, customers

PaaS + IaaS04 Apr 2022 | 2

Microsoft to block downloaded VBA macros in Office – you may be able to run 'em anyway

Aims to make life harder for miscreants

Security08 Feb 2022 | 60

Lots of new toys, caps lock still stuck on: ONLYOFFICE hits version 7

LibreOffice alternative unfurls latest productivity software update

Applications20 Jan 2022 | 14

Lock up your Office macros: Emotet botnet back from the dead with Trickbot links

Nice to have nearly a year off from that malspam threat, but now it's returned

Security16 Nov 2021 | 4

What a Mesh: Microsoft puts Office in the Loop, adds mixed reality tech to Teams

Ignite Vid chat app gets 3D virtual meetings while users hope for more reliable connections

Applications02 Nov 2021 | 41

Microsoft shows off Office 2021 for consumers ahead of the coming of Windows 11

5 October shaping up to be a big day in Redmond

Applications04 Oct 2021 | 71

Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks

Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support

Applications17 Sep 2021 | 15

'This is the new normal,' Microsoft tells US workers: Work from home until further notice

Plus: President Biden wants businesses with 100+ staff to get vaccinated or test weekly

On-Prem09 Sep 2021 | 75

Miscreants fling booby-trapped Office files at victims, no patch yet, says Microsoft

ActiveX and MSHTML, the gift that keeps on giving ... to intruders

Security07 Sep 2021 | 31

Microsoft, flush with cash, raises cloud office suite prices for businesses

Microsoft 365, Office 365 to cost a little bit more from next March

SaaS20 Aug 2021 | 56

Amazon delays return to office work until 2022 at the earliest

Other Big Tech companies, however, still want workers in this autumn

On-Prem06 Aug 2021 | 44

Refreshing: An Office update that won't frighten the horses

Microsoft reins in some of its excesses with a visual tidy-up

Applications16 Jul 2021 | 36

LibreOffice 7.2 release candidate reveals effort to be Microsoft-compatible

Also: New built-in UNO inspector. What's UNO? Read on...

Software15 Jul 2021 | 75

Sing a song of Office, a pocketful of why: ARM64 version running in a Pi

When the Pi was loaded/ with native Windows 11 bling... wasn’t it quite Armful, a somewhat speedy thing

Applications05 Jul 2021 | 20

Five words everyone wants to hear: Microsoft has 'visually refreshed' Office

Plus great news for all seven of you: An ARM64 build of its software suite

Applications29 Jun 2021 | 85

Microsoft flips request to port Visual Studio Tools for Office to .NET Core from 'Sure, we'll take a look' to 'No'

Basically, it doesn't work

Software07 Jun 2021 | 19

Microsoft sheds some light on perplexing Outlook blank email incident: Word was to blame

Office 365 users learn that Microsoft can make or break their productivity every 4 hours

Software17 May 2021 | 51

Spotted in the wild: Rare Microsoft 365 price cut for frontline workers

There are caveats but deal perfect for the ten Surface Go users out there

SaaS09 Mar 2021 | 3

Microsoft announces a new Office for offline fans, slashes support, hikes the price

Office 2021 is on the way and 'the cloud is where we invest'

Software19 Feb 2021 | 49

LibreOffice 7.1 Community released with user-interface picker, other bits and bytes

Community? 'The software isn’t changing at all. This is a label on the name, nothing else'

Software04 Feb 2021 | 64

What's that coming over the hill? Is it native Office? Microsoft's flagship arrives on Apple Silicon, but you'll have to wait for Teams

From preview to release

Software16 Dec 2020 | 11

Microsoft unveils a Universal version of Office for Apple silicon

Seeking something perpetual for Windows on Arm? You can make do with a 32-bit Intel emulation

OSes12 Nov 2020 | 39

Office 365 for the iPad will feel a little more desktop-ish now Microsoft has tossed it trackpad, mouse support

Which is proof such fripperies are down to the developer, rather than Apple

Software27 Oct 2020 | 22

Work life balance? We've heard of it. Pandemic means 9-5 shifts are a thing of the past for many

Will the hardest workers want to go back to the offce for a break?

Legal16 Oct 2020 | 39

Enjoyed the US Labor Day weekend? Because it's September 2020 and Exchange Server can be pwned via email

Don't be so smug, Mac users, you're open to an InDesign project file

OSes08 Sep 2020 | 7