ISSUE 22.41 • 2025-10-13 MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan The release of a new Microsoft 365 subscription plan is good news, although Microsoft is surprisingly reluctant to say that. Whenever Microsoft announces changes in plans — especially “simplifying” pricing — it’s usually a sure sign of a price increase in disguise. Not this time. Microsoft […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan There was a time when AI was simple. You asked a question (the “prompt”) and you got an answer (the “response”). Now, Microsoft Copilot has many more options and handy features you can use. So do other AI systems. As usual, Microsoft muddies the waters with its usual tricks. For […]

COMMENTARY By Peter Deegan Do you know enough about email to communicate securely, efficiently, and with your messages easily read by all? Like most things in the tech world, important — or at least useful — features are available that many people don’t know about or think aren’t worth the bother. Read the full story […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan There are many font options for Office, including some you probably don’t know about. There was a time when fonts were simple. For most people, there was only one sort of typeface with bold, italic, and underline. The boom in fonts came with TrueType (.ttf) fonts, either installed automatically or […]

ISSUE 22.35 • 2025-09-01 MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Microsoft Word will soon save files to OneDrive or SharePoint by default. Redmond is making saving documents to your local PC harder. Here’s what’s going to happen, and how you can stop it. Microsoft has a long-term strategy of moving everything possible to its cloud services. […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan The browser-based versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have come a long way from their simplistic early versions. This means you can do a lot with your Office documents on almost any machine, without installing any software. It’s worth a little time to familiarize yourself with these Web apps because […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan The quickly changing and poorly documented state of Outlook (new) for Windows continues to expose its missing features and its many complications, despite improvements. Microsoft doesn’t help with its single-minded campaign to push people to the newer Outlook as soon as possible. Don’t be fooled by Microsoft’s drive, and stick […]

TRAVELING TECH By Peter Deegan Travelers’ power needs differ depending on their devices and destinations, their travel mode, and the length of their trip. That results in a wide range of possibilities. But here is the top tip: Have more than one power source available. Why? Because cables and adapters will fail at the moment […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Word’s Master Documents feature is not the most stable or reliable part of Microsoft Word. It can be annoying at times, but it can also prove essential. There comes a time when a document is too large and therefore slow to scroll, slow to navigate, or slow to save. That’s […]

HISTORY By Peter Deegan The Small Computer System Interface, better known as SCSI (skuz-ee) was a promising technology from 1981 that no one misses today. SCSI devices were supposed to chain together, allowing a single connection from the computer to handle multiple peripherals such as hard drives, printers, optical drives, and scanners. Every device had […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Don’t totally dismiss artificial intelligence. It’s not all bad. Used with a little caution, it can be a wonderful helper for everyone, not just Microsoft 365 users. I know Copilot and AI are sometimes considered unnecessary. There is an understandable suspicion of AI generally and of Microsoft’s Copilot in particular. […]