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Office users hated the new Copilot button, now Microsoft is changing it

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 May 2026 04:00:01 +0000

Microsoft is finally giving Office users a way to move the controversial floating Copilot button after widespread complaints. Read more...

Microsoft makes significant accessibility improvement in Word

Usama Jawad — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:16:01 +0000

Microsoft just revamped Word's accessibility experience with calmer Narrator prompts, fewer keystrokes, and quicker fixes. Read more...

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors 9.4.0

Razvan Serea — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:38:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

Teams is getting a major improvement for Office files

Usama Jawad — Sat, 16 May 2026 07:42:01 +0000

Microsoft is bringing a long overdue upgrade to Teams on Android and iPhone that should make handling Office files far less painful. Read more...

Microsoft streamlines access to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 12 May 2026 05:20:02 +0000

Microsoft is transitioning Copilot from a separate sidebar into a native, intuitive component of the Office experience by introducing a simplified entry point. Read more...

Microsoft Word gets a new AI Legal Agent to review contracts and generate redlines

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 01 May 2026 08:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has just announced a powerful new AI agent built directly into Word that promises to transform how legal teams handle complex agreements and redlines. Read more...

Anthropic AI models are coming to Microsoft Word to help tidy your documents

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 May 2026 02:00:03 +0000

A major shift in Microsoft's AI strategy brings new competition to Word documents this month. Here is how to enable the new models. Read more...

LibreOffice 26.2.3

Razvan Serea — Fri, 01 May 2026 02:00:01 +0000

LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Read more...

SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 Rev 1234

Razvan Serea — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:36:01 +0000

SoftMaker FreeOffice is a powerful, easy-to-use, modern, lightning-fast office suite for Windows. This is a fully-functional, non-crippled, not time-limited version...totally free of charge. Read more...

Microsoft finally fixes a security limitation in Office for the web

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:16:01 +0000

Microsoft adds sensitivity label creation with custom permissions to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the web, closing a key desktop gap. Read more...

Microsoft Word for iPhone picks up new Copilot functionality, but with some limitations

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:32:01 +0000

Word for iPhone gets Copilot co-creation features, though several limitations remain, signaling this experience is still evolving. Read more...

People are furious that Microsoft is killing off Publisher

Usama Jawad — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:22:04 +0000

Microsoft's Publisher shutdown sparks fury as users face locked files, forced migrations, and what many call another careless kill-off. Read more...

LibreOffice 26.2.2

Razvan Serea — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:22:02 +0000

LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Read more...

Microsoft is bringing some much needed enhancements to OneDrive, Teams, and Word

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:56:01 +0000

Microsoft just teased upcoming changes across several Microsoft 365 apps, hinting at smarter behavior, cleaner workflows, and some long-requested improvements. Read more...

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors 9.3.1

Razvan Serea — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors 9.3.0

Razvan Serea — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:58:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

How to send documents to Kindle as Microsoft Word starts removing the built-in feature

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:46:01 +0000

Microsoft Word is removing "Send to Kindle" beginning today. Switch to Amazon's web tool now to keep transferring your DOCX files effortlessly. Read more...

Microsoft has made a "crucial" accessibility improvement to Word for Windows

Usama Jawad — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has made an accessibility update described as "crucial for improving the Word experience" for a select set of users. Read more...

Someone discovered a cute Easter egg involving Clippy in Office 97

Usama Jawad — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:16:01 +0000

A very obscure but cute Easter egg has been discovered in Office 97, and it involves the iconic Clippy. Read more...

Microsoft removes the ability to send documents from Word to Kindle

Taras Buria — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:48:01 +0000

If you often send Word documents to your Amazon Kindle e-reader, Microsoft has some bad news for you. Read more...

Microsoft confirms one of the most basic functions in Word is getting a useful upgrade

Sayan Sen — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:44:02 +0000

Microsof has confirmed that it is improving one of the most fundamental and common functions on Word. Read more...

OnlyOffice 9.2.1

Razvan Serea — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:48:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

Word and PowerPoint get automatic, on-device Alt Text on Copilot+ PCs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:20:01 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled a new feature for Copilot+ PCs that utilizes on-device NPUs to automatically generate rich, context-aware alt text for images. Read more...

SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 Rev 1230

Razvan Serea — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:01 +0000

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors 9.2.0

Razvan Serea — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:52:02 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

Microsoft announces potential game-changer feature for Word and PowerPoint

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed a new feature that may make the lives of many document authors using PowerPoint and Word a lot easier. Read more...

Microsoft 365 Copilot gains dedicated Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:49 +0000

Microsoft is significantly expanding its Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities by introducing dedicated AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Read more...

The latest Microsoft 365 updates will make some customers very happy

Usama Jawad — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has delivered some accessibility updates to Microsoft 365 apps, which should decrease frustration for authors creating content for those with special needs. Read more...

OnlyOffice 9.1.0

Razvan Serea — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:00:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 Rev 1228

Razvan Serea — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:10:02 +0000

SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 Rev 1226

Razvan Serea — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:18:44 +0000

Word documents created on Windows will automatically be saved to the cloud

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:40:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Word for Windows will autosave content to the cloud by default. The feature is currently being tested with Insiders. Read more...

Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are borrowing a feature from OneNote

Usama Jawad — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has added new tools to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel due to how much customers "loved" them in OneNote. Read more...

Word can now read you document overviews like podcasts

Taras Buria — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:12:02 +0000

Do not have time to read a long document? The latest Word feature will let you listen to document overviews like podcasts. Read more...

OnlyOffice 9.0.4

Razvan Serea — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:32:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

Microsoft is adding some very useful features to Word, Teams, Outlook, and more

Usama Jawad — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:48:01 +0000

Microsoft is planning a host of major improvements for Word, Teams, Outlook, Copilot, and other software over the next few months. Read more...

Word for the web gets improved header and footer controls

Taras Buria — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:48:01 +0000

Word for the web has received some improvements that make the app one step closer to the desktop counterpart. Read more...

OnlyOffice 9.0.3

Razvan Serea — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:40:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...

Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on the web grab welcome new feature

Usama Jawad — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally streamlined a process that previously required manual, cumbersome workarounds in its Microsoft 365 web apps. Read more...

OnlyOffice 9.0.0

Razvan Serea — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:36:01 +0000

Free office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. Read more...