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 With the upcoming end of support for Office 2016 in October 2020, I have spoken with several clients over the past couple of weeks about upgrading their current version of Microsoft Office. The question most people ask is which version to get.
I know many people balk at the idea of paying an annual subscription instead of purchasing the 'one-off' license. I outlined in an article last newsletter just why I do recommend the subscription model (see Office 2016 (and earlier) support is ending soon - are you ready for this?). What I didn't mention was the features that are included in Microsoft 365 only, that are not available if your purchase that one-off license - features that really make it worth investing in the subscription version.
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We are at the half-way mark of our Word Boot Camp series of 8 sessions (plus a 9th Q&A session), and one the the topics covered recently was how you can set the default font type, style, colour, size, spacing etc for all future Microsoft Word documents.
This topic features in a Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members, published (co-incidentally) almost exactly 2 years ago. So I am including it again this week.  Over the past week, I have had multiple calls from people wanting to book appointments to deal with email issues - specifically Bigpond mail issues.
The problem they have been encountering has ranged from a slow, unreliable service, to a non-functional service that means they are cut off from their email - at a time when may people are so reliant on that form of contact. Attempts to access Webmail result in 'timeout' messages. As a result of these calls, I took a look at the Telstra Outages website and found the following message about the state of their email service - advising of a Network update from 10th August. The calls I received advised that their problems had been occurring from about 17th August.  In October this year, Microsoft will be ending its support of Office 2016. As described on the Microsoft website, this means that
Here's an article that talks about this topic. So what should you do if you are still using Office 2016 (or an even older version) on your computer?  I saw an article recently that talked about all the ways that you can improve your Wi-Fi connection if you are suffering problems with your Zoom meetings (or any other type of videoconferencing).
Here is that article, which has some really good suggestions for fixing interference issues that might be impacting your network. However, none of the suggestions it offered fixed my own Wi-Fi issues - constant dropouts, that were dramatically impacting my ability to effectively deliver online classes. This was despite the fact that I am close to my router, and generally have excellent download/upload speeds. Here's how I solved my own problem - and I am loving the result!  iTandCoffee has been working with a client, assisting to run several Zoom sessions for that client.
For the first Zoom session, we encountered an issue where the client could not add me as a co-host - only as a host. Here's what was causing this issue and how we fixed it.  Image by KoalaParkLaundromat from Pixabay A client last week had an issue where her friend was getting notification sounds whenever other people Messaged her, but she just wasn't getting such a sound when this client Messaged her.
Here's what was probably causing this issue. 19/8/2020 0 Comments I can't remember the password for a Note on my iPad, but can open it using Touch ID on my iPhone Client Sandy M has an issue with a Note that she has locked. In trying to open the Note on her iPad, she is asked to enter the Password for the Note. She can't get to it using her Touch ID on that device until she first enters the password to set this up.
However, she can't remember the password she used for that Note. Fortunately, she can still get into the Note using Touch ID on her iPhone. So here's how she can make sure she can access the Note on the iPad as well. 
Are you someone who is playing a lot of podcasts during this period of COVID-19 restrictions?
If you download your podcasts - perhaps so that you can listen to them on a walk - you may find that, over time, your podcast files end up chewing a large amount of valuable space on your device. Here's how to find out how much space your Podcasts are using, and then do a quick cleanup of any you no longer need to store. 1/8/2020 0 Comments If you have an Excel file that you need to use over and over - create a Template
If you have an Excel spreadsheet that you use over an over - perhaps using the Save As function to save as a new version each time you need to re-use it - it's really worth considering saving it as a Template instead.
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