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Home›Office and productivity

Office and productivity

188 articles

Microsoft 365, Office apps and other productivity tools: Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, OneDrive, installing and activating Microsoft 365, Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, Google Docs and Sheets and PDF tools.

How to
Print Avery 5160 labels in Word - office printer

How to print Avery 5160 labels in Word – your 2026 guide

November 4, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Print Avery 5160 labels in Word - office printer

Print Avery 5160 labels in Word from Mailings > Labels: pick Avery 5160 in Options, type the address, then print a full sheet, one label or a mail merge list.

Posted in: How to, Office and productivity
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Search OneDrive folders in the Files app - iPad and iPhone

Unable to search folders on OneDrive from within Files app

November 4, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Search OneDrive folders in the Files app - iPad and iPhone

Unable to search OneDrive folders in the Files app? Search in the OneDrive app or OneDrive.com, set the Files search scope to OneDrive and reset the app.

Posted in: How to, Office and productivity
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Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant fix Office problems - computer on a desk

Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant will help fix Office & other problems

November 3, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant fix Office problems - computer on a desk

Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) fixes now live in Get Help. Run the Office, Outlook and Windows troubleshooters, or GetHelpCmd.exe for IT admins.

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Make columns in Microsoft Word - laptop and files on an office desk

How to make columns in Microsoft Word: a step-by-step guide

November 3, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Make columns in Microsoft Word - laptop and files on an office desk

Make columns in Microsoft Word from Layout > Columns. Set two or three columns, columns for part of a page, equal widths, column breaks and lines between.

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Insert signature in Google Docs - pen writing a signature

How to insert signature in Google Docs: a step-by-step guide

November 3, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Insert signature in Google Docs - pen writing a signature

Insert a signature in Google Docs with Insert > Drawing > New and the Scribble line, upload a signature image, or send an eSignature request from Tools.

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SharePoint event list - planning events on a calendar

SharePoint event list [add, create, and edit event list]

November 3, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
SharePoint event list - planning events on a calendar

Create a SharePoint event list from the Events web part or a list template, add and edit events, build a calendar view and fix events that will not show.

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Classic Outlook Copilot button missing - typing an email on a laptop

Classic Outlook Copilot Button Disappears (Fixed) — June 29 2026 Update

November 2, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Classic Outlook Copilot button missing - typing an email on a laptop

Classic Outlook Copilot button missing after build 20026.20182? Microsoft has fixed it. Restart Outlook, refresh your license, or create a new profile.

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Double space in Microsoft Word - typing a document on a laptop

How to double space in Microsoft Word

November 2, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Double space in Microsoft Word - typing a document on a laptop

Double space in Microsoft Word with Design > Paragraph Spacing > Double, or press Ctrl+2. Steps for part of a document, Mac, defaults and common fixes.

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Encrypt emails in Outlook - typing an email on a laptop

How to encrypt Emails in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook.com

November 2, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Encrypt emails in Outlook - typing an email on a laptop

Encrypt emails in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook.com with Options > Encrypt, Do Not Forward or S/MIME, and learn how recipients in Gmail or Yahoo open them.

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Microsoft Teams machine-wide installer - laptop on an office desk

How to Get the Microsoft Teams Machine Wide Installer

November 2, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Microsoft Teams machine-wide installer - laptop on an office desk

Get the Microsoft Teams machine-wide installer today: classic Teams MSI is retired, so use teamsbootstrapper.exe to install new Teams for all users on a PC.

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VLOOKUP in Excel - spreadsheet open on a laptop

How to use VLOOKUP in Excel (step-by-step guide!)

November 2, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
VLOOKUP in Excel - spreadsheet open on a laptop

Use VLOOKUP in Excel with =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, FALSE). Step-by-step examples, two-sheet lookups, error fixes and XLOOKUP.

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Enable Office macros - data sheets and a laptop on a desk

Enable Office macros in 2026: yellow vs red warnings, Mark of the Web fixes

November 1, 2026 by Philip Celasco Leave a Comment
Enable Office macros - data sheets and a laptop on a desk

Enable Office macros safely: click Enable Content on the yellow bar, or remove Mark of the Web with Unblock when the red Security Risk banner blocks them.

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