Office and productivity

Turn Outlook read receipts on or off for one email or every message, choose whether you send them back, and fix receipts that never arrive.

Add a shared mailbox in Outlook: an admin creates it and adds you as a member, then it appears after a restart. Manual steps for new, classic, web, Mac and mobile.

Harvey balls in PowerPoint: draw a circle, add a Pie shape for the filled part, set the level with its handle, then group and copy. Icons, symbols and Excel too.

Microsoft Office suite is Microsoft’s bundle of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, sold as Microsoft 365 or Office 2024, plus a free web version.

Add the Mimecast tab in Outlook from the add-in store, turn it on in classic Outlook, pin it to the ribbon, and fix it when the tab does not show.

Run a Microsoft Teams poll during meetings with the Polls app, an instant chat poll, a Microsoft Forms link or a meeting app like Slido. Steps, results, fixes.

Perform multiple linear regression in Excel with the Analysis ToolPak Regression tool or the LINEST function, then read R², F and coefficients correctly.

Open Outlook in safe mode in Windows 11 with Outlook.exe /safe in Run, the Ctrl key, Command Prompt or a shortcut, then find the add-in causing the problem.

Find word count on a Google Doc with Tools > Word count or Ctrl + Shift + C. Count a selection, show a live count, and check it on Android and iPhone.

Put a password on a Word document with File > Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password, then save. Mac steps, editing limits, removal and fixes.

Add another OneDrive account on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android with Settings > Account > Add an account, plus the one-personal-account limit and workarounds.

Change the default font and size in Outlook: File > Options > Mail > Stationery and Fonts in classic Outlook, View settings > Compose in new Outlook, web and Mac.