Office and productivity

Recover an unsaved Word document from File > Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents, or find AutoRecover .asd, .tmp and .wbk files on PC and Mac.

Open source alternatives to Adobe Acrobat: read, edit, fill and sign PDFs in Firefox, and create, protect and redact PDFs with LibreOffice, all free.

Microsoft Visio is Microsoft’s diagramming app for flowcharts, org charts, network diagrams and floor plans. See what it does, its plans and Visio in Microsoft 365.

Teams shortcuts for Windows, web and Mac: open the full list with Ctrl+Period, mute with Ctrl+Shift+M, plus messaging, meeting, call and slash command keys.

Deploy the new Microsoft Teams for VDI with teamsbootstrapper.exe, turn on SlimCore optimization for AVD, Citrix and Omnissa, stop auto-updates and verify it.

Outlook for Linux has no desktop app, but Outlook on the web runs in Firefox or Chrome. Install it as a web app, add it to Thunderbird, or use IMAP.

Set up OneDrive Personal Vault in Windows 11 and 10: open the vault, verify your identity, add files, lock it, change auto-lock time and fix common vault problems.

View or download your Microsoft 365 invoice as a PDF from Billing > Bills & payments, plus tax receipts, Fapiao requests, invoice emails and recurring billing.

Set up a POP3 or IMAP account in Outlook via File > Add Account > Advanced options > Let me set up my account manually. Ports, provider settings and fixes.

PDF preview handler not working? Turn on the File Explorer preview pane, unblock downloaded PDFs, set a default PDF reader and fix the Outlook previewer error.

Open source PDF editors compared: LibreOffice Draw, Inkscape, PDFsam Basic, OpenOffice Draw, Firefox, Scribus and Okular, with what each can and cannot edit.

How to indent on Google Docs: press Ctrl + ] to indent a paragraph, set hanging indents for MLA and APA citations, indent lists, and fix indents that won’t apply.