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• Solo collaboration: Office’s untold advantage

  Posted on July 25, 2022 at 02:45 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 19.30 • 2022-07-25

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Modern Office app “collaboration” features are hyped by Microsoft for businesspeople to share a document. But all those features — comments, tracking, versioning, and multi-computer access — are available and useful for solo, personal work, too.

  Using the collaboration tools on your own is an easy way to become confident with those features without embarrassing yourself — nobody is looking over your shoulder. The same tools are useful to help you manage a complex document by leaving notes and reminders to yourself. The also help you recall deleted text and access the latest version from wherever you are.

  I’ll focus on Word in this article because it has the most comprehensive collaboration features. The same tips apply generally to Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and even a little bit for Outlook.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.30.0, 2022-07-25).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  AskWoody FREE Newsletter, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Microsoft 365 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office

• Still emailing documents?

  Posted on September 13, 2021 at 02:43 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Online collaboration with Microsoft 365 is a lot easier — and faster, too.

  Document collaboration is now possible and practical in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. By “practical,” I mean that the features work well in the real world, not just in Microsoft marketing’s fantasyland. Let’s look at the basics of using Office sharing with other people and, especially, with yourself.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.35.0 (2021-09-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Microsoft 365 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office

• January 2018 Office Non-Security Patches are Available

  Posted on January 2, 2018 at 15:44 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft has released the January 2018 Office non-security patches. These are NOT covered under the MS-DEFCON 4 blanket. You do not want to install them yet (unless you want to be the Beta tester).

  Office 2013

  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172510)
  Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB4011635)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011640)
  Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4011638)

  Office 2016

  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4011221)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178662)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011146)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011569)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011625)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011630)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011631)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011644)
  Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4011564)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011633)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011215)
  Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4011623)

  There were no non-security patches for Office 2007 or Office 2010.

   

  Office News, Office Patches/Security Januauy 2018 Office patches, Microsoft Office, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office patches

• Office non-security patches for October 2017 are available

  Posted on October 3, 2017 at 14:00 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  These are October patches. They are NOT covered under the current MS-DEFCON 3 umbrella for September patches. You do NOT want to install them yet (unless you want to be an unpaid Beta tester).

  Office 2013

  Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB3172543)
  Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB4011181)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011148)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011169)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011156)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB4011149)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011150)

  Office 2016

  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4011142)
  Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB4011166)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011036)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011135)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011139)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011144)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011158)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011167)
  Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4011164)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011141)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011136)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4011140)

  Office 2007 is on extended support. It no longer receives non-security updates. There were no updates listed for Office 2010. Security patches for all current supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday)

  Office Patches/Security Microsoft Office, October 2017 Black Tuesday, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office non-security patches, Office patches

• Office non-security patches for September 2017 are available

  Posted on September 5, 2017 at 12:39 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  These are September patches. They are NOT covered under the current 9/5/2017 MS-DEFCON 3 unbrella for August patches. You do NOT want to install them yet (unless you want to be an unpaid Beta tester).

  Office 2013
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172484)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172512)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3203486)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3213536)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011087)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011106)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011109)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3191936)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011105)

  Office 2016

  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4011032)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191923)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191924)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203478)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203482)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011093)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011099)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011102)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4011098)
  Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB4011092)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011101)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011096)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4011039)

   

  Office 2007 is on extended support. It no longer receives non-security updates. There were no updates listed for Office 2010. Security patches for all current supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday)

  Office Patches/Security Microsoft Office, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office patches, September 2017 Black Tuesday

• Office non-security patches for August 2017 are available

  Posted on August 1, 2017 at 13:22 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  No, you don’t want to install them yet. WAIT! Microsoft’s track record hasn’t been the best of late. You don’t have to be a Guinea Pig!

  Aug 2017 non-security for Office 2013

  Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB4011080)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172443)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011070)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011077)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011084)
  Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Client Components SDK (KB3213571)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011045)
  Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4011046)

  Aug 2017 non-security for Office 2016

  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203472)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213650)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011037)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011051)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB3191930)
  Update for Microsoft OneDrive for Business (KB3178707)
  Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB4011030)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011034)
  Update for Microsoft Publisher 2016 (KB3178696)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011033)

  Office 2007 is on extended support. It no longer receives non-security updates. There were no updates listed for Office 2010. Security patches for all current versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday)

  Corrections posted August 8, 2017

  Office Patches/Security August 2017 Black Tuesday, Microsoft Office, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office patches

• Office non-security patches for July 2017 are here

  Posted on July 5, 2017 at 14:26 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  No, you don’t want to install them yet, even if we are on DECFON 3.

  Office 2013

  Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB3213567)
  Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3213574)

  Office 2016

  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213547)
  Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3203481)
  Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3213548)
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3203473)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3203476)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213549)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB3213550)
  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB3191926)
  Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB3178665)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203471)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3115145)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191928)

  Office 2007 is on extended support. It no longer receives non-security updates. There were no updates listed for Office 2010. Security patches for all current versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday)

  Office Patches/Security July 2017 Black Tuesday, Microsoft Office, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office patches

• Microsoft confirms problems with June 2017 security patches for Outlook, provides workarounds

  Posted on June 19, 2017 at 11:12 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft has acknowledged that the June 2017 security patches for Office Outlook can cause Email attachment blocking problems. This affects Outlook 2007 (KB 3191898), Outlook 2010 (KB 3203467), Outlook 2013 (KB 3191938), and Outlook 2016 (KB 3191932). The description of the Security Updates comes with this warning about known issues:

  If an email message includes an attached email message, and the attached email message’s subject line ends with an unsafe file name extension as listed in the Blocked attachments in Outlook page, the email attachment will be blocked for recipients. To fix this issue, save the email message to the computer and rename its subject line so that it does not end with an unsafe file name extension. Then, attach it to the email message to be sent.

  The blocking of attachments with file extensions that are on the list is meant to protect against opening files that could be harmful to your computer. However there have been reports that other attachments such as Rich Text (.rtf) and Word and Excel are also being blocked. Microsoft has issued several workarounds for this.

  For Office 2007 and 2010 Rich Text attachments (.rtf)

  • Forward the email to yourself and then open the attachments from the forwarded email.
  • Change the email format to HTML, or Text format.
  • Save the attachments to your computer, using one of the following methods, then open them from the saved location:
    • Drag and drop the attachments to your desktop.
    • Go to File > Save Attachments.
    • Copy and paste the attachment to your computer.

  For Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2016 attachments containing consecutive periods (…) or exclmation mark (!).
  If you’re sure the attachment was sent from a trusted source, proceed to Open or Save the attachment.

  For Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016
  If you set ShowLevel1Attach to allow Outlook to display Level 1 attachments, you may see the error: “One or more objects in this file have been disabled due to your policy settings”

  • Change the email format to HTML, or Text format.
  • Save the attachments to your computer, using one of the following methods, then open them from the saved location:
    • Drag and drop the attachments to your desktop.
    • Go to File > Save Attachments.
    • Copy and paste the attachment to your computer.

  For a complete description of the warning messages, and the workarounds Microsoft has issued, see You receive an error when opening attachments in Outlook

  @gborn is also reporting issues with Outlook after installing June 2017 security patches on Born’s Tech and Windows World

  Office Patches/Security Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook problems, Outlook attachments, Outlook security patches, Windows Update