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  • Why PowerPoint Should Be Banned In Lectures

    Any university teacher who does not harbour a painful recollection of a failed lecture is a liar. On one such occasion, I felt early on that I had lost the students entirely: those who hadn’t sunk into comatose oblivion were listless and anxious. Ungracefully, I threw myself even deeper into my PowerPoint presentation to save…


  • Tell Me Finds Microsoft Office Features Using Plain English Search

    Microsoft Office has so many options that often the trickiest task is working out where to find the option you need — something the Ribbon interface doesn’t entirely solve. Office Online, the free browser-based version of the suite, now incorporates a “Tell Me” feature, where you can search for what you want to do using…