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Myriad, Irregardless, and Other Words ‘Smart’ People Are Wrong About
Language is a living thing. There’s a reason “thee, thou, and thy” aren’t your pronouns, or why you probably didn’t compliment anyone by telling them they were “the bee’s knees” at any point in the last century. The way we use words evolves, and if the common usage has shifted, then it’s time to adapt…
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Reminder: Microsoft Office Is Basically Free Now
9For so long, many of us have struggled to renew our licences for Microsoft Office and have been punished with that pesky error – but now there’s a fix. Turns out, you can access it legally and for free online.
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How To Get Started In Microsoft’s New Office App Beta
Microsoft’s new Office app for iOS and Android, currently in beta, is supposed to be a “one-stop shop” alternative to the mobile Word suite. It combines Office’s three most popular programs—Word, Excel, and Powerpoint—and throws in a bevy of mobile-minded features, like the ability to scan text and tables off paper documents using your phone’s…
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How To Rescue Embedded Images From A DOCX File
“If you rename a .docx file to .zip you can open it”, tweets SwiftOnSecurity, the security professional/Taylor Swift parody account. Then you can grab images and video that were embedded in the document, all as separate files. Swift’s followers have more great tips for rescuing data from different file formats. For example, you can use…