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Microsoft Publisher is dead. If you have years of newsletters, flyers, or brochures saved as .pub files, you need a way to open and edit them. LibreOffice Draw is free, handles .pub files, and is the most practical rescue tool available right now. Here’s how to use it and what to watch out for. The […]
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Microsoft is opening up Copilot to everyone on a Microsoft 365 Family or Premium plan, not just the account owner. But the whole household will share one AI allowance — and Microsoft hasn’t said how big it is. Here’s what’s changing, what the catch is, and what you should do before the rollout begins. That’s […]
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Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 173 security flaws in Office, 26 of them Critical. Excel alone gets 69 patches, Outlook has five Critical bugs, and Office 2021 receives its very last security update. Here’s what you need to do right now — and why you should wait a week before installing. There is some […]
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Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday arrives today, and after September’s rough round of updates including an Excel copy-paste bug that took two weeks to fix and other troubles, be cautious. Here’s how to temporarily pause Office updates on Windows and Mac so you can let others test first, without leaving your system exposed long-term. The […]
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Three free, open-source apps now look and work almost exactly like Word, Excel and PowerPoint — and they open your real Office files. WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft all hit version 0.5.0 in October 2026 with one-click installers for Windows, Mac and Linux. They’re not ready to replace Microsoft 365 yet, but they’ve reached the point […]
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