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• The new Office lets me work from home–and everywhere else

  2 Apr 2013

  Jen Singer started blogging before anyone had put the words "mom" and "blogger" together. As blogger-in-chief of MommaSaid.net for the past 10 years, she has a unique, expert perspective on how the new Office supports her on-the-go, working mom lifestyle. I have been working from home since before everyone...
• Webinar: Favorite new features in Office 365

  15 Feb 2013

  This webinar was recorded at the MVP Summit in Redmond, where we spotlighted customers’ favorite new features in Office 365 Home Premium and engaged in a live Q&A about Office 365. Can't view this video? It's also available at Microsoft Showcase . What you will learn at Monday’s webinar...
• Top Office 365 questions answered

  5 Feb 2013

  A week ago today, Office 365 Home Premium launched worldwide, giving busy people and families new ways to get more done at home, at school and on the go. From customer events in New York, Sao Paulo, Toronto, London and other major cities around the globe, as well as via social media, we've received a...
• Your top 10 favorite Office posts of 2012

  11 Jan 2013

  The Office Blogs is really 14 blogs rolled up into one. The posts on this list were the most popular across all of them. Find out what most piqued people's curiosity about the new Office and which how-to's they found the most useful. If you haven't yet tried the new Office, visit the Customer Preview...
• Like the new look?

  26 May 2011

  Everything deserves an upgrade now and then, so we've just unveiled a fresh new design for the Office Blogs. Here are some of the changes you'll notice if you look around. How it looks Each of the 13 blogs in the Office Blogs family (7 product blogs, 5 Perspectives blogs, plus the Office Blogs home page...
• First birthday and growing fast: Us! The Office Blog

  4 Jan 2011

  One year ago this week, we launched the Microsoft Office Blog, using CES 2010 for our shakedown cruise. Back then it was 5 blogs in one, with the shared goal of becoming your go-to blog for discovering how to work smarter, faster, and better when you use Office products. We were all about productivity...
• P is for prom, parties, and podcasts

  26 May 2009

    This morning, the coffee server at my favorite drive-through coffee stand was distracted by a call on her cell. In a rush of emotion, she told me that her little sister had found a P painted  on her car windshield, and later a pineapple (“Prickly on the outside, soft on the inside”) with...
• We’ve got the tools to innovate

  19 May 2009

  The sixth design principle for “bringing cool stuff to life” is to live life at the intersection. According to Diego Rodriguez, a design expert and author of the 21 principles, that’s where the magic of innovation happens. I’ve been following Rodriguez’s 21 principles of design on his metacool blog,...
• Top 10 Office podcasts (plus 90 more)

  28 Apr 2009

  What? You haven’t heard about Office Podcasts ? Then you probably don’t know that we published our 100th amazing podcast episode . Neither did my boss, so I’m sharing my hot top 10 Office podcasts with you and him. If you haven’t experienced the growing selection of audio or video podcasts on Office...
• Feels so good...

  20 Apr 2009

  I was writing on the bus this morning, and I almost missed my stop. As I walked over to the office, I realized how good it can feel to feel creative. As Holly mentioned in a recent post on Office Hours , creativity doesn't have to mean penning the Great American Novel or painting the next Mona Lisa....
• Looking for a job? Visit the new Office Online Career Center powered by Monster.com

  23 Mar 2009

  I am very excited to announce we have created a new Office Online Career Center and partnered with Monster.com to make the entire job hunting process - from planning your strategy to polishing your resume and submitting it for a position - as painless as possible. Check out the video, where we walk Seattle...
• Obama, Osama, and the Office Spellchecker

  12 Mar 2009

  A recent blog post at U.S. News & World Report asks this question: When Will Microsoft Word Stop Making Obama into Osama? When this writer runs his spellchecker, Word is suggesting that he change the word “Obama” to “Osama.” Fortunately, this problem was solved two years ago . My advice to this writer...
• And the Oscar for best screenplay goes to ...

  19 Feb 2009

  Do you love movies? Is the Internet Movie Database bookmarked in your browser? Are you secretly giddy in anticipation of the Academy Awards this Sunday? Well, then I’ll bet it’s also true that you have an excellent idea for a screenplay that you’ve been threatening to write for years. I know I do! There...
• 1000 resumes? One extreme job-hunting strategy that worked.

  17 Nov 2008

  My colleague David Salaguinto recently shared the bizarre story of how he got here— here being Microsoft's caffeinated halls. He took an extreme approach to job hunting after the start-up he was working for downsized overnight, back when startups everywhere were shedding payroll fast. He had a new mortgage...
• Sudden deadline? "How to write a PowerPoint presentation in five minutes."

  14 Nov 2008

  Okay, say it's Friday. Have you ever found yourself decompressing in true TGIF spirit one minute and scrambling to meet some deadline-from-Hell the next? (Maybe even today?) If that deadline happens to involve a presentation, this tongue-in-cheek video by VideoJug.com, How to write a PowerPoint Presentation...
• Another 240,000 and counting. Worried about your job?

  13 Nov 2008

  The October employment news was not good. Another 240,000 people lost their jobs. The unemployment rate reached a 14-year high of 6.5 percent, with 2.8 million more people unemployed than at this time last year. The double whammy of mortgage woes and unemployment is hitting home. How can we help? Over...
• Too much to juggle, not enough hands? "How Outlook can save your social life."

  13 Nov 2008

  With the mixed bag of brilliant innovations and petty annoyances that come with modern life, getting organized is a perennial challenge. Some folks are naturally brilliant at it but I suspect they're all either engineers or parents with multiple kids and kindly pharmacists. Juggling work, family, and...
• Sneak Peek of Office in the Cloud

  29 Oct 2008

  You may have heard about "cloud computing" as the future - where you will be able to access all of your information from any connected device. This week Microsoft unveiled some of what the future holds for Office users. Watch this review and tell us what you think: --Nancy
• Announcing Office Podcasts on Office Online

  16 Oct 2008

  Welcome to the new kid on the block! Office Podcasts : A podcast directory with podcasts about everything from Office products to office politics. I like to think of the new Office Podcasts as a cross between The Office (read: Steve Carell) and my office ... or, maybe your office. When I need a break...