The episode’s title might sound like an April Fool’s joke, but it isn’t. In December 2020, a “Reuse Files” button mysteriously appeared in the UK browser version of Microsoft Word. There doesn’t appear to be any documentation about it on the Microsoft website. What does it do? In this episode, we do some investigating to… Read more »
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Podcast 92: Newly released applications from Microsoft and Adobe that could help you be a better communicator
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at some newly released applications from Microsoft and Adobe that could help you be a better communicator: Microsoft Fluid Microsoft Editor Microsoft Lists Adobe RoboHelp Summer Release 2020
New features in Windows that could be useful for Technical Authors
Microsoft has released a update to Windows 10, and it contains some new features that might be useful for Technical Authors. Cloud clipboard You can: Make a piece of content permanently available on the clipboard, by using the Pin feature. Synchronise your clipboards (and their content) to different devices. This enables you to copy text from one… Read more »
New online Microsoft writing style guide
Microsoft has released the latest edition of its writing style guidelines as a website: “Welcome to the Microsoft Writing Style Guide, your guide to writing style and terminology for all communication—whether an app, a website, or a white paper. If you write about computer technology, this guide is for you. Today, lots of people are… Read more »
The T-Bot: A new Help model from Microsoft
This month, Microsoft has added Microsoft Teams to Office 365. It’s a instant messaging collaboration tool, similar to Slack. Teams contains the T-Bot, which provides help and assistance to users. Users can watch videos: They can read online Help: They can read an FAQ: They can ask the T-Bot a question and receive an answer. The T-Bot… Read more »