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A suite business software designed by Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook (or Entourage) are the main programs available on OS X. For Outlook 2015, use the office-365 tag.

Feel free to ask questions on the Mac versions of these programs as well as interoperability questions when using the documents or suite / server on other OS with some connection to Apple products (iOS, Cloud, Mac or otherwise).

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Is there a way to make paste as text only the default action in Office 2016?

I hardly ever want to paste with formatting when copying into Word 2016 or Excel 2016 (seriously, who wants fonts when copying into a spreadsheet?). Is there a way to set the default paste to paste text only when I hit Cmd+V?
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Opening .msg file in Outlook for Mac 2011

Most of my colleagues use Outlook on Windows and I need to access emails stored in .msg format (don't ask, it's complicated). My understanding is that .msg is an Outlook file format, but Outlook 2011 on Mac can't open them. When I right-click on…
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Outlook 2011 for Mac "could not synchronize record"error

I keep getting hundreds of these "Could not synchronize record: [...]" errors, but the meetings and emails refered to in the Errors panel do not exist - I deleted them, and confirmed that they are not in any folder, calendar, or anywhere. They say…
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How can I ignore conversations in Outlook 2011 for Mac?

Outlook for Mac 2011 does not include an "ignore conversation" feature out of the box. Is there a way to simulate that with other functionality (e.g. categories, rules, plugins, etc)? What I want to accomplish is to be able to flag a certain email…
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Locating Name Manager in Excel for Mac

With named ranges it is more convenient to operate formulas. For instance, instead of typing =SUM(C20:C30) you can enter =SUM(FirstQuarterSales) Where is Name Manager located in Excel 2016? I don't see any button in the Formulas Ribbon:
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Keyboard shortcut to select all text in a cell in Excel

Is there a keyboard shortcut key to select all the text in the current cell in Excel, if you are in the process of editing the cell?
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Can I sync Outlook 2011 with an iCalendar feed?

I want to sync my calendar with a Basecamp generated ical feed, like: webcal://test.basecamphq.com/feed/project_ical?token=c9d3d7b7d0a77ce8b9f615c8b4c2295eproject_id=8024071 Can it be done?
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In Outlook for Mac is it possible to set "Respond Without Comments" to be my default when accepting an invite?

As it is, the default action on the "Respond" button is "Respond with Comments" and I have to click the drop down to send the response without comments. Please Respond. Accept | Tentative | Decline Respond With Comments Respond Without Comments Do…
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Compare Excel Spreadsheets

I would like to compare two excel spreadsheets. I have found many Windows-based solution but nothing for Mac OS X. Are you aware of a build-in way to perform a diff (didn't find much in the help) a standalone tool (for Mac) an online tool (data is…
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Save As in MS Office for Mac to a different location

I have Office for Mac 2011 which seems to work OK. However if I open a file from one location and wish to do Save As.. to another location, all I get is the basic list of where I can save, but seemingly no opportunity to drill down into sub-folders…
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Curve text in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011

How can I make my text follow a curve or arch shape in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011?
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Excel CSV export encoding

According to my tests, Excel on Mac, when asked to save data as CSV file, uses MacRoman encoding. My questions are: Does it always happen or there is some setting that controls it? If there's a setting, is there a way to make it save as UTF-8? If…
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How to remove color formatting of links in Microsoft Word?

In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, I'm trying to edit the Hyperlink and FollowedHyperlink styles so that they don't modify the text's color that I'm hyperlinking. For example, let's say I have the following words: red blue green all written in thier…
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How can I disable suggested meetings in Microsoft Outlook for Mac?

Outlook for Mac (the application, not the online version) is highlighting "Suggested Meetings" in my emails and turning them into a link to a calendar invite. I find this annoying and inaccurate, but can't find any way to turn it off. How can I do…
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Word cannot open the existing global template: Normal.dotm

Almost once a day Word opens with the following error: Word cannot open the existing global template: Normal.dotm I then delete Normal.dotm from ~/Library rm ./Group\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User…
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