Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook crash issue
Microsoft has released a temporary fix for an issue that crashes the classic Outlook client when opening or starting emails, which affects users in the Monthly Enterprise Channel who updated to Version 2504. While a permanent fix is being developed, Microsoft has a workaround that involves creating a missing “FORMS2” folder.
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Copilot + Excel = Your Data Superpower
Copilot in Excel simplifies data analysis by enabling you to search for and import data from Word, PowerPoint, PDF documents, or other Excel files into your spreadsheets. Save time and gain insights with this powerful tool.
Data analysis is a critical yet challenging task for many business professionals, as creating and preparing data, then gaining insights from it and conducting advanced analyses, can be time-consuming and complex.
Copilot in Excel can help! We’re thrilled to announce that Copilot in Excel can now reference Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files, making the entire data collection and analysis process faster, simpler, and more intuitive.
This new capability works for gathering information such as:
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NOTE: For results that are from external data, make sure you see reference(s) at the end of the response.
Try prompting Copilot in Excel with:
To use this feature, you must have:
If Copilot responds that it can’t access your organizational data, verify if Restricted SharePoint Search is turned on (for Enterprise search).
Determine whether the Autodiscover service is working, and check access to the Offline Address Book
Check whether Outlook and the computer can access the Offline Address Book file on the server. This action is typically done by Outlook in the background. It also happens when you force a download of the Offline Address Book in Outlook. To do this check, sign in to the Microsoft 365 portal, and then follow these steps:
The following is an example of what the URL may resemble:
NOTE: The information that’s displayed in the webpage in Internet Explorer. The webpage should contain lots of XML data.
The figure below depicts an example of the information that should be displayed in Internet Explorer.
Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community.
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Page breaks tell Word where to start a new page. A manual page break might be making an unwanted blank page in your document.
In the middle of a document, deleting section breaks can cause formatting problems. In these cases, try changing the section break to one that doesn’t generate a new page. Here’s how:
Odd, Even, and Next cause blank pages
Next Page, Odd Page, and Even Page section breaks may create a blank page in your document. If the blank page occurs at the end of your document and you have a section break there, place your cursor directly before the section break and press Delete.
Tip: To more easily find section breaks, try switching to Draft on the View tab.
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Word includes a non-deleteable end-paragraph that sometimes gets pushed out to a new, blank page at the end of a document. The way to delete the page is to make the end-paragraph fit onto the preceding page. The most sure-fire way is to make the end-paragraph very small (1 point):
If that paragraph still doesn’t fit on the preceding page, you can make the bottom margin smaller (Layout tab > Margins > Custom Margins, and set the bottom margin to something small, like 0.3 inches).
Tip: If the paragraph mark has a square bullet next to it, the paragraph might have the Page break before option turned on. To turn it off, right-select the empty paragraph, select Paragraph Settings (Home tab), and on the Lines and Page Breaks tab of the dialog box, uncheck Page break before.
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To delete a page that contains text, graphics, or empty paragraphs, select the content to delete, and press Delete. You can also do this:
To remove blank pages in the middle or at the end of your document, see Delete a blank page.