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Published August 8, 2013

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Cloud services you can trust: Office 365 availability

“Your complete office in the cloud” is how we think of Microsoft Office 365. While it gives us enormous pride that one billion people use Office, we deeply appreciate the responsibility we have to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations every day.

Published November 9, 2012

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What’s New with Information Rights Management in SharePoint and SharePoint Online?

by Barak Cohen, Lead PM Document Protection Services; Neil Wang, SDET Document Protection Services Document protection in the cloud The new Office is the version that brings document protection using Information Rights Management (IRM) services to the cloud for the first time.

Published October 19, 2012

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Office 365 University for Higher-Education Students

Today, we’re introducing a new offering for university and college students called Office 365 University. Available in the first quarter of 2013, Office 365 University will be offered online, at retail locations and at Microsoft Stores in 52 markets worldwide.

Published October 10, 2012

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Top 10 reasons students will love Word 2013

The new Office is packed with features that students will love and Word is no exception! Today, we present the Top 10 reasons we think students will be head over heels for the new Word. Download the Customer Preview today and tell us which of these is your favorite new feature!

Published September 28, 2012

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PowerPoint 2013: Present a PowerPoint File Online

You want to meet in real time to create or refine a PowerPoint presentation, but often the people with whom you need to meet cannot be at the same place at the same time. With the growing usage of messaging and audio/video conferencing software, people are collaborating from multiple locations.

Published August 23, 2012

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PowerPoint 2013: Presentation is Everything

You wouldn’t wear your workout clothes to a job interview, unless of course you were applying as a personal trainer or professional athlete. When you make PowerPoint slides, you are probably trying to sell a product, make a point, or pass a class.

Published July 26, 2011

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Free gradebook template for Excel 2010

Earlier in the year I worked with Beth Melton, an Excel MVP, to create a super easy and visual gradebook template in Excel 2010. It’s built for teachers with little to no Microsoft Excel experience. In fact, all of the grade calculation formulas are taken care of for you.

Published September 29, 2010

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Free Excel templates save time for busy parents, students, and teachers

This weekâ€™s post is written by Amy Miller. Amy is a writer for Office.com. For many of us, our kids are now back in school, and the reality of packed lunches, homework assignments, and hectic schedules are a new reality. If youâ€™re a teacher, your life just got extra busy too.

Published September 22, 2010

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MLA, APA, Chicago — Microsoft Word formats bibliographies for you

Did you know that it’s easy to create a bibliography based on common citation formats in Microsoft Word? A few months ago, we were asking students about how they write a research paper.

Published September 7, 2010

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True or false, IF provides the answer

Today’s post is brought to you by Frederique Klitgaard. Frederique is a writer on Office.com It’s easy to understand why the IF function appears in the top 10 list of popular Excel functions. It’s a versatile function that can be used for all sorts of tasks.

Audience: Education

Cloud services you can trust: Office 365 availability

What’s New with Information Rights Management in SharePoint and SharePoint Online?

Office 365 University for Higher-Education Students

Top 10 reasons students will love Word 2013

PowerPoint 2013: Present a PowerPoint File Online

PowerPoint 2013: Presentation is Everything

Free gradebook template for Excel 2010

Free Excel templates save time for busy parents, students, and teachers

MLA, APA, Chicago — Microsoft Word formats bibliographies for you

True or false, IF provides the answer

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