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My top ten underappreciated features in Office

Posted on June 2, 2025 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

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By Peter Deegan

Office software has been a cornerstone of productivity for decades.

Here are some underrated champions of Office, the ones that have quietly evolved to make our work better and easier.

Some are features that were a hassle at first but quietly became better over time, innovations that seem too complicated, or capabilities that have been in Office for so long that they’re overlooked. There’s also one that was supposed to be the “next big thing” and is now almost forgotten, despite Microsoft’s heavy heaping of hype.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.22.0, 2025-06-02).

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