Posted by
Andy Brown
on 03 April 2024
The Ajelix Excel AI tool claims to help you generate formulae in Excel - so we put it to the test
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 03 April 2024
Microsoft would much prefer it if everyone switched to a subscription model for Office licensing, but they aren't abandoning the sale of standalone software applications just yet.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 03 April 2024
How one determined person embedded the published ChatGPT 2 source code and weightings within an Excel workbook to give an insight into how AI works
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 03 April 2024
Want a complete list of all of the AI tools available for you to use? Here's a website which lists 32 tools just for sarcastic conversations alone!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 03 April 2024
Don't consider yourself to be musical? Think again! Now everyone can unleash their inner Taylor Swift, using the Suno plug-in within Copilot.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 01 March 2024
Chat GPT now incorporates a range of mini GPTs dedicated to different tasks. We put a few through their paces, so that you don't have to!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 31 January 2024
We've discovered two (more) Windows short-cut keys which will help you work with multiple screens - and there's also a new Copilot key coming to your keyboard soon.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 30 January 2024
Do you hate OneDrive as much as I do? I doubt it. How about those extra dialog boxes which appear in Excel, Word and PowerPoint whenever you want to open or save a file, called Backstage view? This blog gives some welcome ideas for reducing the intrusion of unsolicited OneDrive dialog boxes into your working life.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 11 December 2023
Wise Owl have form for developing games in VBA (remember Flappy Owl, anyone?), but Tom Hedge has taken this one stage further by providing a portal to 3 popular games from a single webpage.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 11 December 2023
If you're struggling to think of a present for the nerd in your life (yourself?), here are 3 ideas to help you: a game, a book about games and a book about murder mystery puzzles.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 October 2023
Not happy with how you look? Why not create an idealised avatar of yourself in Teams, which can then replace the real you?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
When you try to browse to a webpage that doesn't exist, you will see the dreaded 404 page: but don't have to be dull, as these 5 examples prove.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
Did you know that the Chrome T-Rex dinosaur is the basis of a game? Or that you could surf in Edge? Or drive on any browser? Wise Owl Training: wasting one of your lunchtimes at a time ...
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
The problem with AI tools like Chat GPT is often having the imagination to think how to use them. To give you some ideas here are 5 ways in which you can use image-based AI questions in Chat GPT for general questions, cookery queries, travel updates, website design help and medical enquiries.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
You can now use Microsoft's keyboard app to generate AI images on your phone - it's great fun! Sadly you can only do this on Android for now (although you can use lots of other good AI features of the app on IPhones).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
If you have a large, modern cinema-style TV in your living-room, the chances are that it's probably 65 inch. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a 135 inch one?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 July 2023
At Wise Owl we are passionate about short-cut keys - both using them, and sharing discoveries about them with our newsletter readers. Imagine our excitement when we found these gems that you can use when browsing the Internet!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 July 2023
You can now exchange high-fives in Teams: the first of a planned family of "together emojis".
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 July 2023
What connects the ability to high-five in Teams, the inclusion of Excel in EVE Online, a new default font in Office and pricing policy for the new Microsoft AI Copilot feature? This blog!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 08 June 2023
It may seem a little OTT, but you can use your favourite AI tool as a calculator - as long as you don't mind if the answers are sometimes not quite right!