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Category: Office Applications

  • Cannot open file in Office 2013 from OneDrive web

    Had a problem today after having migrated to a new computer that Office 2013 in both Word and Excel would not open my files from OneDrive. They would open from my local drive but on the recent list or browsing to the website address on docs.live.net.​
    The message was not very useful just stating that it “Couldn’t open the file”.
    After a bit of searching I hadn’t got very far but for a different problem someone had run a repair on the Office 2013 installation. Worth a try I thought. So I did and now it works…
    It would seem if you have a error in Office, try a repair. This is from the installed applications, right click and select change, and then repair.

  • Office 365 Student OSA Keys

    UPDATE: This has changed a bit now as the license centre has an online activation menu option. This will prompt you for a business Office 365 account login. Make sure your Microsoft Account you use and the Business Account on Office 365 are correct and the licenses will be added or renewed on your subscription.

    If you use the Student Advantage licencing for Office in Office 365 then you will get an OSA product key. This is to activate the retail version of Office that can be downloaded from Office 365. To assign the key log in to your school’s Office 365 site and go to the link: https://portal.microsoftonline.com/Commerce/ProductKeyRedeem.aspx?paymenttype=1

    This adds the license that you have purchased to be available to assign to student user accounts.

    When the student logs in to Office 365 they will get an option to download and install Office.

    If the school does not have great download speeds then use the Office Deployment tool to download a copy: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36778 with instructions: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219424.aspx#BKMK_DownloadC2R

    Create your suitable configuration file and install.

    If there are errors installing it may be due to old or part installation of office on the computer. Use the tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2739501 to remove any previous Office installations.

  • OneNote has OCR function

    Microsoft ​OneNote, at least in Office 2013, can convert text in an image into text. Just right click on the image and select “Copy Text from Picture” and then paste the text where you need it.

    It is not perfect but did pretty well for me.