Three Power Tips for Reading the Office Blog

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This post is written by Craig Kerwien, the Director of Site Management in the Office Division Product Management Group.

We're all about productivity and getting things done here in the back offices of the Office Blog command center. We've made a few changes to the blog in the past several months that make it super easy to read  and keep up with our latest posts. All you need to know are these three power tips.

Tip# 1:  Use all of Outlook's nifty RSS features

Do you use an RSS reader? Chances are good you already have one - Outlook comes with most editions of Office today (except for Home & Student), and it has a few cool reading features built in:

Share how to add the main feedMove feed shortcut up to favoritesTeach how to find the other RSS feeds so people can plug in or use another reader.Provide feed list

Tip# 2:  Read the Office Blog on your Windows Phone                    

Have a Windows Phone? We just released a quick simple app that you lets scan the latest blog headlines, click a post, and read it on your phone. If you don't have a Windows Phone, then you can just use your favorite RSS reader on your mobile device and plug in any of the RSS feeds shared above.

Creating a Windows Phone App for the blog was a fun little side project for us. We used a simple Windows Phone app toolkit from Microsoft Evangelist Chris Koenig and created it in a weekend. If you'd like to learn more about how we created the app, check out this behind-the-scenes post.

Tip# 3:  Pin Office Blog to your task bar

Do you use IE9 and Windows 7? Then you can pin the Office Blogs to your task bar for an easy way to scan the latest posts or go directly to the Office Blog or Office app home pages. 

-- Craig Kerwien

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