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I use Office and always have done. I like Microsoft, and see no reason to resort to using a hammer and small chisel to make cuneiform tablets for the purposes of communication just because I\u2019m jealous of how big Microsoft is.<\/p>\nI use Office and always have done. I like Microsoft, and see no reason to resort to using a hammer and small chisel to make cuneiform tablets for the purposes of communication just because I\u2019m jealous of how big Microsoft is.<\/p>\n
Anyway, yesterday I came home and discovered that a new Windows Insider update had come through, but the installation had failed. After re-booting, my system restored itself to the previous build, and I made a note to try the update later that evening. In the meantime, I checked my email, and deleted the stuff I didn\u2019t want. It was then I discovered a stupid, drawn-out quacking sound each time I deleted a message. The problem \u2013 well, the change – was too recent for there to be any coherent information on Google. <\/p>\n
In Outlook\u2019s settings, there is nothing associated with sounds other than turning off the one you get when an email arrives. I\u2019ve lived through the hell of that annoying chime every time an email arrives, and switched it off long ago. So I was stumped.<\/p>\n
But then, the following day, and to add insult to injury, I found out that when I opened Excel and launched a spreadsheet, a new and very annoying sound had been added to that action, too.<\/p>\n
Long story short. I disabled \u201cProvide feedback with sound\u201d in Excel\u2019s Options >> Ease of Access panel, and that stopped Excel making noises. The big benefit was that this stopped Outlook doing it, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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