Annoucements and releases on Microsoft Office matters. They are published 'as supplied' and have not been edited or verified by Office Watch
And so it begins …. Microsoft has started testing the next version of Office (called ‘Office 15’ for the moment) to a small group of people outside the company.
They aren’t saying much else at this stage except the usual platitudes that have accompanied a new version of Office since Reagan was president and since Office-Watch.com started 15 years ago.
“most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division”
“help people work, collaborate and communicate smarter and faster”
“important development milestone”
The only difference is that the word ‘cloud’ features more prominently than in the past.
Office 15 will be a system wide release covering not just the traditional Office software but also mobile, servers and cloud services. That will include the browser based ‘Office Web Apps’ but no word on whether the much rumored iPad apps are part of that bundle.
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Online Cloud-Based File Repair Service for Corrupted Microsoft Office Files
Mountain View, CA, September 2011 - OfficeRecovery, a long-standing leader in corrupted data repair technologies, has announced a breakthrough cloud-based online service that cuts significantly the time from encountering a file corruption disaster to completed recovery.
Available at https://online.officerecovery.com, the service provides users with a simple form to upload a corrupted Microsoft Office document, spreadsheet, presentation or database for repair. After upload, processing typically takes from a few seconds to a minute, then the user is offered free and paid options to download the recovery results.
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SSD's - some tips
Mostly for portable computers
SSD’s are usually installed on portable computers to take advantage of the lower power usage. That means your laptop can run longer on the same battery charge.
In our experience the power savings are not as spectacular as the early promises. Maybe 10% or 20% more at best in our trials. If you’re hoping for many hours of extra use, you may be disappointed.
Very high performance servers also use SSD’s for application where every tiny fraction of a second counts. You can use SSD’s in desktop computers but the price and low capacity makes it a poor choice at this stage. On desktop computers, a high speed traditional drive is a better bet.
Smaller capacity
Solid State Drives come in smaller sizes and with higher prices than standard drives. 120GB drives are commonly available for around $250 while a 250GB model at about US$526. Larger drives are available for a price, for example a 1TB SSD drive for a whopping $3,765.
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Low use of Bitlocker
A recent survey has found that nearly 99% of computers that could encrypt their hard drives with Microsoft’s Bitlocker don’t bother.
On a normal computer, the hard drive is ‘open’. Even if someone doesn’t have your login password they can see information on the hard drive.
Anyone with personal or private information in Word documents, Excel spreadsheets or Outlook emails should consider Bitlocker. Office documents can be password protected but it’s a hassle to do that to all documents. Outlook is effectively open to anyone who can login to the computer.
Bitlocker is a system for encrypting your entire hard drive making it much harder for a thief to get at your documents and emails. Bitlocker encrypts the drive so the login name/password combination is essential to access anything on the computer. With the right login details (password, card or USB key etc) the drive is just a mess of unreadable information.
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Office 2010: the real startup guide
We're delighted to announce the latest in our series of popular ebooks for Microsoft Office users.
Office 2010: the real startup guide
Things you should know that Microsoft won’t tell you: saving money, installing, configuring and using Office 2010
You've been hearing about it for some time but Office 2010 is now a reality. It's available for MSDN subscribers and organizations with volume licenses. Retail boxes will be available on 15 June 2010.
This is a comprehensive guide to buying, preparing, installing and configuring Office 2010. We’ll help you properly prepare for installing Office 2010. After all it's probably the most used piece of software on your computer, aside from Windows itself - so it's worth getting right.
We'll give you information that Microsoft doesn't provide 'up front' so that you can make a properly informed installation.
Office 2010: the real startup guide applies to all versions of Office 2010 including
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Office 2010 licence terms
A full copy of the licence terms (aka MSLT formerly EULA) for Office 2010.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Retail Pricing Comparison Chart
This is a direct copy of the Office 2010 pricing as presented by Microsoft with all the footnotes described as a 'more detailed guide'.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Reaches Beta, Bringing Productivity Gains to the PC, Phone and Browser
Q&A: Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group at Microsoft, discusses what is new in the public beta and what developers can expect from the upcoming release of Office 2010 and related products.
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Jive Connects for Microsoft Office
Jive Extends its Social Layer Deep into the Enterprise, Wide Across the Firewall, and Out into the Marketplace
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Office Web Applications – half measures for now
If you get access to Office via your browser, what’s on offer now? Only half.
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Thai Student Wins Title of ‘World Champ’ for Microsoft Office Word 2007 in Competition Hosted by Certiport
Kankawin Kowsrihawat demonstrates unparalleled prowess to top largest field of competitors ever in annual Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office.
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Microsoft's ODF Support Falls Short
ODF Alliance Finds Substantial Improvements Needed for Real-World Interoperability
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Document Interoperability Initiative Drives Development of New Tools
Fraunhofer FOKUS and industry experts collaborate to help organizations test and verify conformance with standardized document formats; updates to additional translator projects unveiled.
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A Guide to Microsoft Excel 2007 for Engineers and Scientists
Completely updated guide for scientists, engineers and students who want to use Microsoft Excel 2007 to its full potential.
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PDF-to-Office Formats Conversion Tool PDF2Office v5.0 for Windows
PDF2Office v5.0 - Convert PDF files directly to native Excel, Word and PowerPoint formats; newest version of the PDF-to-Office formats conversion tool for Windows ships.
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Office Service Pack 2 A Significant Stability, Performance and Interoperability Upgrade
Q&A: Group Program Manager Jane Liles talks about the enhancements now available through Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
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Azerbaijan Microsoft office plans to localize new Microsoft products
The Azerbaijan-based representative office Microsoft is planning to follow further policy of integration of Microsoft products into the Azerbaijani market.
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Microsoft Unveils Exchange 2010 With Public Beta
Microsoft Corp. today released a public beta of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, part of Microsoft’s unified communications family.
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Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products Will Redefine How People Work
Q&A: Chris Capossela, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Information Worker Product Management Group, discusses what people and businesses can expect from the upcoming release of Microsoft Exchange Server, Office, SharePoint Server, Visio and Project.
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Bundeskartellamt imposes fine against Microsoft
The Bundeskartellamt has imposed a fine of € 9 million on Microsoft Deutschland GmbH.
Microsoft has influenced the resale price of the software package "Office Home & Student 2007" in an anticompetitive manner.
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DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market
DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market via the Now Available Documents To Go and RoadSync Beta
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Microsoft Office Online and Monster.com Transform Résumés From Dusty to Dazzling and Empower Job Hunters to Find Their Next Dream Job
Job seekers use Office Online Career Center to build strong résumés with templates from Microsoft Office Online, apply for thousands of jobs through Monster.com, and use Office Live Workspace to meet with résumé consultants to polish résumés.
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Microsoft's Ultimate Office Deal Offers Unprecedented Savings for Students
The Ultimate Steal Promotion saves students up to 91 percent off the estimated retail price when downloading Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007.
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Classic Menu for Office 2007 v4.01a Makes Office 2007 Much Easier
Classic Menu for MS Office 2007 v4.01a, a new update for the suite of tools that enables users to introduce the interface of Microsoft Office 2003 into Microsoft Office 2007.
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ConverterTechnology's OfficeConverter 2007 Eases Microsoft Office 2007 Migrations
OfficeConverter 2007, which eliminates that fear by streamlining migration to Microsoft Office 2007
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Addintools' Ribbon Customizer Makes Office 2007 Easy and Personalized
Addintools Technology Ltd. announced today the launch of Ribbon Customizer.
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Quickoffice Upgrades First Editable Office 2007 Suite for Symbian S60 Smartphones
Quickoffice Upgrades First Editable Office 2007 Suite for Symbian S60 Smartphones Quickoffice Premier 6.0 Includes ZIP File Support, the Ability to View Password-Protected Files and Charts in Excel 2007
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Mark Logic Corporation Releases MarkLogic Toolkit for Word
Mark Logic® Corporation, provider of the industry's leading XML server, today announced the MarkLogic Toolkit for Word
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Caelo Software releases NEO Find
Caelo Software B.V. announces the release of NEO Find an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that gives users full control and instant access to their email messages.
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Attention Shoppers: Microsoft Opens Retail Experience Center
Facility is center of innovation for Microsoft and retailers addressing changing consumer expectations and economic conditions; elements of center to be on display at NRF event.
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Addintools Unveils Ribbon Customizer for Office 2007 v4.10
Addintools proudly announced the release of its universal and unique Ribbon Customizer for Office 2007 v4.10, designed for the flexible shaping and tuning of Microsoft Office 2007
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Quickoffice Unveils the Industry’s First Editable Office Application for the iPhone
MobileFiles™ Pro provides native editing of Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets and enhanced file access and transfer features.
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Shopping for a Holiday Gift for the Family? Top Tech Tips to Consider This Festive Season
Microsoft Office shares tips for those watching their pennies this December.
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Microsoft Takes Concrete Steps to Foster Interoperability Among File Formats
Company encourages greater transparency in the pursuit of interoperability by publishing ODF and Open XML implementation notes.
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Microsoft Publishes Implementation Notes for File Formats in Office 2007
Q&A: Doug Mahugh discusses how Microsoft’s delivery of implementation notes documenting Office’s support of file-format specifications demonstrates the company’s commitment to transparency, industry collaboration, interoperability and customer choice.
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Document Interoperability Initiative Demonstrates Momentum and Results
Industry collaboration leads to new interoperability solutions that deliver customer choice by improving how documents work across platforms.
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Home and Student edition - Office 2007 licence terms
This is a full copy of the licence rules for Office 2007 Home and Student & Military Appreciation editions only.
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Office 2007 licence terms
This is a full copy of the licence rules (aka MSLT or EULA) for Office 2007 software.
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Microsoft Brings Holiday Cheer on a Budget to Hispanic Families With Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007 Language Pack in Spanish
Microsoft will host special community workshop to teach families to organize and save money this holiday season.
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Addintools Releases One More Ribbon Tweak for Microsoft Office 2007
Addintools Technology LTD announces the release of Ribbon Customizer for Office 2007, a powerful customization tool for Microsoft Office 2007
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Expressivo Lends its Voice to Microsoft Word
IVO Software has presented the latest version of Expressivo 1.4.4 which integrates with Microsoft Word 2007.
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Microsoft Outlines Benefits of Software Plus Services to Higher Education at EDUCAUSE
Institutions to find cost savings, choice, security in on-premise and cloud computing environments.
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Microsoft to Extend Office to the Browser
Q&A: Microsoft Senior Vice President Chris Capossela discusses how extending Office applications to the browser will increase choice and flexibility for customers.
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Addintools Announces New Productivity Boosting Feature of Classic Menu for Office 2007 v3.93c
Addintools announced a new feature of its well-demanded Classic Menu for Office 2007 v3.93c
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US Patent for ContacTree Collaboration
ContacTree now has a US Patent for its collaboration processes in Outlook and SharePoint.
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Microsoft Launches Consumer Subscription Offering That Combines Microsoft Office and Windows Live OneCare
Microsoft Equipt gives consumers powerful productivity and security protection technologies in a single package through Circuit City.
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Microsoft Takes Additional Steps in Implementing Interoperability Principles
Actions enhance opportunities for developers to work with Microsoft’s high-volume products.
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Concentric and Microsoft Launch Hosted E-Mail Service for SMEs
Microsoft Corp. and Concentric announced new hosted e-mail service offerings for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Adobe Launches Public Beta of Acrobat.com
New Online Services Help People Work Together on Documents Anywhere, Anytime
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StyleVision 2008r2 – Support for Word 2007/OOXML at a New Low Price, EDI Conversion with MapForce, and more
StyleVision Supports Word 2007 / OOXML; Altova Lowers Price. Case Study – MapForce EDI Conversion Optimizes Business Transactions. Tips & Tricks – Content Re-Use in XMLSpy with OOXML & XSLT
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NEO Pro 3.2 now available
We are very happy to announce that with new investors and a regrouped development team we worked hard the last several months to prepare the next version of NEO Pro. Release 3.2 has now been launched and is a free upgrade for all licensed NEO Pro 3.x users.
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Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office
Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft’s flagship productivity suite.
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Microsoft on COFEE - the full statement
Here's our questions to Microsoft about COFEE and the full, unedited, response from Microsoft to those questions.
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Microsoft’s Genuine Software Initiative Makes Steady Progress on Protecting Customers
Q&A: Cori Hartje, Worldwide Director, Microsoft Genuine Software Initiative, discusses Microsoft’s continued investments to help customers and partners realize the value of genuine software.
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Product Offerings and Customer Early Access Program for Microsoft Dynamics Live CRM
Live CRM service defines new level of affordability for customers, expands software plus services opportunities for partners.
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Microsoft's new Office Security tools
Here's the official line on Microsoft's new security tools for Office -- we'll look at them in detail soon but for the moment we DON'T recommend using them.
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Office for Mac gets a .docx converter
Office for Mac users can get a beta converter for .docx and .docm files
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Syncing Outlook with Google Calendar
Access and edit Google Calendar information directly from your mobile device or Outlook!
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Microsoft Excel / Access User Conference 2007
Atlantic City, New Jersey will once again host the Microsoft Excel / Access User Conference (Trump Marina Hotel) - On April 18-20, 2007.
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Inside Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh
Q&A: From Macworld Conference & Expo 2007, the head of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit discusses the story behind the next generation of Microsoft's productivity software suite for the Mac.
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It’s Coming: Mac BU Announces Intent to Deliver Office 2008 for Mac
The first Universal version of Office for Mac for PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs — Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
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Microsoft Word Grows Up
As Microsoft Corporate Vice President Peter Pathe prepares to retire, he discusses the lasting legacy of a product he’s overseen for more than a decade.
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Free XPath Explorer tool
New freeware tool helps you unlock the data in your Microsoft Office XML files and other XML files
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DataPrompter 2007 Add-In for Word
DataPrompter 2007 Add-In for Word Speeds Up Document Creation For Word 2000 to Word 2007
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New version of Auto BCC /CC for Microsoft Outlook
Have BCC/CC copies created automatically. For Outlook 2003, 2002 (XP), 2000
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Microsoft Introduces Expression Studio, Enhances Family of Professional Design Tools
Expression Web shipping, Expression Media announced; latest technology previews deliver product and new platform advancements with first CTP of WPF/E.
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Software clarifies date formatting in MS Excel
Working with date values in Excel is not as easy as it sounds. Should you enter dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy? Do you enter slashes or dashes or dots? Pop-up Excel Calendar solves all the headaches by adding a pop-up calendar to your Excel
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Digital River Partners with Microsoft to Provide Global E-Commerce Operations for Popular Microsoft Products
Includes upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office system products
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Office 2007 / Vista technology guarantee announced
Microsoft working with PC manufacturers and system builders to provide holiday PC buyers with low-cost upgrades to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office release.
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Epicor Unveils New Desktop Productivity Solution on Microsoft Office 2007
Epicor Information Worker Boosts Productivity and Collaboration by Delivering Improved Access to Business Data through the 2007 Microsoft Office System
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Windows Desktop Search 3.0 is available
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WDS 3.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
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Project 2002 Security Update
A security update for Project 2002 has been released.
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Microsoft Advances Its Project Management Technology and the Project Management Profession
Microsoft Learning launches new Microsoft Office Project 2007 Certification program to help advance project management as a profession and maximize value for its customer base of nearly 20 million Microsoft Office Project user licenses.
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Microsoft Office Visio 2007, Every Picture Tells a Richer Story
Microsoft Office Visio 2007, Every Picture Tells a Richer Story- a Microsoft Q & A
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Microsoft-Wisconsin Class Action Settlement
Wisconsin consumers and businesses that bought Microsoft software, or a computer on which it was installed, can claim benefits under a class action settlement with a face value of $223,896,000.
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KeyStone Learning Systems Announces Release of Microsoft Office 2007 Training
KeyStone Learning Systems, LLC (KeyStone) announced their latest instructor-based video courseware titled "Microsoft Office 2007 Essentials." Scheduled for public release Q4 2006, this set will assist users in making the transition into the new features and navigation of "Microsoft Office 2007."
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SandRibbon mimics Office 2007 interface
SandRibbon is a user interface suite designed to mimic the advanced controls seen in Microsoft Office 2007.
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SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2006
SpreadsheetGear LLC has released SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2006, a royalty free Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheet component.
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