The PowerPoint Presentation Companion lets you run a slideshow from a phone. Microsoft has released Presentation Companion 1.0 for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. This add-in only works if you have a Windows Mobile 6.5 touchscreen phone with Office Mobile 2010. The mobile phone and computer can then be linked via Bluetooth wireless. […]
A look at Smart Tags from Word 2002 to Word 2010. Smart Tags (or Actions as they are called in Office 2010) is a way to put special commands against certain words or phrases. Smart Tags look at the text and, if applicable, become available – in geek speak they are ‘context sensitive’. For example […]
Web links with the vital hash character aren’t always properly exported by Word 2007 or Word 2010. Phil Y, currently touring Germany, has found a curious bug in Word 2007 and Word 2010. Web links in a Word document aren’t always exported correctly to PDF or XPS files. We can’t find any mention of this […]
Switch from imperial/metric from inside Word 2002/XP to Word 2010. The Measurement Converter is a Smart Tag (Action in Word 2010) that can change your text from imperial/US to metric or vice-versa. As the name suggests converts measurement units used in the Word document for example convert miles to kilometers or kg to pounds. Apart […]
Why does Microsoft expect loyal customers to pay more for Office 2010? There are various theories about why Microsoft has dropped the upgrade discount for Office 2010 ranging from the silly to the more plausible. The silly excuses come from Microsoft itself. At the launch of Office 2010, a Microsoft executive said that reason was […]
