The symptom: you File | Exit out of Outlook 2003, but it keeps on running, down in the Windows notification area (next to the clock). I’ve had reports from many of you that you still can’t get Outlook 2003 to quit, even after applying the nostrums in a recent article of Office Watch. The symptom: you […]
Piecemeal Office 2003 patches continue to roll in at a breathtaking pace. Piecemeal Office 2003 patches continue to roll in at a breathtaking pace. In addition to the Excel 2003 RAND() function patch that you have to beg for, there’s a raft of Word 2003 patches, all bundled into one file. The Word 2003 patch […]
Will Microsoft’s new XML patent filings affect you? Our friends in Redmond say that “Microsoft may have patents and/or patent applications that are necessary for you to license in order to make, sell, or distribute software programs that read or write files that comply with the Microsoft specifications for the Office Schemas.” While the shot […]
There is an even-easier way to bypass “Password for Forms” passwords in Word. Last week I told you about the bogus “Word security exposure” that made it into the computer press, when writers should’ve known better. In a nutshell, a very bright guy discovered that he could zap out a Word “Password for Forms” password […]
A reader problem tells us the symptoms of and solution to an unusual problem in Word 2002 related to having too many fonts installed. Office Watch reader Francine Millman, founder of PROMPT Consulting, writes: “Recently, I had a problem in Word 2002 whereby every single time I went to insert a Symbol into my document, […]
