Dates confirmed .. more ‘drip feed’ info on buying Office 2007 and getting Office 2010 later. As we suspected, the slow feed of information on the Office 2010 Technology Guarantee continues today with some more official information including the effective dates. If you buy Office 2007 on or after 5
What can you do if Office product activation is refused? From time to time we get messages from readers who are having problems activating their copy of Microsoft Office. If you’re not getting what you think you paid for, ask Microsoft to explain. What you see on the screen isn’t
Prepare for buying Office 2007 now and get Office 2010 later. Microsoft has announced their usual Technology Guarantee will apply to Office 2010. You’ll be able to buy Office 2007 sometime soon and get Office 2010 later for a small charge or free. Actually Microsoft has partially announced it –
Our new ebook – Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack We’re delighted to announce the latest book from Office Watch Privacy and Security in Microsoft Office “Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack” Privacy & Security in Microsoft Officefocuses on using the security
How to qualify for Microsoft Office on the web There are two ways to try out Office Web Applications and only one of them needs Office 2010 on your computer. Office Web Applications (just one of the OWA acronyms from Microsoft) are the browser based versions of the Microsoft programs,
You don’t need a live.com address to get Office Web Applications We’ve had various emails from readers who are trying Office Web Applications and sharing documents with plenty of confusion. Most of the confusion comes when sharing an online document. Sharing access is given via an email address, not a
Microsoft plays their usual self-serving game with Office 2010 hardware needs. Microsoft has announced the Office 2010 hardware and system requirements and, as usual, they are self-serving and unrealistic. When looking a Microsoft system requirements for any of their products you need to keep in mind that the specs are
An add-in puts the coming Excel 2010 feature into Excel 2007, 2003 and XP. As we’ve already noted, the Excel 2010 feature Sparklines isn’t a new idea. The idea of small graphs next to the numbers it was originally named by Edward Tufte. If you like the idea of Sparklines
Does the patent dispute stop essential XML links for business? Richard L from the UK writes: “This issue of XML is interesting in the UK, as for business users and individuals submitting their tax returns in future both Companies House and HM Revenue and Customs are moving to an XML
The 11 January 2010 deadline has passed with sales of Office 2007 continuing, only now in the USA the software is sold without the ‘Custom XML’ feature. The 11 January 2010 deadline has passed with sales of Office 2007 continuing, only now in the USA the software is sold without
Office 2010 can be 50% more expensive than Office 2007. Microsoft’s price announcement for Office 2010 tries to disguise a significant price increase compared to Office 2007. The removal of upgrade discounts has led to price increases. There is the usual rearrangement of the content in MS Office bundles which
How to remove the ‘God mode’ folder. After our ‘Winks’ article on ‘God mode in Windows 7 and Vista‘, some readers had trouble removing the ‘God’ folder. Here’s more details on how to remove the special folder. For most people it’s simple – just right-click on the folder and choose
Microsoft drops its long-standing benefit for loyal Office users. For as long as anyone can remember Microsoft Office has a cheaper ‘upgrade’ price option – but not for Office 2010. Microsoft has confirmed to Office Watch that there will be no upgrade pricing offers for existing Office users. Everyone, existing
A simple table showing how bad a choice the Office 2010 Product Key Card really is. Office Watch has already talked about the Office 2010 Product Key Card (PKC) purchase option and how it is quite different from the boxed product with the same name. The main difference between the
The new Office 2010 Product Key Card is a more expensive way to buy Office. Part of the Office 2010 pricing regime is confirmation of a new way to buy Office: the Product Key Card. An innovative but more expensive way to buy Office. The idea is simple – at
Should you buy Office 2007 this week instead of waiting? If you’re thinking of buying Office 2007 there’s a case for getting it this week instead of waiting until later in the month. In the USA, the Office 2007 software you get this week may be different to what you
What to look for on retail shelves. The Office 2010 Professional box has a small box saying ‘1 Year Technical Support included’. As in the past, the Academic edition is limited to qualified academic users only. The Product Key Card is labelled ‘for 1 preloaded PC only’.
Prices for Office 2010 have been announced with a new twist that looks cheaper but isn’t and upgrades dropped entirely. Microsoft has announced some of the US retail prices for Office 2010 and there’s a new way to buy which looks cheaper but isn’t. Boxed Product This is the standard
Pity about the name but ‘God mode’ is a handy trick for Windows 7 and Vista. In fact you don’t need ‘God’ at all. Again, this isn’t MS Office but it’s too good to ignore … Given how sensitive some religious people can be, it’s little wonder Microsoft doesn’t want
Here’s the known situation regarding an enforced change to Word 2007 and Word 2003. We’ll update this page as hard information becomes available. Microsoft isn’t exactly forthcoming about this problem so there are more questions than we’d like and even less answers. Office Watch asked a series of questions to
Information on an unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP). Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only,click here for more …
How to view the ‘raw’ email message header in Outlook. Most of the time all you need is the basic message information – From, To and Subject but occasionally you need to dig a bit deeper into the ‘raw’ email message header. Here’s how to do it in Outlook 2007,
There are some interesting upcoming NT Live screenings that I thought I’d draw to your attention. NT Live is a high-res screening of a live play – not quite as good as being there but considerably cheaper and more convenient. They only show the film a few times; it’s
A look at a few of the embarrassing glitches in Word 2003’s in-built dictionary function. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. click here for more … See Also Why is an eighth grader smarter
