Live Mesh is real cloud computing available now and free – not vague promises for the future. Office Watch has a primer on using it now. Live Mesh is Microsoft’s file sharing ‘cloud’ technology. The ‘technical preview’ is currently available to people in some countries for free so you can
There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. This is part of a global effort by Microsoft to
Is Office 2003 SP2 ‘dead’ – should you update to Service Pack 3 despite the problems in the latest update? ” I’ve heard that Office 2003 SP2 is no longer supported, is that true? That’s a problem for my company because Service Pack 3 breaks access to many file types
Microsoft has released more details about the next Service Pack for Office 2007 users. This isn’t the first time SP2 has been ‘announced’ and it won’t be the last. Microsoft has released more details about the next Service Pack for Office 2007 users. This isn’t the first time SP2 has
Do you need to reindex your computer after installing new plug-ins for Windows Search? ” After I install the October 08 iFilters pack do I have to reindex my computer? The download page doesn’t say. Thanks. ” Billy M – Ohio, USA. That’s a good question and there’s no clear
Microsoft has released a new pack of ‘iFilter’ extras to support Office 2007 documents with their various search technologies. Microsoft has released a new pack of ‘iFilter’ extras to support Office 2007 documents with their various search technologies. iFilter is Microsoft’s name for plug-ins that will let you index and
We’ve just received the following fake Microsoft message with a nasty file attachment. Though most email programs (including Outlook 2003 and 2007) block .exe file attachments by default, it’s surprising that the entire message doesn’t end up in the Junk Email folder. We’ve just received the following fake Microsoft message
A strange spelling anomaly appeared in Word 2003 and Word 2007 — all to do with a possessive Donna. ” At some point “recently” (like within the past year?) the last name Donna, when you add a possessive, Office 2007 spell checker thinks it is spelled wrong. Try it with
More comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. I suppose it was inevitable .. after mentioning Monty Python and the MS Word dictionary last week (admittedly tongue-in-cheek) someone has asked about more comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. “Great point about Monty – if mere
Australian customers of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Exchange Server and other programs are about to suffer another upheaval courtesy of Microsoft itself. Australian customers of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Exchange Server and other programs are about to suffer another upheaval courtesy of Microsoft itself. While the immediate problem is ‘down under’, the
Why isn’t Sarah Palin in the MS Word dictionary and the suggested spellings offensive to some people? We explain why Microsoft is NOT to blame, what’s happening and how to fix it. You can tell election fever is getting too hot when poor old Microsoft Office gets dragged into arguments between
How does Word cope with a grammar quiz in The New York Times? The New York Times has a grammar quiz today (free registration required for some of the NYT web site). ” When we stumble over sound-alike words, readers accuse us of turning our editing chores over to a
There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. Here’s a quick guide to some of the options including free downloads. There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. PDF files retain most of the
Only two Office-related security updates in September 2008 – both are very wide-ranging affecting Office XP, 2003 and 2007. Only two Office-related security updates in September 2008 – both are very wide-ranging affecting Office XP, 2003 and 2007. Both are yet more variants on security problems we’ve seen in the
If you get confused by the documentation for Office updates, don’t think it’s your fault, some of the Microsoft’s documentation is very poor. Just one exhibit is a recent article about a cumulative update for Office 2003. If you get confused by the documentation for Office updates, don’t think it’s
The announcement of Office 2007 cumulative update for August 2008 is astonishingly light on any information that might be useful for Microsoft’s paying customers. The announcement of Office 2007 cumulative update for August 2008 is astonishingly light on any information that might be useful for Microsoft’s paying customers. As already
It’s a shock headline, Microsoft apparently patents keyboard keys that have been around for decades. The reality isn’t as bad or ridiculous. If you read some headlines in the tech press it seems that Microsoft now has a patent for the ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ keys! The patent was
How can you toggle between costly color printing and cheaper Black & White or Grayscale quickly without delving into the print properties each time you want to switch? Over at Citibank they are on an economy drive, part of which is cutting back on color printing. That’s no surprise because
Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa, but that’s still expensive for many. Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa. The Home & Student bundle has the 2007 versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and
Future Office Watch newsletters will include DomainKeys authentication. Future Office Watch newsletters will include DomainKeys authentication. DomainKeys is a method of verifying that the sender and content of a message really comes from the web site it’s alleged to be sent from. Many popular Internet services such as Yahoo and
More fake news emails from ‘CNN’ and now ‘MSNBC’ aren’t picked up by Outlook. Once a spammer or phishing baddie finds a way to bypass common spam filters they or copy-cats will quickly take advantage with similar messages. After the ‘successful’ message pretending to be from CNN and their ‘Daily
‘Remote Code Execution’ is the phrase for August 08 updates for a wide range of Office products. August 2008 brings two security updates for Access plus Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Office. It’s really a case of ‘once more around the roundabout’ with most of the patches fixing yet more
Only a few days after the ‘Top 10’ fake messages started appearing, there’s a new phishing message arriving – again it looks like an email from CNN and again Outlook’s Junk Email filter doesn’t consistently detect it. Only a few days after the ‘Top 10‘ fake messages started appearing, there’s
A new phishing message is arriving in Inboxes and mostly not being caught by Microsoft Outlook’s anti-spam and phishing filters. We have details and how to block the fake emails. A new phishing message is arriving in Inboxes and mostly not being caught by Microsoft Outlook’s anti-spam and phishing filters.
