We answer some common questions about Office 2007 from Office Watch readers I don’t know whether it’s because of all the Microsoft promotional material about Office 2007 or in spite of it, but looking through the messages from Office Watch readers it’s clear that there are some misunderstandings about Office
The story of an ‘Internet Plaza’ to avoid in Grenada with lessons you can take anywhere. Most “Internet Café” will let you plug in your laptop, even if there’s no explicit sign to say that. They’ll either have a wireless connection or will unplug the network cable from one of
More on the consequences of losing your Office 2007 or Vista product key and what you can do to try protecting yourself. We continue our look at some concerns with product activation and disabling in Office 2007 and Vista. Last week we talked about how easy it is for your
The first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. This is the first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Both these
Before installing the January 2007 critical patch for Outlook there are some problems. The January 2007 security patch for Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 (XP) and Outlook 2000 deals with three different problems with Outlook – one of which is very serious. But one of the fixes in the 9 January
What Office patches does Microsoft has to start the year? iCal vulnerability Outlook 2003 Outlook 2002 (XP) Outlook 2000 A maliciously created .ICS or iCal calendar file could bypass protections and run code on your computer. Outlook 2007 is specifically EXcluded from this security problem. This page has some details and
How to restore Outlook’s Advanced Find feature, disabled by the 9 January 2007 patch from Microsoft. As we noted in Office Watch, Microsoft solution to a critical security gap in Outlook is to disable a feature in Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2000. After you apply that important patch
There are critical updates for Excel 2003, Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2000 plus Office for Mac Microsoft’s regular monthly patch release includes a patch for a problem in Excel. A ‘malformed’ worksheet could give access to the computer. Microsoft Office 2000 patch needs Service Pack 3 Microsoft Excel 2000
After the first 90 days, Microsoft will charge you for Office 2007 support – but when does the 90 days start. For Office 2007, Microsoft will provide free support for the first 90 days. That’s a change from the Office 2003 policy of free support for installation and then two
Beleive it or not – there’s now a comic strip to promote Office 2007 – The Enchanted Office. Another part of the promotion of Office 2007 is an online comic from Microsoft called ‘The Enchanted Office: Once upon a user interface‘ According to Microsoft “a creative way to broaden the
Sharepoint Solutions will be running a ‘non technical’ conference about Sharepoint 2007 soon after its retail release. Sharepoint Solutions will be running a ‘non technical’ conference about Sharepoint 2007 soon after its retail release. The SharePoint Information Worker Conference 2007 is being help January 31 – February 2, 2007 at
Wanna save some serious money buying Office 2007? then look in your old software, chances are you’ll have a qualifying licence. Office 2007 has broadened the range of products that qualify for the lower upgrade pricing – to the point where most people should qualify. In recent years you’ve needed
People in the UK are being asked to pay up to 50% more than their US cousins for Office 2007 A few months ago we looked at the comparative pricing between Office 2007 in the US and Australia to find some price increase. Our many UK readers have wondered about
What to do when you get the Windows Defender expiry message Come back to your computer in 2007 and you’ll probably see a message about the expiry of Windows Defender – Microsoft’s anti-spyware tool for Windows XP. Windows Defender was in public beta testing for most of 2006, despite it’s
A suggestion for configuring IE7 to make your screen less messy Internet Explorer 7 finally brings tabbed web browsing to Windows XP (and is supplied with Windows Vista). The default settings mean pop-up windows still appear in a separate window on the screen – that’s probably done so IE7 acts
We’ve added more RSS feeds designed to work with your PDA and the Avantgo service. We’ve created some special RSS feeds to accompany the PDA version of our new web site. See https://office-watch.com/rss-explain4PDA.aspx for the list of the PDA feeds. With the PDA versions of the our feeds you can
Microsoft releases a security update before its ready. An update to Microsoft Office for Mac appeared yesterday then disappeared a little later. These security updates are still being tested ‘in-house’ but escaped onto the Microsoft public web site until someone from Microsoft noticed what was on their own web site.
Microsoft has dropped their own automation system from the next Office for Mac. Visual Basic for Applications is the common macro language for Office users, whether they work on Windows or the Mac. It’s a great shame that Microsoft has decided to drop VBA support from the next version of
A web site that will convert your .docx file into fairly raw text. If you get a .docx file and can’t convert it, one free option is http://docx-converter.com/ This site will take a .docx file and return the text with formatting. The features have improved a lot over time –
Microsoft’s own divisions are slow to embrace the Office 2007 / OpenXML document formats. The Office 2007 document formats are out there but if they are to fulfill their potential Microsoft needs to do a lot more work. Even within Microsoft the support for ‘.docx’ and its companion is surprisingly
Surprisingly, you can use Office 2000 to qualify for the cheaper price for Office 2007 You have to watch Microsoft like a hawk, even their ‘firm update policy’ can change when you’re not looking. For the past few versions of Office the upgrade policy has been strict – only owners
A main plank in the Office 2007 system has been released. One of the major parts of the Office 2007 range has ‘gone gold’ with the release of Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft has a page devoted to the advantages of using Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. An interesting marketing
The MSDN news feeds commonly seen on Sharepoint sites will end in early February 2007 but there is an alternative The MSDN news headlines are supplied with Sharepoint 2003 and commonly used on Sharepoint home pages. That service ends in February 2007 – from 6 February there will be no
What to do about the ‘offers’ for Office 2007 infesting inboxes. Those bottom feeding opportunists known as spammers are at it again. Predictably they are sending out offers to get ‘Office 2007’ now for an absurdly low price. The prices are usually less than US$100 and sometimes are combined with
