If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. GOOGLE SPREADSHEET If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. We’ve been
MICROSOFT ANTI-VIRUS FREE TRIAL Years after the first viruses appeared to target Windows and Office documents, Microsoft has released some anti-virus software. After their purchase of Sybari Software in 2005 , Microsoft has released a series of AV products under their own name. Microsoft Antigen products use multiple anti-virus engines
Says Microsoft Executive to the BBC. Around the same time as hackers were exploiting an unpatched security hole in Office 2003 a UK Microsoft executive was telling the BBC about the ‘reliability and dependability that comes from a commercial software model’.He may have a point but it wasn’t the best
The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all. The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all, not just MSDN customers and approved beta testers. As usual these later test versions are feature locked. Don’t expect any feedback to result in
A potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. Over the weekend a potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. There’s NO fix for the security hole in Office which the virus exploits which makes it more serious than a usual
Microsoft confirms that the security hole affects Word 2003 and Word 2002 (XP). WORD SECURITY UPDATE Since our special issue last Monday, Microsoft has released a security advisory on the subject This confirms that the security hole affects Word 2003 and Word 2002 (XP). Word 2000 is NOT affected. The
Microsoft have released an Office 2003 Maori Language Pack for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel 2003. MAORI LANGUAGE PACK I’m obliged to Fred, one of our New Zealand readers, for pointing us to the Office 2003 Maori Language Pack for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel 2003. Maori are the indigenous
The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. If you already run GDS you might have seen a prompt to update automatically or you can download from desktop.google.com with your current indexes preserved. There are few obvious changes to the
Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! We’d prefer to think not. IS MICROSOFT FILTERING OFFICE WATCH EMAIL? Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! They’ve noticed that our newsletters are sometimes caught in the Outlook
We’ll push past the pages of fancy wording from Microsoft and get to the heart of what Office Genuine Advantage is and what it means to you. Office Genuine Advantage is a system to check if your copy of Microsoft Office is properly licensed. It’s only done on particular occasions
Microsoft’s ActiveSync is the program that connects a Pocket PC / Windows Mobile device to Windows, the Internet and Office. Your Outlook contacts, tasks, appointments, messages and notes can be synced with the device. ACTIVESYNC 4.2 BETA Microsoft’s ActiveSync is the program that connects a Pocket PC / Windows Mobile
Google has released their online calendar program and for a first effort it’s very impressive. GOOGLE CALENDAR AND OUTLOOK Google has released their online calendar program http://calendar.google.com and for a first effort it’s very impressive. As regular readers might know, we’re not big fans of this headlong rush to Internet
Why there are two Outlook file formats, both called .PST and how convert to the better one. Outlook stores all your email, appointments etc in one big file with the extension .PST with the exception of those connected to Exchange Server machines when it’s called an .OST file. With Outlook
How to save your entire Powerpoint presentation to another folder or CD Some Office features have been there for so long that it’s easy to forget they are there. Most of the coverage is of new features and long standing stuff gets overlooked. And so it was yesterday when I
The retail release of Office 2007 will now be in early 2007 – and we have a modest proposal for how to announce these things. Since Windows Vista will now arrive later than previously expected, Office 2007 is getting a similar push-back. The retail release of Office 2007 will now
One of our favorite Powertoys gets an update. SyncToy was released as a beta in early August 2005 and we had a full review of it in Office Watch #10.31. Since then, the Microsoft developers have collected feedback and released a version 1.1 with some welcome features including: Support for
Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! IS OPENOFFICE OUT OF DATE? Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! His comments about OpenOffice flushed out the usual anti-Microsoft suspects. Sounds outrageous and was probably intended to grab a
A tip to help you cope with a spamming tactic that Outlook can’t quite cope with. OUTLOOK JUNK MAIL TRICK Thanks to Office Watch reader Larry for this tip to cope with a spammers tactic which Outlook can’t quite cope with. “Sender addresses are displayed with the IP address instead
Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. DYNAMICS ARE A SNAP Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. Microsoft Dynamics Snap first effort are a collection
Microsoft has announced a ‘covenant not to sue’ which applies to the Office 2003 formats and will apply to the Office 2007 once the formats are finalized. MICROSOFT’S COVENANT NOT TO SUE Microsoft has always been torn between keeping their Office document formats exclusive to them (which keep people tied
Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. ‘PATENT’ QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. Their attitude is strange but it’s typical that the company should oblige customers to use a particular version of Office for
There will be 2007 versions of Visio, Project, Project Server and InfoPath – all released in the same timeframe as the rest of Office 2007. VISIO, PROJECT AND INFOPATH 2007 There will be 2007 versions of Visio, Project, Project Server and InfoPath – all released in the same timeframe as
Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a curious mixture of praise and legitimate privacy concerns. Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a