Microsoft has released a redaction tool for Word 2003. The purpose of the tool is to let you convert text into black bars for censorship. Microsoft has released a redaction tool for Word 2003. If you’re wondering what redaction is, see a separate article below. The purpose of the tool
Containing our series on the Office 2007 formats. OFFICE 2007 DOCUMENT FORMAT We continue our series on the Office 2007 document format with a look at how open the new format will really be. Some good news about the password and encryption integrity of the new format plus our opinion
We continue our series on the Office 12 document format with a look at how open the new format will really be. Some good news about the password and encryption integrity of the new format plus our opinion of the whole shebang. We continue our series on the Office 12
We look at an interesting bug in both Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2003. Thanks to Bruce N for reminding us about an interesting bug in both Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2003. As Microsoft puts it: “multilevel subtotals for data in Microsoft Excel 2002 or Microsoft Office Excel 2003,
More comments by Victor Morgan on embedding fonts into Word documents Victor has some more comments following from last week’s article on embedding fonts into Word documents. If Word opens a document that requires a font not installed on that computer (and not embedded) it will display what it thinks
More on the new document formats in Office 2007 MORE ON THE NEW OFFICE 2007 FORMAT Back in Office Watch 10.18 we talked about the new document format coming in the next version of Office, due sometime in 2006. In this issue we’ll continue with more details and some updates.
We go into more detail about the new document format coming in Office 12. See Also Got Windows 7? You can open / save Office 2007 and ODF documents Programming tools for Office 2007 documents now available Shameless Office for Mac delays again The Office 12 XML document format –
We look in more detail at how to configure your PowerPoint presentation so that everything plays when you want it to and exactly how you want it to. By Helen Bradley Last time we looked at the basics of putting together a presentation in Producer for PowerPoint. This week it’s
It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the 2005 edition of the operating system. It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the
A headline about a security flaw in the Adobe Acrobat reader is enough to worry most people, but read the details to see that there’s nothing for most of us to worry about. A headline about a security flaw in the Adobe Acrobat reader is enough to worry most people,
We look at the bells and whistles available in Producer for PowerPoint 2003. By Helen Bradley You might be excused for thinking that PowerPoint is getting a little long in the tooth. Not much in the way of features have been added to the program in the last few years
Is it possible to delete a text box without deleting the text it contains? An interesting question this week Doug J about converting text boxes into ‘ordinary’ text. He asks if it’s possible to delete text boxes without deleting the text. Not as far as we can see. Given the
A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office available to remote users or staff who only have occasional need of access and don’t warrant installing an entire computer. A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office
From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all the bells and whistles you can imagine – most of which gather dust. From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all
An in-depth look at the new Office 2007 document formats. THE IMPLICATIONS OF OFFICE XML FORMAT Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about the basic difference between Word documents and the XML documents you’ve probably heard about. If
We explain more about Office and XML documents, which exist now for Word 2003 and Excel 2003 but will be improved upon and made the default file format for Office 12. Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about
In Office 12 the new OfficeML default document formats will be revised to include ZIP compression to make the documents smaller. The news about the next version of Office, aka Office 12, continues even though the release is probably a year away. Unlike most of these announcements, this one has
Intelore has a series of recovery tools for Word, Excel, Access and Outlook plus Project and Outlook Express. There are plenty of tools out there to unlock a password protected document including the long-time Office Watch supporter lostpassword.com but it’s always nice to see new players in a software market. Intelore has
You get an email with more than one image attachment, but Outlook only lets you open one image at a time. Look no further than “Outlook Picture Viewer” for the solution. Microsoft adds a nuisance to Office and there’s usually someone out there ready to provide a solution … In
Ascender now has permission from Microsoft to license their high-quality fonts to developers. We all get the standard Microsoft fonts with Windows and Office with the right to use them in our documents and emails. But developers cannot use the same fonts in their applications without a special licence. Ascender
About the rival document formats coming soon … OPENDOCUMENT VS OFFICE 2007 DOCS While most of the talk has been about the upcoming document format change in Office 2007 there are also a competitive set of Office file formats to consider. The OpenDocument format is internationally recognized standard for Office
The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. Details here. The filter is dated 10 May 2005, sadly just before the latest influx of Sober generated messages. Meantime the Exchange Server 2003 spam filter hasn’t been
All the ‘old’ POT templates from Powerpoint 4 and later are still available in three downloads from Microsoft. I can’t imagine why you’d like your Powerpoint 2003 presentations to look like they were made last century – perhaps there’s some retro fad out there? Anyway, all the ‘old’ POT templates