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More Office 2007 patches
Even after Service Pack 2, there are more fixes for Office 2007.Service Pack 2 has been out less than a week and already there are more fixes for Office 2007. These ‘hotfixes’ are temporary and ‘ not fully tested’ updates. Most are dated 30 April 2009 – only a few days after Service Pack 2 […]
Service Pack 2 bugs – real or imagined?
We look at some reports of Office 2007 SP2 bugs. There are some complaints appearing of problems are installing Office 2007 Service Pack 2 – hardly a surprise. It’s always hard to work out whether an Office Service Pack is truly to blame, though the uninstall option for SP2 makes it easier to switch back […]
Office 2003 hotfixes galore
Six new patches for Office 2003, Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003. The update ‘fun’ this week users isn’t limited to Office 2007 – there are also several ‘hotfixes’ for Office 2003. These ‘hotfixes’ are temporary and ‘ not fully tested’ updates. Only install them if you have the specific problem mentioned and you […]
Office 2007 SP2 – what’s caught our eye
Some highlights and low lights of Service Pack 2. Only 24 hours since Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released, here are some highlights and lowlights that have caught our eye. Over the coming weeks we’ll look at some features in detail and, hopefully, report as Microsoft discloses more information about the changes in SP2. […]
New Office 2007 help files available now
Separate downloads of Service Pack 2 updated help files if you know where to look. Nowhere on Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 info pages will you find mention of yet more Office 2007 downloads. At the same time as Service Pack 2 was released are updated Help file downloads as well. These updated help files are […]
Office 2007 update for other versions of Office
Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 users have an Office 2007 related update too. There is an Office 2007 related update for Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 users. We strongly suggest installing the’ Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats‘ which let you open and save the […]
Office 2007 Service Pack – downloads available now
Details on the many downloads that make up Office 2007 SP2 plus 8 for server software. Details on the many downloads that make up Office 2007 SP2, plus the uninstall tool, and more download options for server software. Our advice is the same this time as for past Office Service Packs. Prudent Office 2007 users should […]
Office 2007 SP2 – changes and problems
The known problems and major ‘behavior changes’ in SP2. If you look waaaay down Microsoft’s SP2 documentation you’ll find a list of ‘Known Issues and behavior changes’ , or in other words, things that work differently once you install Service Pack 2 or don’t work at all. Why? Microsoft Office is an extremely complex collection […]
Access 2007 Service Pack 2 – the official fix list
The official fix list for Access 2007 both the summary and the complete list. Here’s the official fix list for Access 2007 both the summary and the complete list. We’ve published it here for easy reference instead of hunting around Microsoft’s web site and an Excel worksheet. This list does NOT include details of past […]
OneNote 2007 Service Pack 2 – the official fix list
The official fix list for OneNote 2007 SP2 both the summary and the complete list Here’s the official fix list for OneNote 2007 SP2 both the summary and the complete list. We’ve published it here for easy reference instead of hunting around Microsoft’s web site and an Excel worksheet. This list does NOT include details […]
Office 2007 SP2 – list of fixes
Improvements summary for the latest update to Office 2007. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be available soon (not as we type this but not long now). In the meantime here’s a summary list of what Microsoft considers the major fixes or ‘improvements’ Office Watch will have its own summary of Office 2007 Service […]
Printing a selection in Office
A trick for quickly printing part of a document, worksheet or slides plus when it does NOT work. Sometimes you just want to print part of a document, maybe a few paragraphs or many pages. One option available is to print the current selection. The basics are simple. In Word, select any block of text […]
Using Excel (the real one) to read Twitter
You can use Microsoft Excel to read your Tweets, incoming and outgoing. Yesterday we talked about SpreadTweet, a program that looks like Excel but really lets you to read and send tweets without being caught by your boss. Excel itself can be used to read incoming Tweets and your own updates. It’s even easier to […]
Disguise Twitter as an Excel worksheet
SpreadTweet is a way to view your Twitter account, looking like an Excel worksheet. It seems that not a day or maybe even an hour goes by without some new Twitter program or service is released, but we had to love this one – SpreadTweet. SpreadTweet is a way to view your Twitter account, looking […]
Office 2008 for Mac – free trial
Try Office 2008 free for 30 days but watch out for the high price at the end. Mac users can now try Office 2008 free for 30 days. We have some money saving conversion tips that can save you a few hundred dollars. Where to start Microsoft itself hasn’t realized the trial version is available […]
Office 2007 Service Pack on 28 April
More details and a cautionary note on the coming Office 2007 update. As Office Watch suggested last week, Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will be released to the public on 28 April – less than two weeks away. The main contents of SP2 has been announced in the past: Integrated Save to PDF and XPS […]
