All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Fitting a Word or Excel doc to your printer
How to print a document when the paper sizes are different.On our new Twitter account we saw this question: “When I send an Excel file to someone, should I have to set it up so they can print? I don’t know the printer/size they use.” Part of that answer is preparing the document but that’s not […]
Office 14 news round-up
Pricing hint, versions of Windows, Office on the web and other Office 14 news. From no less a mouth than Steve Ballmer comes word that the next version of Office won’t grace our desktops until 2010. That’s no real surprise, Microsoft seems to be focusing on the next Windows – Windows 7 in the hope […]
Office 2007 64 bit edition?
About 32-bit & 64-bit editions of Microsoft Office in Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010. Gradually, oh so gradually, we’re changing from a world of 32-bit computers to 64 bit computers. What does this mean for Microsoft Office? Microsoft Office and 64-bit Microsoft Office 2007 only has one version – the 32-bit edition. It […]
Paper sizes on another computer
How to format a Word or Excel document to print on someone else’s computer. On our new Twitter account we saw this question: ” When I send an Excel file to someone, should I have to set it up so they can print it? I don’t know the printer/size paper they use. “ It should […]
More MRU magic
How to remove single entries from the most recently used list. In Office for Mere Mortals we recently covered the basics of the most recently used (MRU) list in Office. Removing individual entries It is possible to an individual ‘recently used document’ but it’s not obvious and a far cry from a simple right-mouse click […]
Home Use Program myths debunked
We clear up some of the misunderstandings about the MS Office Home Use Program, one of the cheapest ways to buy Microsoft Office. In our article Get Office 2007 from your boss for $30 we explained how many companies can let their staff buy Office Professional for much less than retail. Some readers reported trouble […]
Unassigned shortcuts in Word 2007 may be assigned
If you make your own shortcuts, Word 2007 will mislead you about in-built shortcuts that will conflict with your own. If you make your own shortcuts, Word 2007 will mislead you about in-built shortcuts that will conflict with your own. In our article about the Full Screen View in Word 2007 we used this screen […]
Controlling the recently used document list
How to configure the list of recently used documents in Office and the glaring omission. The Most Recently Used (MRU) list is the list of documents you’ve recently opened in Word, Excel or PowerPoint. It is a handy way to reopen documents you’re currently working on but could be better. Setting the number In Word […]
Full-Screen editing in Word 2007
There is a full screen editing mode in Word 2007, if you know where to look. We’re obliged to Rob G from Pennsylvania who found the full screen mode in Word 2007. Full screen editing is great on smaller displays like laptops or netbooks as well as anyone who likes to type without the distraction […]
Using Office on netbook computers, part 3
Getting the most from the small screen. We look at options for making Office 2003 or Office 2007 work better in the smaller netbook screens. In the final part of our series, we’ll look at options for making Office 2003 or Office 2007 work better in the smaller netbook screens. While we’ve focused on netbooks, […]
How to get the Military Appreciation Edition
Microsoft has a ‘Military Appreciation Edition’ of Office 2007 for qualified purchasers but there is one more qualification you need … patience. Ever since we wrote about the Office 2007 Military Appreciation Edition (MAE) we’ve received messages from military and former military who’ve had trouble getting a copy. In-Store In theory, any military ‘Base Exchange’ […]
Understanding Sections in Word
Sections are in every Word document – here’s how to use them to make Word do what you need. In the last issue I described how to omit the page number on the last page of a document by using a section break and “de-linking” the header/footer between the sections. You use sections to accomplish […]
Using Office on netbook computers, part 2
We continue our look at using MS Office on the small netbook devices. A look at what office suite software to install on the netbook. This week we continue our look at using MS Office on the small netbook devices. In part one we had some buying suggestions for a netbook, now let us look […]
Office 2007 Resource Kit – free download
Microsoft has released the Office 2007 Resource Kit as a free download. Microsoft has released the Office 2007 Resource Kit as a free download. The Office 2007 Resource Kit is a pile of extra information for developers and managers working with Office 2007. The topics covered are: Getting started Planning and architecture Development Deployment Operations […]
Got Windows 7? You can open / save Office 2007 and ODF documents
If you’re trying out the beta version of Windows 7 then you can open Word 2007 documents (.docx) and OpenDocument ODF (.odt) just using Wordpad 7. But you can’t open the older .doc files used by Word 2003 and earlier versions. If you’re trying out the beta version of Windows 7 then you can open […]
Leaked! Images for Office 14 – the next Microsoft Office
The first images of Office 14 have been leaked plus a rough timeline — check it out here .. A Russian web site wzor.net has leaked images from the alpha (early) tests of Office 14 – the next release of Microsoft Office. With a alpha test version out to a limited group now, that puts […]
