All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Microsoft’s “half-price” offer on Office 2007
Microsoft is offering half-price on one of their Office 2007 bundles just until 1 December 2008. But, as usual with Microsoft, there are traps for the unwary. We explain the traps and suggest a way to buy for the advertised price elsewhere.UPDATE: the Black Friday offer has now expired, however there’s still strange and expensive […]
A humble submission to their Lordships
Even after two years, the Lords and Members of Parliament in the UK can’t easily open Office 2007 documents. We explain the simple options available to the honorable members. Silicon.com is reporting that the UK’s Members of Parliament and the House of Lords are having trouble opening documents that are delivered in the Office 2007 […]
Reorganising monthly information in Word
It’s a simple question about ordering monthly data in Word – there’s many answers which give a glimpse into what you can do with Office. ” I want to have a monthly log of items, each month separated by a page or section break, but be able to “toggle” the pages to have the most […]
Of Rand()om text, old text and Lorem ipsum
New wrinkles on an old Microsoft Office =rand() ‘random’ or filler text trick Old Word hands know there’s a quick way to enter text into a document as a placeholder for testing or to help formatting while you’re waiting for the real content to arrive. Type =rand() and some text will appear. There are NO […]
Wanna pay more for Office? Use the new Microsoft store
Microsoft has launched its new online store for buying their products – you can download most right away but you’ll pay at least 20% more for the privilege. Microsoft has launched its new online store for buying their products – you can download most right away but you’ll pay at least 20% more for the […]
Office 2008 for Mac – great saving opportunity
If you’re thinking of buying Office 2008 for Mac there’s an interesting pricing anomaly that you might take advantage of, while it lasts. While comparing the prices of Office products on the new Microsoft Store we came across a strange little pricing anomaly that could save you around $50 on the price of Office for […]
New Office 2007 help files
Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Each program has a separate download. In most cases the download includes updates for both the main user help file and the developers help file. There are no details […]
Thoughts on Office moving to your browser
We’ve seen the demos, read the press release then the inevitable rumors and supposition – now Office Watch has to opine on Microsoft’s announcement of a light-weight version of Office available via a web browser. We’ve seen the demos, read the press release then the inevitable rumors and supposition – now Office Watch has to […]
Office moves to the web – oh so reluctantly
A few days ago Microsoft announced something that they didn’t want to do but everyone knew they had to do – start the roll out of an online browser-based version of Microsoft Office. A few days ago Microsoft announced something that they didn’t want to do but everyone knew they had to do – start […]
MS Office coming to the Apple iPhone
Soon Apple iPhone and iTouch users will be able to edit MS Office documents on a tiny but crisp screen. When Apple released the latest iPhone with direct support for Microsoft Exchange Server, it left the question of access to other parts of the Office suite. DataViz has announced that their Documents To Go product […]
Live Mesh; the near and far future
Live Mesh is useful now even in technical beta – here a few wish list items plus a little crystal ball gazing. Update: about the time we published this article there were major changes to Live Mesh. It’s now advanced to ‘beta’ form and not ‘Technical Preview’. It can be installed by people in any country around […]
Microsoft to Extend Office to the Browser
From: Microsoft Q&A: Microsoft Senior Vice President Chris Capossela discusses how extending Office applications to the browser will increase choice and flexibility for customers. Here’s the full text of the announcement made by Microsoft today about their future plans for Office Web applications. Q&A: Microsoft Senior Vice President Chris Capossela discusses how extending Office applications […]
Is Office 2003 Service Pack 2 dead?
Is Office 2003 SP2 ‘dead’ – should you update to Service Pack 3 despite the problems in the latest update? ” I’ve heard that Office 2003 SP2 is no longer supported, is that true? That’s a problem for my company because Service Pack 3 breaks access to many file types we need so we can’t […]
Microsoft drops the price of Office in Pakistan
There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. This is part of a global effort by Microsoft to reduce the price of Office […]
Live Mesh; it’s here now, it’s useful and it’s free
Live Mesh is real cloud computing available now and free – not vague promises for the future. Office Watch has a primer on using it now. Live Mesh is Microsoft’s file sharing ‘cloud’ technology. The ‘technical preview’ is currently available to people in some countries for free so you can give it a try – […]
Microsoft announces Office 2007 Service Pack 2 … again
Microsoft has released more details about the next Service Pack for Office 2007 users. This isn’t the first time SP2 has been ‘announced’ and it won’t be the last. Microsoft has released more details about the next Service Pack for Office 2007 users. This isn’t the first time SP2 has been ‘announced’ and it won’t […]
