All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
The Microsoft Office search engine
We’ve started a ‘Microsoft Office’ search engine to make it easier to find tips, help and info about Office.Google has launched a new search engine – the ‘Custom Search Engine’ feature where people can create their own specialized Search Engines. We’ve started a ‘Microsoft Office’ search engine to make it easier to find tips, help […]
Microsoft Office Visio 2007, Every Picture Tells a Richer Story
From: Microsoft Microsoft Office Visio 2007, Every Picture Tells a Richer Story- a Microsoft Q & A Richard Wolf, general manager of the Microsoft Office Graphics Division, highlights new data visualization capabilities in the upcoming release of Microsoft Office Visio that will enable business and IT professionals to more easily understand and share complex information. […]
October security updates for Microsoft Office
Here’s a list of the October 2006 security updates for Microsoft Office for Windows. There are five security updates for Microsoft Office this month, all of which are rated ‘Critical’ by Microsoft. Powerpoint for Windows and Mac See https://office-watch.com/kb?924163 PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003, Excel 2004 for Mac, Excel v.X for Mac Excel for […]
Office 2007 release possibilities
Windows Vista will ship on a single DVD regardless of which variant of the operating system you buy. Microsoft still has some more tricks up their sleeve for selling more software and keeping more of the money for themselves. Windows Vista will ship on a single DVD regardless of which variant of the operating system […]
September 2006 security updates
There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month. There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month. It applies to users of Publisher only – the 2000, 2002 (XP) and 2003 versions. Publisher 2000 Update needs Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 – download here Publisher 2002 Update needs Microsoft Office XP […]
The Invisible 80% of Office – Part 2
In part 2 of our “Invisible Office” articles, we point out another assortment of simple, yet often “invisible” features in Office. THE INVISIBLE 80% OF OFFICE – PART 2 By Michael Barden According to Microsoft, around 80% of the feature requests they get for Office are already currently within the applications. That’s right – the […]
Uses for the free Office viewers
Microsoft has a number of free programs that you can use to view (but not change) Microsoft Office documents. USING THE FREE OFFICE VIEWERS Microsoft has a number of free programs that you can use to view (but not change) Microsoft Office documents. In this issue we’ll show you why you’d use them, how to […]
ODF plug-in for Office – a wish list
What would make an effective ODF plug-in for MS Office? In a previous article we talked about Microsoft’s clever move to ‘outsource’ an Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office. Rather than do it themselves, it’s going to be done by an group of outside companies and ODF supporters. That raises the question – […]
Word Exploit – May 2006 – Part 1
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 warning. We’re publishing this special […]
Is Microsoft filtering Office Watch email?
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 2003 spam filter, especially when […]
Microsoft’s covenant not to sue
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 to Office) and making the […]
Using AutoCorrect in Office – Part 2
In this article we look at the AutoText, AutoFormat, and SmartTags tabs in the AutoCorrect Options dialog box. MAKING AUTOCORRECT DO THE WORK FOR YOU – PART 2 By Kara Monroe In the last edition of Office for Mere Mortals we looked at the first two tabs of the AutoCorrect Options dialog box in Microsoft […]
More patent problems for Microsoft
Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. MORE PATENT PROBLEMS Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. Details in last week’s Office Watch. Microsoft has […]
Office for Mac & Intel chips
News on Office for Mac and the effect of the move to Intel-based Macintosh. With Macintosh computers moving to use Intel chips the whole question of software compatibility arises. As usual, we received some questions from concerned Office users and looking at the public statements from Microsoft we find it easy to see why those […]
WMF exploit explained
Microsoft has a New Years gift to their customers, otherwise known as the Windows / WMF exploit. A few days ago in this newsletter we said that 2006 would be an interesting year – perhaps in the manner of the Chinese curse. Who knew Microsoft would make the curse come true in the first week […]
The Replace function in Office – Part 2
We continue our look at the “Replace” function in Office by examining more advanced replacing techniques. By Michael Barden In the last issue of Office for Mere Mortals we looked at how to search within a document in the various Office programs. There is a lot of hidden power accompanying the relatively simple process of finding […]
