The next release of SBS will include Office Web Apps. We’ve always liked Microsoft’s Small Business Server – a relatively cheap way to get centralized email, document storage and sharing. You get the considerable power of Exchange Server and Sharepoint in an easy to configure system. Office Watch has used
A chance to get a laptop for 6 months plus a copy of Office 2010 to keep. Microsoft has an interesting program starting up headed “Wanted: Your Microsoft Office Story”. They are making up a group of people (from a broad cross-section of users) and giving each person the loan
Some options for making a Gmail like ‘Priority Inbox’ in Outlook. Google’s Gmail service continues to innovate with the addition of a Priority Inbox feature. This feature (being gradually deployed to all Gmail users) puts ‘important’ emails into a special view above the standard Inbox. What is deemed ‘important’ changes
Frustration at trying to link a Window Mobile device to a Windows computer Jo J. writes with frustration at trying to link a Window Mobile device to a Windows computer: “I go buy three products and I real love using office 2010, a breath of fresh air. But I cannot
Only a month to go for the Office 2010 ‘free’ updates. The usual ‘Technology Guarantee’ for Office 2010, where recent purchasers of Office 2007 get a free upgrade, is closing soon. To qualify you must buy Office 2007, install and activate it before Thursday 30 September 2010 That’s not a
Microsoft adds some more features to their online service, including printing. Microsoft’s online version of Office – Office Web Apps has been revised with some extra features including printing. A major difference between the traditional Office software and the online service is how they are updated. Software is updated with
The free browser version of Office is worth trying out. Office Web Apps are the online, browser based versions of the Microsoft Office programs. There are versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that can run in a web browser wherever you are and are totally free. The Web Apps
” Today I went to the local computer store, which is in Canada, and acquired as to its cost. Since I use Access I have no choice but to purchase the Professional version. The retailer sells a Product Key for $499 and a CD for $699. I purchased a new
Why would existing Mac users pay more than they need to for Office 2011? Sandy J writes: “For many Macintosh users, I cannot see they would need to pay for the ‘Business’ box of Office 2011. The only important addition is Outlook for Mac which most Mac users don’t need.
A nice and informative PowerPoint presentation we made a little smaller and safer. A lovely PowerPoint presentation arrived in our Inbox (thanks Peter!) which we’ve decided to share with Office-Watch.com readers. It’s a series of day and night photos of Earth from space taken by Sunita Williams called ‘Blue Beauty’.
A curious marketing match – buy Office 2010 and get $100 to fly Southwest Airlines. Amazon currently has a promotion where you get $100 to spend on Southwest Airlines flights if you buy Office 2010 Home and Business. It’s not a bad deal as long as you’re a business customer
Take advantage of the Technology Guarantee to get a small discount on the upcoming Office for Mac There is a small opportunity to save money on Office 2011 for Mac Home and Business edition. The Technology Guarantee is now in effect for anyone buying Office 2008 for Mac until 30
Microsoft isn’t really cutting the prices of Office for Mac – it just looks that way. We’ve been intrigued to see press reports of Microsoft ‘cutting’ the prices on Office 2011 for Mac. It looks that way at first glance but, as usual, a closer look shows that Office 2011
Improved features related to inserting audio clips in PowerPoint 2010. Some of the features related to inserting audio clips have been improved in PowerPoint 2010. You can add an audio clip from files on your computer or the Clip Art task pane. You can also record your own audio to
A new spam email, ignored by Outlook’s spam filter, is supposed to have a spreadsheet file for Excel. A new spam email is arriving in Inboxes, trying to trick Excel users into opening it. This email isn’t detected by the Outlook 2007/2010 spam filter (latest update and configured to ‘High’)
Our friends in the Macintosh world will get a new incarnation of Office for Mac in October. Our friends in the Macintosh world will get a new incarnation of Office for Mac in October. Called Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 it will have the usual grab bag of new features
Just because it has the same name doesn’t mean Word 2010 has the same ‘version’ feature. Since Word 97 there has been a useful ‘versions’ feature which lets you save different variations or snapshots of a document within the single file. For no apparent reason this feature was summarily dropped
In Word 2010 there is a ‘version’ feature but it’s quite different from the feature of the same name in Word 97 to Word 2007. In Word 2010 there is a ‘version’ feature but it’s quite different from the feature of the same name in Word 97 to Word 2007.
The new cover for third generation Kindle devices is very clever. I like the look of the new Kindle with WiFi only. Many people have never felt a pressing need to use the 3G service if only because it’s too tempting to make impluse purchases. It also reduces the battery life
Microsoft’s latest video on the upcoming Office 2011 for Mac. Microsoft’s latest video on the upcoming Office 2011 for Mac features some developers talking about what they’ve been working on. Check it out here. Some of the features briefly discussed: The Template gallery is already a familiar feature for Office
Office-Watch.com titles are now available on the Kindle We’re delighted to announce that three Office-Watch.com titles are now available on the Kindle. You can now get our popular Office-Watch.com ebooks to read in the Kindle format – either on a Kindle device or on a PC, Mac, iPad or even
Live Sync is a useful tool for sharing files and Office settings between different computers. As Office-Watch.com regulars may know, we’ve been big fans of Microsoft Live Mesh – a beta service to synchronize files and remotely access computers. Live Mesh was great and the underlying technology revealed some enticing
Text effects in Word 2010 have wide range of options like applying shadow, reflection or glow to transform the appearance of text and give it an altogether new look. Text effects in Word 2010 have wide range of options like applying shadow, reflection or glow to transform the appearance of
Making ordinary texts look extraordinary has been possible for many versions of Word. Alas, the features can make ordinary text look awful – if you’re not careful. Making ordinary texts look extraordinary has been possible for many versions of Word. Alas, the features can make ordinary text look awful –
