The distributable code for Access 2010 developers is now available, but beware bugs. The Microsoft Access 2010 runtime download is now available from Microsoft. There are two versions available – 32-bit and 64-bit depending on which type of Windows you have. The runtime download is freely distributable and allows Access
What the new Suggested Contacts folder does – and does not do. One of the new features introduced in MS Outlook 2010 is Suggested Contacts folder. It will appear in your folder list when you install Office 2010 with no immediate explanation of what it is or what it does.
How to write an email now and send it later. For many versions of Outlook you’ve been able to write an email now but delay sending it until a later time. Like many things with Outlook, there are several catches to the supposedly simple feature. Why delay sending a message?
If the update for Outlook connector 14 to Hotmail breaks down, there’s a fix. Microsoft released a mandatory upgrade to its Outlook Connector 14 software which endlessly cycles through the “You must upgrade…” message. It seems to affect Vista and Windows 7 users leaving XP systems alone. The upgrade was
Type in many languages from one keyboard. Here’s how you can type in other languages using a single keyboard into any Window program including Microsoft Office. Google has added a virtual keyboard to its search pages. On some search pages like google.co.th and google.ru you can now click on a
A new way to access common features on Word 2010. Although the term Navigation Pane has been introduced in MS Word 2010, most of its functionalities existed in earlier versions like Word 2007. Features like Document Map in Word, Find and Replace functionalities have all been integrated together in the
Using PPT to make your final declaration. Had to laugh at this New Yorker cartoon, even though there’s nothing really funny about suicide, it’s just a cartoon. “Sir, he left a suicide deck.” from the 5 April 2010 issue, page 39 or online here. It’s a bit hard to read,
The licence for Office 2010 makes Microsoft’s intention to use a ‘kill switch’ even clearer. Microsoft Office 2010 seems more likely to have a ‘kill switch’ to stop illegal use of the software even after activation. The licence terms (aka EULA) are more specific about what Microsoft may do if
A full copy of the licence terms (aka MSLT formerly EULA) for Office 2010. MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 DESKTOP APPLICATION SOFTWARE Below are three separate sets of license terms. Only one set applies to you. To determine which license terms apply to you check the license designation
Office 2010 is now officially available for download. The ‘final bits’ for Office 2010 have now been released to some customers. MSDN and Technet (Ultimate and Premium) subscribers can now download both the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (X64) versions directly from Microsoft. It is the ‘Professional Plus’ bundle with Access 2010,
MSDN customers can download Office 2010 real soon. Office 2010 has been ‘released to manufacture’ and MSDN customers can download the final Office 2010 on Thursday 22nd April 2010. That’s according to the ‘Office Backstage‘ blog and while only MSDN is mentioned, it’s likely that Technet subscribers will also be
Wanna pay 40% more for Office 2010 Professional? Buy it in Australia. The Australian prices are a strange mixed bag compared to both the US and UK prices. For many years, price comparisons between Microsoft Office prices in the US and other countries haven’t looked good for customers. For Office
Price increases for most Aussies wanting Office 2010. Microsoft Australia has finally announced their prices for Microsoft Office 2010. Home and Student 2010 has a recommended retail price of $209 Home and Business 2010 at $379 Professional 2010 at $849 There are also ‘Product Key Card’ options for $169, $279
Office 2010 will be available soon – but not now. With the news that Office 2010 has been released to manufacture, the software pirates were quickly out with downloads that you should not touch. Office-Watch.com checked a few of the ‘Office 2010 RTM’ downloads and found most of them were
Now you have to pay for the ODF converter, what are the alternatives? Oracle, the new owners of Sun, are now charging for the previously free ODF plug-in for Microsoft Office. The plug-in lets MS Office read and write to the ODF file format which is a rival to Microsoft
An embarrassing cookbook shows how Word features can bite back. Down in Australia, copies of ‘The Pasta Bible’ might become high priced curiosities after the book has been withdrawn and destroyed. The reason is an embarrassing typo caused by trusting a spell-checker and maybe auto-correct being too helpful. We don’t
Office 2010 is out of beta and moving to the real world. Microsoft has announced that Office 2010 is out of development and is now RTM – Released to Manufacture. The beta testing has ended and the final product will be available soon. Some long suffering cynics might say that
Make a base for all your slides, then later global changes are easy. We’ve seen too many people making the same change to slide after slide when they could have done it in a few seconds with some preparation. Before you do anything on a presentation – check out the
The fast way to make a photo album presentation in Powerpoint 2007 and 2010. Last year, Office for Mere Mortals, covered making a photo album in several versions of Powerpoint. In PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010 there’s a quicker way – go to the Insert tab and choose Photo Album.
Fixes for security bugs in Publisher and Visio. In a long list of security bugs, the April list only has a few related to MS Office. Publisher Yet more ways to run a program via a hacked Office document, this time with Publisher Publisher 2007 with SP1 or SP2 –
Webmail dangers and what you can do about it. A recent article in the New York Times ‘I was hacked in Beijing‘ highlights some of the problems with storing your email or documents in the much-promoted cloud. In this case it seems the journalist was using a Yahoo online
Moving and counting rows or columns Navigation Excel has some clever keyboard shortcuts to let you move to the extremes of your worksheet. ‘Extremes’ doesn’t mean the absolute end of the worksheet, rather the end of the current block of filled or unfilled cells. Hold down the Ctrl key and
So much for the difficulties of 64-bit Office 2010 – is it worth it? Last week we had a lot of coverage on Office 2010 64-bit edition, the compatibility issues and special installation requirements. If you don’t think you’ll have any compatibility problems, is it worth the trouble? That’s the big
Security patches for Publisher and Visio. This month’s security updates from Microsoft are ‘only’ for Publisher (2002/XP, 2003 2007) and Visio (2002/XP, 2003, 2007) Publisher Yet another method of making a file which, when opened, allows other programs to be run. There’s been many, many of these problems found. This
