Suiting Access 2007’s Navigation Pane display to your liking. Q: Gordon Rennie writes: “Now with Access 2007 the database window has disappeared and been replaced with a stupid list at the side that only shows one item per line. Is there any way to get the database window back? or
From: Bill Coan DataPrompter 2007 Add-In for Word Speeds Up Document Creation For Word 2000 to Word 2007 One of the oldest and most popular add-ins ever created for Microsoft Word has been upgraded for 2007 with a number of new productivity features designed to speed your work and improve
From: Bill Coan New freeware tool helps you unlock the data in your Microsoft Office XML files and other XML files As Microsoft Office XML files and other XML files proliferate, the amount of data stored in those files grows larger by the day. But did you realize that the
From: Microsoft Microsoft Learning launches new Microsoft Office Project 2007 Certification program to help advance project management as a profession and maximize value for its customer base of nearly 20 million Microsoft Office Project user licenses. REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 20, 2006 – The growing number and complexity of projects that
Here’s a cute utility to turn your mouse into a volume control Those clever people at Nirsoft have a nice utility to use your mouse as a volume control for your computer. Volumouse is a free utility with good configuration options. The mouse wheel becomes a volume control when you
We’ve found a screen saver that truly keeps evolving and has really wonderful graphics There are plenty of screen savers available but most don’t hold our interest after a short time and we’re back to the My Pictures screensaver in Windows (which shows a random set of images from your
Microsoft will release a ‘patent patch’ for Word 2003 and Word 2007 – but why bother? Quietly, in last hours of 2009, Microsoft released some details of an ‘end user’ patch to cover the ‘Custom XML’ patent dispute. Looking at KB article 978951 says there will be a link to
About the feature that Microsoft has to remove from Office 2007. Just what is the ‘Custom XML’ feature that Microsoft has to remove from Office 2007? The Office 2007 document formats (docx xlsx pptx etc.) are stored in XML format which looks like the HTML used in web pages. For
Microsoft says it’s been working on the Word 2007 patent patch for months, so why does it look like a rush job? As we’ve previously reported, Microsoft lost another round of the ‘Custom XML’ patent case and must stop selling, in the USA, Office 2007 with the offending code after
A simple fix to make PDF preview work in 64-bit Windows 7 Windows 7 has a nifty file preview pane in Explorer, available by clicking the icon on the right of the toolbar. Most common document types are supported either by Windows itself or appear when the appropriate software is
Yet again, you can take advantage of a Microsoft offer and pay more for Office 2007 than you need to. Eileen T writes “I received this offer by email and was wondering if it’s real and good value? “ The short answer is Yes and certainly NO. Here’s the offer
Microsoft loses another round in a Word patent case, an Office update is coming in the new year. A US court judgment seems to have forced Microsoft to release an update to Office 2007 in the new year. The US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the judgment that
A little ‘mistake’ by sales staff can cost the unwary serious money plus other Win7 buying tips. We don’t normally delve into the world of Windows but a visit to some big electronics stores revealed a nice little ‘earner’ for the store and Microsoft. Lot’s of people are heeding the promotions
It’s too late for Christmas cards but not too late for a simple Xmas Email. We’re the first to admit that sending a Christmas email isn’t the most traditional method but it can be done with good cheer and grace. Here’s just one example from a friend and some tips
How to easily make appointments with other people using Outlook. Outlook has some great features for making appointments and sharing those details with others. The main features can be used by anyone to setup dinner, movies or any personal event. Outlook lets you create an appointment in your calendar then
Workarounds for a curious omission in Microsoft Word for Mac. Eileen B writes: “I designed an awesome certificate, but the background won’t print. I’m working on a Mac.” Eileen has been using the tips and supplied certificates in our popular ebook “Creative Certificates with Word“. This includes sample certificates like
A new Office 2003 bug that stops you opening documents. There’s a new Office 2003 bug but it doesn’t affect most users and almost certainly not home or small business customers. If you have Microsoft’s Rights Management Service (RMS) in your organization then documents protected with that system might not
What to watch for when making a place for your documents. Once you’re setup Office Live Workspace you have to create one or more workspaces to put documents in. Before creating a workspace it’s worth keeping in mind a big limitation of Office Live Workspaces – sharing permissions are only
How to get started with Office Live Workspace – assuming that you want to. Microsoft’s Office Live Workspace (OLW) is a free file sharing and online storage service. In the workspace you can create, save, access, edit and share documents with Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, etc. It is
Excel 2010 changes function names like STDEV and VAR partly for Microsoft’s own benefit. Excel 2010 has revamped all the Standard Deviation STDEV and VAR functions with the old version ‘deprecated’ or demoted. There is now STDEV.S and STDEV.P for the sample and population versions of the function. STDEV and
In a rare capitulation to customer demands, the File menu returns to Office 2010 – sort of. There’s one immediate and noticeable difference in the latest Office 2010 beta – the return of the File menu. In Office 2007 the old file menu was replaced by the Office button, the
Microsoft says people can test ‘Office in a browser’ so why doesn’t it work? Microsoft says people can test ‘Office in a browser’ so why doesn’t it work? If you have a Windows Live login you can go to Skydrive.com and try out Microsoft’s new ‘Office Web Applications’ which are
VBA macros should migrate from Word 2003 to 2007 but don’t bet on it. Yes, VBA macros from Word 2003 should work in Word 2007. We always say ‘should’ because there are inevitably changes in VBA behaviors between versions of Office and “Murphy’s Law” says that one of these ‘minor’
or in Word 2010 for that matter? Select All will choose the entire contents of the Word document, text, images, the lot. It’s on the Home tab, Editing block, Select then choose ‘Select All’. Quite likely the Select All option is ‘buried’ because most users will use the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl
