Here’s how to delete the Microsoft Word document you’re currently editing. Here’s a rather more complex macro you might find useful. This one lets you delete the document you’re currently editing. Word normally won’t let you do this: you must first close the document, then delete it. That’s a sensible
If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create a shortcut which does just this. If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create
How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. Word can have some quirky results
Since March 2008 there has been a ‘hotfixes’ for a problem in Outlook 2007 when you create a new profile. That interim hotfix has now been replaced with a permanent and fully tested fix – but before you rush to download the chances are good you already have the fix.
Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only, Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) – that’s the bad news. The good news is that the problem seems limited to only Word 2002. Later versions of Word (2003, 2007, Word
In a chart within an Excel 2007 worksheet you cannot select shapes by dragging a box around multiple shapes (after click Find & Select in the Editing group of the Home tab, and then you click Select Objects). Microsoft has released a hotfix for a bug in Excel 2007. In
Most of the time all you need is the basic message information – From, To and Subject but occasionally you need to dig a bit deeper into the ‘raw’ email message header. Here’s how to do it in Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003 and before. Most of the time all you
From: Microsoft Microsoft Equipt gives consumers powerful productivity and security protection technologies in a single package through Circuit City. REDMOND, Wash. — July 2, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft Equipt, an all-in-one security and productivity software subscription service for consumers. In one easy installation, the service delivers award-winning
From: Microsoft Actions enhance opportunities for developers to work with Microsoft’s high-volume products. Microsoft Corp. today announced several new actions that deliver upon the commitments set in its Interoperability Principles to increase the openness of its products, drive greater interoperability, and provide increased opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers
At long last … an OOXML (docx, xlsx, pptz etc) converter for Mac finally appears. At long last … an OOXML (docx etc) converter for Mac finally appears Microsoft has released an ‘Open XML converter’ for Office 2004 and v X for Mac users. This means users of those ‘Office
From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store, franchised stores and Amazon.cn for a much lower price. Microsoft has announced a 50% price drop for Office 2007 – but only in China. From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store,
How to copy revision information from one Word document to another. The Word’s Spike feature will cut and paste revisions in a document plus standard paste will work if you know the trick. We love feedback from readers, especially when it uncovers some peculiarity in Microsoft Office. Anne C. read
Word’s Spike lets you quickly reorganize snippets of text and graphics. You grab the snippets from different locations in your document, place them one by one on the spike, then use the Insert From Spike command to paste them as a block into your document. Microsoft has long produced software
From: Microsoft Microsoft Corp. and Concentric announced new hosted e-mail service offerings for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). LAS VEGAS — June 16, 2008 — Today at NXTcomm08, Microsoft Corp. and Concentric announced new hosted e-mail service offerings for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Concentric, a large-scale e-mail service provider,
Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. The Open XML SDK v1.0 is available from
Excel 2007 has a bug related to Excel 2003 and WordArt – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix. Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Excel 2007. The problem is described thus: ” Consider the following scenario: You create a new
Yes, everyone is talking about the second generation iPhone – the iPhone 3G. Here we’ll focus on the features that relate to Microsoft Office users. Yes, everyone is talking about the second generation iPhone – the iPhone 3G. Here we’ll focus on the features that relate to Microsoft Office users.
A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now available. The Windows Search technology is one way to find documents and messages quickly. It’s essential to using the ‘instant’ search features in Outlook 2007 and Onenote 2007. A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now
Here’s how to trim down your Outlook storage by removing attachments from messsages, without deleting the message itself. If you’re trying to reduce the size of your Outlook storage file, one option is to remove the attachments from older messages that you’ve sent as well as attachments from messages that
Adobe, makers of the Acrobat / PDF system, have entered the world of online word-processing with their ‘Buzzword’ product available for free from Acrobat.com. Adobe, makers of the Acrobat / PDF system, have entered the world of online word-processing with their ‘Buzzword’ product available for free from Acrobat.com. It’s a
From: Adobe New Online Services Help People Work Together on Documents Anywhere, Anytime SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 2, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced Acrobat.com , a suite of hosted services available as public beta for free signup, that put communication, productivity, and collaboration tools right within
Now you know NOT to trust the precision of Excel’s results even for simple additions, what can you do about it? As we’ve shown in recent articles (Excel SUM anomaly, More Excel addition strangeness and Excel addition problems – bug or not? among others) , Excel’s arithmetic isn’t as reliable
An update for the iCalendar and IMAP features in Outlook 2007 was released yesterday. If you were listening very carefully yesterday, you may have heard a tiny noise … it was an update for Outlook 2007 sneaking in the back door with barely a word, let alone any announcement or
An explanation of the logic behind alternate shading rows or columns in Excel. If you’re content with this result and don’t need to know the nuts and bolts, class dismissed. If, on the other hand, you’d like to understand how we end up with a checkerboard pattern from this expression,
