Google’s free tool to sync Outlook calendar with their online service gives you a powerful combination and new options. Google’s online calendar can now synchronize with your Outlook calendar – it does it well, for free and is available now. There’s several reasons why you might want to keep a
You can make Windows Search index your computer faster – here’s how. Windows Search in Vista doesn’t have an ‘Index now’ option though some versions of Windows Search (ie for Windows Server 2003) do have the option. There’s no button on the Control Panel | Indexing Options that can do it
You might think that MS Office and computerized record keeping has penetrated all parts of government – but apparently there’s one hold-out – FEMA. The now infamous US government agency, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency ) has apparently not joined the computer revolution of the last 20 years. The Advocate
Some Word, Excel and Powerpoint links don’t work properly — but why and where do they go? Some Microsoft Knowledge Base articles open up more questions than they answer .. take this recent addition … KB949282 headed: “You may not be redirected to the correct Web site when you click a
A beta of the next incarnation of Windows Search is now available for download .. by the brave, foolhardy or anyone with way too much time on their hands. A beta of the next incarnation of Windows Search is now available for download by the brave, foolhardy or anyone with
Down in Melbourne, Australia there’s what may be the first truly Microsoft Office enhanced stand-up comedy act. Melbourne, Australia has what may be the first Microsoft Office enhanced stand-up comedy act. Veteran comedian, Rod Quantock, uses not only Powerpoint but also Word and Excel in his latest show, 2050AD. Plenty
It’s that time of year again when many countries switch on or off Daylight Savings / Summer time … and so begins the twice yearly headache for Outlook users. There’s a useful online wizard to help, from a surprising source. It’s that time of year again when many countries switch
Why Vista is such a concern and why Windows Server 2008 is a better workstation option when it uses the same core technologies as Vista. Some readers have been asking why Vista is such a concern and why Windows Server 2008 is a better workstation option when it uses the
Vista Service Pack 1 is now available to all but is it worthwhile for anyone using Microsoft Office on Vista? Vista Service Pack 1 is now available to all (see links below) but is it worthwhile for anyone using Microsoft Office on Vista? The answer is an absolute YES –
Once you have Windows Server 2008 running as a workstation you can install Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003 with only a few tweaks. We show you the steps … Once you have Windows Server 2008 running as a workstation you can install Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office
Around the geekier parts of the net there’s a lot of talk about using Windows Server 2008 as a desktop operating system. We’ve done it and we’re considerably impressed with the result – it makes a mockery of all the boasts about Windows Vista. We’ve got some advice and links
A good example of how to present data effectively – using data from a 60’s TV show. Anyone who has followed Star Trek probably knows about the ‘red shirt’ phenomenon – in the original show any character wearing a red shirt was likely to die after beaming down to a
All the March 2008 security updates relate to Microsoft Office. All the March 2008 security updates relate to Microsoft Office – from Office 2007 to Office 2000 All of the problems are ‘remote code execution’ issues where specially crafted files can allow a program to be unknowingly run on your
It’s easy to add an appointment directly from a web link – if the web site will do it. Some web sites have links which let you add an appointment directly to your copy of Outlook. There are various ways to do it. One requires the installation of some additional
Use your mouse to nudge down a folder list in Outlook Do you have dozens of folders in Microsoft Outlook into which you sort incoming email? To make life more manageable, you can create shortcuts to the folders you use most frequently and then use the Shortcuts button in the
Word 2007 has changed the Rand() feature and not entirely for the best. One of Word’s quirky, tucked-away features is the rand() function. It lets you quickly insert a block of text in a document. To use the function in pre-2007 versions of Word, at the beginning of a line
Beware a new spam email looks more sincere than usual and fools Outlook, thanks to some clever mail merging techniques. Occasionally a spam email arrives which shows a better than average ability by the spammer – today we got one which fooled us for a second and certainly fooled the
Even Fortune magazine gets Oscar fever These days everyone gets Oscar fever — even Fortune magazine manages to shoe-horn some articles into their web site. There’s an article about the price of an Oscar statue – $1 according to the Academy. And an analysis of the speeches given by winners (which can be done in
The .docx etc converter for Mac users is delayed yet again — doesn’t Microsoft have any shame left? It’s hard not to conclude that the managers in charge of Microsoft Office for Mac are quite shameless – at least when it comes to compatibility with Microsoft’s own document standards. While
Does Excel have a bug that forces an unchanged worksheet to be saved again? Gordon H writes: “Here’s a long standing bug in Excel that Microsoft has never fixed. I open a Word document, look at it then close the document – there’s been no change to the file so
Apple might like the sales of iPhones but the gray market makes it harder to maximise revenue on each sale. I enjoyed this from Wired magazine … iBricking n. What it’s called when Apple’s 1.1.1 system up date detects third-party software and disables an iPhone. By rendering the product useless,
The usual collection of patches and unanswered questions in this months security updates from Microsoft. Another month and there’s more security updates for Office users. In addition there are updates for Vista that are pre-requisites before Service Pack 1 arrives next month. The Office related updates are: Vulnerability in Microsoft
A UK company is offering Office 2007 for 5 quid a month Fasthosts, a UK web hosting firm is offering Office 2007 on a subscription basis from £5 (US$1.96) a month , but is it allowed by Microsoft? Under the deal you can subscribe to various types of Office 2007
Is the Macbook Air really as great as Apple and its devotees tell us? It is amazing how Apple can convince people their stuff is so wonderful, to the extent that reviewers are prepared to brush aside some obvious shortcomings and tactics in their products. And so it is with
