If you’d like to know more about the licence on a Vista computer there’s a simple way to do that. With product activation on Windows Vista it can be more than the standard ‘one time’ activation which applies to retail and small business versions. For large deployments there are more
Some tips for cutting back on the brochures you lug back from a trade show or conference. Going to a trade show can be interesting and tiring. One strategy for getting though the booths in a reasonable time is to just collect the brochures and keep moving. The problem then
About Office 2007 Galleries June H writes: ” I clicked on an Office 2007 banner ad that talked about a feature called ‘Margin Galleries’ but I could not find anything about it on the site I was taken to. Can you explain? “ We’ve had a few messages like this,
When did Office 2007 get a ‘Fluent’ interface? In Office 2007 ads you may see mentions of the ‘intuitive new Fluent interface‘ … ‘Fluent’ is just the fancy name for the Office 2007 interface – ribbons, tabs, galleries etc. I guess the marketing people had a long lunch and decided
Where is the long-promised add-in to support ODF document formats Microsoft has its own document formats supported fully in Office 2007 (OpenXML documents), there’s a similar set of document formats in the open source world, the Open Document Format https://office-watch.com/?110 Cleverly hedging their bets, Microsoft arranged for an external group
Only one Office related patch in July –for many and various flavours of Excel. Only one Office related patch in July – for many and various flavours of Excel. The patches cover three more ‘remote code execution’ problems where a craftily made Excel worksheet could allow unwanted nasty programs onto
From: Microsoft Live CRM service defines new level of affordability for customers, expands software plus services opportunities for partners. DENVER — July 10, 2007 — At its Worldwide Partner Conference today, Microsoft Corp. announced the kickoff of its partner-led customer early access program for Microsoft Dynamics™ Live CRM, as well
How to remove the current plague of spam alleging “You’ve received a … “ Many people have been getting the latest incarnation of spam – messages with a subject starting with “You’ve received a” followed by a mix of alleged message types and affiliation group. These spams started with things
Google has a path to migrate your Exchange Server or Lotus Notes mail stores to Google Apps for Domains. Google has released a clear pathway to migrate corporate email from Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes to their Google Apps for Domains service. It uses the IMAP feature in Exchange or
Replace the Sidebar notes applet with one that links to your Outlook Notes folder. The Windows Sidebar in Vista is a configurable collection of ‘gadgets’ that can display all manner of things. One of the ‘out of the box’ gadgets is ‘Notes’ which lets you type in small chunks of
Microsoft has announced desktop search updates for Vista Service Pack 1. Microsoft has announced some changes to Windows Vista and their desktop search feature. These changes will make it easier for other desktop search tools to integrate with Vista – and that’s a good thing for all Office users. At
Some Outlook users have the option to recover deleted items even after they have disappeared. If your copy of Outlook is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server then the Deleted Items folder is a little different in two respects. When items are deleted from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder they are not
A new US court decision may make your email more accessible than you’d like. The legal battle about the status of emails continues with a US Federal Court in Cincinnati adding more mud to already unclear waters. When emails are stored on computers out of your direct control (like an
Why the Deleted Items folder is your friend There’s a feeling around for some people that they need to keep their Outlook ‘clean’ or ‘uncluttered’ with messages removed from the Inbox immediately and even the deleted items folder kept empty. While this sounds like a good idea, it’s really not
More tips and suggestions for taking your Powerpoint presentation on the road. In a previous Office for Mere Mortals we talked about Powerpoint presentations and how to copy the entire presentation so you can show it elsewhere, even when Powerpoint isn’t installed check out Now we’ll look at some of
Gmail can display a Powerpoint presentation much as it’s intended to look. Google has added a separate ppt file viewer to Gmail. A ppt email attachment now has three action options: View as HTML View as slideshow Download ‘View as HTML’ is much the same as the same named Google
It’s easy to collaborate with a document on Google Docs and finalize it in Microsoft Word. In a previous issue of Office Watch we talked about using the advantages of Google’s free ‘Docs and Spreadsheet’s service in combination with Microsoft Office (or any office suite). Judging by the feedback from
Symantec has an online ‘health check’ for your email. Symantec’s free email health check is available at http://edm.symantec.com/emailhealthcheck/ It looks at your email system from the security, backup and archiving perspectives. At the start you’re asked for your name, company, email address and phone number — all are required including
The ‘Shrink to fit’ option can cause some troubles for Outlook. If you’ve been having trouble printing messages from Outlook then Microsoft has slipped a fix into place, in the guise of a security update. Some people have reported the email header not printing or the entire message printing in
A look into the dilemma that faces developers in the Microsoft Office team. For many years we’ve heard from Office Watch readers who want both a simpler Microsoft Office without ‘unnecessary’ extras and, often in the same breath, demanding some specific additional features. This dilemma is at the core of
Another piece of ‘Google Office’ starts moving into place. We’ve said for a long time that the major problem with online versions of ‘Office’ programs is the assumption that an Internet connection is always available and at a reasonable price. Enter ‘Google Gears’ an early, open-source project from Google to
For the sake of superstition the next version of Office won’t be called ’13’ Office 2007 is known inside Microsoft as ‘Office 12’ and that naming is seen in some of the folders and version numbering in the release product. The next version of Office for Windows will be known
Windows Update itself needs patching. If you’re having trouble with Windows Update or Microsoft Update you might want to try this patch – it fixes troubles with a slow or non-responsive update process. Microsoft Update is Microsoft’s preferred method of distributing updates for Office among other things. We’ve always been
Does one of the May 2007 security updates slow down Outlook? Office Watchers have been complaining about Outlook grinding to a halt and thinking that it’s caused by the latest round of security patches from Microsoft. We hear comments like this very often and usually it’s just a co-incidence –
