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 –
An interactive version of the famous album cover lets you discover more about the famous faces. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has a nifty feature on the famous Beatles album cover for Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Go here and move your mouse over the cover. A tooltip will
A reader is having a problem with some sluggish machines running Outlook – we suggest some possible cures. Al C. writes with a question about Outlook, he gave some details and had covered some obvious bases (virus infection, checked the Microsoft Knowledge Base), in summary: “I have 4 machines that
This Office security tool from Microsoft is a method to stop users from opening certain types of documents – for example .doc or .xls files. The second part of the Office security tools from Microsoft is a method to stop users from opening certain types of documents – for example
The Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment – MOICE – is an addition to the Office 2007 or the Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack. The Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment – MOICE – is an addition to Office 2007 or the Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack. It is a method to
The new security features, announced by Microsoft might work OK — but who can tell? Microsoft has announced two ‘new’ security features for Office 2007 and Office 2003 users. They are claimed to help protect against ‘zero-day’ exploits in Office documents – in other words new security holes that Microsoft
From: Microsoft Here’s the official line on Microsoft’s new security tools for Office — we’ll look at them in detail soon but for the moment we DON’T recommend using them. “ Today we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) feature and more widely notifying
Sometimes Outlook appears to shut down but is still running, we explain why and what to do about it. Jenny N writes: ” I have Outlook 2007 with multiple profiles (one personal, one for business). Sometimes I shut-down Outlook (from File | Exit) and it appears to close. But when
Even after all these years, people still give money to email scammers. The so-called ‘Nigerian’ scams have been going on for years and pre-date email. Some of you might remember getting letters and then faxes offering a commission on some large sum in exchange for helping get the money offshore.
Gmail has a good spam filter, you can use it for your own email accounts. In Email Essentials we often talk about spam filters that go too far, stopping you from seeing messages that you want to see. Many spam filters are either hidden from view or not configurable leaving
If you’re not allowed to hear Steve Ballmer speak, just stand outside the door. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO had something to say about the future of Microsoft Office at the ‘Business Intelligence’ conference over the weekend. None of it is a real surprise to anyone who reads Office Watch: Office
The Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack has a security patch in the May 2007 release. Even if you don’t have Office 2007 you should have the Office 2007 document compatibility pack. This lets users of Office 2003 and Office XP open and save documents in the new Office 2007 formats
Despite conflicting Microsoft documentation, there IS a security patch for the successor to Frontpage. Expression Web is the successor to Frontpage and buried in the May 2007 patch details is a security update for that too – or maybe not. It depends on which Microsoft documentation you read. Even though
Codenamed ‘Tahiti’ – Microsoft SharedView is now available as a public beta. Last time I was in Tahiti, we tied up next to Paul Allen’s boat (well, one of the floating apartments for the Microsoft co-founder) though in a considerably less impressive vessel. ‘Tahiti’ is also the code name for
From: Microsoft Office for Mac users can get a beta converter for .docx and .docm files Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.1b (Beta) With the Office Open XML Converter, you can convert Office Open XML files to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004
An easy reference list of May 2007 security patches To help our readers we’ve grouped the May 2007 security patches according to the software to be patched instead of the problem to be fixed. All you need to do is look up your version of Office or other product from
