From: Add-in Express Ltd Have BCC/CC copies created automatically. For Outlook 2003, 2002 (XP), 2000 Add-in Express Ltd. announces the release of a new version of Auto BCC / CC, an advanced email add-in for Microsoft Outlook that automatically creates a BCC and/or a CC copy of outgoing e-mail. Supports
What to do about the ‘offers’ for Office 2007 infesting inboxes. Those bottom feeding opportunists known as spammers are at it again. Predictably they are sending out offers to get ‘Office 2007’ now for an absurdly low price. The prices are usually less than US$100 and sometimes are combined with
A special issue of Office Watch about the latest security gap in Microsoft Word. There has been plenty of coverage of the latest ‘zero day’ security breach in Microsoft Word. We’d had many readers ask us for our take and so here’s a special short issue of Office Watch. The
Expression Web, the successor to Microsoft Frontpage is now on sale The replacement for Frontpage in the Microsoft product range has now been released. Microsoft Expression Web is now their ‘standard’ web page design software compared with ‘Sharepoint Designer 2007’ which is intended for re-vamping of Microsoft Sharepoint sites. Expression
Info and links about the Office 2007 Technology Guarantee offer. The usual Microsoft Technology Guarantee is on offer. If you buy Office 2003 between now and the end of February 2007, you can apply to get an equivalent version of Office 2007. The exact terms depend on the country of
Don’t expect a clear response from Microsoft about anti-piracy measures in Office 2007. We’ve spent a frustrating week getting to the bottom of the rumor that Office 2007 has a ‘kill switch’ – meaning that even after you’ve installed and activated Office 2007, Microsoft could disable it remotely if they
From: Microsoft Expression Web shipping, Expression Media announced; latest technology previews deliver product and new platform advancements with first CTP of WPF/E. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec 4, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced significant product line enhancements along with pricing and availability of the Microsoft® Expression® Studio for creative professionals.
Tips on what to do after installing Office 2007. In the last two issues of Office for Mere Mortals we talked about installing Office 2007, firstly what hardware is sufficient to run Office 2007 properly (as opposed to Microsoft’s fanciful ideas) and then the things to do before installation and
All the options for installing Office 2007 including the complete listing of customise options. In the last issue of Office for Mere Mortals we talked about the hardware requirements for Office 2007, comparing Microsoft’s self-serving recommendations with some suggestions of our own for a computer that will not just run
Starting our comprehensive series on installing Office 2007, preparation, options and aftermath. You’ve been hearing about it for some time but Office 2007 is now a reality. It’s available for MSDN subscribers and organizations with volume licenses. Retail boxes will be available in January 2007. You might not get Office
Does Office 2007 have a ‘kill switch’ or not? Plenty of alarming headlines about the ‘kill switch’ in Office 2007 based on the idea that Microsoft could partly disable a copy of Office 2007 at any time. As is often the case the headline doesn’t tell the whole story. Office
There’s an offer from Microsoft to give you Office 2007 for free … naturally there’s the fine print …. Microsoft is offering free copies of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to people who watch some promotional videos – cool deal but there are the usual catches. Go over to http://www.powertogether.com/
What happens to Frontpage 2003 when you install Office 2007? FrontPage, Microsoft’s web page editor, has been dropped from the Office 2007 lineup. It’s been replaced with two products, one part of Office 2007 and the other still in development. Sharepoint Designer 2007 looks like Frontpage at first glance and
With the right preparation the Office 2007 compatibility pack works well. Last week we expressed some concerns about the Office 2007 compatibility pack which didn’t appear to work properly for Excel or PowerPoint documents. We’re delighted to say the problems are solved and we’re happy to recommend the pack to
Office 2007 escapes onto pirate sites. Earlier this week copies of Office 2007 with a license key appeared on various Warez and peer-to-peer sharing sites. Surprisingly the license key is accepted and the software is the final version. But you can expect that Microsoft will put that license key on
Office 2007 comes to MSDN subscribers earlier than expected. Office 2007 is now available to MSDN subscribers for download via their web site msdn.microsoft.com – if you can get on. Available are Office 2007 Professional, English, German and Japanese editions plus other incarnations of Office 2007 like Visio, OneNote, InfoPath,
If you know the magic spell the Office 2007 compatibility pack works like a charm. Microsoft promised to provide a free tool to permit earlier versions of Office to read and save the new formats. Now the compatibility pack is available, we originally found that only the Word 2007 format
Some suggestions for making your emails more readable. Email messages are different from other written messages. They are not formally structured like a letter or as short as phone texting. In this issue we have some suggestions for making your emails more readable by your correspondents. It’s not a complete
How does Office 2007 pricing in other countries like Australia compare with the charge in the USA? Down in Australia they are screaming about the price of Vista and Office 2007. We’re obliged to David Firth for an analysis of comparable pricing between Vista in the USA and ‘down under’,
The latest ebook from Office Watch. Our latest ‘Quickie’ ebook will be published in the next few days – it’s a companion to our popular Organizing Outlook Email – this time we’re looking at the Contacts feature in Outlook. http://shop.office-watch.com/coc/ Clever Outlook Contacts goes beyond just entering a few phone
Will Office Watch readers be switching to Office 2007? Thanks to everyone who took a few moments to answer our Office 2007 survey. In summary, it seems that most Office Watch readers don’t intend to switch to Office 2007 or haven’t been convinced that it’s worth the change. A total
Office 2007 has finished development and gone off to manufacturing After the usual long gestation period, Office 2007 has gone ‘gold’ or ‘RTM’, released to manufacturing. That means the developers have finished their work for a while and Office 2007 is off to be made into DVD’s and retail boxes.
Office 2007 retail boxes revealed – complete with ‘dimensional stability’. Microsoft has released images of the retail packaging for Office 2007. Clearly this plastic box is designed to look good and stand out on the retail shelf. click here to see a full size image So far it’s been described
Office 2007 development quick references from three free PDF files. If you’re delving into the Office 2007 programming and development side there’s some free downloads from Microsoft that might help. They are PDF files of the posters you may have seen at conferences. As PDF files they are possibly more
