Google Desktop Search (GDS) now indexes the contents of the upcoming Office 2007 document formats (DOCX, XLSX etc) According to Google’s help files, Google Desktop Search (GDS) will index the contents of the current Microsoft Office documents (DOC, XLS, PPT etc) with no mention of the upcoming Office 2007 document
In this article we discuss the options for pasting text into a Word document. A funny little article appeared in the Salt Lake City Weekly about cheating in student essays, which included this quote: “Learn how to paste unformatted text in Microsoft Word. According to assistant professor Alex Halavais at
Microsoft has a number of free programs that you can use to view (but not change) Microsoft Office documents. USING THE FREE OFFICE VIEWERS Microsoft has a number of free programs that you can use to view (but not change) Microsoft Office documents. In this issue we’ll show you why
One of the many changes in Office 2007 is the ability to change the color scheme of the program separately from the rest of Windows. One of the many changes in Office 2007 is the ability to change the color scheme of the program separately from the rest of Windows.
Skype have released some toolbars that link into both Office and Outlook so that you can make calls directly from those programs. If you make long distance calls and especially overseas calls then it’s worth looking at VOIP (Voice over IP) as a way to save costs. A lot of
It’s that time again sports fans – your monthly load of updates from Microsoft for August 2006. It’s that time again sports fans – your monthly load of updates from Microsoft. Plenty for Windows this month but only two for Office users. There is one for Powerpoint 2000, 2002 (XP)
Add a calendar appointment in Outlook to mark when the warranty on your computer or electrical goods will expire. Jason from sunny San Antonio writes: “Just a note about something I use Outlook for. I add a calendar appointment to mark when the warranty on a computer, electrical goods etc
In this article, we look at section breaks with a particular emphasis on page numbering. SECTION BREAKS AND PAGE NUMBERING By Michael Barden In a recent Office for Mere Mortals newsletter, we covered the basics of creating and manipulating headers and footers in a Word document. Last week we looked
If you want to be at the cutting edge of server matters there’s a new beta version of Exchange Server available. If you want to be at the cutting edge of server matters there’s a new beta version of Exchange Server available. Exchange Server is Microsoft’s mail hosting service that’s
Microsoft Australia has decided to suddenly close down the Australian download access for Office 2007 beta 2. We explain how to bypass this curious decision. That’s right, from 11am Sydney time on Thursday, Microsoft Australia has decided to suddenly close down the Australian download access for Office 2007 beta 2.
From now you have to pay to get the Office 2007 beta. I hope all of you who wanted to get the Office 2007 beta saw our ” Get your Office 2007 beta now” issue last weekend and managed to get it before the charging system has begun. We were
There are many ways to reduce the file size of an image. Many of you will have compression options already installed on your computer as part of Microsoft Outlook or Office. There are many ways to reduce the file size of an image. Many of you will have compression options
In this article we’ll explain what section breaks in Word are, how they work and some nifty purposes that you can put them to. SECTIONS BREAKS IN WORD You may have noticed the Insert | Break option in Microsoft Word and wondered what it was for, or worse, tried to
What would make an effective ODF plug-in for MS Office? In a previous article we talked about Microsoft’s clever move to ‘outsource’ an Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office. Rather than do it themselves, it’s going to be done by an group of outside companies and ODF supporters.
The ‘Private Folders’ add-on from Microsoft has recently been removed from their web pages. At Office Watch we take a cautious approach to new products, rather than jumping on the latest big thing we tend to hold back and see what happens. In other words, we let other people be
Microsoft has announced some new bundle options for the sale of Office 2007 (due early next year). Microsoft has announced some new bundle options for the sale of Office 2007 (due early next year). These announcements affect OEM sales of Office, in other words when you buy Office with a
It’s becoming a habit, as soon as Microsoft releases the monthly lump of patches, the baddies reveal yet more holes in Windows or Office. It’s becoming a habit, as soon as Microsoft releases the monthly lump of patches, the baddies reveal yet more holes in Windows or Office. There’s no
A watermark is any text or graphic that appears either on top of or behind existing document text when the document is printed. WHAT IS A WATERMARK? By Michael Barden A watermark is any text or graphic that appears either on top of or behind existing document text when the
A header or footer is the text that is printed at the top or bottom of every page in a document. HEADERS AND FOOTERS A header or footer is the text that is printed at the top or bottom of every page in a document. As you can probably guess,
Microsoft has announced that they will support an ‘open source’ team of developers to provide Open Document Format features in Office. Say what you like about Microsoft, they have clever people working for them and not all of them are developers. Microsoft has announced that they will support an ‘open
How can you email a file that’s too big to be sent even after its been compressed. I think most people know they can squeeze the size of a file using a tool like WinZIP winzip.com, WinRAR rarlabs.com (our personal choice) or many other similar file compressors. Both those products
It had to happen I suppose, but Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). It had to happen I suppose, but Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). The email
There’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). It had to happen I suppose, Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). The email poses as a $500 prize as part of the fictitious ‘Gmail Games’.
Options for reducing the size of email attachments. Reducing the size of attachments I think most people know they can squeeze the size of a file using a tool like WinZIP winzip.com, WinRAR rarlabs.com (our personal choice) or many other similar file compressors. Both those products and many others have