The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. If you already run GDS you might have seen a prompt to update automatically or you can download from desktop.google.com with your current indexes preserved. There are few obvious changes to the
Microsoft have released an Office 2003 Maori Language Pack for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel 2003. MAORI LANGUAGE PACK I’m obliged to Fred, one of our New Zealand readers, for pointing us to the Office 2003 Maori Language Pack for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel 2003. Maori are the indigenous
Microsoft Office has some features that can help when stuck for a word. The Thesaurus; lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, phrase book or word list. INSIDE WORD’S THESAURUS Microsoft Office has some features that can help when stuck for a word. The Thesaurus; lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, phrase book or word list. The
We’ll push past the pages of fancy wording from Microsoft and get to the heart of what Office Genuine Advantage is and what it means to you. Office Genuine Advantage is a system to check if your copy of Microsoft Office is properly licensed. It’s only done on particular occasions
Google has released their online calendar program and for a first effort it’s very impressive. GOOGLE CALENDAR AND OUTLOOK Google has released their online calendar program http://calendar.google.com and for a first effort it’s very impressive. As regular readers might know, we’re not big fans of this headlong rush to Internet
Microsoft’s ActiveSync is the program that connects a Pocket PC / Windows Mobile device to Windows, the Internet and Office. Your Outlook contacts, tasks, appointments, messages and notes can be synced with the device. ACTIVESYNC 4.2 BETA Microsoft’s ActiveSync is the program that connects a Pocket PC / Windows Mobile
How to setup Outlook to operate for different people on the one machine. OUTLOOK WITH SPLIT PERSONALITIES A mention in a recent issue of our Email Essentials newsletter prompted some questions about how to setup Outlook to operate for different people on the one machine. Starting in this issue we’ll
Why there are two Outlook file formats, both called .PST and how convert to the better one. Outlook stores all your email, appointments etc in one big file with the extension .PST with the exception of those connected to Exchange Server machines when it’s called an .OST file. With Outlook
One of our favorite Powertoys gets an update. SyncToy was released as a beta in early August 2005 and we had a full review of it in Office Watch #10.31. Since then, the Microsoft developers have collected feedback and released a version 1.1 with some welcome features including: Support for
The retail release of Office 2007 will now be in early 2007 – and we have a modest proposal for how to announce these things. Since Windows Vista will now arrive later than previously expected, Office 2007 is getting a similar push-back. The retail release of Office 2007 will now
How to save your entire Powerpoint presentation to another folder or CD Some Office features have been there for so long that it’s easy to forget they are there. Most of the coverage is of new features and long standing stuff gets overlooked. And so it was yesterday when I
Notes is a small but useful feature in Microsoft Outlook that can help you to organize all of your electronic notes and clippings. NOTES IN OUTLOOK AND MORE You will often come across information that you want to save for a future reference but don’t have any logical place to
Microsoft has announced a ‘covenant not to sue’ which applies to the Office 2003 formats and will apply to the Office 2007 once the formats are finalized. MICROSOFT’S COVENANT NOT TO SUE Microsoft has always been torn between keeping their Office document formats exclusive to them (which keep people tied
Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. DYNAMICS ARE A SNAP Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. Microsoft Dynamics Snap first effort are a collection
A tip to help you cope with a spamming tactic that Outlook can’t quite cope with. OUTLOOK JUNK MAIL TRICK Thanks to Office Watch reader Larry for this tip to cope with a spammers tactic which Outlook can’t quite cope with. “Sender addresses are displayed with the IP address instead
Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! IS OPENOFFICE OUT OF DATE? Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! His comments about OpenOffice flushed out the usual anti-Microsoft suspects. Sounds outrageous and was probably intended to grab a
There will be 2007 versions of Visio, Project, Project Server and InfoPath – all released in the same timeframe as the rest of Office 2007. VISIO, PROJECT AND INFOPATH 2007 There will be 2007 versions of Visio, Project, Project Server and InfoPath – all released in the same timeframe as
Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. ‘PATENT’ QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. Their attitude is strange but it’s typical that the company should oblige customers to use a particular version of Office for
In this article we look at the AutoText, AutoFormat, and SmartTags tabs in the AutoCorrect Options dialog box. MAKING AUTOCORRECT DO THE WORK FOR YOU – PART 2 By Kara Monroe In the last edition of Office for Mere Mortals we looked at the first two tabs of the AutoCorrect
Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a curious mixture of praise and legitimate privacy concerns. Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a
There won’t be a ‘Frontpage 2007’. Instead Microsoft is splitting it into two separate products. WHAT ABOUT FRONTPAGE 2007? There won’t be a ‘Frontpage 2007’. Instead Microsoft is splitting it into two separate products. Sharepoint Designer 2007, as foreshadowed months ago here in Office Watch, is really ‘FrontPage 2007’ with a
Microsoft has announced not only the various bundles of Office 2007 but also the basic pricing. OFFICE 2007 BUNDLES Microsoft has announced not only the various bundles of Office 2007 but also the basic pricing. There’s a lot of changes and we’ll cover them all in the weeks to come
The next version of Office will now officially be called ‘Office 2007’ OFFICE 12 BECOMES OFFICE 2007 It’s nice to get the naming ceremony out of the way early – we can stop talking about the code-name ‘Office 12’ safe in the knowledge that the next Office will be called