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
From: The New York Times Some interesting photo tips from Michele McNally from the New York Times ‘Talk to the Newsroom’ is a Q & A feature in the New York Times which, this week, comes from Michele McNally their Assistant Managing Editor for Photography. Aside from the journalistic questions,
There’s news coming out of another security problem in Excel but sadly many of the early reports have been misleading. We thought we should set you straight before omissions become facts. EXCEL PROBLEM – PROBABLY A YAWN There’s news coming out of another security problem in Excel but sadly many
The tables function in Word is very handy and not just for producing obvious grids of information. TRICKS WITH WORD TABLES The tables function in Word is very handy and not just for producing obvious grids of information. The same feature has some tricky uses as we’ll describe in this
One issue when sending a file attachment is the connection speed used by the receiver. For receivers with a broadband connection this isn’t usually an issue but we’ve had many emails from dial-up customers asking that their needs be considered. One issue to consider when sending a file attachment is the
Powerpoint has had the ability to make elements of a slide or the slide itself move for a long time. Today we’ll focus on animating text but similar commands apply to images, charts or other slide elements.
Microsoft has launched a new way to use Office 2007 without downloading and installing the trial version. Microsoft has launched a new way to use Office 2007 without downloading and installing the trial version. It’s an online trial without installing anything except a browser plug-in. If you’ve used Windows Remote
It’s easy to share appointments between Outlook and Google Calendar users. Savvy Outlook users know that they can email appointment details to each other and if you accept the meeting it is added to your calendar and RSVP’d to the sender. Our Office beginners newsletter, Office for Mere Mortals, covered
Windows Live Local is Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth and there’s a free add-in to connect Outlook to the service for maps and directions. Windows Live Local is Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth – an online mapping service available from http://local.live.com/ and there’s a free plug-in to let you integrate
How big an email is too big and what do those bounce messages mean? Most email messages are small, at least when there’s just text. Even a long HTML formatted message with no images or attachments is rarely more than 200kb – which is tiny by today’s standards. Add an
Creative Commons is a great little organization that gives you a way to control the rights to your work in a simple way, appropriate to the Internet and without the formal hassles of copyright. Creative Commons is a great little organization that gives you a way to control the rights
We fill you in on the latest Excel exploit and what you can do to protect yourself. TWO EXCEL PATCHES OUTSTANDING The last ‘zero day’ security breach in Excel hasn’t yet been patched (see our special issue of Office Watch) and now there’s another Excel-related problem So now we have
A potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Excel users. Over the weekend a potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. This isn’t deja vu – it happened a few weeks ago but it’s now happened again – this time with Excel.
Another month rolls around for the latest set of patches for Microsoft products including one for the “Ginwui” exploit. Another month rolls around for the latest set of patches for Microsoft products. There are updates for Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 in the June 2005 package. A Microsoft
Use RemoteCalendars to synchronize your Outlook 2003 calendar with your Google Calendar. Google Calendar is very interesting but lacks an offline / software option. As we’ve mentioned before, the thing that would give Google Calendar a real boost is a way to synchronize your Outlook 2003 calendar with the online
MICROSOFT ANTI-VIRUS FREE TRIAL Years after the first viruses appeared to target Windows and Office documents, Microsoft has released some anti-virus software. After their purchase of Sybari Software in 2005 , Microsoft has released a series of AV products under their own name. Microsoft Antigen products use multiple anti-virus engines
If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. GOOGLE SPREADSHEET If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. We’ve been