Microsoft has announced that Office 2007 will not have the ‘Save as PDF’ feature ‘out of the box’ as previously promised for the next release of the Office Suite. OFFICE 2007 VS ADOBE Microsoft has announced that Office 2007 will not have the ‘Save as PDF’ feature ‘out of the
‘Ultimate Office’ isn’t the title of a new game or movie, it’s the name of a new package of Office 2007 programs. ULTIMATE OFFICE ‘Ultimate Office’ isn’t the title of a new game or movie, it’s the name of a new package of Office 2007 programs.Office 2007 Ultimate Edition will
The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all. The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all, not just MSDN customers and approved beta testers. As usual these later test versions are feature locked. Don’t expect any feedback to result in
Says Microsoft Executive to the BBC. Around the same time as hackers were exploiting an unpatched security hole in Office 2003 a UK Microsoft executive was telling the BBC about the ‘reliability and dependability that comes from a commercial software model’.He may have a point but it wasn’t the best
Microsoft confirms that the security hole affects Word 2003 and Word 2002 (XP). WORD SECURITY UPDATE Since our special issue last Monday, Microsoft has released a security advisory on the subject This confirms that the security hole affects Word 2003 and Word 2002 (XP). Word 2000 is NOT affected. The
A potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. Over the weekend a potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. There’s NO fix for the security hole in Office which the virus exploits which makes it more serious than a usual
If you want to see the latest developments in the world of email you only have to look at Google’s free Gmail service. Their teams of developers are rolling all sorts of interesting things. If you want to see the latest developments in the world of email you only have
Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! We’d prefer to think not. IS MICROSOFT FILTERING OFFICE WATCH EMAIL? Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! They’ve noticed that our newsletters are sometimes caught in the Outlook
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