We reprint information that Microsoft was releasing to some but not all customers. Here’s a copy of the ‘FAQ’ that Microsoft or their representatives is sending to some Office users. Since it is not widely available to affected Office users we’re publishing it here. While it is headed ‘Office 2003
More information on Microsoft’s ‘request’ to update Office Many questions have recently from our readers about Microsoft’s demand for all new installations of Office 2003 and Office XP to use the latest releases. In short, Microsoft lost a patent case and has to remove a feature from Office XP and
Details of Microsoft’s online service Office Live is now live – at least as a beta. You can go to officelive.com and to get started you have to enter a proposed domain name and click on ‘Go’ – however you won’t get very far unless you have a ‘Product Key’
Microsoft has released more updates for Office The monthly security updates are out for February but finding out their details ain’t easy. Microsoft’s web site points you to a page labeled ‘Security updates summary for February 2006‘ but this page only has generic information about updating your system. There’s no
If you learn how to use the AutoCorrect features, you’ll find yourself working faster and more effectively with Microsoft Office. MAKING AUTOCORRECT DO THE WORK FOR YOU By Kara Monroe Many people find the feature of Word that pops up pseudo tool tips when you are typing common words, such
Who said superstition is dead – Corel hasn’t released version ’13’ of Corel WordPerfect Office, instead it’s called ‘X3’. WORDPERFECT 13 – SORRY X3 Who said superstition is dead – Corel hasn’t released version ’13’ of Corel WordPerfect Office, instead it’s called ‘X3’. ‘X3’ most interesting new feature is the
Google’s Gmail service has been integrated with Google Talk, their instant messaging and voice service. GMAIL SPEAKS It had to come and so it has. Google’s Gmail service has been integrated with Google Talk, their instant messaging and voice service. Since Google Talk clients have links to Gmail this is
Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. MORE PATENT PROBLEMS Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. Details in last
There’s a virus out there that will rear its ugly head on Friday. It’s known by various names including ‘Nyxem’ and ‘Blackmal’ and could delete Office and Acrobat documents from your computer. There’s a virus out there that will rear its ugly head on Friday. It’s known by various names
A free document retention add-in for Sharepoint users. Document retention is important for companies – though the name is a bit misleading since the process involves not only keeping business records but also getting rid of them when the time comes. 80-20 software has released a free add-on for Sharepoint
Some 2006 calendars from the Microsoft web site. Microsoft has released some 2006 calendar templates for Word. Check out this site. There’s a one month per page version plus some ‘Birthday and special occasion’ versions. Since they are normal Word documents, you can amend the wording or color schemes once
More details on the ‘request’ to update Excel after Microsoft lost a patent suit. (You’ll find lots of missing information in this article – we have asked many questions of Microsoft on this matter and received only short, ambiguous and incomplete responses.) Back in June 2005 Microsoft lost one part
News on Office for Mac and the effect of the move to Intel-based Macintosh. With Macintosh computers moving to use Intel chips the whole question of software compatibility arises. As usual, we received some questions from concerned Office users and looking at the public statements from Microsoft we find it
A sharp indictment of Microsoft’s spotty support for changing time zones. The Commonwealth Games are coming to Melbourne in March this year http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/ and normally that would not matter to us except that it’s going to cause a major upheaval for users of Microsoft Office, Exchange and Windows. It’ll mostly
You can take OpenOffice (an MS Office rival) on the road with a USB key. The open source Office suite OpenOffice now has a portable version, something that MS Office does NOT have. Portable, in this context, means having the programs and data stored on a portable drive (most likely
Microsoft has made a commmitment to Office for Mac for the next 5 years. As part of the annual Apple hoopla at Macworld, Microsoft made a commitment to produce versions of Office for Macintosh for the next five years. A good move, but not really a surprise. Microsoft would hardly
Until 30 April 2006 you can buy Microsoft Small Business Accounting for $100 off the retail price Microsoft is making another effort to get people away from paper based accounting or, more importantly for Microsoft, competitors like Quicken. Until 30 April 2006 you can buy Microsoft Small Business Accounting for
Just a short issue to give you an update on the WMF exploit and patch following our newsletter late last week . Just a short issue to give you an update on the WMF exploit and patch following our newsletter late last week. All that done we’ll get back to
How to switch the Outlook Bar and Folder list in Outlook or Outlook Express. Outlook and Outlook Express both have (depending on the version) an Outlook Bar and a folder list. The Outlook Bar has larger icons against a dark background while the folder list is the more familiar ‘tree’
Microsoft has a New Years gift to their customers, otherwise known as the Windows / WMF exploit. A few days ago in this newsletter we said that 2006 would be an interesting year – perhaps in the manner of the Chinese curse. Who knew Microsoft would make the curse come
In this issue we’ll discuss smarter ways to use the replace function plus a more advanced method to insert dynamic text. DYNAMIC TEXT IN WEB PAGES – PART 2 In the last issue of Office for Mere Mortals we talked about the idea of updating a web site using dynamic
Quite often you’ll want to make a web site with Frontpage that has text that changes occasionally. In this issue we’ll cover the basics and the in-built Frontpage method. PUTTING CHANGING TEXT IN WEB PAGES Quite often you’ll want to make a web site with Frontpage that has text that
“Categories” is one part of Outlook that you’ve probably seen, but never used. AN OUTLOOK ON CATEGORIES “Categories” is one part of Outlook that you’ve probably seen, but never used. That’s no surprise, since it is an imposing and poorly executed part of Outlook. But despite the difficulties of use
In this issue we’ll look at Excel’s ability to automatically fill your cells with automatic and pre-defined lists to save you typing. AUTOFILL AND CUSTOM LISTS IN EXCEL In this issue we’ll look at Excel’s ability to automatically fill your cells with automatic and pre-defined lists to save you typing.
