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Organizing the email pile in Outlook
Whether you get 5 emails a day or 500 – everyone feels that they get a lot of email. And the more email that we get, the more important it becomes to organize the email. ORGANIZE YOUR EMAIL Whether you get 5 emails a day or 500 – everyone feels
Tablet PC Hotfix
It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the 2005 edition of the operating system. It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the
Supercharge PowerPoint 2003 – Part 2
We look in more detail at how to configure your PowerPoint presentation so that everything plays when you want it to and exactly how you want it to. By Helen Bradley Last time we looked at the basics of putting together a presentation in Producer for PowerPoint. This week it’s
Supercharge PowerPoint 2003 – Part 1
We look at the bells and whistles available in Producer for PowerPoint 2003. By Helen Bradley You might be excused for thinking that PowerPoint is getting a little long in the tooth. Not much in the way of features have been added to the program in the last few years
Acrobat security issue affects Unix only
A headline about a security flaw in the Adobe Acrobat reader is enough to worry most people, but read the details to see that there’s nothing for most of us to worry about. A headline about a security flaw in the Adobe Acrobat reader is enough to worry most people,
Favorite keyboard
From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all the bells and whistles you can imagine – most of which gather dust. From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all
Installing Office on Terminal Services systems
A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office available to remote users or staff who only have occasional need of access and don’t warrant installing an entire computer. A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office
Converting text boxes in Word 2003
Is it possible to delete a text box without deleting the text it contains? An interesting question this week Doug J about converting text boxes into ‘ordinary’ text. He asks if it’s possible to delete text boxes without deleting the text. Not as far as we can see. Given the
Office 2007 document formats explained, part 1
An in-depth look at the new Office 2007 document formats. THE IMPLICATIONS OF OFFICE XML FORMAT Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about the basic difference between Word documents and the XML documents you’ve probably heard about. If
The Office 12 XML document format – Part 1
We explain more about Office and XML documents, which exist now for Word 2003 and Excel 2003 but will be improved upon and made the default file format for Office 12. Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about
The big deal about OfficeML
Office 12 will have a new and improved document format – known as OfficeML. All the ’tissues’ have been full of the news that the next Office release (known for the moment as Office 12) will have a new and improved document format – known as OfficeML. What is this
The big deal about OfficeML
An introduction to XML as a primer for understanding the new Office document formats. THE BIG DEAL ABOUT OFFICEML All the ’tissues’ have been full of the news that the next Office release (known for the moment as Office 12) will have a new and improved document format – known
Office 12 moves to more XML
In Office 12 the new OfficeML default document formats will be revised to include ZIP compression to make the documents smaller. The news about the next version of Office, aka Office 12, continues even though the release is probably a year away. Unlike most of these announcements, this one has
Pictures in PowerPoint 2003
Adding a few pictures or images to your PowerPoint presentation is quite simple. There are many ways to do it, the official way and others. Adding a few pictures or images to your Powerpoint presentation is quite simple. There are many ways to do it, the official way and others.
Licensing Microsoft fonts
Ascender now has permission from Microsoft to license their high-quality fonts to developers. We all get the standard Microsoft fonts with Windows and Office with the right to use them in our documents and emails. But developers cannot use the same fonts in their applications without a special licence. Ascender
Outlook picture viewer
You get an email with more than one image attachment, but Outlook only lets you open one image at a time. Look no further than “Outlook Picture Viewer” for the solution. Microsoft adds a nuisance to Office and there’s usually someone out there ready to provide a solution … In
Office password recovery
Intelore has a series of recovery tools for Word, Excel, Access and Outlook plus Project and Outlook Express. There are plenty of tools out there to unlock a password protected document including the long-time Office Watch supporter lostpassword.com but it’s always nice to see new players in a software market. Intelore has
Track Changes basics in Word 2003
The Track Changes or Reviewing feature has been in Microsoft Word for many years though it has changed name and undergone many changes and improvements in each version. In a recent article we mentioned a submission to a US Senate committee and the use of the track changes feature in Word.
Using OpenDocument in Office
About the rival document formats coming soon … OPENDOCUMENT VS OFFICE 2007 DOCS While most of the talk has been about the upcoming document format change in Office 2007 there are also a competitive set of Office file formats to consider. The OpenDocument format is internationally recognized standard for Office
Retro PowerPoint
All the ‘old’ POT templates from Powerpoint 4 and later are still available in three downloads from Microsoft. I can’t imagine why you’d like your Powerpoint 2003 presentations to look like they were made last century – perhaps there’s some retro fad out there? Anyway, all the ‘old’ POT templates
Outlook 2003 Junk Mail Update – May 2005
The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. Details here. The filter is dated 10 May 2005, sadly just before the latest influx of Sober generated messages. Meantime the Exchange Server 2003 spam filter hasn’t been
Outlook security concerns pending
After all the talk from Microsoft about increased security it’s a shame to see that there are outstanding security flaws from mid-March that have yet to be addressed. After all the talk from Microsoft about increased security it’s a shame to see that there are outstanding security flaws from mid-March
Watch out for Track Changes
We’re not going to get into US domestic politics but it was amusing to see, yet again, someone caught publicly by the Track Changes feature in Word. This time it was a submission to a US Senate hearing where the Word document showed the wording before and after it had