We share some of our readers’ thoughts and tips regarding Outlook’s “Shared Calendar” functionality. A recent article in Office for Mere Mortals takes you through the basics of sharing an appointment among friends via email. While Microsoft concentrates on gee-whiz shared resources with server connections, Outlook itself will let you setup appointments
We look at some reader feedback on the Word and Excel document decryption problem for January 2005. Thanks to all the readers who gave us feedback on the Word and Excel document decryption problem mentioned in the last Office Watch article. Readers seem divided into two roughly equal camps –
Helen Bradley continues her series on the hidden and undocumented functions of Excel 2003. By Helen Bradley This article continues on from part 1 of Helen’s series on the not so obvious in Excel 2003. EVALUATE A STATEMENT There are some hidden or undocumented functions you can use in Excel. For example,
There seems to be a fundamental and worrying problem with encrypted documents in Word and Excel – and not just the recent versions. The latest Office news isn’t good news – there seems to be a fundamental and worrying problem with encrypted documents in Word and Excel – and not
Well it’s here – Outlook Live, the meeting of Hotmail with Outlook in one marketing bundle. Well it’s here – Outlook Live, the meeting of Hotmail with Outlook in one marketing bundle. We’ve had Hotmail for many years, we’ve had Outlook and more recently we’ve had Outlook with Hotmail support.
Sharepoint and Master Documents are collaboration tools that don’t… well… collaborate. And people at Redmond wonder why customers get frustrated with their products … Sharepoint is a collaboration tool that is getting better. The latest versions don’t have the limitations and narrow view of the first efforts and it is
However long you’ve spent using a program, chances are that there are always some things hidden away that you didn’t know were there. We take a look at some of these hidden features in Excel 2003. By Helen Bradley However long you’ve spent using a program, chances are that there
The Word thesaurus has changed over the years but the basics have remained the same. Microsoft Word has had a thesaurus for years and for years it’s been the subject of complaint and jokes. The complaints come from censorship by Microsoft when some unfortunate link is made between words of
If you have some down-time in the next few weeks you might want to try the ‘talk of the web’ – Firefox and Thunderbird. If you have some down-time in the next few weeks you might want to try the ‘talk of the web’ – Firefox and Thunderbird. Firefox is
A recent security fix for Wordpad can have a side-effect for users of the Word for Windows 6.0 converter. A recent security fix for Wordpad can have a side-effect for users of the Word for Windows 6.0 converter. This converter is now turned off by various security measures (including Windows
News has leaked, perhaps deliberately, about a new way to rent Outlook that might be coming in 2005. News has leaked, perhaps deliberately, about a new way to rent Outlook that might be coming in 2005. This time the idea is to rent an Outlook license in conjunction with 2Gb
Following the beta release of Google’s Desktop Search, Microsoft has now released its own MSN Toolbar Suite Beta. MSN TOOLBAR SUITE BETA Everyone is jumping forward to get their version of Desktop Search up and running. Following the beta release of Google’s Desktop Search, and Microsoft has now released its
Microsoft has released their latest set of hardware gimmicks for Christmas – fingerprint scanners. Microsoft has released their latest set of hardware gimmicks for Christmas – fingerprint scanners. There’s a keyboard and mouse pack with scanner built-in to the keyboard. Or there’s a stand-alone scanner available. A wireless mouse and
Excel 2003 has a nifty feature that will read a worksheet to you. Speak to me! Oh mighty Office If you’re hung-over after yet another Christmas lunch, you might be looking for a low impact job for the afternoon. Excel 2003 has a nifty feature that will read a worksheet
UPDATED See the updated version of this 2004 article, Christmas images and clipart in Microsoft Office and our ebook Christmas Cheer with Microsoft Office ————- Microsoft has some Christmas clipart available on their Office website. Microsoft has some Christmas clipart available on their Office website starting here. Some of the images are a bit
MS Office Picture Manager is a good choice of photo management software because many people already have the software even though they may not realize it. By Helen Bradley About two weeks into getting a new digital camera you’ll have discovered that photos, like wire coat hangers, have a habit
We look at the most popular of the tools for MS Office users – Google Desktop Search In part one of this special Office Watch series we looked at the possibilities of the new range of desktop searching tools, how the work, what to look for, security implications and pitfalls.
We address the problems related to certain types of searches that the AutoFilter in Excel won’t perform. By Helen Bradley In a recent article of Office for Mere Mortals I showed you how to extract data from a list using the AutoFilter tool. At the time I suggested there were
Excel worksheets are great tools for recording data. By Helen Bradley Excel worksheets are great tools for recording data. While some people use worksheets to record thousands of entries at a time, all some of us need is help recording and organizing the sort of day to day stuff that
We look at the interface and performance of some of the major desktop search contenders. In part one of this Office Watch series we looked at the possibilities of the new range of desktop searching tools, how the work, what to look for, security implications and pitfalls. This issue will
We look at a few Excel functions that are beyond the basic level of the =SUM function. We see how they work and tell you when they can be applied. By Helen Bradley If you’re fairly new to Excel you’ve probably cranked out a few Sum functions and added and
When an Excel list gets big and complex, the issue of finding data in it, and extracting information from it, becomes important. We look at how to filter an Excel list to extract information from it. By Helen Bradley Excel is a great place to store lists and one reason
Even if you only search email or documents once a week, one of these Desktop Search tools will make life a lot easier as they are much faster than anything supplied by Microsoft at present. Everyone’s talking about fast searching of your documents and email these days. What was a
While Access or a database program is undoubtedly the best place to store complex data, Excel is great for simple lists and even more so if you’re using Excel 2003. By Helen Bradley You and I use lists for everything from Christmas shopping to packing for a trip. We also