From: Office watch The latest desktop search tool from Microsoft drops the MSN moniker in part and becomes just Windows Desktop Search. Microsoft has finally realized that there was nothing to be made out of desktop search tools with Google providing a better product for free. So the latest desktop
Google have released an interesting addition to their desktop search line with an Enterprise edition. Google have released an interesting addition to their desktop search line with an Enterprise edition. Like the personal Google Desktop Search (GDS), it is a free download but there’s also a Premium support option available.
We take you through the basic Grammar checking options that work for English and other languages. WHAT ABOUT GRAMMAR? I pity people who have to learn English as a second language – the ‘language of Shakespeare’ is also the language of irregular spellings, strange pronunciations and grammar ‘rules’ that have
In this article we cover some curiously hidden print functions in Office 2003. You would think that printing documents was core function of Microsoft Word and such a function would be openly documented with plenty of options. Well there’s plenty of options but finding them is another matter and therein
We look at some more printing options in Office and beyond. In particular the Print options under the Tools menu. This issue we’ll continue from last time with look at some more printing options in Office and beyond. In particular the Print options under the Tools menu. Most of these
We talk about the Print Dialog options available in most versions of Office and also some printer specific options that you might find. Despite all the options now available for disseminating information, we still rely on ink upon dried wood pulp. Today let’s have a look at the Print dialog
A plea from University of Washington professor, Sandeep Krishnamurthy who says that if “you think grammar check has completely checked your paper, I have news for you — it really hasn’t”. That’s the plea from a University of Washington professor, Sandeep Krishnamurthy who says that if “you think grammar check
Nothing as simple as saving a document – right? Maybe you’ve figured out by now that nothing is simple in Office. SAVING IN OFFICE Nothing as simple as saving a document – right? Maybe you’ve figured out by now that nothing is simple in Office. If you go to Tools
MapiLab has a nice and affordable add-on for Exchange Server 2000 or 2003 systems. Their Exchange Rules product lets admins setup rules on the mail server without messing around with scripts. It’s great to be able to create rules in Outlook to control your email. Move certain messages to folders,
Office 2004 for Mac writes documents differently to Office 2003 for Windows and despite all the promises, there can be problems trying to open a Mac created document in Office for Windows. The biggest concern for anyone thinking of moving to Microsoft Office for Mac is document compatibility. Office for
Outlook 2003 has a junk mail filter but it isn’t perfect, and occasionally you have to delete spam messages yourself. Outlook 2003 has a junk mail filter but it isn’t perfect, and occasionally you have to delete spam messages yourself. You can just hit delete and remove the message or
We talk about some of the less obvious things you can do with the File Open and File Save dialog boxes in Microsoft Office (and many other programs for that matter). BEHIND FILE SAVE AND OPEN Over in an Office Watch article we’ve started a discussion on how people choose to
One reader shares his way to organize documents. It’s something we might take for granted but my eye caught this message from an Office Watch reader: John R writes: “I label folders by topic and sub-topic and files by using the date of origin in the year/month/day sequence, ie this
It’s been strange to watch Apple actively work to exhaust their public goodwill and staff morale with their pursuit of information leaks from their company. It’s been strange to watch Apple actively work to exhaust their public goodwill and staff morale with their pursuit of information leaks from their company.
Corel has sold a 50,000 user license for Word-Perfect to the US Department of Justice. Much crowing about Corel’s sale to the US Department of Justice of a 50,000 user license for Word-Perfect, though we’re not sure how much of a big deal this really is. WordPerfect has long had a
The makers of ‘digital pen’ devices, Pegasus, are happy with the integration of their products with Microsoft OneNote. The makers of ‘digital pen’ devices, Pegasus, are happy with the integration of their products with Microsoft OneNote. Their mobile device is especially interesting. It’s a small box with a combination ink/digital
There’s now a new version of Microsoft’s hosted collaboration tool called Live Meeting. This isn’t software that you buy, rather it’s a service that is hosted by Microsoft that lets you run virtual meetings across the Internet. There’s now a new version of Microsoft’s hosted collaboration tool called Live Meeting.
The excellent Google Desktop Search (GDS) is now out of beta and is a full grown product. The excellent Google Desktop Search (GDS) is now out of beta and is a full grown product. With this first official release comes a set of welcome new features and an established path
We look at Office 2004 for Mac including the similarities to and differences from Office 2003 for Windows. More people are getting Macintosh computers — we’ve heard this claim for many years but now it’s really true. With iPod music players becoming amazingly popular, people are drawn into the Apple
You Software has a utility that can move Outlook file attachments to one or more folders on your hard drive. We’re not too concerned about the size of our Outlook PST/OST file especially since Outlook 2003 has lifted the size limit on the main data file. We like having the
Some prominent ads have been appearing on the web offering Microsoft Office, among other products, at very low prices and with immediate download. Some prominent ads have been appearing on the web offering Microsoft Office, among other products, at very low prices and with immediate download. Usually these offers are
Version 8 of the MS Office wannabe, “Star Office” has now been released as a public beta. Version 8 of MS Office wannabe, Star Office has now been released as a public beta. If you’d like to try it out, start at this Sun website. Naturally Star Office support Microsoft
The best known makers of compression tools, Winzip has now released a small companion program to work directly with Microsoft Outlook. The best known makers of compression tools, Winzip has now released a small companion program to work directly with Microsoft Outlook. WinZip Companion for Outlook saves you the trouble
Having used a Powerbook from Apple for the last six months in tandem with my trusty IBM Thinkpad X31. I have to face the question – do I switch over to the Mac alone? Having used a Powerbook from Apple for the last six months in tandem with my trusty