Slowly, ever so slowly the Instant Messaging companies are getting together and AOL inched partly down that path with a new tool to link Outlook contacts with the AOL Instant Messenger aka AIM. Slowly, ever so slowly the Instant Messaging companies are getting together and AOL inched partly down that
We look at some more advanced Outlook tricks that might be old news to you but have surprised a lot of Outlook users. OUTLOOK TRICKS The latest issue of Office for Mere Mortals has a collection of Outlook tricks that might be old news to you but have surprised a
Adding text to an incoming message might help find it later – especially if the message isn’t clear or comes from an unusual source. After last week’s article, another use for editing an existing email message occurred to us and it relates to the much faster ability to search in
We look at Outlook’s drag feature which lets you can drag an item from one Outlook folder to another and create a new item based on the old one. After last week’s issue of Office for Mere Mortals on Outlook tips we had a lot of similar letters from readers, and
There are some things people do in Outlook that are very useful, but not obvious to others. We detail some of these “hidden” features. RESEND A MESSAGE It’s easy to resend a message you’ve sent in the past either to the same people or others. This is handy if the
Timeslips is a long standing time and billing application that now integrates with Outlook. We noticed Timeslips because it claims to have won a Readers Choice award from Law Office Computing for ten years in a row – not a bad track record. Now the 2005 version has some Outlook
We laughed heartily when we heard about Microsoft allegedly making their Office XML formats open to the public. It sounded ridiculous and sure enough, it was. Here at Office Watch Comedy Central we laughed heartily when we heard about Microsoft allegedly making their Office XML formats open to the public.
A small and presumably deliberate leak from Microsoft about ‘Elixir’ is of little interest to Office users at this stage, if only because this ‘Elixir’ is such a vague and ill-defined wizards brew. A small and presumably deliberate leak from Microsoft about ‘Elixir’ is of little interest to Office users
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