Spam blocking is not a ‘one size fits all’ affair, despite what some anti-spam proponents will have you believe. Outlook 2003 has a Junk Mail filter and we get mixed reports on its effectiveness. Some people think it’s great (usually on the High setting) while others think it’s lousy. Part of that gap in satisfaction […]
There’s a security problem in Word where an SQL query to get addresses for a mail merge can be misused by a bad guy. In the last issue of Office Watch we mentioned a strange message from a Microsoft staffer in a public forum. This message detailed the fix for an undocumented addition to Office XP Service […]
Office XP Service Pack 3 does fix some problems and patch some security lapses but it can also be a minefield of problems either with the installation itself or various conflicts with other programs. It’s like deja vu all over again – another Office service pack is released – on the Microsoft website you’d think […]
We look at a particular timesaving technique that involves setting up a PowerPoint slide show so it runs all by itself. This week we look at a particular timesaving technique that involves setting up a PowerPoint slide show so it runs all by itself. That may sound like a ho-hum feature, but it’s really pretty cool because […]
We look at how to add Template tabs into Office’s File New dialog boxes. One tip that I’ve been meaning to publish for many months now has to do with those confounding tabs in Office’s File New dialog boxes. Most of you know that you can specify two different locations for templates that appear when […]