The folks in Redmond have finally released a program which apparently removes hidden data from Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. After months – or is it years? – of kvetching from this corner, and dozens of documents that Microsoft posted on its own website laden with potentially embarrassing hidden information, the folks in […]
PDF isn’t a perfect format. But it beats the living daylights out of the DOC format for any files posted on the Internet. In the course of my DOC File Dumpster Diving (I like the ring of that phrase!), I recommended using PDF for any files posted on the Internet. There have been many hisses […]
Microsoft has posted the program that removes the two swastikas from the Office 2003 Bookshelf Symbol 7 font. Microsoft posted the program that removes the two swastikas from Office 2003’s Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font that I mentioned in a previous article in Office Watch. In fact, the tool does more than remove the swastikas – it […]
We try to uncover why Outlook 2003 won’t quit for some users and why the icon remains in the System Tray. In a previous article, Office Watch reader BT told us about his problems getting Outlook 2003 to quit. BT clicked the “X” in the upper right corner, he clicked File | Exit, he did everything […]
We show you how to clean up after people who inevitably type two spaces after every period – quickly and easily. My last missive on co-opting the “backwards P thingy” button on the Standard toolbar brought an avalanche of mail. And I was shocked! Many of you took me to task for telling people to […]