Charlie Stross unloads on Microsoft Word Author Charles Stross has dumped fully on Microsoft Word in a blog posting called ‘Why Microsoft Word must Die‘ and in case the title isn’t sufficiently clear he opens with: “I hate Microsoft Word. I want Microsoft Word to die. I hate Microsoft Word with a burning, fiery […]
How to use Office for Windows on the Mac. Sometimes Office for Mac isn’t enough, you need its big brother, Office for Windows to run on a Macintosh computer. That’s certainly possible in various ways. It’s done using virtual machines, in effect running Windows ‘inside’ Apple’s operating system. VM’s, as they are known, have been […]
Win 8 ‘not fit for purpose’? Today’s Financial Times has an interesting letter and sharp indictment of Windows 8 “….For anybody doing real work, Windows 8 has concrete design errors which should never have reached the business user. Leaving aside trying to work with spreadsheets, the start button, the right click or even finding basic […]
Another way to have real Microsoft Office. Cloudon, makers of an app to bring MS Office to Apple and Android devices has now expanded to browsers as well. Now you can use Chrome or Safari browsers to open up a Cloudon window with Word, Excel or Powerpoint running. The base product is free with a […]
Is Office 2010 SP2 safe? Back in July, Microsoft released its second Service Pack for Office 2010. As usual, we suggested a little caution in updating Office 2010, just in case there’s problems. That’s not to say there is or was anything wrong with SP2, but updating Office is a complex process that Microsoft sometimes […]