Microsoft makes Office for Mac compatibility harder by omitting an important feature. In the feature list of Office for Mac is one vital omission, one that Microsoft definitely doesn’t like talking about. It effects anyone trying to operate in a ‘mixed’ Office Windows/Mac environment. In theory, a document made on Office for Macintosh can be […]
Contrary advice – how to add more buzzwords to your documents or remove them! Firstly, new guidelines from the UK government in an effort to reduce jargon in press releases. Some of the rules are pithy in themselves deliver – unless it’s a pizza or post drive – unless it’s cars or cattle foster – […]
Even Office-Watch can jump on the royal baby bandwagon To celebrate the birth of a son and heir to the Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Office-Watch.com is delighted to add a limited* edition sign to their popular ebook Keep Calm with Microsoft Office This one of a kind sign can adorn your home or office […]
Does Microsoft have a list of blocked words like Apple does on the iPhone? One of the more amazing examples of over-control by a software maker is the news that Apple has a ‘Kill List’ of words that it won’t spell-check. It seems that iOS v6 devices have a list of ‘sensitive’ words that the […]
A quick look at your dictionary options in Word Even if you, like me, only speak one language there are still some powerful language and dictionary options in Word to keep in mind. All copies of Microsoft Office (recent versions anyway) come with English dictionaries. ‘Dictionaries’ plural because there’s many variants supplied. You’d expect English […]