Soon Apple iPhone and iTouch users will be able to edit MS Office documents on a tiny but crisp screen. When Apple released the latest iPhone with direct support for Microsoft Exchange Server, it left the question of access to other parts of the Office suite. DataViz has announced that their Documents To Go product […]
A strange spelling anomaly appeared in Word 2003 and Word 2007 — all to do with a possessive Donna. ” At some point “recently” (like within the past year?) the last name Donna, when you add a possessive, Office 2007 spell checker thinks it is spelled wrong. Try it with Donna’s book. How did Microsoft […]
More comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. I suppose it was inevitable .. after mentioning Monty Python and the MS Word dictionary last week (admittedly tongue-in-cheek) someone has asked about more comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. “Great point about Monty – if mere politicians can get special treatment […]
Why isn’t Sarah Palin in the MS Word dictionary and the suggested spellings offensive to some people? We explain why Microsoft is NOT to blame, what’s happening and how to fix it. You can tell election fever is getting too hot when poor old Microsoft Office gets dragged into arguments between Republicans vs. Democrats. Earlier in […]
How does Word cope with a grammar quiz in The New York Times? The New York Times has a grammar quiz today (free registration required for some of the NYT web site). ” When we stumble over sound-alike words, readers accuse us of turning our editing chores over to a computer program (and not a […]