VBA macros should migrate from Word 2003 to 2007 but don’t bet on it. Yes, VBA macros from Word 2003 should work in Word 2007. We always say ‘should’ because there are inevitably changes in VBA behaviors between versions of Office and “Murphy’s Law” says that one of these ‘minor’
or in Word 2010 for that matter? Select All will choose the entire contents of the Word document, text, images, the lot. It’s on the Home tab, Editing block, Select then choose ‘Select All’. Quite likely the Select All option is ‘buried’ because most users will use the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl
There’s lots more ways to use Powerpoint without standing in front of an audience. It’s easy to think of Powerpoint as only useful for people who have to give a speech, but there’s actually many other choices for saving slides and presentations that let you use Powerpoint in many other
Our popular Outlook guide is now available for Kindle device and Windows software. We’re delighted to announce the release of our Clever Outlook Contacts book on Amazon for worldwide distribution on your PC or Kindle device. It’s the same ebook as we’ve sold to thousands of people over the years,
Make great personal photo albums with Powerpoint. Creating a photo album in PowerPoint 2007 has become very interesting and convenient. The themes, layouts and Quick Styles make formatting the albums a cakewalk. PowerPoint slideshows aren’t just for projecting on a big screen in front of an audience. You can use
You can now upload Word and Excel 2007 files to Google’s online editor. Today Google announced that their Google Docs service will support Word 2007 .docx files and Excel 2007 .xlsx files. That saves Office 2007 users from having to ‘Save As’ to another format before uploading to Google Docs.
Which versions of Office are approved on the server OS? As we mentioned last year, Windows Server 2008 can be used as a very stable and fast workstation operating system – it’s certainly more stable than Windows Vista in many situations. In addition, Office can run on Windows Server and
From: ConverterTechnology OfficeConverter 2007, which eliminates that fear by streamlining migration to Microsoft Office 2007 What is a CIO’s worst nightmare aside from a total IT shutdown? To be the most hated person in the office because a major enterprise application migration did not go well. ConverterTechnology recently unveiled OfficeConverter
From: Quickoffice Quickoffice Upgrades First Editable Office 2007 Suite for Symbian S60 Smartphones Quickoffice Premier 6.0 Includes ZIP File Support, the Ability to View Password-Protected Files and Charts in Excel 2007 Quickoffice, Inc., the leading global provider of mobile office productivity software and solutions, today announced the availability of Quickoffice
From: Mark Logic Corporation Mark Logic® Corporation, provider of the industry’s leading XML server, today announced the MarkLogic Toolkit for Word SAN CARLOS, CA – Mark Logic® Corporation, provider of the industry’s leading XML server, today announced the MarkLogic Toolkit for Word®. Distributed under the open-source Apache 2.0 license, the
From: Microsoft Facility is center of innovation for Microsoft and retailers addressing changing consumer expectations and economic conditions; elements of center to be on display at NRF event. Showcasing new and emerging technologies that create connected and differentiated experiences for consumers throughout the retail environment, Microsoft Corp. today announced its
A global travellers guide to saving money and flying to interesting places on low cost airlines around the world. Regular travellers can get a nasty shock when they first fly on one of the new ‘low cost carriers’ (LCCs). Sure the fares are very low (US$15 or less at times)
From: Microsoft Industry collaboration leads to new interoperability solutions that deliver customer choice by improving how documents work across platforms. Through the Document Interoperability Initiative (DII) global forums, technology leaders have been working together to promote interoperability between different document format implementations to provide greater value and choice to customers,
From: Microsoft Institutions to find cost savings, choice, security in on-premise and cloud computing environments. This week at EDUCAUSE 2008, a premier information technology event in higher education, Microsoft Corp. is showcasing new additions to its software plus services plans for education as part of the company’s effort to support
Here’s our questions to Microsoft about COFEE and the full, unedited, response from Microsoft to those questions. Office Watch likes to present facts not supposition – and in the case of the COFEE tool there’s far too much guesswork going on. That fact and our specific interest in Microsoft Office
Even Fortune magazine gets Oscar fever These days everyone gets Oscar fever — even Fortune magazine manages to shoe-horn some articles into their web site. There’s an article about the price of an Oscar statue – $1 according to the Academy. And an analysis of the speeches given by winners (which can be done in
Is the Macbook Air really as great as Apple and its devotees tell us? It is amazing how Apple can convince people their stuff is so wonderful, to the extent that reviewers are prepared to brush aside some obvious shortcomings and tactics in their products. And so it is with
A guy bought a drive from Best Buy in NY – it has tiles instead of 1TB of storage – but no refund or replacement from Best Buy. The Consumerist is reporting the amazing story of Sam – who bought a 1TB hard drive only to find a set of
There’s a video on the MS web site explaining the Office 2007 user interface. The best way to get an understanding of the upcoming Office 2007 user interface is the video that is available on the Microsoft web site The new UI is hard to describe in either words or
The story of an ‘Internet Plaza’ to avoid in Grenada with lessons you can take anywhere. Most “Internet Café” will let you plug in your laptop, even if there’s no explicit sign to say that. They’ll either have a wireless connection or will unplug the network cable from one of
Beleive it or not – there’s now a comic strip to promote Office 2007 – The Enchanted Office. Another part of the promotion of Office 2007 is an online comic from Microsoft called ‘The Enchanted Office: Once upon a user interface‘ According to Microsoft “a creative way to broaden the
People in the UK are being asked to pay up to 50% more than their US cousins for Office 2007 A few months ago we looked at the comparative pricing between Office 2007 in the US and Australia to find some price increase. Our many UK readers have wondered about
Wrapping up our comprehensive look at installing Office 2007. In our pre-Christmas issue of Mere Mortals we’ll continue our series on installing Office 2007, where we go far beyond the simple and simplistic instructions you’ll get from Microsoft. The parts of this series are online at: Part 1 Part 2
A main plank in the Office 2007 system has been released. One of the major parts of the Office 2007 range has ‘gone gold’ with the release of Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft has a page devoted to the advantages of using Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. An interesting marketing
