We’ve been promised an update to Office 2010 for 6 months – where is it? For the last six months we’ve been promised an update to Office 2010, Microsoft is now saying it will be out before the end of this month. Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be
Some anti-spam settings to avoid in Outlook We spend a lot of time writing about Outlook settings and how to use them. It occurred to us that there are settings we don’t talk about because they are NOT good and best avoided. In the past we looked at Navigation Buttons.
Outlook 2010 has several options for reading a message without opening it but it could be better. Down on the bottom right corner of Outlook 2010 are some controls for reading messages in the reading pane. The Reading Pane is the newer name for what most of us call the
Some enhancements to our popular Word 2010 commands finder Thanks to all the Office-Watch.com readers who sent in suggestions and thanks about our Word 2010 Command Finder. We’ve acted on those comments and added a few improvements: Type in your text then press Enter to start the search. The command
One important but hidden feature in Outlook will let you see more and faster. Outlook has a lot of different aspects; email, calendar, contacts etc and we see many people switching between them, waiting for different views to load …. and they don’t have to. If you click on a
Put more useful navigation options on the Outlook screen. The default Outlook Navigation pane isn’t meant for you, it’s intended for absolute beginners to the program and to reduce the number of support calls. Once you’ve started to use Outlook, it’s time to change the way it looks to suit
Navigation Buttons take up valuable space you can better use in Outlook – here’s how. The navigation buttons are the ones on the left of Outlook ‘Mail’ ‘Calendar’ ‘Contacts’ etc. They are big, space gobbling buttons designed for new Outlook users – once you’re past the very basics there’s better
What to do when Outlook won’t reconnect to Exchange Server Ira J writes from his work laptop: “I have Outlook on my laptop for work. I leave it on all the time whether I’m connected to the Internet or not. Sometimes Outlook won’t connect to the office even when there’s
Another way to enter lists in Excel, why Microsoft’s effort sucks and an alternative. Excel has two ways of typing in data, there’s the usual direct entry into the worksheet or you can make a form with a single click of a button. For example here’s a ‘typical’ Excel list:
In preparing the Command Finder for Word 2010, we’ve found some curious inconsistencies. In preparing the Command Finder for Word 2010 , we’ve found some curious inconsistencies. For starters, the ‘Commands not on ribbon’ list doesn’t include all the commands missing from your ribbon. For example ‘Character Border’ isn’t on
An easier way to find Word 2010 commands – a free service from Office-Watch.com We’ve become really frustrated with finding a feature in Word, especially in the command list. So we’ve done something about it with the new online Command Finder for Word 2010 and now Command Finder for Word 2007
How to get your Office Product Key when the computer is broken. Shelia M has an Office install problem …. ” My two year old computer broke down in 2010 and the hard drive was replaced by the engineer. When I started the computer Microsoft Office was GONE. This year
How to install OneNote 2010 only on an Office 2007 computer. Handy for Windows Mobile 7 users. Bryan J writes: “ I would like to use OneNote 2010 because of my new Windows Mobile 7 phone. So… 1. is OneNote 2010 going to play nicely in my XP & Office
Why can’t you add repeating words or phrases to the Microsoft Word custom dictionary? Word’s custom dictionary can’t handle repeating words or phrases and it should. While we wait for Microsoft to catch up there are limited options available. Microsoft Word’s custom dictionary only lets you add single words to
OpenOffice .odt files should open with Word 2010 – but not always. Margaret H. says “I downloaded a .odt file from Wikipedia but when I tried to open it in Word 2010 all I get are errors. Even the repair option doesn’t work. I thought Word 2007 and 2010 supported
Office 2010: the real startup guide, second edition is available on the Kindle. We delighted to announce that the second edition of our Office 2010 ebook is now available for the Kindle. Office 2010: the real startup guide, second edition is available from Amazon USA or Amazon UK. The second
Where to get the ‘Canadian Forces’ edition of Office 2010. We’re obliged to the Office-Watch.com readers who wrote about the Office 2010 Canadian Forces edition. It is available for qualifying people from Canex (The Canadian Forces Exchange System). Michael R tells us: “all members of the Canadian Forces can inquire
Free training manuals for Office 2007 and before plus Quick References for Office 2010. Mouse Training in the UK has released their training manuals free for all comers plus some Quick Reference Guides. The Training Manuals are for Office 2007, Office 2003, Office XP (2002) and Office 2000. They cover
OneNote is merely the modern version of a Renaissance concept. The commonplace book isn’t a common thing these days, but it was once, er, common. Programs like OneNote might see a revival of the idea though, perhaps, not the name. A commonplace book was an early form of ‘scrapbook’ where
Word’s spell checker has some peculiar ideas about where an & symbol belongs. Susan S. writes with a question about the Word spell checker. She’s noticed that an ampersand next to a letter doesn’t trigger a spelling error in Word. We tried it out and she’s right: An ampersand next
Why is an obviously incorrect word not picked up by Word’s spell checker? Susan S. complains that her copy of Word has phrases like ‘ Thisis ‘ which aren’t showing up as a spelling error. In other words there is no red squiggly line when there should be. We’ve had
The Home Use Program continues to be ‘stonewalled’ for many eligible staff. People could save hundreds of dollars on Microsoft Office if their employers would let them. The Home Use Program is a great money saving option from Microsoft – it lets staff of organizations get Microsoft Office to use
There are only a few days left before the Technology Guarantee ends On Sunday 31st October 2010 the Office 2010 Technology Guarantee ends. This is the program where recent purchasers of Office 2007 can get a free copy of Office 2010. Qualifying Office 2007 sales finished at the end of
Why does Outlook 2010 make viewing unread messages so hard? The unread message view can be restored to Outlook 2010 fairly easily. In many past versions of Outlook there was a simple list of message views available and one of the choices was ‘Unread Messages’. It’s a popular option because
