Switch from imperial/metric from inside Word 2002/XP to Word 2010. The Measurement Converter is a Smart Tag (Action in Word 2010) that can change your text from imperial/US to metric or vice-versa. As the name suggests converts measurement units used in the Word document for example convert miles to kilometers
A look at Smart Tags from Word 2002 to Word 2010. Smart Tags (or Actions as they are called in Office 2010) is a way to put special commands against certain words or phrases. Smart Tags look at the text and, if applicable, become available – in geek speak they
Why does Microsoft expect loyal customers to pay more for Office 2010? There are various theories about why Microsoft has dropped the upgrade discount for Office 2010 ranging from the silly to the more plausible. The silly excuses come from Microsoft itself. At the launch of Office 2010, a Microsoft
It’s so easy to avoid being caught by Word’s hidden data, yet it still happens. Rep. Jay Inslee from the US House of Representatives is the latest victim of the ‘hidden data’ in a Word document. He released a letter of support for the FCC Chairman, unfortunately the document made
What the new Suggested Contacts folder does – and does not do. One of the new features introduced in MS Outlook 2010 is Suggested Contacts folder. It will appear in your folder list when you install Office 2010 with no immediate explanation of what it is or what it does.
The distributable code for Access 2010 developers is now available, but beware bugs. The Microsoft Access 2010 runtime download is now available from Microsoft. There are two versions available – 32-bit and 64-bit depending on which type of Windows you have. The runtime download is freely distributable and allows Access
How to write an email now and send it later. For many versions of Outlook you’ve been able to write an email now but delay sending it until a later time. Like many things with Outlook, there are several catches to the supposedly simple feature. Why delay sending a message?
A new way to access common features on Word 2010. Although the term Navigation Pane has been introduced in MS Word 2010, most of its functionalities existed in earlier versions like Word 2007. Features like Document Map in Word, Find and Replace functionalities have all been integrated together in the
The licence for Office 2010 makes Microsoft’s intention to use a ‘kill switch’ even clearer. Microsoft Office 2010 seems more likely to have a ‘kill switch’ to stop illegal use of the software even after activation. The licence terms (aka EULA) are more specific about what Microsoft may do if
Office 2010 is now officially available for download. The ‘final bits’ for Office 2010 have now been released to some customers. MSDN and Technet (Ultimate and Premium) subscribers can now download both the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (X64) versions directly from Microsoft. It is the ‘Professional Plus’ bundle with Access 2010,
Wanna pay 40% more for Office 2010 Professional? Buy it in Australia. The Australian prices are a strange mixed bag compared to both the US and UK prices. For many years, price comparisons between Microsoft Office prices in the US and other countries haven’t looked good for customers. For Office
MSDN customers can download Office 2010 real soon. Office 2010 has been ‘released to manufacture’ and MSDN customers can download the final Office 2010 on Thursday 22nd April 2010. That’s according to the ‘Office Backstage‘ blog and while only MSDN is mentioned, it’s likely that Technet subscribers will also be
Price increases for most Aussies wanting Office 2010. Microsoft Australia has finally announced their prices for Microsoft Office 2010. Home and Student 2010 has a recommended retail price of $209 Home and Business 2010 at $379 Professional 2010 at $849 There are also ‘Product Key Card’ options for $169, $279
Office 2010 will be available soon – but not now. With the news that Office 2010 has been released to manufacture, the software pirates were quickly out with downloads that you should not touch. Office-Watch.com checked a few of the ‘Office 2010 RTM’ downloads and found most of them were
Now you have to pay for the ODF converter, what are the alternatives? Oracle, the new owners of Sun, are now charging for the previously free ODF plug-in for Microsoft Office. The plug-in lets MS Office read and write to the ODF file format which is a rival to Microsoft
Office 2010 is out of beta and moving to the real world. Microsoft has announced that Office 2010 is out of development and is now RTM – Released to Manufacture. The beta testing has ended and the final product will be available soon. Some long suffering cynics might say that
Make a base for all your slides, then later global changes are easy. We’ve seen too many people making the same change to slide after slide when they could have done it in a few seconds with some preparation. Before you do anything on a presentation – check out the
The fast way to make a photo album presentation in Powerpoint 2007 and 2010. Last year, Office for Mere Mortals, covered making a photo album in several versions of Powerpoint. In PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010 there’s a quicker way – go to the Insert tab and choose Photo Album.
Webmail dangers and what you can do about it. A recent article in the New York Times ‘I was hacked in Beijing‘ highlights some of the problems with storing your email or documents in the much-promoted cloud. In this case it seems the journalist was using a Yahoo online
So much for the difficulties of 64-bit Office 2010 – is it worth it? Last week we had a lot of coverage on Office 2010 64-bit edition, the compatibility issues and special installation requirements. If you don’t think you’ll have any compatibility problems, is it worth the trouble? That’s the big
Installing 64-bit Office 2010 is all in the preparation … If you have a 64-bit edition of Windows and want to use Office 2010 64-bit then before installing you need to make some decisions and do some preparation. 64-bit Office software is definitely faster than the default 32-bit software but
How can you run Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit on the one machine? The two versions of Office 2010 cannot be installed on the one computer but you might want to run 32-bit Office for some compatibility purpose while running 64-bit Office most of the time. Enter the virtual machine
How can you tell if 32-bit or 64-bit Office 2010 is installed? If you start Office 2010 there’s no immediately obvious difference between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software. 64-bit is visually indistinguishable from the 32-bit cousin and for most people the technically differences don’t matter – Office 2010
How to install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. How to install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. Office 2010 on a DVD disk will install the 32-bit software by default. If you choose to install the 64-bit software requires some special steps. A downloaded Office 2010 should be offered
