How to use Office for Windows on the Mac. Sometimes Office for Mac isn’t enough, you need its big brother, Office for Windows to run on a Macintosh computer. That’s certainly possible in various ways. It’s done using virtual machines, in effect running Windows ‘inside’ Apple’s operating system. VM’s, as they are known, have been […]
Win 8 ‘not fit for purpose’? Today’s Financial Times has an interesting letter and sharp indictment of Windows 8 “….For anybody doing real work, Windows 8 has concrete design errors which should never have reached the business user. Leaving aside trying to work with spreadsheets, the start button, the right click or even finding basic […]
Microsoft adds a bit more to the dying Technet. Microsoft is closing its too popular Technet program but hopes to dull the pain with a three month bonus. Over the next few weeks Technet subscribers should find their expiry date extend by three months. To qualify your Technet subscription had to be Active as of […]
Office apps, of a sort, come to Android phones. Hot on the heels of Office for iPhone comes Microsoft’s version of Office for Android phones. The Android release is very similar to Office for iPhone, which effectively means both are quite limited in features and availability. Office for Android (officially called “Office Mobile for Office […]
How Microsoft keeps bugs secret until it suits them. For as long as we can remember, an Office Service Pack has been accompanied by the revelation of previous undisclosed bugs in the software. Microsoft has an ongoing policy of keeping bugs secret from customers until they have a fix. Here’s how it works. Through support […]