Microsoft blurs the line between Skydrive and Live Mesh. As Office-Watch.com reader Bernard L. notes “My Live Mesh was automatically converted to a synced Skydrive folder weeks ago! “ Bernard is right, the 5GB cloud storage element of Live Mesh was recently renamed to ‘Skydrive Synced Storage’ but it’s separate
Merge your cloud documents into your regular computer folders. Windows 7 has ‘Libraries’, a way to bring folders and files from different locations into a single searchable ‘location’ and that can include sync’d folders from cloud services. ‘Location’ in quotes because no files are moved or copied – it’s a
Win 7 Libraries can be for subjects not just types of files. Microsoft’s default Windows Libraries mislead people into thinking libraries are for types of files (Music, Video etc). Libraries can be used for any heading or subject you like as long as they are separated by folder in their
More tips and notes on the Windows 7 and 8 library feature What’s in a Library It’s easy to see what folders are part of a library. In Explorer there’s a link showing the number of locations, click on that to see a list. The default save location (set in
How private is your cloud data from legal copying? The issues and concerns about the law, privacy and cloud storage. In this article we’ll try to set out some of the legal issues surrounding cloud storage. We’ll focus on the legal side, not the technical possibilities, and give links to
Some comments and official statements from Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Here’s some collected statements and legalese from some of the major players in the cloud market. What Microsoft says about the Patriot Act The UK launch of Office 365, Microsoft’s managing director for the UK made it clear that neither
Some more cloud privacy problems to consider … In preparing our article about privacy law and the cloud some other possible privacy breaches came to our attention. Cloud storage can move Let’s say you setup a cloud service and ensure that the servers are located in a place that’s acceptable
Can you install more than one cloud service: Skydrive and Google Drive and Dropbox and so on? A few readers have asked if they can run more than one cloud storage service at the same time. The questions are in two forms: Using the same service with different accounts Using
Here is a verbatim copy of the controversial US Patriot Act Section 217. Below that are some more readable versions. Here is a verbatim copy of the US Patriot Act Section 217. Below that are some more readable versions. Source: US Government Printing Office – PDF “ SEC. 217. INTERCEPTION
Microsoft kills off one of their most useful and innovative products. Today, Microsoft announced yet another reshuffle of their online services. ‘Windows Live’ is dead, now to be known by the names for individual services. According to Microsoft, and duly parroted elsewhere, Live Mesh is being ‘replaced’ by Skydrive. But
How to use the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s Skydrive. Skydrive from Microsoft has been around for some time, but now they’ve finally released software to synchronize the cloud storage with your PC and some other devices. It’s the Microsoft version of Google’s new Drive service. Both offer browser based editing
Online storage services are everywhere but now the big players have joined the game in earnest. Online storage services are everywhere but now the big players have joined the game in earnest. Both Skydrive and Google Drive are interesting to us because, unlike other cloud storage services, they include online
The Kindle is getting a new file format to replace MOBI called KF8 Amazon is rolling out a new ebook file format to replace the limited MOBI format it has used since the very first Kindle. Amazon uses the AZW extension for ebooks ‘locked’ with digital rights management. It’s called
Google Drive doesn’t really save Google Docs content to your computer so the offline support is limited and clumsy. We’ve been testing the new Google Drive and really can’t believe what we’ve found. A major shortcoming in the support for documents created by Google’s own ‘Docs’ service. Google Drive doesn’t
How to setup Google Drive and share documents. After giving more promises than a desperate ex-boyfriend, we now have Google Drive – Google’s effort to link their online storage with computers and devices. Like DropBox, SugarSync, Skydrive and others, Google Drive aims to be a single point to store files
One Windows 8 product will include Office – but only in part and expect to pay more later. There are four Windows 8 products (actually three since one is the only choice for the upcoming Windows tablets): Windows 8 – the equivalent of the current ‘Home’ editions of Windows 7
Which versions Office can you use with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Nerds and Geeks the world over, including us at Office Watch, will be poring over the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released today. But what about running Microsoft Office – can you use existing versions of Office on the Windows
If you can’t use Windows Remote Desktop there are other choices. Remote Desktop works well for compatible Windows computers on the same local network. Beyond that there are other choices, they usually don’t work as well as Remote Desktop but are still good. Live Mesh If you want to reach
How to get detailed SuperPAC donation and spending information into Excel. Today the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) is receiving and publishing details of the controversial SuperPAC’s showing who has donated and what they spent money on. It’s a good and timely example of how you can get information from
The Office 15 Technical Preview has begun. And so it begins …. Microsoft has started testing the next version of Office (called ‘Office 15’ for the moment) to a small group of people outside the company. They aren’t saying much else at this stage except the usual platitudes that have
Despite Amazon promises, Word DOC files aren’t read directly by the Kindle Fire. Amazon has been a little shifty when it comes to mentioning document compatibility for the Kindle and especially Kindle Fire. The official list includes two file types that DON’T work and omits an important file type that
How to get a list of files in a folder into Microsoft Word. As long as there have been word processors, we’ve seen the question of how to get a list of files into a document. It should be simple bit it isn’t. Here’s how … You could write or
How can you get more languages for Office – or maybe you already have them? Following our look at Which languages come with Office in the last issue we received quite a few questions from Office Watch readers about language support in Office; this and related articles will attempt to
When you buy Microsoft Office, what language proofing tools do you get ‘in the box’? Each language version of Office sold is called a ‘localized version’ by Microsoft. The most common is the ‘English’ version of Office sold in North America, UK, Australia, New Zealand and many other places. Though,
