For Office 2010 you can buy additional language packs, if necessary. Often they are available for free. For Office 2010 you can buy additional language packs, if necessary. Often they are available for free. We say if necessary because you might not need to buy anything. Office 2010 is sold
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,
Why would Microsoft make Office for iPad? It’s being reported that Microsoft is working on an iPad version of Microsoft Office – This is hardly surprising, the iPad’s have become a very popular platform. By contrast, Windows Tablets have hardly taken the world by storm. For all the chest-thumping from
There is a possibility of getting a replacement Product Key from Microsoft. A Knowledge Base article from Microsoft suggests they can help recover a lost Office Product Key. If you’re trying to install Microsoft Office, perhaps on a replacement computer, you need installation disk and also the Product Key. That’s
Why can’t you get the right key from a pre-installed copy of Office? Buying a pre-installed copy of Microsoft Office has some pitfalls and one of them is trouble recovering the Product Key. If you’ve lost your copy of the Office Product Key (essential for installing Office) then usually you
When you buy Office there are several languages you can use with your documents. Office has two levels of language support. There’s the language used on the menus, ribbon and dialog (called ‘Language Interface’) and then there are the languages supported in documents by the spell checker, grammar analysis and
What to do about the ‘Duqu’ malware that can be sent via Word documents. There’s plenty of noise but little hard facts so far about the Duqu malware attack. At the time of writing all we know is: There’s a new Windows exploit that the ‘Duqu’ malware uses to
How to use Apple’s iCloud with your Office documents. iCloud is the new Apple service which lets you easily synchronize files between IPad / iPhone and desktop computers, here’s how it works. Did we say ‘easily’? More correct to say ‘a bit easier’. iCloud is a slightly better way to
The Comic Sans haters have risen again as a TV show is plastered with the hated Comic Sans font Stephen Fry’s latest TV show uses Comic Sans as its primary font, so the haters of the common font have risen in protest. We’ve talked about Comic Sans before. It’s not
Microsoft has given reporters a brief ‘hands on’ look at Windows 8 – what does it mean for Office users? Windows 8 will have two interfaces – a traditional mouse/keyboard system similar to Windows 7/Vista/XP plus ‘Metro’. Metro is a ‘grown up’ version of the tiles system seen on new
From: OfficeRecovery Innovative Online Data Recovery Technology Allows Users to Repair Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access Files from Web Browsers Faster Than Ever Mountain View, CA, September 2011 – OfficeRecovery, a long-standing leader in corrupted data repair technologies, has announced a breakthrough cloud-based online service that cuts significantly the
We had a great time on Australia’s Gold Coast for Microsoft’s annual Aussie nerd-fest. Had a great time at TechEd 2011 on Australia’s Gold Coast. For Office users all the talk at this year’s event was Office 365. Plenty of sessions for organizations on how to migrate in whole or
How to copy your Office documents onto ebook readers like the Kindle, Nook etc. Click here for Chalkboard Effect in Word – apologies for the wrong link … The rise of ebooks means there’s more interest in converting documents into formats that the devices can read – we’ll show you how
‘Gmail man’ is Microsoft latest promotional tool – is it really that great? Lots of people are getting excited about Microsoft’s Gmail Man video which is now doing the rounds. The video (allegedly only for internal Microsoft use) is a humorous attempt to denigrate Gmail in favor of Microsoft’s Office
Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download, if you want to be a guinea pig for Microsoft. Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download, if you want to be a guinea pig for Microsoft. The major update to Office 2010 can be
Office 365 is available now – is it anything really new? Office 365 is the latest incarnation of the Microsoft Office family and is now publicly available. It isn’t anything new from a technical point of view. Office 365 is a marketing move to bundle online and software services into
Where is the Select All command and why you don’t need to find it. “As software changes so do the tool bars. A simple change for the location of the “select all” button is frustrating’ – Anthony C. We assume Anthony is asking about the ribbon in Office 2007 and
An alternative way to view Office documents and many other file formats. Free Opener is a new, free tool that lets you open and view over 70 different file formats including most of the types used by Microsoft Office. The concept is for a single download that can let you
A free way to get your Office Product Key from a variety of sources. ProduKey is another of the clever programs from Nirsoft. It reads a variety of Windows registry sources to display the Windows, Office and some other software product keys. Most key recovery programs only operate only on
Gmail hack from China has lessons for everyone and there’s one simple thing you can do to protect yourself. The latest attack on Gmail accounts could happen to anyone with any online email account – here’s how to avoid being hacked with one simple trick that will save you from
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
So Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion, does it mean anything for Office users? Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion, does it mean anything for Office users? To keep Microsoft Office as the market leader, Redmond’s main aim is to entwine people into not just Windows and Office
Why the Office command list isn’t comprehensive and how to add ‘missing’ items. Our Command Finder list is the list supplied by Microsoft in the command customization dialog. We’ve provided an easier way to find that information but are limited to what Redmond has provided all Office users. Not everything
Microsoft’s latest results show that Office 2010 is very popular. Microsoft’s third quarter results include a report that Office 2010 has become the fastest selling version of the productivity suite ever. More important for Microsoft, sales are gathering more dollars into the company coffers. The company’s Business Division includes Office
