You can now download Microsoft’s Sharepoint Designer free. Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2010 – one of the successors to Frontpage 2003 for customising Microsoft Sharepoint web sites is now a free download. With registration you can get the 254MB or less download from Microsoft. That might be a little annoying
The next service pack for Office 2007 has been leaked. The next service pack for Office 2007 has been leaked. On various file sharing / BitTorrent sites you’ll find today an ‘Office 2007 Service Pack 2’ download. It appears to be a late beta or even release candidate before the
Earn money recommending Office 2007 to students. It’s possible to earn money by recommending Office 2007 to students. As part of Microsoft’s effort to push Office 2007 into the hands of students they are now offering an ‘affiliate’ program with their student ‘Ultimate Steal’ offer. Under the affiliate arrangement, approved
You have to hand it to Microsoft marketing – they can ‘announce’ something that’s been in place for years and get a pile of free publicity. Microsoft is heavily promoting a deal they’ve had for a long time. You have to hand it to Microsoft marketing – they can ‘announce’
See what people are saying right now about your favorite Office software. It can be fascinating to see what people say about software as they work – many questions, some answers and plenty of anguish and outright anger. We’ve setup some pages that make it easy to see the very
As if the Military Appreciation Edition wasn’t cheap enough, Microsoft has cut the price yet again. The Office 2007 Military Appreciation Edition (MAE) is down to US$49.99 -from $79.95. That’s a fantastic deal for what is really a three installation licence for Office 2007 Standard (Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint
There’s a free add-on that returns classic Office 2003 menus and toolbars to Office 2007. UBitMenu is a simple and free way to bring classic Office 2003 menus and toolbars to Office 2007 programs. Under a new ‘Menu’ tab you get all the traditional pull-down menus plus two long rows
A clever option to print a foldable booklet that won’t cost you anything. One of the eternal requests for Microsoft Office is the ability to make a booklet. That is a set of two pages on one side of paper but double-sided and ordered so you can fold the lot
How to print a document when the paper sizes are different. On our new Twitter account we saw this question: “When I send an Excel file to someone, should I have to set it up so they can print? I don’t know the printer/size they use.” Part of that answer
Pricing hint, versions of Windows, Office on the web and other Office 14 news. From no less a mouth than Steve Ballmer comes word that the next version of Office won’t grace our desktops until 2010. That’s no real surprise, Microsoft seems to be focusing on the next Windows –
About 32-bit & 64-bit editions of Microsoft Office in Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010. Gradually, oh so gradually, we’re changing from a world of 32-bit computers to 64 bit computers. What does this mean for Microsoft Office? Microsoft Office and 64-bit Microsoft Office 2007 only has one version
How to format a Word or Excel document to print on someone else’s computer. On our new Twitter account we saw this question: ” When I send an Excel file to someone, should I have to set it up so they can print it? I don’t know the printer/size paper
How to remove single entries from the most recently used list. In Office for Mere Mortals we recently covered the basics of the most recently used (MRU) list in Office. Removing individual entries It is possible to an individual ‘recently used document’ but it’s not obvious and a far cry
We clear up some of the misunderstandings about the MS Office Home Use Program, one of the cheapest ways to buy Microsoft Office. In our article Get Office 2007 from your boss for $30 we explained how many companies can let their staff buy Office Professional for much less than
If you make your own shortcuts, Word 2007 will mislead you about in-built shortcuts that will conflict with your own. If you make your own shortcuts, Word 2007 will mislead you about in-built shortcuts that will conflict with your own. In our article about the Full Screen View in Word
How to configure the list of recently used documents in Office and the glaring omission. The Most Recently Used (MRU) list is the list of documents you’ve recently opened in Word, Excel or PowerPoint. It is a handy way to reopen documents you’re currently working on but could be better.
There is a full screen editing mode in Word 2007, if you know where to look. We’re obliged to Rob G from Pennsylvania who found the full screen mode in Word 2007. Full screen editing is great on smaller displays like laptops or netbooks as well as anyone who likes
Getting the most from the small screen. We look at options for making Office 2003 or Office 2007 work better in the smaller netbook screens. In the final part of our series, we’ll look at options for making Office 2003 or Office 2007 work better in the smaller netbook screens.
Microsoft has a ‘Military Appreciation Edition’ of Office 2007 for qualified purchasers but there is one more qualification you need … patience. Ever since we wrote about the Office 2007 Military Appreciation Edition (MAE) we’ve received messages from military and former military who’ve had trouble getting a copy. In-Store In
Sections are in every Word document – here’s how to use them to make Word do what you need. In the last issue I described how to omit the page number on the last page of a document by using a section break and “de-linking” the header/footer between the sections.
We continue our look at using MS Office on the small netbook devices. A look at what office suite software to install on the netbook. This week we continue our look at using MS Office on the small netbook devices. In part one we had some buying suggestions for a
Microsoft has released the Office 2007 Resource Kit as a free download. Microsoft has released the Office 2007 Resource Kit as a free download. The Office 2007 Resource Kit is a pile of extra information for developers and managers working with Office 2007. The topics covered are: Getting started Planning
If you’re trying out the beta version of Windows 7 then you can open Word 2007 documents (.docx) and OpenDocument ODF (.odt) just using Wordpad 7. But you can’t open the older .doc files used by Word 2003 and earlier versions. If you’re trying out the beta version of Windows
Tips for buying a netbook computer and using Microsoft Office on the popular new, small screen, devices. The popularity of netbook computers has taken both hardware and software makers by surprise. What was considered a niche market has become the new growth area for computer hardware. Netbooks are smaller than
