If you get confused by the documentation for Office updates, don’t think it’s your fault, some of the Microsoft’s documentation is very poor. Just one exhibit is a recent article about a cumulative update for Office 2003. If you get confused by the documentation for Office updates, don’t think it’s
The announcement of Office 2007 cumulative update for August 2008 is astonishingly light on any information that might be useful for Microsoft’s paying customers. The announcement of Office 2007 cumulative update for August 2008 is astonishingly light on any information that might be useful for Microsoft’s paying customers. As already
It’s a shock headline, Microsoft apparently patents keyboard keys that have been around for decades. The reality isn’t as bad or ridiculous. If you read some headlines in the tech press it seems that Microsoft now has a patent for the ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ keys! The patent was
Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa, but that’s still expensive for many. Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa. The Home & Student bundle has the 2007 versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and
‘Remote Code Execution’ is the phrase for August 08 updates for a wide range of Office products. August 2008 brings two security updates for Access plus Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Office. It’s really a case of ‘once more around the roundabout’ with most of the patches fixing yet more
The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The ribbon can be
A little used feature in Windows Server will let you assign a fixed path to a folder even if you later change the server setup to a new physical location “You said that network administrators didn’t have to use drive letters assignments to network shares but that’s not true. On
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. Alt + 1 for the first icon on the QAT, Alt + 2 for
Here’s some more tips for using Office 2007 without the mouse. Here’s some more tips for using Office 2007 without the mouse. As we’ve mentioned before, much of the same shortcuts that applied for earlier versions of Office will also apply with Office 2007. Plus there’s new features that make
How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. Word can have some quirky results
From: Microsoft Actions enhance opportunities for developers to work with Microsoft’s high-volume products. Microsoft Corp. today announced several new actions that deliver upon the commitments set in its Interoperability Principles to increase the openness of its products, drive greater interoperability, and provide increased opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers
At long last … an OOXML (docx, xlsx, pptz etc) converter for Mac finally appears. At long last … an OOXML (docx etc) converter for Mac finally appears Microsoft has released an ‘Open XML converter’ for Office 2004 and v X for Mac users. This means users of those ‘Office
Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. The Open XML SDK v1.0 is available from
A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now available. The Windows Search technology is one way to find documents and messages quickly. It’s essential to using the ‘instant’ search features in Outlook 2007 and Onenote 2007. A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now
Office 2003 SP3 has a bug in the Documening Imaging program – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix and if you can find a way to ask for it! Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.
From: Microsoft Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft’s flagship productivity suite. REDMOND, Wash. – May 21, 2008 – Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the range of document formats
There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should you install it or not? Microsoft has chosen to make that decision a difficult one for all Office 2003 users. There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should
Excel 2007 had a serious bug where some numbers display as ” 100,000 ” regardless of the true value around 65,535 and 65,536. Excel 2007 and Excel Services 2007 had a problem with a few numbers it doesn’t like … truly. A few numbers around the 65,535 and the 65,536
If and how to use Outlook’s AutoArchive feature – by Kara Monroe. STORING OLD EMAIL WITH AUTOARCHIVE AND OTHER OPTIONS by Kara Monroe Chances are if you’ve used Microsoft Outlook for any period of time, you’ve been prompted to AutoArchive your old items. AutoArchive is a tool that backs up
There are critical updates for Excel 2003, Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2000 plus Office for Mac Microsoft’s regular monthly patch release includes a patch for a problem in Excel. A ‘malformed’ worksheet could give access to the computer. Microsoft Office 2000 patch needs Service Pack 3 Microsoft Excel 2000
From: Microsoft Q&A: From Macworld Conference & Expo 2007, the head of Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit discusses the story behind the next generation of Microsoft’s productivity software suite for the Mac. Microsoft continues to deliver world-class technology products for the Mac platform – as it has for more than 20
Microsoft has dropped their own automation system from the next Office for Mac. Visual Basic for Applications is the common macro language for Office users, whether they work on Windows or the Mac. It’s a great shame that Microsoft has decided to drop VBA support from the next version of
From: Digital River / Microsoft Includes upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office system products Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced a three-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. to build, host and manage e-commerce stores to support the direct and indirect online sale, marketing and delivery of popular
We’ve started a ‘Microsoft Office’ search engine to make it easier to find tips, help and info about Office. Google has launched a new search engine – the ‘Custom Search Engine’ feature where people can create their own specialized Search Engines. We’ve started a ‘Microsoft Office’ search engine to make
