A reader asks how to install OneNote (available free from Microsoft) with the older versions of Office like Office 2003 or Office 2007. OneNote 2013 is available free from Microsoft as are versions for Mac, Apple and Android. Any attempt to mix versions of Office should begin with installing the
It’s an old scam which has resurfaced for the gullible. You get an email that promises vast wealth from Microsoft in some award scheme you’ve never heard of: “ Your address just won you $500,000 in the Microsoft Word awards.” “ Your address just won you Five hundred thousand pounds sterling in
As part of the 2015 BUILD conference, Microsoft announced a series of new tools for Office developers. They are new and updated API’s (Application Program Interface) which let developers work with software or a web service. For example a OneDrive or DropBox API lets a separate program directly save, read
Microsoft has announced that the concept of add-ins, now limited to Office for Windows, will soon be coming to Office for iPad. Just like in Office for Windows, Office for iPad will have a side pane that can add more to Excel. Here’s Microsoft’s example of a Dun and Bradstreet
If there’s a common theme through Office Watch these days it’s the lack of disclosure by Microsoft about what they are doing with Office software. One example is the apparently silent update to the English language dictionary in Office. A few days ago we mentioned the addition to the English
A few weeks ago we told you and Microsoft about a broken web link from Outlook 2013. The link to add more social connectors to Outlook 2013 goes to a fancy ‘Page not found’ page that’s no help at all. This isn’t a mistake by Microsoft, they’ve had some time
By Helen Feddema Access versions: 2007-2013 Level: Intermediate Access Archon #240: Introduction In a database (like the sample Northwind database) that records orders, you might want a quick and easy way to send order lists to customers. This article demonstrates how to send order lists to customers in both Plain
If you thought email scams were all about Nigerian princes and unknown lottery wins, think again. An Omaha man has lost his job after being tricked into sending $17 million of company funds to scammers. The tricksters sent emails that appeared to come from the CEO and its auditors, but
Microsoft has released preview/beta test versions of a standalone ‘Outlook’ app for Apple and Android devices. The apps aim to give one unified place to view email, calendar, contacts, and attachments from cloud based email storage. Anything with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) or IMAP is compatible Exchange (either from Microsoft’s Office
Office Mix now has links with Moodle, a service for managing online courses. Office Mix is Microsoft’s PowerPoint extension designed to put slideshows online with quizzes and live content from the web. Office-Watch.com looked at Office Mix in-depth last year. If you’ve never heard of Moodle (me neither), Wikipedia has
Of course, you can’t fully send emails from Outlook if the computer isn’t connected to the Internet … but it’s surprising how many people don’t know they can write and click Send any time – whether the computer is connected to the Internet or not. We often use the relatively
At last, admins can choose the Office programs to install with Click to Run. A new version of the Office Deployment Tool for Office 2013 admins lets you choose the Office programs to install using ‘Click to Run’. You’d probably think that such a feature would be requirement of the
Microsoft lost its last appeal against a ruling that it used patented technology in Word. The US Supreme Court has confirmed a ruling that Microsoft is guilty of patent infringement in Word, awarding the largest ever judgment in an patent appeal case – US$290 million. Microsoft lost their appeal 8-0
Yet again, you can take advantage of a Microsoft offer and pay more for Office 2007 than you need to. Eileen T writes “I received this offer by email and was wondering if it’s real and good value? “ The short answer is Yes and certainly NO. Here’s the offer
A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of PPT. A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of PPT. We’ve already looked at Word 2010, Excel 2010, OneNote 2010 and Outlook 2010 plus the new look Office button menu. These sneak peeks into
Yes, everyone is talking about the second generation iPhone – the iPhone 3G. Here we’ll focus on the features that relate to Microsoft Office users. Yes, everyone is talking about the second generation iPhone – the iPhone 3G. Here we’ll focus on the features that relate to Microsoft Office users.
Adobe, makers of the Acrobat / PDF system, have entered the world of online word-processing with their ‘Buzzword’ product available for free from Acrobat.com. Adobe, makers of the Acrobat / PDF system, have entered the world of online word-processing with their ‘Buzzword’ product available for free from Acrobat.com. It’s a
Now you know NOT to trust the precision of Excel’s results even for simple additions, what can you do about it? As we’ve shown in recent articles (Excel SUM anomaly, More Excel addition strangeness and Excel addition problems – bug or not? among others) , Excel’s arithmetic isn’t as reliable
Last week, Microsoft announced support for the ODF document format in Microsoft Office. But don’t get too excited about it, it’s a long time coming. Last week, Microsoft announced support for the ODF document format in Microsoft Office. But don’t get too excited about it, for it’ll be long time coming.
Cells in Excel are linked by references – whether they are relative, absolute or mixed – named or unnamed – Rose Vines will explain all. When you refer to a cell in an Excel formula, you can use any of three different types of reference: relative, absolute and mixed. Relative
Microsoft’s May 2008 patches include Word, Outlook, Publisher and Access. As usual we look at the patches to help you get all the updates you need. There are four security patches from Microsoft this month – three relate to Microsoft Office and the fourth is worth mentioning because of the
Microsoft has a new tool to peek into computers and intended for law enforcement agencies. But what can it do with Microsoft Office documents and data? Microsoft is now talking about COFEE, a tool they have released to some law enforcement agencies to let them take a look at Windows
Here’s how you can open separate windows in Outlook and save the positions for later use. Also why you’re not going crazy when it doesn’t work. You’re not limited to a single Outlook window, you can have many views open at the same time. For example, your Inbox, Calendar and
Word has a hidden calculator but Google’s online calculator is much better. If you spend lots of time in Word, you’ll find its calculator extremely useful; it’s much easier to get a result within the program you’re using than by having to load up an external application. However, if your
