Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a curious mixture of praise and legitimate privacy concerns. Google recently released the first version 3 public beta of its extremely popular desktop search program “Google Desktop Search” to a
If you learn how to use the AutoCorrect features, you’ll find yourself working faster and more effectively with Microsoft Office. MAKING AUTOCORRECT DO THE WORK FOR YOU By Kara Monroe Many people find the feature of Word that pops up pseudo tool tips when you are typing common words, such
A sharp indictment of Microsoft’s spotty support for changing time zones. The Commonwealth Games are coming to Melbourne in March this year http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/ and normally that would not matter to us except that it’s going to cause a major upheaval for users of Microsoft Office, Exchange and Windows. It’ll mostly
Microsoft has made a commmitment to Office for Mac for the next 5 years. As part of the annual Apple hoopla at Macworld, Microsoft made a commitment to produce versions of Office for Macintosh for the next five years. A good move, but not really a surprise. Microsoft would hardly
Just a short issue to give you an update on the WMF exploit and patch following our newsletter late last week . Just a short issue to give you an update on the WMF exploit and patch following our newsletter late last week. All that done we’ll get back to
In this issue we’ll discuss smarter ways to use the replace function plus a more advanced method to insert dynamic text. DYNAMIC TEXT IN WEB PAGES – PART 2 In the last issue of Office for Mere Mortals we talked about the idea of updating a web site using dynamic
“Categories” is one part of Outlook that you’ve probably seen, but never used. AN OUTLOOK ON CATEGORIES “Categories” is one part of Outlook that you’ve probably seen, but never used. That’s no surprise, since it is an imposing and poorly executed part of Outlook. But despite the difficulties of use
A minor media flap began last week when someone tried to sell an Excel flaw on eBay. Fortunately the ‘product’ has since been withdrawn. WHAT EXCEL FLAW? A minor media flap began last week when someone tried to sell an Excel flaw on eBay. Fortunately the ‘product’ has since been
Outlook 2003 with Service Pack 2 installed has a new feature designed to tackle the problem of phishing. Outlook 2003 with Service Pack 2 installed does have one new feature. It’s a small tilt at the problem of ‘phishing’ – faked messages that appear to come from banks or other
You are probably aware that Microsoft Excel can be used to put all of your data in order, but Microsoft Word has some pretty powerful sorting capabilities of its own, as long as you know how to enter the information into Word in a format that it can understand. SORTING
We sat down and spent some hours working with the new Office 12 user interface and feel we have a more informed idea of its benefits and pitfalls. There’s been a lot of talk about the announcement of the new look interface designed for Office 12. The coverage has ranged
A new version of the popular Google Desktop Search tool has arrived. A new version of the popular desktop search tool has arrived. Google Desktop Search 2 is similar to the previous version in the types of documents and files indexed. There are major additions to the search interface. It
Google has opened up the Gmail doors so anyone with a mobile phone can get an account in the US. See Also Gmail outage – but not for Outlook users Gmail goes offline Using Gmail as your spam filter
Helen Bradley looks at Office Document Scanning, which is a small dedicated interface for scanning documents. By Helen Bradley and Peter Deegan If you only ever use the Quick Launch icons to launch Office applications you will be missing out on three handy Office tools: Microsoft Office Document Imaging, Office
From time to time you’ll probably have to clear out the older messages in your Deleted Items and Junk E-Mail folders. However, there are some things you should know. From time to time you’ll probably have to clear out the older messages in your Deleted Items and Junk E-Mail folders.
Containing our series on the Office 2007 formats. OFFICE 2007 DOCUMENT FORMAT We continue our series on the Office 2007 document format with a look at how open the new format will really be. Some good news about the password and encryption integrity of the new format plus our opinion
More comments by Victor Morgan on embedding fonts into Word documents Victor has some more comments following from last week’s article on embedding fonts into Word documents. If Word opens a document that requires a font not installed on that computer (and not embedded) it will display what it thinks
We go into more detail about the new document format coming in Office 12. See Also Got Windows 7? You can open / save Office 2007 and ODF documents Programming tools for Office 2007 documents now available Shameless Office for Mac delays again The Office 12 XML document format –
We look in more detail at how to configure your PowerPoint presentation so that everything plays when you want it to and exactly how you want it to. By Helen Bradley Last time we looked at the basics of putting together a presentation in Producer for PowerPoint. This week it’s
From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all the bells and whistles you can imagine – most of which gather dust. From time to time we’re asked about what keyboard we prefer. There are many to choose from with all
An in-depth look at the new Office 2007 document formats. THE IMPLICATIONS OF OFFICE XML FORMAT Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about the basic difference between Word documents and the XML documents you’ve probably heard about. If
You get an email with more than one image attachment, but Outlook only lets you open one image at a time. Look no further than “Outlook Picture Viewer” for the solution. Microsoft adds a nuisance to Office and there’s usually someone out there ready to provide a solution … In
Ascender now has permission from Microsoft to license their high-quality fonts to developers. We all get the standard Microsoft fonts with Windows and Office with the right to use them in our documents and emails. But developers cannot use the same fonts in their applications without a special licence. Ascender
