Now you have to pay for the ODF converter, what are the alternatives? Oracle, the new owners of Sun, are now charging for the previously free ODF plug-in for Microsoft Office. The plug-in lets MS Office read and write to the ODF file format which is a rival to Microsoft
Make a base for all your slides, then later global changes are easy. We’ve seen too many people making the same change to slide after slide when they could have done it in a few seconds with some preparation. Before you do anything on a presentation – check out the
Fixes for security bugs in Publisher and Visio. In a long list of security bugs, the April list only has a few related to MS Office. Publisher Yet more ways to run a program via a hacked Office document, this time with Publisher Publisher 2007 with SP1 or SP2 –
Security patches for Publisher and Visio. This month’s security updates from Microsoft are ‘only’ for Publisher (2002/XP, 2003 2007) and Visio (2002/XP, 2003, 2007) Publisher Yet another method of making a file which, when opened, allows other programs to be run. There’s been many, many of these problems found. This
Producer for Powerpoint 2003 shows that Microsoft will patch security bugs, but not if they can find an excuse, however feeble. In the March 2010 list of security patches from Microsoft was one labeled “Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution” but it also affects a Microsoft
Wrapping up our look at Master Documents in Word with some extra tips. We’ve been looking at Master Documents in Word and here’s some extra tips to help you get the most from this once feared Word feature that’s come good … · Feature like Page number, Header and
Don’t be afraid – Word’s Master Documents is stable and worth using. The term ‘Master Document’ may cause many to scorn if not outright panic especially those who have been using Word 97 or 2000 version. The most common problem which people faced earlier was the corruption of master documents
Excel 2007 and 2010 have a quick way to see basic stats on a list of numbers. If you only need some basic details about a list of numbers, there’s no need to use Excel formulas or the Descriptive Statistics feature. In Excel 2003 you can select two or more
March 2010 is the month for many Excel security patches This month Microsoft has released patches for many security breaches in Excel – from Excel 2002 onwards plus Office for Mac. More embarrassing, but probably inevitable, the ‘new’ OpenXML document formats have been breached for the first time. A hacked
Our new ebook – Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack We’re delighted to announce the latest book from Office Watch Privacy and Security in Microsoft Office “Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack” Privacy & Security in Microsoft Officefocuses on using the security
How to stop typing replacing or overwriting text. Daysha B writes “What I type replaces my existing text. How do I turn this off? Thank you.” As usual with Microsoft Office, nothing is as simple as it first appears. Most people probably know that the immediate answer is ‘Press the
An add-in puts the coming Excel 2010 feature into Excel 2007, 2003 and XP. As we’ve already noted, the Excel 2010 feature Sparklines isn’t a new idea. The idea of small graphs next to the numbers it was originally named by Edward Tufte. If you like the idea of Sparklines
The 11 January 2010 deadline has passed with sales of Office 2007 continuing, only now in the USA the software is sold without the ‘Custom XML’ feature. The 11 January 2010 deadline has passed with sales of Office 2007 continuing, only now in the USA the software is sold without
Here’s the known situation regarding an enforced change to Word 2007 and Word 2003. We’ll update this page as hard information becomes available. Microsoft isn’t exactly forthcoming about this problem so there are more questions than we’d like and even less answers. Office Watch asked a series of questions to
How to customize menus/toolbars so the full menu always shows. Q: Bob R. writes “I just got a new computer with Office 2003 pre-installed, and when I open a menu in Access (or any other Office app, for that matter), I just see a few commands, and I have to
A reader reported that the Office XP templates for my Time & Expense Billing application don’t work in Office 2003, so I’ve provided a new set. Dan Gifford wrote to report that the Office XP templates for my Time & Expense Billing application (Code Sample #29on my Web site) don’t
Microsoft will release a ‘patent patch’ for Word 2003 and Word 2007 – but why bother? Quietly, in last hours of 2009, Microsoft released some details of an ‘end user’ patch to cover the ‘Custom XML’ patent dispute. Looking at KB article 978951 says there will be a link to
How to easily make appointments with other people using Outlook. Outlook has some great features for making appointments and sharing those details with others. The main features can be used by anyone to setup dinner, movies or any personal event. Outlook lets you create an appointment in your calendar then
A new Office 2003 bug that stops you opening documents. There’s a new Office 2003 bug but it doesn’t affect most users and almost certainly not home or small business customers. If you have Microsoft’s Rights Management Service (RMS) in your organization then documents protected with that system might not
VBA macros should migrate from Word 2003 to 2007 but don’t bet on it. Yes, VBA macros from Word 2003 should work in Word 2007. We always say ‘should’ because there are inevitably changes in VBA behaviors between versions of Office and “Murphy’s Law” says that one of these ‘minor’
There’s lots more ways to use Powerpoint without standing in front of an audience. It’s easy to think of Powerpoint as only useful for people who have to give a speech, but there’s actually many other choices for saving slides and presentations that let you use Powerpoint in many other
Our popular Outlook guide is now available for Kindle device and Windows software. We’re delighted to announce the release of our Clever Outlook Contacts book on Amazon for worldwide distribution on your PC or Kindle device. It’s the same ebook as we’ve sold to thousands of people over the years,
Which versions of Office are approved on the server OS? As we mentioned last year, Windows Server 2008 can be used as a very stable and fast workstation operating system – it’s certainly more stable than Windows Vista in many situations. In addition, Office can run on Windows Server 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
