Do you help Microsoft’s proofing tools?
When Word asks to send your words to Microsoft – should you do it? You may see a window like this pop up in Word.
Office 2010
Office reinstall limits
How often can you reinstall Microsoft Office? Steve P asks … “Love the articles, and I’ve learnt lots from them. I’ve purchased Office 2010 Home & Student (in the UK) for installation on WinXP SP3, and whilst I know about the time limit between installation & activation, there seems to be no info on time […]
Office has a billion users – true or false?
Hard to believe Microsoft’s statement that Office has a billion users. Microsoft has been boasting this week about the billion users of Microsoft Office. Over 15 years of listening to Microsoft statistics we’re automatically suspicious of any such number, especially when the speaker can’t give any justification for the number. One billion people sounds credible […]
Word document recovery
Office lets you recover documents lost but it can be hard to choose the right one. For many versions of Office you’ve been able to recover open documents that haven’t been saved before a system crash, but the details aren’t obvious. If Windows or Office unexpectedly stops, there’s a chance that Office can recover the […]
Searching PDF’s on 64-bit Windows
To search PDF’s on a 64-bit machine you need a separate download. The Adobe PDF Reader software isn’t enough on 64-bit Windows computers. If you’re running a 64-bit version of Windows (any release) you’ll probably find that Windows Search doesn’t find text inside PDF’s. Only file names are searched but not the contents. That’s seems […]
