Down in Australia, software companies acted out a little play with politicians In Australia’s capital, the local leaders of software giants like Microsoft, Adobe and Apple got together with politicians to act out a little play. It was all under the guise of a ‘parliamentary enquiry‘ but it was a
How might Microsoft increase the cost of Office 365? The often quoted price for an Office 2013/365 subscription is only for the first year, so how might Microsoft increase the price? There’s all sorts of opportunities for Microsoft to raise revenue from Office subscribers once they’ve put themselves on the
Even the New York Times falls for Microsoft’s spin on Office 2013/365 prices Microsoft has played a clever game with Office 2013 subscription pricing and the media has taken the bait with the proverbial hook, line and sinker. Take this generally positive review of Office 2013 titled “Subscribing to Office,
Problems installing Office 2013 made much worse by a useless error message. Installing Office 2013 as a subscription can be an exercise in frustration thanks to some very naïve decisions by Microsoft. It’s a problem with the ‘Click to Run’ streaming install used by Office 365 subscribers. You click on
The initial Office 365 pricing is very enticing … maybe suspiciously so. Microsoft has released their pricing for Office 365 Small Business subscription plans. These are plans which give you, at minimum, hosted email with all the benefits of Exchange Server connectivity. At the ‘high’ end you get hosted email,
Just one example of VBA users being shortchanged in Microsoft Office An obvious way to apply watermarks in Microsoft Word would be via VBA. For example some code to print a document multiple times – once with an ‘Office Copy’ watermark and other showing a ‘Customer Copy’ watermark. Or using
Microsoft backs down and lets you move Office 2013 between computers. In an astonishing backdown, Microsoft has quietly announced that Office 2013 retail purchases will now be transferable between computers. The initial retail license terms for Office 2013 had a very different requirement than all the past version of Microsoft
Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint will soon be on mobile devices. One interesting snippet generally overlooked in the Office 365 Small Business announcements was the mention of Office Mobile Apps. There’s been plenty of talk about Microsoft Office coming to mobile devices, especially non-Microsoft devices but the Office 365 announcement
Control your Facebook photo as displayed to others via Outlook. Are you aware that your Facebook photo shows up for anyone with Outlook? We ask because at Office-Watch.com we see a lot of readers emails and some of the photos make us wonder is the sender realizes the Facebook shot
Moving above the 49th parallel causes magical price changes in Microsoft Office. Canadians get a good deal for most Office 2013 purchases however once you add provincial taxes it might take away any price advantage. The same prices apply to both the English and French versions of Office 2013 sold in
British customers can pay up to 45% more for Microsoft Office than across the pond. Continuing our look at Office 2013 prices across the world, we turn to the United Kingdom where Microsoft continues their practice of charging non-US more for the same product as sold in the USA. ‘Every
Why are Australians still being asked to pay too much for Office 2013? Last week we looked at the Aussie pricing for Office 2013 which is higher than the US prices though that’s hardly anything new since Microsoft has overpriced Office ‘down under’ for as long as we can remember.
Let’s take into account US State Sales taxes and see if it makes much difference In the past we’ve compared the US retail price of Microsoft Office with the Australian price with GST. That was a fair comparison since many people could avoid US state sales taxes by buying online
A little Excel quirk to mention using LEN() with large numbers. A little Excel quirk to mention. For as long as we can remember you could get the number of digits in a number by simply using =LEN() even though the input is a number, not text. But have a
The 2013 To-Do bar is a step back in usefulness. The Outlook 2013 To-Do bar isn’t as useful as the Outlook 2010 version – at least for the calendar. The Outlook 2010 version shows future appointments for the current and next day. But in Outlook 2013 that’s been inexplicably reduced
Office 2013 can’t be moved from the computer you first install it on – we’re quite sure. “I can’t see any other media mentioning the non-transfer rule for Office 2013 retail packages. Are you sure about that?” We’re absolutely sure. It’s true that most Office 2013 reviews don’t mention it
Australians still get shafted when paying for Office 2013. Our price comparison for Office 2013 shows that Microsoft is still taking advantage of Australian consumers. For Office 2010 the price hike was up to 40% more than the USA on a generous calculation. For Office 2013 the high end is
Our famous guide to Office, saving money, install and new features. Now for Office 2013. Many of you figured it was coming and now it’s here … Office 2013: the real startup guide is available now. “Things you need to know that Microsoft won’t tell you: saving money, installing, configuring and
How well are the changed terms for retail sales being disclosed? Now Office 2013 is being sold to the public we’ve been carefully looking for proper disclosure of the new stricter license rules. As regular Office Watch readers will know, Office 2013 retail bundles have very different rules to the
Office 2013 is now on sale – but should you bother? Office 2013 is now officially on sale though it’s been available in trial versions and to TechNet/MSDN subscribers for some time. Is it worth getting? We’ve been using Office 2013 for a long time now and while it has
‘New’ features in Outlook 2013 aren’t at all new. Sometimes the promotion of a new Office either gets too enthusiastic or is deliberately misleading – it’s hard to tell which. For Outlook 2013 there’s two examples of ‘new’ features that aren’t that new at all. Is Microsoft deliberately over-egging the
Choose your Office 2013 trial with care. If you’d like to try Office 2013, there’s more than one choice to make. You can select a traditional download and install OR use the newer ‘Click to Run‘ streaming install. Traditional download You can download Office 2013 Professional Plus trial from here.
Make the famous WW2 poster yourself, and countless variations, in Microsoft Office. Make the famous WW2 poster yourself, and countless variations, in Microsoft Office Keep Calm with Microsoft Office is the latest in our series of practical ebooks for Microsoft Office users. We don’t just tell you how
Add better multi-monitor support for Windows As you put your Office applications across more than one monitor, you’ll find the need for better controls than the ones in Windows. That’s where UltraMon comes in. These days it’s common to see two monitors with Office programs and browser windows open across
