Can Office 2010 read documents made in earlier versions of MS Office – yes, of course. Kellye H writes: “The only version of Microsoft Office for Home and Students at Best Buy is 2010. Can the older programs, since that is what most have, read the new one? I have
Microsoft TechNet is re-released with a new low cost package for IT professionals. Microsoft has revamped their TechNet package of software with a new low cost package. TechNet is a long standing Microsoft program to get their software into the hands of computer professionals to let them, in Redmond’s words
Can someone with a Home Use license for Office buy the version upgrade Office 2007? Dustan W. asks: “I am currently using Office 2007 Enterprise through the Home Use program with my employer and so I have been trying without success to determine whether that qualifies me to purchase an
Only a few of the many security patches are for Microsoft Office. In June 2010 there are many patches for security lapses in Microsoft products, but only a few for Office software directly. They are all variations on the familiar problems of a hacked document which, when opened, can run
Things you should know that Microsoft won’t tell you: saving money, installing, configuring and using Office 2010. We’re delighted to announce the latest in our series of popular ebooks for Microsoft Office users. Office 2010: the real startup guide Things you should know that Microsoft won’t tell you: saving money,
Emails can disappear in many different ways before they reach you. Michael writes: “You and others say to check your ‘Junk e-mail’ folder. … You should mention to check the ‘Junk e-mail’ folder on your ISP’s webmail and your local e-mail program in your articles. This is easy to overlook
A complete guide to saving money on Office 2010 by getting Office 2007 now. A one-off combination of decisions means there’s an opportunity for saving on buying Office 2010, by buying Office 2007 now. Office-Watch.com mentioned this back in March but we thought it was worth going over again now
A mixed bag of price changes for Office 2010 in Canada. It’s taken a while but the Office 2010 prices in Canada are now known, mostly, courtesy of Amazon’s Canadian site. Office 2010 Home and Student is about the same price as in the USA while Home and Business edition
A price error on Amazon.ca would get you a cheap copy of Office 2010 – but there’s an even cheaper option. Amazon Canada has put up the Office 2010 products, with prices. UPDATE: the price quoted on Amazon.ca has now been updated to the correct ‘$669’ price. No word on
For some, the ‘Ultimate Steal’ really is a steal – they get nothing for their money. John L is just the latest to write to us on this topic: “You have mentioned several times that MS Office Ultimate can be bought for $59.95 by qualified college students (‘Stealing’ Office 2007
Microsoft releases programmer tools to look at the Outlook PST data file. Microsoft has released two tools for developers to read Outlook PST files without needing Outlook to run or even be present on that computer. PST Data Structure View The .pst Data Structure View Tool is program to browse
How to change the Product Key in Office 2007, Office 2003 and Office XP. Changing the Product Key in Office 2007 isn’t as easy as with Office 2010. In effect what you have to do is remove the existing Office 2007 software registration info and force Office 2007 to ask
How to change the Product Key in Office 2010 Sometimes you’ll want to change the Product Key used on your installation of Office 2010. The Product Key is the 25 letter/number string that is supplied with your purchase of Microsoft Office. It is vital to any purchase of Office software
There are various places to see and change document properties in Office 2010. In Office 2010 under the File menu is ‘Backstage’ that includes the Info pane. On the right side of the Info pane all the properties pertaining to that particular document will be displayed along with a small
Your choice for getting Office 2010 on release day. The one important point, somewhat buried, in Microsoft’s launch of Office 2010 was the retail sale date. Office 2010 will be available for retail sale from 15 June 2010 . Amazon USA is offering to deliver on that day (‘release day’)
The PowerPoint Presentation Companion lets you run a slideshow from a phone. Microsoft has released Presentation Companion 1.0 for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. This add-in only works if you have a Windows Mobile 6.5 touchscreen phone with Office Mobile 2010. The mobile phone and computer can then
In-depth with the new Info pane ‘Backstage’ in Word 2010. When you click on the File tab in MS Office 2010 applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint a page appears showing all the options that can be used to work around a document. This is called as Office Backstage. Backstage
Switch from imperial/metric from inside Word 2002/XP to Word 2010. The Measurement Converter is a Smart Tag (Action in Word 2010) that can change your text from imperial/US to metric or vice-versa. As the name suggests converts measurement units used in the Word document for example convert miles to kilometers
A look at Smart Tags from Word 2002 to Word 2010. Smart Tags (or Actions as they are called in Office 2010) is a way to put special commands against certain words or phrases. Smart Tags look at the text and, if applicable, become available – in geek speak they
Web links with the vital hash character aren’t always properly exported by Word 2007 or Word 2010. Phil Y, currently touring Germany, has found a curious bug in Word 2007 and Word 2010. Web links in a Word document aren’t always exported correctly to PDF or XPS files. We can’t
Why does Microsoft expect loyal customers to pay more for Office 2010? There are various theories about why Microsoft has dropped the upgrade discount for Office 2010 ranging from the silly to the more plausible. The silly excuses come from Microsoft itself. At the launch of Office 2010, a Microsoft
It’s so easy to avoid being caught by Word’s hidden data, yet it still happens. Rep. Jay Inslee from the US House of Representatives is the latest victim of the ‘hidden data’ in a Word document. He released a letter of support for the FCC Chairman, unfortunately the document made
The distributable code for Access 2010 developers is now available, but beware bugs. The Microsoft Access 2010 runtime download is now available from Microsoft. There are two versions available – 32-bit and 64-bit depending on which type of Windows you have. The runtime download is freely distributable and allows Access
What the new Suggested Contacts folder does – and does not do. One of the new features introduced in MS Outlook 2010 is Suggested Contacts folder. It will appear in your folder list when you install Office 2010 with no immediate explanation of what it is or what it does.
