If the update for Outlook connector 14 to Hotmail breaks down, there’s a fix. Microsoft released a mandatory upgrade to its Outlook Connector 14 software which endlessly cycles through the “You must upgrade…” message. It seems to affect Vista and Windows 7 users leaving XP systems alone. The upgrade was
Type in many languages from one keyboard. Here’s how you can type in other languages using a single keyboard into any Window program including Microsoft Office. Google has added a virtual keyboard to its search pages. On some search pages like google.co.th and google.ru you can now click on a
A new way to access common features on Word 2010. Although the term Navigation Pane has been introduced in MS Word 2010, most of its functionalities existed in earlier versions like Word 2007. Features like Document Map in Word, Find and Replace functionalities have all been integrated together in the
Using PPT to make your final declaration. Had to laugh at this New Yorker cartoon, even though there’s nothing really funny about suicide, it’s just a cartoon. “Sir, he left a suicide deck.” from the 5 April 2010 issue, page 39 or online here. It’s a bit hard to read,
The licence for Office 2010 makes Microsoft’s intention to use a ‘kill switch’ even clearer. Microsoft Office 2010 seems more likely to have a ‘kill switch’ to stop illegal use of the software even after activation. The licence terms (aka EULA) are more specific about what Microsoft may do if
Office 2010 is now officially available for download. The ‘final bits’ for Office 2010 have now been released to some customers. MSDN and Technet (Ultimate and Premium) subscribers can now download both the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (X64) versions directly from Microsoft. It is the ‘Professional Plus’ bundle with Access 2010,
Wanna pay 40% more for Office 2010 Professional? Buy it in Australia. The Australian prices are a strange mixed bag compared to both the US and UK prices. For many years, price comparisons between Microsoft Office prices in the US and other countries haven’t looked good for customers. For Office
MSDN customers can download Office 2010 real soon. Office 2010 has been ‘released to manufacture’ and MSDN customers can download the final Office 2010 on Thursday 22nd April 2010. That’s according to the ‘Office Backstage‘ blog and while only MSDN is mentioned, it’s likely that Technet subscribers will also be
Price increases for most Aussies wanting Office 2010. Microsoft Australia has finally announced their prices for Microsoft Office 2010. Home and Student 2010 has a recommended retail price of $209 Home and Business 2010 at $379 Professional 2010 at $849 There are also ‘Product Key Card’ options for $169, $279
Office 2010 will be available soon – but not now. With the news that Office 2010 has been released to manufacture, the software pirates were quickly out with downloads that you should not touch. Office-Watch.com checked a few of the ‘Office 2010 RTM’ downloads and found most of them were
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
An embarrassing cookbook shows how Word features can bite back. Down in Australia, copies of ‘The Pasta Bible’ might become high priced curiosities after the book has been withdrawn and destroyed. The reason is an embarrassing typo caused by trusting a spell-checker and maybe auto-correct being too helpful. We don’t
Office 2010 is out of beta and moving to the real world. Microsoft has announced that Office 2010 is out of development and is now RTM – Released to Manufacture. The beta testing has ended and the final product will be available soon. Some long suffering cynics might say that
Webmail dangers and what you can do about it. A recent article in the New York Times ‘I was hacked in Beijing‘ highlights some of the problems with storing your email or documents in the much-promoted cloud. In this case it seems the journalist was using a Yahoo online
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 –
So much for the difficulties of 64-bit Office 2010 – is it worth it? Last week we had a lot of coverage on Office 2010 64-bit edition, the compatibility issues and special installation requirements. If you don’t think you’ll have any compatibility problems, is it worth the trouble? That’s the big
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
Installing 64-bit Office 2010 is all in the preparation … If you have a 64-bit edition of Windows and want to use Office 2010 64-bit then before installing you need to make some decisions and do some preparation. 64-bit Office software is definitely faster than the default 32-bit software but
How can you run Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit on the one machine? The two versions of Office 2010 cannot be installed on the one computer but you might want to run 32-bit Office for some compatibility purpose while running 64-bit Office most of the time. Enter the virtual machine
How can you tell if 32-bit or 64-bit Office 2010 is installed? If you start Office 2010 there’s no immediately obvious difference between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software. 64-bit is visually indistinguishable from the 32-bit cousin and for most people the technically differences don’t matter – Office 2010
How to install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. How to install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. Office 2010 on a DVD disk will install the 32-bit software by default. If you choose to install the 64-bit software requires some special steps. A downloaded Office 2010 should be offered
Office 2010 will have a 64-bit version but don’t get too excited. Office 2010 comes with 64-bit software as well as the usual 32-bit software. First a little background for those of us who think that 64-bit is a new type of chocolate cookie “64 bits in every bite!” Microsoft
Another little change in Outlook 2010 is the way an incoming appointment request is displayed. Outlook has a great feature where people can email an appointment to you and you can respond with the details automatically added to your calendar. In Outlook 2007 you see the details of the appointment
How to ‘print’ to OneNote on a 64-bit computer. Onenote has a nifty ‘Send to OneNote’ option that is added to the printer list but it doesn’t work on a 64-bit version of Windows. There are plenty of missing add-ins and features with 64-bit computing – this is just one
