Microsoft currently has two overlapping and potentially conflicting patches available for Outlook 2007. Trying to work out which one to use is made more difficult by a less than open response by Microsoft As we’ve already noted, Microsoft currently has two overlapping and potentially conflicting patches available for Outlook 2007.
Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only, Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) – that’s the bad news. The good news is that the problem seems limited to only Word 2002. Later versions of Word (2003, 2007, Word
Since March 2008 there has been a ‘hotfixes’ for a problem in Outlook 2007 when you create a new profile. That interim hotfix has now been replaced with a permanent and fully tested fix – but before you rush to download the chances are good you already have the fix.
How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. Word can have some quirky results
In a chart within an Excel 2007 worksheet you cannot select shapes by dragging a box around multiple shapes (after click Find & Select in the Editing group of the Home tab, and then you click Select Objects). Microsoft has released a hotfix for a bug in Excel 2007. In
Most of the time all you need is the basic message information – From, To and Subject but occasionally you need to dig a bit deeper into the ‘raw’ email message header. Here’s how to do it in Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003 and before. Most of the time all you
At long last … an OOXML (docx, xlsx, pptz etc) converter for Mac finally appears. At long last … an OOXML (docx etc) converter for Mac finally appears Microsoft has released an ‘Open XML converter’ for Office 2004 and v X for Mac users. This means users of those ‘Office
From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store, franchised stores and Amazon.cn for a much lower price. Microsoft has announced a 50% price drop for Office 2007 – but only in China. From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store,
How to copy revision information from one Word document to another. The Word’s Spike feature will cut and paste revisions in a document plus standard paste will work if you know the trick. We love feedback from readers, especially when it uncovers some peculiarity in Microsoft Office. Anne C. read
Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. Microsoft has released a set of programming tools to let developers work with Office 2007 documents without the Office applications themselves. The Open XML SDK v1.0 is available from
Excel 2007 has a bug related to Excel 2003 and WordArt – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix. Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Excel 2007. The problem is described thus: ” Consider the following scenario: You create a new
A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now available. The Windows Search technology is one way to find documents and messages quickly. It’s essential to using the ‘instant’ search features in Outlook 2007 and Onenote 2007. A new version of Microsoft’s indexing and search technology is now
Here’s how to trim down your Outlook storage by removing attachments from messsages, without deleting the message itself. If you’re trying to reduce the size of your Outlook storage file, one option is to remove the attachments from older messages that you’ve sent as well as attachments from messages that
An update for the iCalendar and IMAP features in Outlook 2007 was released yesterday. If you were listening very carefully yesterday, you may have heard a tiny noise … it was an update for Outlook 2007 sneaking in the back door with barely a word, let alone any announcement or
Office 2003 SP3 has a bug in the Documening Imaging program – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix and if you can find a way to ask for it! Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.
Microsoft Australia are trying something different to promote Office 2007 – children. Microsoft Australia are trying something different to promote Office 2007 – children. Go to http://www.microsoft.com.au/charity/ to see kids give answers to various questions including what Microsoft is (the kid on top left has a logical yet wrong conclusion).
Microsoft Australia is trying to lure Aussies to buy Office 2007 with petrol. Microsoft Australia is trying to lure Aussies to buy Office 2007 with petrol. Buying Office 2007 (most consumer oriented packs but not volume licenses or pre-installed with a computer ) between 1 May 2008 and 31 July
Excel can’t add up properly – is that an acceptable compromise or something Microsoft should fix? We’ve been covering the Excel addition issues in a series of recent articles starting here. To round out the coverage we’ll now take a look at the arguments pro and con so that Office Watch
Microsoft has a standard response to any maths anomalies in Excel – KB214118 – we have a look at what it says and doesn’t say. Microsoft has a ‘get out of jail free’ card when it comes to floating point / binary math errors in Excel – it’s called Knowledge
Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 have patches to update their spam detection systems. Microsoft has also released spam filter updates for both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. These should improve Outlook’s ability to recognize spam messages, in particular the newer variations. Again, Windows Update should handle this update but if
Here’s Microsoft’s response to the anomalies found in Excel’s adding up. We asked Microsoft for a comment on the Excel addition problems that our readers have been discovered. Office Watch pointed out the anomalies in results when the same numbers are added in a different order or grouped differently – something that
Office Watch readers come up with some truly strange arithmetic – Excel style. The conclusion: Excel definitely can’t add up – in fact it would fail an elementary school maths test. Does Excel have an addition bug? You’d think that was a simple question to answer, you just insert the
A ‘sweepstakes winner’ email appears to come from Microsoft .. it looks very sincere but it’s a hoax. You may have received a strange message recently that says you’re the winner of a sweepstakes run by Microsoft. The message is headed: Microsoft Office Live Workspace – Prize Winner Notification and
Microsoft is starting a trial scheme of ‘nagging’ Office users who have ‘non genuine’ copies of Office. Microsoft is starting a trial scheme of ‘nagging’ Office users who have ‘non genuine’ copies of Office. At present there are various ‘Genuine Software’ technologies built into Office but there’s little direct notice
