Google’s free tool to sync Outlook calendar with their online service gives you a powerful combination and new options. Google’s online calendar can now synchronize with your Outlook calendar – it does it well, for free and is available now. There’s several reasons why you might want to keep a
You can make Windows Search index your computer faster – here’s how. Windows Search in Vista doesn’t have an ‘Index now’ option though some versions of Windows Search (ie for Windows Server 2003) do have the option. There’s no button on the Control Panel | Indexing Options that can do it
You might think that MS Office and computerized record keeping has penetrated all parts of government – but apparently there’s one hold-out – FEMA. The now infamous US government agency, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency ) has apparently not joined the computer revolution of the last 20 years. The Advocate
A beta of the next incarnation of Windows Search is now available for download .. by the brave, foolhardy or anyone with way too much time on their hands. A beta of the next incarnation of Windows Search is now available for download by the brave, foolhardy or anyone with
It’s that time of year again when many countries switch on or off Daylight Savings / Summer time … and so begins the twice yearly headache for Outlook users. There’s a useful online wizard to help, from a surprising source. It’s that time of year again when many countries switch
Vista Service Pack 1 is now available to all but is it worthwhile for anyone using Microsoft Office on Vista? Vista Service Pack 1 is now available to all (see links below) but is it worthwhile for anyone using Microsoft Office on Vista? The answer is an absolute YES –
Once you have Windows Server 2008 running as a workstation you can install Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003 with only a few tweaks. We show you the steps … Once you have Windows Server 2008 running as a workstation you can install Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office
A good example of how to present data effectively – using data from a 60’s TV show. Anyone who has followed Star Trek probably knows about the ‘red shirt’ phenomenon – in the original show any character wearing a red shirt was likely to die after beaming down to a
It’s easy to add an appointment directly from a web link – if the web site will do it. Some web sites have links which let you add an appointment directly to your copy of Outlook. There are various ways to do it. One requires the installation of some additional
The usual collection of patches and unanswered questions in this months security updates from Microsoft. Another month and there’s more security updates for Office users. In addition there are updates for Vista that are pre-requisites before Service Pack 1 arrives next month. The Office related updates are: Vulnerability in Microsoft
Helen Feddema of Access Watch fame has released a new version of her famous Time & Expense Billing Application for Office. The Time & Expense Billing application consists of an Outlook custom Journal form and five sets of Office version-specific documents; each set includes a Word setup document, two Word
When things go wrong with Office, do you blame it or Windows? Bill G writes: ” I read an article which quoted a Microsoft executive saying that they didn’t know if problems with Office where the fault of Office or Windows. Are they kidding – if Microsoft doesn’t know where
While installing Vista SP1 isn’t always easy, the final result is worth the trouble. In our test Vista SP1 is noticeably more stable than the version previously foisted on the public. Unlike Office 2007 Service Pack 1, the Windows Vista service pack is undergoing much wider testing before public release.
Since Vista Service Pack won’t have a ‘kill switch’ what does that mean for Office? Microsoft has announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will not have the despised ‘kill switch’ – the ability for Microsoft to disable Vista remotely if they beleive the software is stolen, even after the activation
Microsoft updates their PDA range to support Office 2007 documents – and not before time. At long last, Microsoft has made some of their Windows Mobile (aka Pocket PC) devices compatible with Office 2007 documents (.docx xlsx pptx etc.) – Windows Mobile 6.1 is now available. It’s been a year
Telling someone they owe trillions of dollars is blamed on a word-processor WSB-TV in Atlanta has the story of a bank letter that would worry anyone – it said the customer owed over $211 Trillion US dollars. That’s more than the cost of the Iraq War (in fact 70 times
There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should you install it or not? Microsoft has chosen to make that decision a difficult one for all Office 2003 users. There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should
Microsoft has released a 37MB ‘hotfix’ for the Excel 2007 calculation bug Excel 2007 calc bug fix Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ for the Excel 2007 calculation bug and it’s worth getting despite the large size. The hotfix here . Just install the patch – there is no restart or
In the name of ‘security’ some features of Office 2003 are disabled upon installing Service Pack 3 – a cheap shortcut by Microsoft to save themselves the bother of making a real fix. Some of them might not trouble you but others could be an unexpected ‘surprise’. Microsoft has released
Google Docs now has Powerpoint like features – or at least the beginnings of it … Earlier this year, Google purchased a small company that developed presentation software – in other words ‘Powerpoint on the Web’ – we’ll now it’s here. Google Docs has been extended from documents and spreadsheets
Some new and obviously bogus ‘security bulletins’ arrive via email – but why doesn’t Outlook detect them? There’s another round of bogus Microsoft security bulletins appearing in Inboxes again – these ones are notable only because the Outlook junk email filter and phishing protection do NOT detect them despite some
Do you have trouble with Outlook 2007 and other programs running slowly under Windows Vista? We have some theories about the problem and some possible workarounds that might help you. Do you have trouble with Outlook 2007 and other programs running slowly under Windows Vista? Opening Explorer windows, saving documents
When did Office 2007 get a ‘Fluent’ interface? In Office 2007 ads you may see mentions of the ‘intuitive new Fluent interface‘ … ‘Fluent’ is just the fancy name for the Office 2007 interface – ribbons, tabs, galleries etc. I guess the marketing people had a long lunch and decided
Only one Office related patch in July –for many and various flavours of Excel. Only one Office related patch in July – for many and various flavours of Excel. The patches cover three more ‘remote code execution’ problems where a craftily made Excel worksheet could allow unwanted nasty programs onto
