Replace the Sidebar notes applet with one that links to your Outlook Notes folder. The Windows Sidebar in Vista is a configurable collection of ‘gadgets’ that can display all manner of things. One of the ‘out of the box’ gadgets is ‘Notes’ which lets you type in small chunks of
Google has a path to migrate your Exchange Server or Lotus Notes mail stores to Google Apps for Domains. Google has released a clear pathway to migrate corporate email from Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes to their Google Apps for Domains service. It uses the IMAP feature in Exchange or
Some Outlook users have the option to recover deleted items even after they have disappeared. If your copy of Outlook is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server then the Deleted Items folder is a little different in two respects. When items are deleted from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder they are not
Gmail can display a Powerpoint presentation much as it’s intended to look. Google has added a separate ppt file viewer to Gmail. A ppt email attachment now has three action options: View as HTML View as slideshow Download ‘View as HTML’ is much the same as the same named Google
It’s easy to collaborate with a document on Google Docs and finalize it in Microsoft Word. In a previous issue of Office Watch we talked about using the advantages of Google’s free ‘Docs and Spreadsheet’s service in combination with Microsoft Office (or any office suite). Judging by the feedback from
Does one of the May 2007 security updates slow down Outlook? Office Watchers have been complaining about Outlook grinding to a halt and thinking that it’s caused by the latest round of security patches from Microsoft. We hear comments like this very often and usually it’s just a co-incidence –
For the sake of superstition the next version of Office won’t be called ’13’ Office 2007 is known inside Microsoft as ‘Office 12’ and that naming is seen in some of the folders and version numbering in the release product. The next version of Office for Windows will be known
A look into the dilemma that faces developers in the Microsoft Office team. For many years we’ve heard from Office Watch readers who want both a simpler Microsoft Office without ‘unnecessary’ extras and, often in the same breath, demanding some specific additional features. This dilemma is at the core of
The new security features, announced by Microsoft might work OK — but who can tell? Microsoft has announced two ‘new’ security features for Office 2007 and Office 2003 users. They are claimed to help protect against ‘zero-day’ exploits in Office documents – in other words new security holes that Microsoft
The Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment – MOICE – is an addition to the Office 2007 or the Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack. The Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment – MOICE – is an addition to Office 2007 or the Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack. It is a method to
From: Microsoft Here’s the official line on Microsoft’s new security tools for Office — we’ll look at them in detail soon but for the moment we DON’T recommend using them. “ Today we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) feature and more widely notifying
Codenamed ‘Tahiti’ – Microsoft SharedView is now available as a public beta. Last time I was in Tahiti, we tied up next to Paul Allen’s boat (well, one of the floating apartments for the Microsoft co-founder) though in a considerably less impressive vessel. ‘Tahiti’ is also the code name for
The Office 2007 Document Compatibility Pack has a security patch in the May 2007 release. Even if you don’t have Office 2007 you should have the Office 2007 document compatibility pack. This lets users of Office 2003 and Office XP open and save documents in the new Office 2007 formats
From: Microsoft Office for Mac users can get a beta converter for .docx and .docm files Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.1b (Beta) With the Office Open XML Converter, you can convert Office Open XML files to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004
An add-in lets you relive the Office 2003 experience on Office 2007. It had to happen, someone has filled the gap left by Microsoft. Addintools has produced an additional ribbon for Word 2007, Excel 2007 or Powerpoint 2007 which mimics the Office 2003 menus. The download is under 3MB with
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has a neat explanation of how to ‘accidently’ delete email in Outlook. For a bit of fun, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart recently explained how you can ‘accidently’ delete emails in Outlook. We’re not getting into the political elements of this — we
A look at Microsoft’s online maps and directions add-in for Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. Microsoft has released an updated mapping add-in for Outlook 2002 (XP), Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. You may have already seen a pop-up advising the update when you start Outlook. The new download
We explain what’s really going on with AutoArchive and why you might not want to use it at all. Yesterday, Kara Monroe gave a great summary of Outlook’s AutoArchive feature, which is an automatic way to move older messages and items to a separate Outlook PST file. Now it’s my
There’s a video on the MS web site explaining the Office 2007 user interface. The best way to get an understanding of the upcoming Office 2007 user interface is the video that is available on the Microsoft web site The new UI is hard to describe in either words or
The eligibilty requirements on Office 2007 retail boxes are wrong. Microsoft blunders, others suffer The upgrade information on Office 2007 retail boxes is wrong. Before you buy an Office 2007 upgrade, you need to check your upgrade entitlement carefully because the information written on the side of the box is
Despite what you might think and some info from Microsoft, you can install the Office 2007 upgrade without the qualifying program installed on the hard drive. According to the Office 2007 upgrade retail box statement “The enclosed program will search your hard disk to confirm your eligibility for this upgrade”
Time is running out for people to update their computers to handle the daylight savings changes in the US. This coming weekend, daylight savings time starts in much of the US and Canada, instead of early April in the past. As readers of Office Watch have known for many years,
There’s no simple answer to which one is better, Google Apps online or Microsoft Office on your PC. by Peter Deegan, Editor-in-Chief, Office Watch Google Applications has taken another step towards being the equivalent to online version of Microsoft Office, including now adding a paid version aimed at heavy users
Our new ebook is about all the amazing formatting options in Microsoft Word. We’re delighted to tell you about our latest ‘Quickie’ ebook – Formatting Magic with Word. There’s a lot more to Word than just bold, italics, underline and other options that can be squeezed onto the toolbars. Formatting
