‘Clever Outlook Contacts’ and ‘Organising Outlook Email’ both updated for Outlook 2007. We’ve updated both of our popular Outlook ebooks to include Outlook 2007. Peter has added an entire new chapter to Clever Outlook Contacts with detail and tips specific to Outlook 2007. There’s now over 20 extra pages of
The Outlook 2007 reading pane looks the same as the one in previous versions but it’s actually quite different and safer. The Outlook 2007 reading pane looks the same as the one in previous versions but it’s actually quite different and safer. There has always been a concern that a
Is your Outlook 2007 ‘instant’ search working properly? Is your Outlook 2007 ‘instant’ search working properly? We’ve had plenty of trouble finding messages that are clearly stored in Outlook 2007 but won’t show up in any search. We suspect the problem is either related to multiple Outlook profiles or an
Updates for the Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 are now available. Updates for the Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 are now available: Outlook 2003 update for more details here Outlook 2007 update details should be here but that KB article wasn’t available when we checked
Sending many emails from Office is possible but there are traps. Lee W asks: ” I have a need to send 50,000 emails with an attachment. The email addresses are currently stored in a Microsoft Access database. Does Outlook have any limitations? “ You should not need any special code
A summary of the options for converting documents between the Office 2007 formats and Office 97-2003 formats. We’re still getting a lot of messages about document compatibility between the new Office 2007 formats (.docx .xlsx etc) and the .doc .xls formats we’re all familiar with. If you have Office 2007
With the full public launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007 happening, now is a good time for a reality check in order to balance the hype that you’ll be hit with. With the full public launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007 happening, now is a good time for
More on the consequences of losing your Office 2007 or Vista product key and what you can do to try protecting yourself. We continue our look at some concerns with product activation and disabling in Office 2007 and Vista. Last week we talked about how easy it is for your
The first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. This is the first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Both these
There are critical updates for Excel 2003, Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2000 plus Office for Mac Microsoft’s regular monthly patch release includes a patch for a problem in Excel. A ‘malformed’ worksheet could give access to the computer. Microsoft Office 2000 patch needs Service Pack 3 Microsoft Excel 2000
Before installing the January 2007 critical patch for Outlook there are some problems. The January 2007 security patch for Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 (XP) and Outlook 2000 deals with three different problems with Outlook – one of which is very serious. But one of the fixes in the 9 January
What Office patches does Microsoft has to start the year? iCal vulnerability Outlook 2003 Outlook 2002 (XP) Outlook 2000 A maliciously created .ICS or iCal calendar file could bypass protections and run code on your computer. Outlook 2007 is specifically EXcluded from this security problem. This page has some details and
Beleive it or not – there’s now a comic strip to promote Office 2007 – The Enchanted Office. Another part of the promotion of Office 2007 is an online comic from Microsoft called ‘The Enchanted Office: Once upon a user interface‘ According to Microsoft “a creative way to broaden the
Sharepoint Solutions will be running a ‘non technical’ conference about Sharepoint 2007 soon after its retail release. Sharepoint Solutions will be running a ‘non technical’ conference about Sharepoint 2007 soon after its retail release. The SharePoint Information Worker Conference 2007 is being help January 31 – February 2, 2007 at
People in the UK are being asked to pay up to 50% more than their US cousins for Office 2007 A few months ago we looked at the comparative pricing between Office 2007 in the US and Australia to find some price increase. Our many UK readers have wondered about
A main plank in the Office 2007 system has been released. One of the major parts of the Office 2007 range has ‘gone gold’ with the release of Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft has a page devoted to the advantages of using Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. An interesting marketing
Microsoft’s own divisions are slow to embrace the Office 2007 / OpenXML document formats. The Office 2007 document formats are out there but if they are to fulfill their potential Microsoft needs to do a lot more work. Even within Microsoft the support for ‘.docx’ and its companion is surprisingly
A web site that will convert your .docx file into fairly raw text. If you get a .docx file and can’t convert it, one free option is http://docx-converter.com/ This site will take a .docx file and return the text with formatting. The features have improved a lot over time –
Microsoft has dropped their own automation system from the next Office for Mac. Visual Basic for Applications is the common macro language for Office users, whether they work on Windows or the Mac. It’s a great shame that Microsoft has decided to drop VBA support from the next version of
The MSDN news feeds commonly seen on Sharepoint sites will end in early February 2007 but there is an alternative The MSDN news headlines are supplied with Sharepoint 2003 and commonly used on Sharepoint home pages. That service ends in February 2007 – from 6 February there will be no
What to do about the ‘offers’ for Office 2007 infesting inboxes. Those bottom feeding opportunists known as spammers are at it again. Predictably they are sending out offers to get ‘Office 2007’ now for an absurdly low price. The prices are usually less than US$100 and sometimes are combined with
Expression Web, the successor to Microsoft Frontpage is now on sale The replacement for Frontpage in the Microsoft product range has now been released. Microsoft Expression Web is now their ‘standard’ web page design software compared with ‘Sharepoint Designer 2007’ which is intended for re-vamping of Microsoft Sharepoint sites. Expression
There’s an offer from Microsoft to give you Office 2007 for free … naturally there’s the fine print …. Microsoft is offering free copies of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to people who watch some promotional videos – cool deal but there are the usual catches. Go over to http://www.powertogether.com/
What happens to Frontpage 2003 when you install Office 2007? FrontPage, Microsoft’s web page editor, has been dropped from the Office 2007 lineup. It’s been replaced with two products, one part of Office 2007 and the other still in development. Sharepoint Designer 2007 looks like Frontpage at first glance and
