Reports are coming out about a possible security problem with the beta releases of Office 2007 – which makes for a good headline but really is NOT true. Reports are coming out about a possible security problem with the beta releases of Office 2007 – which makes for a good
The Office 2007 ‘Technical Refresh’ is out as a free update for anyone who has the Beta 2 version. The Office 2007 ‘Technical Refresh’ is out as a free update for anyone who has the Beta 2 version. Microsoft calls it ‘Beta 2 Technical Refresh’ or B2TR for short. We
Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition seems better value than the Office 2007 equivalent. There’s an interesting case for buying the Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition now, instead of waiting for the equivalent version for Office 2007 (due out in retail boxes early 2007). You would think that waiting
There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month. There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month. It applies to users of Publisher only – the 2000, 2002 (XP) and 2003 versions. Publisher 2000 Update needs Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 – download here Publisher 2002
Office 2007 hasn’t been released yet but already Microsoft are posting add-ins for it. Office 2007 hasn’t been released yet but already Microsoft are posting add-ins for it. That might seem strange but it makes some sense in the complex world of inter-company rivalry. The current Office 2007 beta release
Yet another vulnerability in Office was revealed this week, this time it effects Word 2000 even with all the latest patches installed. Yet another vulnerability in Office was revealed this week, this time it effects Word 2000 even with all the latest patches installed. A malicious document could, via Word
An in-depth look at SyncToy including the good features and the curious omissions. By Michael Barden Microsoft has released a major new PowerToy that we think will be of interest to many Microsoft Office users. SyncToy gives you a way to make background copies and backups of files, folders or
Amazon has published prices and release dates for both Office 2007 and Windows Vista software, revealing those details before Microsoft’s official announcement. Amazon has published prices and release dates for both Office 2007 and Windows Vista software, revealing those details before Microsoft’s official announcement. Whether this was deliberate or accidental
This week Google got serious about entering the small business space by unveiling a beta version of ‘Google for apps for your domain’ – like other releases it’s a beta trial at the moment. This week Google got serious about entering the small business space by unveiling a beta version
If you like the idea of having all your Outlook data accessible in a variety of ways (as we described in the last section) then you might want to try this free service. If you like the idea of having all your Outlook data accessible in a variety of ways
In the near future you’re going to hear about a ‘Technical Refresh’ of the Office 2007 beta software. In the near future you’re going to hear about a ‘Technical Refresh’ of the Office 2007 beta software. For some reason Microsoft believes that it’s bad to say that Office is having
Google Desktop Search (GDS) now indexes the contents of the upcoming Office 2007 document formats (DOCX, XLSX etc) According to Google’s help files, Google Desktop Search (GDS) will index the contents of the current Microsoft Office documents (DOC, XLS, PPT etc) with no mention of the upcoming Office 2007 document
Microsoft has ceased development of Virtual PC for Mac, which lets you run a Windows virtual computer on a Mac computer, even using an Apple running with a Power PC chip. Microsoft has ceased development of Virtual PC for Mac, which lets you run a Windows virtual computer on a
Add a calendar appointment in Outlook to mark when the warranty on your computer or electrical goods will expire. Jason from sunny San Antonio writes: “Just a note about something I use Outlook for. I add a calendar appointment to mark when the warranty on a computer, electrical goods etc
Skype have released some toolbars that link into both Office and Outlook so that you can make calls directly from those programs. If you make long distance calls and especially overseas calls then it’s worth looking at VOIP (Voice over IP) as a way to save costs. A lot of
Microsoft Australia has decided to suddenly close down the Australian download access for Office 2007 beta 2. We explain how to bypass this curious decision. That’s right, from 11am Sydney time on Thursday, Microsoft Australia has decided to suddenly close down the Australian download access for Office 2007 beta 2.
If you want to be at the cutting edge of server matters there’s a new beta version of Exchange Server available. If you want to be at the cutting edge of server matters there’s a new beta version of Exchange Server available. Exchange Server is Microsoft’s mail hosting service that’s
From now you have to pay to get the Office 2007 beta. I hope all of you who wanted to get the Office 2007 beta saw our ” Get your Office 2007 beta now” issue last weekend and managed to get it before the charging system has begun. We were
Microsoft has announced some new bundle options for the sale of Office 2007 (due early next year). Microsoft has announced some new bundle options for the sale of Office 2007 (due early next year). These announcements affect OEM sales of Office, in other words when you buy Office with a
What would make an effective ODF plug-in for MS Office? In a previous article we talked about Microsoft’s clever move to ‘outsource’ an Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office. Rather than do it themselves, it’s going to be done by an group of outside companies and ODF supporters.
Microsoft has announced that they will support an ‘open source’ team of developers to provide Open Document Format features in Office. Say what you like about Microsoft, they have clever people working for them and not all of them are developers. Microsoft has announced that they will support an ‘open
It had to happen I suppose, but Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). It had to happen I suppose, but Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). The email
Windows Live Local is Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth and there’s a free add-in to connect Outlook to the service for maps and directions. Windows Live Local is Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth – an online mapping service available from http://local.live.com/ and there’s a free plug-in to let you integrate
We fill you in on the latest Excel exploit and what you can do to protect yourself. TWO EXCEL PATCHES OUTSTANDING The last ‘zero day’ security breach in Excel hasn’t yet been patched (see our special issue of Office Watch) and now there’s another Excel-related problem So now we have
