Creative Commons is a great little organization that gives you a way to control the rights to your work in a simple way, appropriate to the Internet and without the formal hassles of copyright. Creative Commons is a great little organization that gives you a way to control the rights
Another month rolls around for the latest set of patches for Microsoft products including one for the “Ginwui” exploit. Another month rolls around for the latest set of patches for Microsoft products. There are updates for Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 in the June 2005 package. A Microsoft
‘Ultimate Office’ isn’t the title of a new game or movie, it’s the name of a new package of Office 2007 programs. ULTIMATE OFFICE ‘Ultimate Office’ isn’t the title of a new game or movie, it’s the name of a new package of Office 2007 programs.Office 2007 Ultimate Edition will
If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. GOOGLE SPREADSHEET If anyone doubted Google’s interest in moving into the ‘office suite’ style applications, that doubt was erased by the announcement of Google Spreadsheet. We’ve been
Says Microsoft Executive to the BBC. Around the same time as hackers were exploiting an unpatched security hole in Office 2003 a UK Microsoft executive was telling the BBC about the ‘reliability and dependability that comes from a commercial software model’.He may have a point but it wasn’t the best
The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all. The second major test version of Office 2007 is now available to all, not just MSDN customers and approved beta testers. As usual these later test versions are feature locked. Don’t expect any feedback to result in
A potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. Over the weekend a potentially serious nastie has been released which could affect Microsoft Office users. There’s NO fix for the security hole in Office which the virus exploits which makes it more serious than a usual
The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. The latest incarnation of Google Desktop Search is now available. If you already run GDS you might have seen a prompt to update automatically or you can download from desktop.google.com with your current indexes preserved. There are few obvious changes to the
Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! We’d prefer to think not. IS MICROSOFT FILTERING OFFICE WATCH EMAIL? Many readers have asked if Microsoft is trying to stop Office Watch being read! They’ve noticed that our newsletters are sometimes caught in the Outlook
Google has released their online calendar program and for a first effort it’s very impressive. GOOGLE CALENDAR AND OUTLOOK Google has released their online calendar program http://calendar.google.com and for a first effort it’s very impressive. As regular readers might know, we’re not big fans of this headlong rush to Internet
How to save your entire Powerpoint presentation to another folder or CD Some Office features have been there for so long that it’s easy to forget they are there. Most of the coverage is of new features and long standing stuff gets overlooked. And so it was yesterday when I
One of our favorite Powertoys gets an update. SyncToy was released as a beta in early August 2005 and we had a full review of it in Office Watch #10.31. Since then, the Microsoft developers have collected feedback and released a version 1.1 with some welcome features including: Support for
Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! IS OPENOFFICE OUT OF DATE? Microsoft honcho, Alan Yates says that OpenOffice is ten years out of date! His comments about OpenOffice flushed out the usual anti-Microsoft suspects. Sounds outrageous and was probably intended to grab a
Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. DYNAMICS ARE A SNAP Microsoft is pushing the concept of ‘Snap’ addins to link Office programs with their ‘Dynamics’ range of server solutions. Microsoft Dynamics Snap first effort are a collection
Microsoft has announced a ‘covenant not to sue’ which applies to the Office 2003 formats and will apply to the Office 2007 once the formats are finalized. MICROSOFT’S COVENANT NOT TO SUE Microsoft has always been torn between keeping their Office document formats exclusive to them (which keep people tied
Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. ‘PATENT’ QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS Microsoft’s silence on the license requirements for Office 2003 and Office 2000 continue. Their attitude is strange but it’s typical that the company should oblige customers to use a particular version of Office for
The next version of Office will now officially be called ‘Office 2007’ OFFICE 12 BECOMES OFFICE 2007 It’s nice to get the naming ceremony out of the way early – we can stop talking about the code-name ‘Office 12’ safe in the knowledge that the next Office will be called
Microsoft has announced not only the various bundles of Office 2007 but also the basic pricing. OFFICE 2007 BUNDLES Microsoft has announced not only the various bundles of Office 2007 but also the basic pricing. There’s a lot of changes and we’ll cover them all in the weeks to come
There won’t be a ‘Frontpage 2007’. Instead Microsoft is splitting it into two separate products. WHAT ABOUT FRONTPAGE 2007? There won’t be a ‘Frontpage 2007’. Instead Microsoft is splitting it into two separate products. Sharepoint Designer 2007, as foreshadowed months ago here in Office Watch, is really ‘FrontPage 2007’ with a
Details of Microsoft’s online service Office Live is now live – at least as a beta. You can go to officelive.com and to get started you have to enter a proposed domain name and click on ‘Go’ – however you won’t get very far unless you have a ‘Product Key’
More information on Microsoft’s ‘request’ to update Office Many questions have recently from our readers about Microsoft’s demand for all new installations of Office 2003 and Office XP to use the latest releases. In short, Microsoft lost a patent case and has to remove a feature from Office XP and
We reprint information that Microsoft was releasing to some but not all customers. Here’s a copy of the ‘FAQ’ that Microsoft or their representatives is sending to some Office users. Since it is not widely available to affected Office users we’re publishing it here. While it is headed ‘Office 2003
Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. MORE PATENT PROBLEMS Microsoft continues to bury their head about the forced upgrades of Office being mandated after Redmond lost part of a patent trial. Details in last
