Microsoft has released a redaction tool for Word 2003. The purpose of the tool is to let you convert text into black bars for censorship. Microsoft has released a redaction tool for Word 2003. If you’re wondering what redaction is, see a separate article below. The purpose of the tool
We continue our series on the Office 12 document format with a look at how open the new format will really be. Some good news about the password and encryption integrity of the new format plus our opinion of the whole shebang. We continue our series on the Office 12
We look at an interesting bug in both Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2003. Thanks to Bruce N for reminding us about an interesting bug in both Excel 2002 (XP) and Excel 2003. As Microsoft puts it: “multilevel subtotals for data in Microsoft Excel 2002 or Microsoft Office Excel 2003,
More on the new document formats in Office 2007 MORE ON THE NEW OFFICE 2007 FORMAT Back in Office Watch 10.18 we talked about the new document format coming in the next version of Office, due sometime in 2006. In this issue we’ll continue with more details and some updates.
It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the 2005 edition of the operating system. It has taken too long but Microsoft has finally released a fix for the ‘slow down’ problem with Tablet PC’s using the
We look at the bells and whistles available in Producer for PowerPoint 2003. By Helen Bradley You might be excused for thinking that PowerPoint is getting a little long in the tooth. Not much in the way of features have been added to the program in the last few years
A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office available to remote users or staff who only have occasional need of access and don’t warrant installing an entire computer. A Windows Server with Terminal Services application server is a great way to make Office
We explain more about Office and XML documents, which exist now for Word 2003 and Excel 2003 but will be improved upon and made the default file format for Office 12. Over in our other newsletter Office for Mere Mortals (our companion newsletter for beginners) last week we talked about
In Office 12 the new OfficeML default document formats will be revised to include ZIP compression to make the documents smaller. The news about the next version of Office, aka Office 12, continues even though the release is probably a year away. Unlike most of these announcements, this one has
Intelore has a series of recovery tools for Word, Excel, Access and Outlook plus Project and Outlook Express. There are plenty of tools out there to unlock a password protected document including the long-time Office Watch supporter lostpassword.com but it’s always nice to see new players in a software market. Intelore has
About the rival document formats coming soon … OPENDOCUMENT VS OFFICE 2007 DOCS While most of the talk has been about the upcoming document format change in Office 2007 there are also a competitive set of Office file formats to consider. The OpenDocument format is internationally recognized standard for Office
Google have released an interesting addition to their desktop search line with an Enterprise edition. Google have released an interesting addition to their desktop search line with an Enterprise edition. Like the personal Google Desktop Search (GDS), it is a free download but there’s also a Premium support option available.
We’re not going to get into US domestic politics but it was amusing to see, yet again, someone caught publicly by the Track Changes feature in Word. This time it was a submission to a US Senate hearing where the Word document showed the wording before and after it had
The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. The latest Junk Mail filter for Outlook 2003 is now out. Details here. The filter is dated 10 May 2005, sadly just before the latest influx of Sober generated messages. Meantime the Exchange Server 2003 spam filter hasn’t been
A plea from University of Washington professor, Sandeep Krishnamurthy who says that if “you think grammar check has completely checked your paper, I have news for you — it really hasn’t”. That’s the plea from a University of Washington professor, Sandeep Krishnamurthy who says that if “you think grammar check
Office 2004 for Mac writes documents differently to Office 2003 for Windows and despite all the promises, there can be problems trying to open a Mac created document in Office for Windows. The biggest concern for anyone thinking of moving to Microsoft Office for Mac is document compatibility. Office for
One reader shares his way to organize documents. It’s something we might take for granted but my eye caught this message from an Office Watch reader: John R writes: “I label folders by topic and sub-topic and files by using the date of origin in the year/month/day sequence, ie this
Outlook 2003 has a junk mail filter but it isn’t perfect, and occasionally you have to delete spam messages yourself. Outlook 2003 has a junk mail filter but it isn’t perfect, and occasionally you have to delete spam messages yourself. You can just hit delete and remove the message or
The excellent Google Desktop Search (GDS) is now out of beta and is a full grown product. The excellent Google Desktop Search (GDS) is now out of beta and is a full grown product. With this first official release comes a set of welcome new features and an established path
There’s now a new version of Microsoft’s hosted collaboration tool called Live Meeting. This isn’t software that you buy, rather it’s a service that is hosted by Microsoft that lets you run virtual meetings across the Internet. There’s now a new version of Microsoft’s hosted collaboration tool called Live Meeting.
The makers of ‘digital pen’ devices, Pegasus, are happy with the integration of their products with Microsoft OneNote. The makers of ‘digital pen’ devices, Pegasus, are happy with the integration of their products with Microsoft OneNote. Their mobile device is especially interesting. It’s a small box with a combination ink/digital
Corel has sold a 50,000 user license for Word-Perfect to the US Department of Justice. Much crowing about Corel’s sale to the US Department of Justice of a 50,000 user license for Word-Perfect, though we’re not sure how much of a big deal this really is. WordPerfect has long had a
We look at Office 2004 for Mac including the similarities to and differences from Office 2003 for Windows. More people are getting Macintosh computers — we’ve heard this claim for many years but now it’s really true. With iPod music players becoming amazingly popular, people are drawn into the Apple
Some prominent ads have been appearing on the web offering Microsoft Office, among other products, at very low prices and with immediate download. Some prominent ads have been appearing on the web offering Microsoft Office, among other products, at very low prices and with immediate download. Usually these offers are
