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If you’ve lost your Office install disks
What to do if you’ve lost your Microsoft Office install disks? click here for more ...

Google Apps Sync disables Outlook Search
Microsoft has been crowing mightily about a problem with Google Apps Sync. click here for more ...

Why deleted emails aren’t gone
Like many things with Outlook, even a simple thing like deletion isn’t simple at all. Microsoft has designed Outlook to give you options to recover items deleted accidently. click here for more ...

The CHOOSE option in Excel
Readers suggest an alternative to nested IF – the Choose() function click here for more ...

More nested IF options
Excel alternatives to nested IF's from our readers. click here for more ...

Dell sells MS Office downloads
Dell is now selling Office 2007 as a legal download but is it cheaper? click here for more ...

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 – some time on
A look at the progress of Office 2007 SP2 - bugs fixed or not. click here for more ...

New Outlook 2007 help arrives
The SP2 updated help files have finally appeared. click here for more ...

Excel - Nested IF's and alternatives
A look at nested IF statements and alternatives that are easier to make and understand later. click here for more ...

PowerPoint Handouts - making and printing
PPT Handouts are a special rendering of your slides to be printed out for your audience. click here for more ...

Access 2010 - first look
A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of Access click here for more ...

Google Docs supports .docx and .xlsx
You can now upload Word and Excel 2007 files to Google's online editor. click here for more ...

Palm Pre and Microsoft Office
Leaked documents reveal Office document support in the upcoming Pre. click here for more ...

OneNote and alternatives
Taming notes and scraps of info with OneNote, Word and beyond. click here for more ...

Installing Office on a netbook
How to install Office without a CD or DVD drive. click here for more ...

PowerPoint 2010 – first look
A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of PPT. click here for more ...

Excel 2010 - first look
A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of Excel. click here for more ...

How to remember your passwords
Three places to save password information in MS Office. click here for more ...

Maps of Europe for PowerPoint
Some useful maps of Europe and some European countries as free PPT slides. click here for more ...

How to Twitter from Excel
Tweeting directly from Excel click here for more ...

Other Office 2010 news and bundle changes
New names and bundle changes click here for more ...

Office 2010 Technical Preview – why bother?
Why the early Office beta isn’t worth getting. click here for more ...

Step-Up Your Office
an Office 2010 feature reveals a possible new Microsoft retail pricing strategy. click here for more ...

Office 2010: new relations
The next Office has new ways to link dates, people and documents click here for more ...

Office 2010 – web apps preview
First look at the web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint click here for more ...

Office News Wire

Microsoft's ODF Support Falls Short
ODF Alliance Finds Substantial Improvements Needed for Real-World Interoperability click here for more ...

Document Interoperability Initiative Drives Development of New Tools
Fraunhofer FOKUS and industry experts collaborate to help organizations test and verify conformance with standardized document formats; updates to additional translator projects unveiled. click here for more ...

A Guide to Microsoft Excel 2007 for Engineers and Scientists
Completely updated guide for scientists, engineers and students who want to use Microsoft Excel 2007 to its full potential. click here for more ...

PDF-to-Office Formats Conversion Tool PDF2Office v5.0 for Windows
PDF2Office v5.0 - Convert PDF files directly to native Excel, Word and PowerPoint formats; newest version of the PDF-to-Office formats conversion tool for Windows ships. click here for more ...

Office Service Pack 2 A Significant Stability, Performance and Interoperability Upgrade
Q&A: Group Program Manager Jane Liles talks about the enhancements now available through Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. click here for more ...

Microsoft Unveils Exchange 2010 With Public Beta
Microsoft Corp. today released a public beta of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, part of Microsoft’s unified communications family. click here for more ...

Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products Will Redefine How People Work
Q&A: Chris Capossela, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Information Worker Product Management Group, discusses what people and businesses can expect from the upcoming release of Microsoft Exchange Server, Office, SharePoint Server, Visio and Project. click here for more ...

Azerbaijan Microsoft office plans to localize new Microsoft products
The Azerbaijan-based representative office Microsoft is planning to follow further policy of integration of Microsoft products into the Azerbaijani market. click here for more ...

Bundeskartellamt imposes fine against Microsoft
The Bundeskartellamt has imposed a fine of € 9 million on Microsoft Deutschland GmbH.
Microsoft has influenced the resale price of the software package "Office Home & Student 2007" in an anticompetitive manner. click here for more ...

DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market
DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market via the Now Available Documents To Go and RoadSync Beta click here for more ...

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