Microsoft Office

Microsoft slates 8 bug updates for last 2008 Patch Tuesday

ITworld staff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:58:38 -0500

Microsoft will deliver eight security updates next week, six of them marked "critical," to plug holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and other products.

Reducing the cost of a laptop, part 1

ITworld staff — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:55:11 -0400

You can trim the cost of any laptop you're considering with these tips for saving money on productivity suites such as Microsoft Office, which can add up to $350 to your laptop's price tag.

Microsoft finally unveils browser-based Office apps

ITworld staff — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:41:58 -0400

Ever since Google Apps arrived on the scene, Microsoft has been dogged by the question of when it might release browser-based versions of its Office apps. At the PDC (Professional Developer Conference) in Los Angeles, the answer finally came in the form of Office Web applications -- lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote (a notes and tasks app) delivered through the browser.

Forecast has Office, Vista going in opposite directions

ITworld staff — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:05:14 -0400

Microsoft's quarterly call with Wall Street on Thursday told the tale of two software franchises and their diverging financial fortunes

End Office and Windows annoyances

ITworld staff — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:34:43 -0400

What do Outlook, Office, and Windows have in common--other than they're from Microsoft? They can sure be annoying. This week I've got a handful of tips for dealing with some of the hassle--like weird attachments, messy e-mail quotes, confounding file formats, and lost Windows passwords.

Fifteen great Microsoft Office optimization tools

ITworld staff — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:14:36 -0400

Fifteen great downloads to help you use Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint more effectively. With these downloads, you'll be able to cut through email clutter, create PDF files for free, use Excel to run a business, and shrink massive PowerPoint files, among other things. And they're all free or almost free.

Sharing Microsoft Office files: A 5-minute productivity tip

ITworld staff — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:27:23 -0400

It's a typical business scenario. Several people on a project have to create a set of documents: a report in Microsoft Word, a budget spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, the final presentation to the board using Microsoft PowerPoint. One person writes the draft, and wants input or changes from other project participants. So far, so good. But that's when productivity -- not to mention disk space -- heads down a rat hole.

eXpresso to expand online access to Office files

ITworld staff — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:13:43 -0400

While Microsoft considers whether it will release a version of its Office suite as an online service, a California-based startup is giving business users a way to view and share Web-based versions of Office documents through its own hosted service.

Microsoft issues security update for Windows, Office

ITworld staff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:15:02 -0400

Microsoft Tuesday released its largest security in 18 months to patch 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE) Windows Messenger and other software.