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September 12th, 2006

Patch Tuesday: critical Microsoft Office flaws and other window fixes

Betanews has the scoop on Microsoft’s patches issued for September 12, 2006. Download your patches for Microsoft Office and Publisher and other XP patches.
Before you install the Office Patch, know this: after patching, you can no longer open Microsoft Publisher 2.0 files with your patched Publisher. oh, good thing I read that after I […]

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June 28th, 2006

How Not To Use Excel

I think it’s hilarious when people use Excel to make single column lists. It’s like hiring a 747 to transport your pet ferret across town. What’s wrong with Notepad.exe? Or, you know, a notepad. ~ Darren Barefoot
Excel has a funny way of becoming a handyman’s hammer. It’s used for everything. Even those tasks that it […]

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June 10th, 2006

Using Microsoft Office XML File Formats

Did you know that Microsoft Office 2007 (now available for download as a public beta) uses a different file format for documents? Sure, it will support age-old standards suxh as .doc, .xls and .ppt. But now there are new formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx. In fact there a bunch of new formats:

.docx - Word
.docm - […]

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May 26th, 2006

Microsoft Word Vulnerability Workaround

Carl over at Secure That Computer links to a story that relates a recommendation from Microsoft about recent trojan outbreaks among Word users. The recommendation advises consumers to use Word in “safe mode”.
In order to start Word in safe mode, create a shortcut with the following target path (modify path if Word is installed […]

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May 17th, 2006

Microsoft Word Click-and-Type

I found this trick thanks to Jason over at Office 12 Watch.
In Word 2000, if you hover the cursor around the middle of the page, you’ll get an alignment icon that will allow you to quickly set alignment without going through the hassle of using the toolbar (Oh my! ;)). I have […]

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April 20th, 2006

Fixing OrgChart Errors in Office 2003

There’s a nice little bug (I call it a bug anyway) that prevents users who have Powerpoint presentations created in Popwerpoint 2000 or below that contain Org Chart objects from being able to edit the org charts in Powerpoint 2003.
The error message was: The Microsoft Organizational Chart server application can’t be found. Please contact […]

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March 11th, 2006

Microsoft security patches for March

Microsoft plans to release two security patched on Tuesday, March 14, one for Office and another for WIndows.
The Office patch will be listed as a critical update and will address a vulnerability that can be exploited to allow the propagation of an Internet worm without any user action.
The Windows update will be listed as important […]

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