Mac only
Interestingly enough Microsoft has released Office 2008 Service Pack 1 today for Macs. What's interesting about that? Well, it is one of the fastest turnarounds for a Service Pack that I've ever seen. The suite of applications was just released back in January 2008, and

Back in September, we wrote about "The Ultimate Steal" from Microsoft because they were offering students the option to purchase Office Ultimate 2007 for just $59 bucks. Considering it retails for $680, this deal is a 91% discount. At the time they said the offer would end on April 30th, but as it turns out, they extended the offer a few days and now

One of the complaints I've heard from people who start using Microsoft Office 2007 is that because of the new Ribbon, they sometimes have a hard time finding the commands that they're looking for. The Microsoft Office Labs team knows this, so they've decided to help users by launching a project for Office 2007 called Search Commands. Before we dive in and explain how it works, we first need to explain the new web site/community

It looks as though Microsoft is more than just dabbling with the idea of offering a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office. According to CNet in the next few days they will launch a limited Beta program of a project codenamed Albany. With it you would agree to pay a subscription that includes Microsoft Office Home and Student as well as the OneCare security suite. That way

Microsoft Monday

Microsoft Word is such a powerful application that can do a lot for you and save you time! The key though is knowing how to put it to work for you. Today's Microsoft Monday includes five tips that will help you make the most out of Microsoft Word. If you have a tip of your own, feel free to share...

Microsoft Monday

One of the bigger things that came out of Microsoft's MIX08 event was Internet Explorer Beta 1, but there was one really interesting presentation that you probably don't want to miss. It's an hour and a half PowerPoint presentation that is the first-ever public look at how Microsoft Office 2007 came about after 3 years of development, and I've embedded the video at the end of this

Tutorial Thursday

I've sat through a lot of PowerPoint presentations before, and one thing that always struck me as interesting was how many people don't take advantage of PowerPoint's special "Presenter's View." It's been around since at least Office 2003, and I've found it to be an incredibly valuable tool when making presentations myself.

Note: The Presenter's View (a.k.a. presentation mode) is only available when you're giving a presentation