I've said it before, but I'm always amazed at what Tony Ruscoe is able to dig up about Google from snooping around. This time around while he was snooping on one of Google's experimental sites, he found that it looks as though Google is working on Macros for Google Spreadsheets.

Microsoft unexpectedly made an announcement yesterday that Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will include XML Paper Specification (XPS), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Open Document Format (ODF) support once it is released in 2009.

Microsoft Office is a powerhouse suite, and it does of course include templates for the various applications. What it doesn't really have, however, are templates that tie together the different apps within the suite. It looks as though Microsoft may have realized this pitfall, and so they posted six very nice (and free) designer templates that each come in nine different color schemes.

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 here we are four months later with a Service Pack.

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 its set to end on May 16th, a week from today.

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.

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.

Microsoft Word is such a powerful application that can do a lot for you and save you time! The key though is knowing 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...

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.

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.