A few months ago we talked about .docx files in Microsoft Word 2007 and the problems that you could run into if you created a document in and saved it in the .docx format but sent it to someone to read who was using an earlier version of Office. They wouldn't be able to open it unless they used one of the work-around options available. Another problem that some of you may have experienced

With Microsoft's "Ultimate Steal" program launching today, I thought it was appropriate to base today's "MyFive" on Office 2007! Here are five reasons why I love the new Microsoft Office 2007.

1. Ribbon Toolbar - The new ribbon toolbar in Office 2007 replaces the traditional menus and toolbars, and it's awesome - once you get used to it of course.  If you're used
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Out of all the fonts that we have to choose from on a regular basis, did you know that most of them can be broken down into two general categories. Those categories are “Serif” and “Sans-serif,” and the difference between the two is very simple: One has decorative “feet” while the other doesn’t.

Which one is which? Well, “sans” is a French word that means without, so “sans-seif” means without the curls or small appendixes (feet)

As the title suggests, today I’m going to show you how to use a text box to spruce up your document.  Yes, I said a text box.  I’m sure you’re familiar with using a plain ole’ text box, there’s nothing to it, right? In Microsoft Word 2007, there’s no reason to be plain with a nice selection of options to use when you’re needing to insert text with a text box. The looks of your

Mac users were supposed to be getting the newly redesigned Office 2008, but as it turns out the development team hit a snafu. Now the release date for Office 2008 on Macs is getting pushed back from Fall 2007 to January 2008. Yes, all Intel Mac users running Office 2004 have about 5 more months that they will be putting up with the

Microsoft is taking a new approach to Microsoft Works 9 by offering it for free (was $49.95), but with advertisements. The suite of applications that come with the Works are an address book, calendar, database (like Excel), dictionary, PowerPoint Viewer, Word (basic functionality), and templates. Doesn’t sound too bad, huh?

Mary Jo Foley was the first to announce that an ad-supported version of

One of the things I use the most in Gmail is the "View as HTML" feature for previewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets that are attached to an email. This lets you scope out what a document is about without having to download it to your computer.

It does, however, have some limitations. One of the things this feature never did in the