"Microsoft Office" Tag Index

How to open a file when you don't have the small business software that created it.

PC World magazine spotlights six downloadable Microsoft Office add-ons that can improve Office performance and user efficiency.

PC World reviews NEO Pro, a $50 Microsoft Office Outlook plugin that adds a bunch of mail management features, including the ability to store a message in more than one folder at the same time.

If you're going to use iPads in your small business, you'll need basic business apps along the lines of MS Office. PC World assesses the merits of leading contenders.

PC World's Christopher Null picks four of the most irritating features of Microsoft Office and shows how to fix them in three minutes or less.

The latest version, which includes Outlook email designed especially for Macs, is designed to work with Office 365, Microsoft's new cloud-based productivity suite.

Microsoft Office 2010 is packed with changes and cool new features that can help any small business. Let our tour guide show you what's different so you can make the most of this small business software staple.

New York Times Gadgetwise columnist Paul Boutin shows you four neat tricks with Google Docs - none of which Microsoft Office can do.

Does your small business need Microsoft's Sharepoint collaboration platform? Entrepreneur magazine profiles two organizations using the product. One loves it, one hates it.

Creating Surveys in Word 2007.

The big news in the revised Google Docs is better performance on realtime collaboration, but the upgrade also improves MS Office integration.

If you don't have automatic updating turned on for your Microsoft software, go to the company's Web site now and download the 25 new patches. Nine are considered 'critical'.

A rewrite of Google's flagship business app puts the emphasis on collaboration in the cloud.

Next Tuesday will be a busy day for automatic software patches with Microsoft monthly and Adobe quarterly patches for popular programs coming on the same day.

Analysts say restricting users' administrative privileges can eliminate most Windows 7 and Office vulnerabilities.

A bug is causing some users to miss e-mails if they rely on the sync tool to move messages from Google Apps to Outlook.

Microsoft has had to issue patches for recent patches that caused new problems when users installed them.

Microsoft ratchets up its cloud strategy with new push on Office Live.

But are they good enough to satisfy anyone except 'lite' users?

Although it’s officially still in testing mode, Microsoft Office 2010 offers more speed, improved ease of use and better collaboration capabilities — just for starters. Come take a look under the hood.

News about Apple's other iWonder: a new app for the iPhone that lets users edit native Microsoft Office and Excel files on their smartphone.

A warning about the risk of giving in to temptation and stealing software - trouble with the law, trouble with your conscience, trouble with malware in cheap alternatives and pirate copies. Includes a video.

Small business technology blogger Ramon Ray on the benefits of using highly integrated online products and services.

Preview of new MemeoConnect for Google Docs from Memeo and Google. It allows users to sync non-Google format documents, including Microsoft Office docs, to Google Docs.

Helen Bradley explains how to create clickable hotspots, or image maps, that simplify navigating a PowerPoint presentation.

Will new functions and features in the latest version of Microsoft’s office suite, currently available in beta, tempt you to lay your money down?

When Microsoft pulls the plug on its Office accounting software, some current small business customers may receive a few more years of support. But for others, it’s time to look for alternative bookkeeping solutions.

Helen Bradley shows how you can gather information from someone while they view a Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 presentation.

Helen Bradley walks you through the steps to create and customize bulleted and numbered lists in Word 2003.

Helen Bradley explains how you can chart your data without ever leaving Microsoft Access.

Helen Bradley shows how custom Excel functions save time and effort and how you can use your custom functions in all your workbooks.

Helen Bradley looks at simple ways to avoid introducing errors in Excel worksheets.

Publisher’s a terrific tool, but a few simple tweaks can customize templates so your business documents look original and fresh. Helen Bradley shows you how.

Getting Work Done with Word 2007 Fields

Working with Styles in Word 2007.

What? You're Not Using the Forms Toolbar?