Archive for the ‘Office’ Category

How to set up and use PortableApps on your USB thumb drive

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of free portable apps including a web browser (Firefox), email client (Thunderbird), office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. This guide will take you through installing and setting up PortableApps to best ...

How to add custom folders to the Microsoft Office 2007 Save As dialog box

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Previously I did a tutorial on how to customize the "Save As" shortcut folders in XP. But that tutorial doesn't apply to the Microsoft Office Save As window. This brief overview will show you how to add custom folders to the MS Office 2007 "Save As" dialog box. By adding ...

Screenshot Tour: Sunbird 0.8

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Sunbird, the open source calendar application from Mozilla, is approaching version 0.8 (the current stable release is 0.7). If you'd rather not upgrade to a beta version, but are curious to see the changes, here's some info on the new release, and a few screenshots.

How to set the Properties of multiple MS Word documents

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

This tutorial will guide you through using Easy Microsoft Word Document Properties, a small and free tool that allows you to set the properties of multiple Microsoft Word documents in just a few simple steps. You can set the properties for an entire folder of docs (and sub-folders) or only ...

How to open Office 2007 files using Office 2000, XP, or 2003

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

You can open, edit and save Office 2007 files using an older version of Office (2K/XP/2003) if you download and install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. So if you've been sent a file created with Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 2007 - and you don't have MS Office 2007, you'll still ...

Overview: Microsoft releases Office Mobile 6.1

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Office Mobile 6.1 has been released for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Windows Mobile 6 devices. The upgrade is a free download and will allow you to open and edit Office 2007 documents from Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) and Powerpoint 2007 (pptx).

Use your Menu Bar to quickly create OpenOffice.org documents

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Using the small and free program NOMu, your OpenOffice.org documents are just a click or two away.

How to sync your Windows Mobile device to a Windows Vista PC

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

This article will take you through the steps to set up and sync your Windows Mobile device with a PC running Windows Vista.

NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 1 now available

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I'm a big fan of NeoOffice. I actually prefer Open Office.org to Microsoft Office. So I'm always pleased when new patches and releases are issued, as they almost always include bug fixes. Patch 1 for 2.2.2 is no different. As an aside, the folks over @ NeoOffice are also providing ...

How to create slide transitions for presentations using Open Office.org Impress

Friday, November 9th, 2007

This tutorial will take you through each of the steps involved in creating slide transitions using the free presentation software Impress from Open Office.org.

Using the Word Completion feature of OpenOffice.org

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

This overview will explain the various features of OpenOffice.org's Word Completion - including how to disable it.

How to extract the images from a .doc file using OpenOffice.org Writer

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

This brief tutorial will guide you through the steps to extract all of the images from a .doc file. Though the screenshots are specific to OpenOffice.org Writer, the steps are nearly identical for Microsoft Word (including 2007).

How to download, install and use Open Office

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Open Office (officially titled OpenOffice.org) is a free, open source Office Suite - similar to the not-at-all-free Microsoft Office. Open Office includes a word processor (think MS Word), spreadsheet application (think MS Excel), presentation tool (think MS PowerPoint) and more. This tutorial will guide you in downloading, installing and using ...