Jan 16, 2012 | Office, software
The ribbons in Office 2007 and 2010 normally look like the picture above, with a row of icons and buttons under the headings across the top (Home / Favorites / Insert / Page Layout, etc.). It’s disconcerting when the icons and buttons disappear. They reappear when you...
Dec 15, 2011 | Office, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft released a particularly large crop of patches and updates on Tuesday. Your computer probably restarted on Tuesday or Wednesday night. If you’re a subscriber to the Bruceb Remote Management service, your computer is also installing additional Microsoft...
Dec 12, 2011 | Microsoft, Office, web_services, Windows7
A few days ago Microsoft launched Answer Desk with little fanfare – no press release, just a new web site (www.answerdesk.com) offering live technical support for Windows and Office, plus PC tuneups, virus removal, and software training – 24×7, 365 days/year. It...
Sep 13, 2011 | Adobe, Office, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will deliver five run-of-the-mill security updates for Windows and Office tonight, in the regular monthly Patch Tuesday release. There’s more information about this month’s updates in Microsoft’s security bulletin here. Close programs and save any work in...
Aug 25, 2011 | Office, Outlook, software
Office 2007 introduced ribbons to replace menus in Word, Excel, and most of the other programs, much to the consternation of old-timers. Since then, Microsoft has adopted ribbons for almost all of its software; the sweeping redesign of the Office programs was...
Aug 22, 2011 | Adobe, Office, web_services
Adobe has created a web-based tool for converting PDFs to Word documents. It’s so inexpensive that you might find a reason to sign up. Adobe ExportPDF has a single function: visit https://www.acrobat.com/exportpdf and upload a PDF; the web service will convert it into...
