May 7, 2013
Apple doesn’t offer an all-in-one office suite, so users who want to handle these tasks on their tablet must turn to a third-party solution. One of the most popular is QuickOffice Pro HD, a $19.99 iOS productivity suite that is actually owned by Google. The app promises the creation and editing of Word, Excel and Powerpoint files and lets users save documents to .PDF. All of which sounds great – but does it actually work?
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April 25, 2013
A few months ago, I had a great opportunity to get a drastically discounted copy of Microsoft Office. When I went to purchase the product, I assumed it would be Office 2010, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was actually a discounted license of Office 2013. Thinking that I was extremely fortunate to get one of Microsoft's cutting-edge versions of office for so cheap, I hurriedly installed it, looking forward to diving into the experience of Microsoft's latest Office offering.
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April 19, 2013
Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to just open up an Excel spreadsheet or a Word document, and without having to do anything at all, data gets read directly out of a text or CSV data file and loads directly into a chart embedded onto your spreadsheet or Word document? This is a form of automation using Office products, because if it's possible to automate the charting of data in Office, just think of the possibilities.
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April 5, 2013
I’m coming to the end of my trial period with Microsoft Office 2013. Over the weeks it has been a reasonably solid experience with one or two quirks causing me no end of frustration. But do I want to upgrade? Do I want to pay for a subscription or full purchase or would I prefer to stick with Microsoft Office 2010, a suite that I've been using successfully for several years now? Indeed, should I even think of abandoning Microsoft in favour of an open source alternative?
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March 28, 2013
That pesky Ribbon Menu. Ever since its introduction in Office 2007, I’ve been struggling to come to terms with it. I much preferred the Office 2000/2003 method of “hiding” tools that you don’t use often – and I don’t think I’m alone in the preference. I also don’t like being "shouted" at. Fortunately there are a few tweaks that can be applied to the Ribbon Menu in Office and in Windows 8.
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March 15, 2013
Microsoft Office 2013 has been available for some months now, and as is always the case with a new release there are a few quirks and annoyances that have led to users wondering if they have made the right choice. If you are feeling as if there are some quirks in the application that you would rather wish weren't there then you should be pleased to know that there are workarounds and hacks that you can use to make Office 2013 far more agreeable.
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March 14, 2013
I've been running the Microsoft Office 2013 trial on my new Windows 8 tablet lately, in order to get a good look at the finished product and decide whether to upgrade from Office 2010. While researching the paid options, however, I noticed that there is a bit of a disparity between the various paid options and the free software offered as part of Microsoft Office Web Apps. In short, there is a good chance that many users could be suckered into purchasing a copy of Microsoft Office 2013
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March 13, 2013
icrosoft announced this week that it's expanding its Office 365 University free trial to 3 free months, with 3 further months offered to students who share the offer on Facebook. In addition, students can get 20GB of additional SkyDrive storage. The free trial is available to enrolled full- and part-time university and college students, and faculty and staff in accredited institutions.
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February 25, 2013
Computers are necessary tools to be productive members in today’s society. We need them to be able to do what we want them to, whenever and wherever. A part of being productive means using an office suite to write documents and create presentations. Under Linux, there are a number of great options available which allow you to be as productive as you possibly can. Each office suite has its own advantages.
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January 21, 2013
Remember the comics of our childhood? What would they be without speech bubbles? In comics, words were calls to action and speech bubbles framed them so well. You never thought they obstructed the illustrations in any way. Speech bubbles turned into callouts when it came to business presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. They give context to what’s on the slide or a screenshot and help to turn a mundane graphic into something more interesting.
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December 6, 2012
Over the years, Microsoft Word has become one of the best word processors in the world. I'm sure there are people out there that disagree - particularly Linux or Mac folks who would really rather not give Microsoft so much credit. But, lets face it, Microsoft has established a very large foothold in this area, and they've evolved Microsoft Word over the years to the point where it is extremely efficient and easy to use.
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November 21, 2012
It’s been three years since Microsoft launched Office 2010. Released alongside online versions (Microsoft Office Web Apps) of its popular applications, the jewel in the crown of the suite was, of course, Microsoft Word. Offering some minor improvements to the user interface following the introduction of the ribbon menu in Word 2007, the 2010 release looks very much like its predecessor. With Word 2013, however, things are slightly different.
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November 18, 2012
Do you want to try out the latest version of Office – or do you just want to use the full suite for free? If so, you’re in luck. Microsoft has officially unveiled the evaluation copy on its TechNet site. And it’s not stripped down version, either. It’s the full version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013.
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October 15, 2012
Do you have $1000? Go ahead and buy a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6. But if you don’t have the Benjamin’s and aren’t too inclined to climb the steep learning curve but still want to conjure up some imaging magic, look elsewhere. Don’t bring out the telescope yet, because a nice little software that goes by the name of Microsoft Word is sitting there on your computer. What! MS Word as a replacement for Photoshop!
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September 27, 2012
It isn’t every day that a new version of Microsoft Office comes along, but it is a suite of productivity applications that many users have become accustomed to over the years, either at work or at home. Even if you’re unable to purchase the full suite, there are stripped down alternatives, such as the mobile version on Windows Phone and the browser-based Microsoft Office Web Apps that are free to use for Microsoft account holders.
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