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How to Install Microsoft Office on Ubuntu Linux

2012-01-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

How to Install Microsoft Office on Ubuntu Linux: I've shown you the steps in installing Adobe Photoshop on Ubuntu Linux. This time, allow me teach you how to install Microsoft Word on Ubuntu. As some of you may know, I still use MS Word in favor of OpenOffice.org Writer. So if you are like me or if you have other reasons not to ditch Microsoft Office completely, perhaps you should follow this guide of installing MS Office on Ubuntu or on just about any other Linux distributions.

Note: I was using MS Office 2003 inside Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" but this guide may also work if you are using other MS Office versions or other Ubuntu versions.

1. Install Wine via Software Center, Synaptic Package Manager or via the command line:

$ sudo apt-get install wine

2. Download winetricks:

$ wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

3. Now install winetricks and other packages:

$ sh winetricks msxml6 gdiplus gecko vcrun2005 ie6

4. Configure Wine by navigating to Applications --> Wine --> Configure Wine, and then set "Windows Version" to Windows Vista inside the Applications tab.

5. From the “Libraries” tab, look for rpcrt4.dll and msxml3.dll and add them to “Existing overrides”. Edit Existing overrides and make sure the load order is set to “Native (Windows)”.

6. Download rpcrt4.dll (.zip) from HERE, and then extract it.

7. From the Wine menu, browse C:\ drive and navigate to windows/system32 directory. Copy the downloaded rpcrt4.dll inside system32 to overwrite or replace the existing rpcrt4.dll.

8. Put Microsoft Office installer, click on setup, and just follow the normal installation process.

9. After installing MS Office, configure Wine again and set Windows version back to Windows XP.

10. You can now use MS Office inside Ubuntu Linux by navigating to Applications --> Programs --> Microsoft Office.

Running MS Office Word 2003 inside Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx”

Microsoft Office Blue Edition x86/x64/2010 Pre Activated

2012-01-28T08:13:00.000-08:00

System requirements:
Processor: 2.5 GHz.
RAM: 2 GB recommended (minimum 1 GB).
Hard drive: depends on the parameters set
Year: 2010
OS: Windows All
Developer: Microsoft
Interface: English / Multilanguage
Tablet: Is present

Microsoft ® Office 2010 offers powerful new ways to deliver the best work - whether you're at work, at home or in school - the computer's web browser, or smartphone.
Engage your audience's attention and provide them with their ideas with enhanced tools

The structure includes:

- Microsoft Word 2010
- Microsoft Excel 2010
- Microsoft Outlook 2010
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
- Microsoft OneNote 2010
- Microsoft Access 2010
- Microsoft InfoPath 2010
- Microsoft Publisher 2010
- Microsoft Project 2010
- Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010
- Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010
- Microsoft Visio 2010

Microsoft intends to release Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview to invited guests who register to sign up for Office 2010 CTP Program only by July 2009.
Office 2010 was previously known by codename Office 14 (taken cue from its version), and wrongly assume to be Office 2009.
The setup installer of both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64) Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 (TP 1) has been leaked to BT network.
The leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 has the version of 14.0.4006.1010, a pre-trial version provided to premium Microsoft partners.

It?s unclear whether it is the leaked Office 2010 TP1 build will be the version that is going to be released officially by Microsoft in July.
And it?s still unclear yet whether Microsoft will make available publicly for Office 2010 Beta downloads, which is said to be will be having 2 betas - Beta 1 in July 2009 and another Beta 2 in November 2009.
The betas is said to be different from Technical Preview, where TP is just meant as an engineering milestone for the development ofOffice 2010 and related products that leading to RTM that will reach in July 2009, according to Office 2010 IT Blog.
Office 2010 is expected to RTM and released as final product in March 2010, with the exception of Exchange Server 2010, where Exchange Server 2010 beta already available from official download links.

The setup installer of the leaked download will install Microsoft Office Plus 2010 edition, with Access 2010, Excel 2010, InfoPath 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Publisher 2010, and Word 2010.
Project Professional 2010,SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visio Professional 2010 are also included in the leaked RAR archive download.
Office 2010 supports Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

Important note is that Office 2010 TP 1 is still in early stage of development, and may contain bugs, although most individual programs such as Word 2010 and Excel 2010 are usable in everyday life.
It?s also interesting to know that Office 2007, the predecessor ofOffice 2010, is version 12. Office 2010 will be version 14, skipping version 13, the number that Microsoft assumes may be not so lucky.

Microsoft Office 2010 Blue Edition (Fully Activated)
Microsoft intends to release Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview to invited guests who register to sign up for Office 2010 CTP Program only by July 2009.
Office 2010 was previously known by codename Office 14 (taken cue from its version), and wrongly assume to be Office 2009.
The setup installer of both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64)Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 (TP 1) has been leaked to BT network.
The leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 has the version of 14.0.4006.1010, a pre-trial version provided to premium Microsoft partners.

Using Templates in MS Office 2010 & 2007

2012-01-13T05:45:00.000-08:00

Sometimes your boss might want you to create a spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation and it’s on a deadline. This is where Templates in Office apps can be your best friend.

The process is relatively simple, but finding a Template that works with what the boss wants might be the hardest part. The good thing there are several available for almost any situation you need.

Templates in Excel

Open Excel and click the File tab to access backstage view then click on New to display the available templates. There are several categories from Office.com you can choose from.

Browse through the large selection of categories and choose the one you need for your situation.

Click on a Template and you can see a thumbnail view of it on the right pane, and also its popularity. If you want to go with it, just click Download.

Once it downloads, you can simply go through and fill in the fields, like in this invoice we selected for Excel 2010.

Word Templates
Sometimes you might need to create a Word document in a flash for the company. No worries, we can use a Template in Word as well. If you need to make a calendar quickly, there are plenty of Templates for it. You can print out blank calendars or use them on your SharePoint site.

There are a lot of Templates to choose from in Word 2010 from a simple calendar to brochures, resumes, holiday cards and more.

Custom Outlook Templates
We’ve previously shown you how to make basic templates in Outlook 2003, which makes it easy to send specific information and forms to user groups in the office. Of course you can also make them in Outlook 2007 & 2010.

Open Outlook and start a new email. Here we made an easy custom template showing user stats for the day and inserted a simple table. This will allow a user to easily enter in pertinent information for employees. Make sure to include the email addresses of the people who need to see it each day.

After creating the custom template, click on File then Save As.

Make sure to save it with the .oft extension.

Then each time you open the template, it will have your customizations and users who need to see it, and just the relevant fields need to be filled out.

Another cool trick is to print out blank calendars in Outlook 2007.

Templates in PowerPoint
Sometimes you need to create a quick presentation for the meeting. Once again Templates to the rescue by going to File \ New and then choosing the design you want to use.

Keep in mind that there might not be a Template for everything you might need to do, but you can often customize them. Once they’re saved, you can continue to build them over time. Or if you’re in a pinch and the boss is freaking out for no good reason, Templates can make you look like a hero.

Templates are nothing new in Office, but if you’re a beginner, using them can save a lot of time and give you some good ideas for presentations, spreadsheets, and unique Word documents.

Microsoft Office 2010 Adopted 5 Times Faster Than Last Version

2012-01-13T05:37:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s biggest software maker, said corporate customers adopted the Microsoft Office 2010 product five times faster than the previous version.

Sales to businesses outpaced those of Office 2007 through the first nine months of product availability, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said today. The 2010 software suite is the fastest selling update among regular consumers, and almost 50 million of them are using the Web-based versions of Office programs Microsoft released to combat Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Apps.
The company is announcing the numbers in a blog on the one- year anniversary of the product’s release, Takeshi Numoto, an Office vice president, said in an interview.

Microsoft’s Business Division unit, mostly sales from Office, has been exceeding analysts’ estimates, helping revenue growth as the Windows operating-system business loses some consumers to Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad. Mountain View, California-based Google has been trying to steal corporate and government customers from Office with online word-processing and spreadsheet software.

“The Office business is the one business people feel pretty good about,” said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities Inc. in Portland, Oregon, who rates the shares “sector perform.” “It’s not really coming under the same kind of attacks” as Windows and mobile software.

Google Apps has been out for several years and there hasn’t been mass defections, he said in an interview.

Microsoft Office, SharePoint SP1, Offers Chrome Support

2012-01-10T08:43:00.000-08:00

Just about a year since the release of the 2010 range of office applications, Microsoft has announced the release of its Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 that gathers all updates to the products so far, as well as adding new ones.

There is no real surprises here, even if the release will be a welcome addition to the applications, as the private beta was released to a number of testers in November last year, and Microsoft outlined what would be included in the packs in the middle of May.

Like all its other previous SPs for other products, this one is only available for manual download for the moment, but will be available as an automatic update once the 90-day manual trial period is over.

SP1 With Office Web Apps
As well as patches and security fixes, it will include updates for Office Web Apps, the online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, now particularly important with the release of Office 365, and also explains the timing of the release.

Office 2010 will also support Google’s Chrome web browser for running online Office applications in SharePoint 2010.

It has also added native support for IE9, enabling users to gain access to SharePoint and OWA through its newest web browser, which should provide the browser with a welcome boost.

SP1 contains all Cumulative Updates and Public Updates for 2010 that have already shipped. SP1 also contains new fixes for areas of each product. Browser support aside, there is a whole list of improvements list on the blog that include:

“Snooze time” fixes in Outlook
Improved alignment between Project Server and SharePoint Server browser support
Improved backup / restore functionality for SharePoint Server
Office Web Applications Support for Chrome
Improved backup / restore functionality for SharePoint Server
And there’s many more. In all, there will be updates for Office 2010 suites, Project 2010, Visio 2010, Office 2010 servers, Office Web Apps, Search Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010.

Ms Office 2010 SP1 can be downloaded from Microsoft's site in either 32-bit or 64-bit versions. Alternately, users can launch Microsoft Update and manually select SP1.

Free help for Microsoft Office 2010

2012-01-09T13:26:00.000-08:00

Last week was the deadline for submitting the project for my B. Tech degree program. For the entire week I was busy collecting project material from my seniors and colleagues. On Friday night I started compiling my project in a CD. I was really satisfied with the data which I had on my computer. I took a cup of tea and turn on the machine and went to the directory where I had kept the Ms Office 2010 Word files. I was shocked as none of my files were getting accessed. I closed the files, shut down and restarted the machine but to no use. It was almost 9:00 pm. I was at my wit’s end.

Then, I searched for solutions on Google. I searched with some Office 2010 and Microsoft Office related phrases in the space and browsed their corresponding links. Soon I got a site. There was a green button on the site, I clicked that, and in no time I was connected via a chat window to a technician. He greeted me and said ‘How may I assist you?’ I was delighted. I asked him, could he help me with Microsoft programs? He typed ‘Yes, of course, we are providing help for all Microsoft Office programs’. The person on the other end took some details and passed an article and told me to follow it.

I followed the article properly. There were about 6-7 steps and then restarted the machine as per the instructions. When I opened the file after system restart, I found that all applications were functional. I was able to access the Microsoft Office 2010 files in an error-free state. I took a deep breath, I was relaxed. I completed my project and submitted it well in time.

The very next day, I called up at the toll-free number of the remote support company. I was interested in having a conversation with the same technician to thank him again, but unluckily he was not available. There was another technician at the other end. He enquired about the problem. I narrated him the incident and expressed my interest in availing of further services from the company. Then the technician described some plans for consistent support. I subscribed for an annual plan, under which I was entitled to get unlimited support for my computer and the peripherals.

Microsoft office 2010 professional plus key generator

2012-01-06T05:12:00.000-08:00

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Encounter the office wherever

You can now practical experience the impact of currently being at your office anyplace at any time the exact same applications.

* Microsoft Office Net Apps has now prolonged its knowledge more than Internet. You can now see, share, edit and entry your Phrase, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote files via on the web progress.

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The following are recently added to the suite along with the Microsoft Phrase, Excel, Outlook 2010 and company get in touch with supervisor, Strength Point, Entry, InfoPath, and Publisher 2010 on a licensed edition.

-Microsoft OneNote 2010

-Microsoft Share Stage Workspace 2010

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Download Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus x64 & x86

2012-01-06T05:10:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful latest tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and tie with dwell in. Office 2010 lets you labor how, as soon as, and anywhere you would like, hire you grow things from a PC, the Web, and even a smartphone.

Use Office 2010 next to anywhere: PC, phone, browser
With Microsoft Office 2010, you can re-examine and figure out minor expurgation on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2010 credentials, next to anywhere, by using Office Web Apps from more locations on more procedure.

Keep your dwell in productive on the turn. Office 2010 lets you access and edit credentials stored on a head waiter while you're offline with SharePoint Workspace 2010, and at that time robotically syncs these changes as soon as you're back online. So you stay productive while on the turn.

Support your employees, despite of location or device. Office 2010 saves you moment and money by plateful you deploy and handle Office on the PC, the smartphone, and the Web, all from inside familiar Microsoft System Center tools.

Bring ideas to life
Create and cede presentations so as to help you locate apart from the competition. Office 2010 puts you in the director's chair, enabling you to create dazzling digital content in PowerPoint 2010 not including the need on behalf of expensive third-party tools. And you can broadcast your presentation to someone with a browser, even if they don't tolerate PowerPoint.

Stay well thought-out and on top of your labor. OneNote 2010 pulls concurrently everything from on a daily basis sales numbers to digital images, so all the in turn you need is without problems reachable. You can and create flank remarks so as to stay on your screen as you move sandwiched between distinct programs, so you can keep your feelings well thought-out as you multi-task. This helps you stay well thought-out while saving you moment.

Turn intuition into insights to give rise to closer and more informed company decisions. Excel 2010 provides tools on behalf of improved data visualization, which can go you basic insights into company processes and tailor messaging and products to top converge customer needs. Whole trends can be conveyed in a single cell with Sparklines. And nearby are more options in styles and icons in conditional formatting, as well as the aptitude to highlight limited items like such as "max/min" in a single click.

Work better concurrently
Collaboration method better labor and beating deadlines. Co-authoring allows multiple dwell in to labor on the same text by the side of the same moment, such as an RFP, to respond closer and converge deadlines. With Office 2010, several team members can labor on Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 credentials concurrently and perceive who as well is working on which sections, despite of location.

Reduce travel overheads and run through not as much of on third-party conferencing tools. Office 2010 helps your dwell in save moment and money by if one-click statement through unified communications expertise, and real-time text sharing from inside Word, PowerPoint, and Excel 2010 not including the need to switch applications. This makes virtual meetings more in effect so team members can grow more finished not including being in the same area.

Instantly share a presentation. Hold spontaneous meetings with customers and partners with PowerPoint 2010. Broadcast Slideshow allows you to state a slideshow entirely through a Web browser—no topic anywhere your audience is by the side of. No need on behalf of your customers to tolerate a third-party conferencing tool, or even PowerPoint. All they tolerate to figure out is click on a link and a browser window opens with your slides.

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus x86 14.0.4743.1000 Full Activated

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Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful newborn tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and relate with ancestors. Office 2010 lets you labor how, at what time, and everyplace you desire, leasing you pick up things from a PC, the Web, and even a smartphone.

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With Microsoft Office 2010, you can appraise and resolve minor suppression on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2010 papers, close to anywhere, by using Office Web Apps from more locations on more plans.

Keep your ancestors productive on the chance. Office 2010 lets you access and edit papers stored on a attendant while you're offline with SharePoint Workspace 2010, and so therefore by design syncs these changes at what time you're back online. So you stay productive while on the chance.

Support your employees, nevertheless of location or device. Office 2010 saves you calculate and money by ration you deploy and supervise Office on the PC, the smartphone, and the Web, all from in familiar Microsoft System Center tools.

Bring ideas to life
Create and consign presentations to help you remain apart from the competition. Office 2010 puts you in the director's chair, enabling you to create dazzling digital content in PowerPoint 2010 devoid of the need designed for expensive third-party tools. And you can broadcast your presentation to everybody with a browser, even if they don't exhibit PowerPoint.

Stay ordered and on top of your labor. OneNote 2010 pulls mutually everything from every day sales records to digital images, so all the in order you need is effortlessly user-friendly. You can in addition create section comments to stay on your screen as you move connecting out of the ordinary programs, so you can keep your belief ordered as you multi-task. This helps you stay ordered while saving you calculate.

Turn intuition into insights to turn out nearer and more informed industry decisions. Excel 2010 provides tools designed for improved data visualization, which can make happen you pitch insights into industry processes and tailor messaging and products to finest get together customer needs. Whole trends can be conveyed in a single cell with Sparklines. And present are more options in styles and icons in conditional formatting, as well as the capacity to highlight exclusive items like such as "max/min" in a single click.

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Collaboration instrument better labor and beating deadlines. Co-authoring allows multiple ancestors to labor on the same provide evidence on the same calculate, such as an RFP, to respond more rapidly and get together deadlines. With Office 2010, several team members can labor on Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 papers at the same time and witness who also is working on which sections, nevertheless of location.

Reduce travel outlay and use up a lesser amount of on third-party conferencing tools. Office 2010 helps your ancestors save calculate and money by provided that one-click consultation through unified communications knowledge, and real-time provide evidence sharing from in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel 2010 devoid of the need to switch applications. This makes virtual meetings more real so team members can pick up more prepared devoid of being in the same span.

Instantly share a presentation. Hold spontaneous meetings with customers and partners with PowerPoint 2010. Broadcast Slideshow allows you to stage a slideshow entirely through a Web browser—no problem everyplace your audience is on. No need designed for your customers to exhibit a third-party conferencing tool, or even PowerPoint. All they exhibit to resolve is click on a link and a browser window opens with your slides.

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus x86 14.0.4743.1000 Full Activated

How to Make Address Labels With Microsoft Office

2012-01-05T04:45:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office offers several applications when you publish the professional edition, including Word, Access and Publisher. Microsoft Publisher is useful for fliers, envelopes and labels both for personal and business projects. Publisher offers a wide range of publication types. You can design address, jar and CD labels with this application, and in just 10 minutes, you can have address labels ready for the printer.

Step 1
Open "Microsoft Publisher," From the "Publication Types" on the left-hand side, choose "Labels." A screen with different styles will appear on the right-hand side.
Step 2
Choose the style for your address labels. You can decide on the stock or you can choose the online templates from Microsoft Office home page by clicking on the link on the top of the label screen. Once you have made your choice, customize the color scheme in the right-hand panel by selecting a color and font and adding a business address. Double click on the address label when you finish.
Step 3
View the label. On the left-hand side of the new work page that appears, change the dimensions, color, font as well as the template if you change your mind.
Step 4
Click on "Tools" in the toolbar on the top of the screen. Choose "Mailings and Catalogs," and then "Create Address List." Use the "New Entry" button to add addresses into Microsoft Publisher. If you are making a return address label only, you can skip this step.
Step 5
Use "Mail Merge" in the "Tools" menu, under "Mailings and Catalogs," to add multiple addresses. If you are only using one address or your return address, type it into the label box.
Step 6
Change the picture. If you chose a stock label that has an image, you can change this. Click on the picture and the small toolbar "Picture" will display. You can choose several options, including using a picture from your camera, cropping and position. Click "Insert Picture" to choose an icon from your hard drive. You can download free images from websites as well (see Resources below).
Step 7
Select "File" and then "Save As" to save your work until you're ready to print.

Features Of MS Office 2010 Professional And Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Student

2012-01-04T05:44:00.000-08:00

When we speak about productivity suites from the house of Microsoft, there are still millions of users who are using the older versions. And whoever has started using Office 2010 are only reaping the many benefits associated. Switching to Office 2010 will only let you work faster and get impressive results.

There are several editions of Office 2010 available - MS Office 2010 Professional, Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student, and more. So, which edition do you need? How do you decide which edition will rightly serve your purpose. Before you buy it will be wise on your part to visit an online store and go through the features of each. This way you can take an informed purchasing decision.

If you go for Office 2010 Home and Student, you can avail the following features:
• The suite comes incorporated with Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and OneNote 2010
• Outstanding documents can be created using powerful writing tools in Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student
• Using easy-to-analyze spreadsheets, you can make quick and better decisions
• To engage and inspire your audience, you can create dynamic presentations
• With Office 2010 Home and Student, you can organize, store, and search your ideas, information, and notes in one place
• From virtually anywhere, you can access, view, and edit your documents
• Using Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student, you will never lose your documents as you can post and store them online
• With one license, installation can take place in three home computers.
What about MS Office 2010 Professional. How do you decide why to buy this productivity suite? Here are reasons why:
• Go for this productivity suite if you are running a small business
• It comes incorporated with Word 2010, Publisher 2010, and Access 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Outlook 2010, OneNote 2010
• For better decision making, MS Office 2010 Professional can be used to organize business finances
• In one place, all kinds of projects can be managed
• Professional-grade communications can be created faster
• With MS Office 2010 Professional, you can stay connected to your business wherever you are
• No matter where you are, customer information can be managed from anywhere
• With the greatest flexibility, you can get connected to home, work, school, and friends
• MS Office 2010 Professional comes with one year of technical support.
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New Features in Microsoft Office 2010

2012-01-04T05:42:00.000-08:00

Nowadays, computer technology is changing swiftly and everyone needs to make complete use of the rapidly-changing computer technology as per their changing requirements. Microsoft Office 2010 is a true example of modern and inventive software. It is an exciting package that has great features and beyond doubt facilitates the users' maximum productivity. If you were a bit disappointed by the new Ribbon in Microsoft Office 2007 then now is the time to show your approval to the fresh unbelievable dynamic features of Microsoft Office 2010.

This latest release of Microsoft Office 2010 features the "Microsoft Office Standard fluent user interface" that highlights commonly used and familiar commands, improved graphics and formatting capabilities that allow the user to create high-quality documents, new time management tools to help you easily manage your schedule, and more reliability and security such as an improved junk e-mail filter to reduce spam e-mail.

Here we will discuss some of the new features of Microsoft Office 2010 applications.
Organize your time and communications
Microsoft Office 2010 includes Microsoft Outlook 2010, which is now even more complete, and easy-to-use appointment manager and e-mail client, leaving you more time to do the things you want to do. You can also quickly search e-mails throughout your inbox, share your calendar with other people, and use Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to get the latest news from your favorite world of Web. New features and improvements include:
• The To-Do Bar that brings together tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mail messages in one place.
• You can quickly differentiate e-mail messages by using Color Categories.
• Instant Search helps you to quickly find information in any of the Microsoft Outlook modules such as e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
• RSS allows you to subscribe to and read Web content in Microsoft Office Outlook 2010.

The Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel 2010 has also been refurbished with enhanced data visualization. This feature allows you to get important sightings into business processes easily. Tailor messaging feature helps you to meet the various needs of a user. You can compare all the things in to a single cell using Sparklines. Working out styles and icons has also been improved with more options.

Microsoft Access 2010
Microsoft Access 2010 comes with some features such as a background removal tool, new templates, a built in screen capture tool, a protected document mode and author permissions. The Microsoft Office button in Access 2010 has been replaced by a 'Menu' button known as backstage view. This gives an easy access to functions such as sharing and printing.

In all office applications there is a modified ribbon interface which includes Microsoft One-note, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Vision, Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Outlook. With these enhancements, Microsoft Office 2010 makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done.

Fix Microsoft Office Setup Error 1324

2012-01-02T07:02:00.001-08:00

You may receive following errors during installation of Microsoft Office XP, 2002 or 2003.

"Error 1324. The folder path 'UserName/All Users' contains an invalid character."
"Error 1324. The folder path 'FullFolderPath' contains an invalid character."
Errors like these appear when we do not have valid characters in Windows Registry.
These error messages are generated if there are wrong entries within the Windows Registry. Windows Registry is essential component of operating system. That is the reason you must be very much careful while editing registry of your computer. Always create a back before modifying your registry.

To fix error 1324 in the registry, you should locate all instances of the invalid character reported in message and replace with correct character. Further elaborated below

a) Start>>Run>> type regedit and press Enter
b) Now in the Registry Editor, click on Edit menu and select Find
c) Type here reported invalid character in Find What box and click on Find Next button
d) Now you can detect invalid string, change it to correct one and press F3 to continue searching registry
e) Here use Find command to replace all instances of invalid character with the correct character in the registry
f) Exit form the Registry Editor
g) Reboot your system
h) Install office
As mentioned above, Windows Registry is highly sensitive part of the operating system.

However, if you are not computer savvy then it is recommended that you download a simple to use registry cleaner and PC optimizer software to scan, repair and clean registry.

Reliable registry cleaner repairs all those errors generated due to the existence of invalid information within Windows Registry.

To Fix Office Setup Error 1324, you may use ReginOut. Software would help you remove all your internal registry errors and common PC problems.

How to Install MS Office 2003 ?

2011-11-10T05:47:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office 2003 software is developed by Microsoft for Windows and other operating systems. Its main applications are Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access. It is most popular suite as it has been the most widely used since its versions for Windows 1.0 which was launched in 1990.

If you want to install Microsoft Office 2003 on your system then follow these guidelines:

STEP 1. Insert the Office 2003 Installation CD into your computer’s CD drive. It will take few seconds to start the installation process. If the installation does not start automatically, open 'My Computer', then open the "OFFICE11 CD", and double-click the "SETUPPRO.EXE".

STEP 2. Now the setup will prompt for the Office 2003 product key.

STEP 3. Type the product key in the key field. Enter only five characters per field box, and make sure that there are a total of 25 characters. After entering the complete product key, click 'Next'. If you are unable to find the product key on the CD then click on the Windows help icon on the product key page to open the Microsoft help topic page.

STEP 4. The next step of the Office 2003 setup will prompt you for your user name, initials, and organization. Click 'Next' once you enter this information correctly.

STEP 5. The next screen shows the End-User License Agreement (EULA). Now click the checkbox at the bottom corresponding to "I accept the terms in the License Agreement". Without accepting the EULA, the setup will not proceed further, so, it is recommended that you go through this once. Then click 'Next'.

The next window shows the installation options for MS Office 2003. If you want to install every application that MS Office provides, click the selection button 'Complete'. Then click 'Next' at the bottom of the window. This will start the installation process. The other installation options are as follows:

Typical Install: As the name says this option installs the applications and options most commonly used by the people.

Minimal Install: This is a basic installation that has a viable choice if you're have low hard disk space.

Custom Install: Here's where you'll find maximum configurability. If you have a good idea of how you'll be using Office and its individual applications, this selection will let you tailor the installation more tightly to your specific needs.

Once you're done selecting what type of install to do, the 'Begin Installation' window will appear. Now, click on the 'Install' button and this will start the process of installing Microsoft Office 2003 on your computer. After starting the installation process, a progress bar will be displayed showing that Microsoft Office 2003 is currently being installed on your computer. After a few minutes, MS Office 2003 will be completely installed on your system and now you can enjoy working with Office 2003.
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Issues That Can Be Fixed by Remote Computer Repair

2011-09-27T05:53:00.000-07:00

Your computer is a power horse that gets things done. When something goes wrong with your computer, you need results and you need them fast. In the past, at best, you would have to wait for a technician to come to your location or disconnect your hard drive from the rest of the equipment (monitor, printer, fax machine, etc.) and take it to a repair shop.

If you were lucky, you could get your computer back in a day or two. If not, you suffered through the loss of valuable computer time and missing access to your files. Today, remote computer repair eliminates these unthinkable scenarios when it comes to getting your computer fixed.

There are many different issues that your computer may experience that you perceive to be cause for great alarm. The good news is that you can trust these issues to and your computer can be back up in a matter of a short time. Infection removal is one of the greatest needs today with the continued development of spyware that creates malicious activity.

A slow computer is just cause to be one of the most infuriating experiences on your computer that may lead to the blue screen crash. Other concerns and issues that can be fixed remote computer repair include printer problems, wireless router issues, software installations, spyware removal, email help, browser 404 errors, Vista repair, error messages, Microsoft Office repair and many more things.

Many issues that arise with computers are not major issues. Knowing how to solve the problem, however, can be a major complication when you do not understand how to effectively access programs and settings without disturbing other parts of the computer's overall system. Even if you consider yourself to be knowledgeable about how computers work, remote computer repair lets you get questions answered about what is causing the issues.

Fortunately, there are many different issues that can be fixed by means of remote computer repair, which means you no longer have to take your computer to a different location to get it working. From software to various other operating system issues, you can simply pick up the phone, get connection to a specialist and before you know it your computer will be back up.

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Preview Microsoft Office and Vista

2011-09-26T04:38:00.000-07:00

Are you considering a transition to Vista or the new Microsoft Office suite and wondering if your current computer can handle it? Are you thinking about making the investment into a new computer and want to make sure that it can support the Vista and Office in six months? Are you wondering how long you can wait to make the change, and what you will have to deal with if you stay with the current operation system and applications? These top ten tips are designed to give you an informed perspective of the current step in the transition of technology.

1. Vista Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements to be classified as Vista compatible is an 800 Megahertz processor and 512 megabytes of system memory. However, you will probably want to use your computer for more than running an operating system. If you plan on running multiple applications, and do not want time to run out for coffee while your computer opens email, your minimum requirements should meet the Vista Premium Ready designation requirements of a minimum 1 Gigahertz processor and 1 Gigabyte of system memory. To put is simply, if you are shopping for computer hardware in 2007, think "1 Giga x 1 Giga" Minimum. "More really is better."

2. The difference between Vista Capable and Vista Premium Ready

Vista capable computers have the absolute minimum system requirements. Unfortunately, 800 Megahertz and 512 megabytes will not support the "Aero" interface with glass tabs and see-through windows. You might not think that these slick features are important right now, but after six months you will experience computer envy as the person sitting next to you on the plane, train or coffee shop is using the new features to browse the web or layered applications. Vista Premium Ready requires the "1 Giga x 1 Giga" processor and system memory. Don't be lured by slightly lower cost systems that have inferior processor power or memory. It would be like putting bicycle tires on your new Mercedes, it might look good from the right angle but you aren't going to get anywhere very fast. Look for the Premium logo and fill your tank with a double dose of Giga power.

3. Vista Security

Microsoft Vista is the most secure operating system from Microsoft to date. It includes restrictive firewalls, tools to block spyware and phishing, and blocks some email scams intended to steal personal data. Internet Explorer 7 has three levels of warnings about potential phishing sites. The IE7 browser also quarantines malicious viruses. You can count on Microsoft to release updates and patches to continually maximize security and protection against new worms and viruses.

4. Vista Ease of Use

We have more access to data, images, music and files than ever before. As technology continues to advance, the access to information expands exponentially. This creates new challenges in finding the data, images, music and files that you have stored, and this is one of the benefits of Vista. Use your mouse to scroll through folders like flipping cards in a poker game, searching your hard drive, network and the Internet quickly and efficiently. Vista is a very visually stimulating environment, and as such it has special features for digital camera aficionados as well.

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What Is the Best Microsoft Office Suite Package ?

2011-09-23T03:51:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office Suites have brought a lot of advantages and various reactions from different users. The release of Office 2003 in the past made huge market sales and gained much popularity and support from all users around the globe. In fact, there are still a lot of people who prefers to stay to Office 2003 even with the existence of newer versions for upgrade options.

There are various reasons why some people stay in their current old software while others urgently decide for an upgrade. Whatever reason or aesthetic preferences you may have, it is always important to have an open mind and heart to examine every technological possibility and innovation for greater productivity.

Great Decisive Factors

Some of the factors that you need to consider are the price of the software, the system requirements and its total compatibility with your PC or current system. You should also examine the software's navigation system, the convenience and ease of use and the way the features relate to your daily tasks. Is Office 2007 more valuable to you? Alternatively, is the new Microsoft Office 2010 a total solution to all your needs?

Microsoft Office 2007 Features

The software costs the same as Office 2003. This is extremely affordable with all the great cool new features you will surely love. Office 2007 introduces the new Ribbon in its goal for optimized productivity for every activity.

However, the Ribbon did not receive much appreciation than the old button menu system. The general users have overlooked its enhanced productivity functions. Yet, the Ribbon feature has a lot of advantages and greater productivity solutions that every user could benefit from once its learning curve has been successfully accomplished.

The Microsoft Office 2010 Advantage

Office 2010 is the new software released by Microsoft Corporation after Office 2007. Upgrading to Office 2010 gives you a cool new wave of creative productivity in getting things done daily. Many new features are entirely unique to this software. However, you should think about the relative advantages of each of these features to the regular tasks you do each day to save you time and money.

It is more expensive to upgrade to Office 2010 than upgrading to Office 2007. There is a big difference in price for these two software upgrades so you have to think very carefully which one matches your needs and preferences.

The Ribbon has been fully optimized here. It is even more available to other products including OneNote and Outlook. The blue ribbon in Office 2007 is now changed to a white ribbon with additional features for easy navigation and convenient working environment. Creativity in design and style is also given utmost priority here for more productive results.

User's Choice and Idealism

No doubt, Microsoft Office 2010 is an ideal upgrade option among the heavy users of Microsoft Office Suites. There are eight editions available with this fantastic software. The cost you will spend equals the benefits you will get here. In some cases, the benefits of the upgrade will even overpower its cost.

However, if you are not a heavy user of the Office 2010 features and you decide to go on a budget, then Office 2007 upgrade is the perfect fit for you. Always remember that there is no right or wrong choice in selecting software upgrade. It all depends on the preferences and tasks to accomplish at every user's convenience.

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Do I Need Microsoft Office for Mac?

2011-09-20T05:10:00.000-07:00

When most people think about what they need a computer for, the answers are primarily email, Internet, and maybe some word processing of some kind. The majority of consumers aren't sure what they'll need. Obviously a Mac can do all of the things you want to do, it's just a question of how. If you think there's a possibility you might need to create or edit some documents, be it for work or personal, there are some questions you need to answer for yourself before deciding on your two main choices: Microsoft Office for Mac, or Apple's iWork suite.

Clearly the first and biggest deciding factor on everyone's mind is price. Microsoft Office for Mac Business edition retails for $399.95, and the Home and Student Edition retails for $149.95. Apple's iWork suite retails for $79, or $99 for the Family Pack, which allows installation on up to five personal machines in the same household.

But which one do you need? Answering that question isn't as easy, so let's break down the differences. Microsoft Office has two main versions that apply to most people. The Business Edition is required if you plan to use it for commercial purposes and/or require Microsoft Exchange support. If you have no idea what that means, you probably only need the Home and Student Edition. The Home and Student edition allows installation on up to three personal computers, meaning if you have other family members who may want it, one price is all you pay for use on up to three Macs. Both versions include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage, and Messenger. Another key difference is that the Home and Business version is not upgradable.

For those not familiar with it, iWork includes Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Pages is for word processing and is similar to Word. Keynote is a presentation program like PowerPoint, and Numbers is a spreadsheet application similar to Excel. That is the simplified answer. In true Apple fashion, each is easy to use, has powerful features, and integrates with other Apple applications and your documents seamlessly.

The main issues you will run into are compatibility. One of the major misconceptions people have when hearing the word "compatible" are thinking of it only as being between Microsoft and Apple. Compatibility is just as important between versions as it is between operating systems. Someone can email you a Word document made on a Windows computer with Office 2010 and if you have Office 2003 on Windows you may still have difficulty opening the file. Compatibility between Windows and Mac versions is not an issue, as both Microsoft Office for Mac and Apple's iWork are capable of working with Office files created on a Windows PC. In fact, Apple's iWork seems to have fewer difficulties working with Office documents than even Office itself does. Apple also incorporated into iWork a feature that allows you to create a document in Pages, for example, and export it as Word document. What this all means is that if someone emails you a Word document, you can open it with Pages, edit it, save it as a Word document, and send it back to them with full confidence they can open it.

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Microsoft Outlook Help Support

2011-09-16T04:05:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used email clients, but most users are unaware of its all features. Outlook is believed to be the best email application for business persons who require managing lots of emails in one go. If you are only using it for sending and receiving emails, you are wasting the caliber of a great productivity tool!

You can use Microsoft Help to keep a track of your to do list with the help of setup rules option. For handling outlook problem we have to need Microsoft outlook Support. The email client offers rules creation option to its users, using which you can perform following functions:

Assign categories to your tasks

If you have a plethora of emails on your task list, you may have found that viewing them all on your screen is too overwhelming to be helpful. However, assigning a proper category to each task allows you to group similar tasks, such as telephone calls or errands, so you can look after several at the same time. You can create your own categories to replace or supplement the default categories supplied with the program.

Enter priorities for your work

Microsoft Support lets you to arrange and view your tasks by category, priority, and due date. Entering this information will allow you to reap the benefits of using an electronic task manager over writing details over paper every time.

Create tasks from an email message

Drag and drop a message from your inbox directly into your task folder and create a new Task. Edit the subject line and other details as required. Save the task, and delete the message or move it to a proper folder. This is the electronic equal to taking a piece of paper out of your in tray, placing it in an action file on your desk, and adding it to your to-do list.

To set-up email rules in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, you can consider taking help of computer support resources. They have got the best email support specialists to help you out with everything. Indeed, email support services are gaining in popularity with businesses as they need an effective email management.

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Role Of Office 2010

2011-09-15T03:50:00.001-07:00

Microsoft launched a new productivity suite For Microsoft windows "MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 (Beta Key)" Codename: OFFICE 14, which is the successor to Microsoft Office 2010 For Microsoft Windows.

This version is available and can work on Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Window Vista SP1, and Windows7 With the introduction of Office 2010, a 64 bit version of Office 9 is available for the first time, although only for Windows Server 2008 SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Office 2010 hits the free online versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote, which work in famous and common web browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Google Chrome, Apple safari and Firefox. The Office Starter 2010 which is the new edition of the office will Equivalent or totally replace the present low-end home productivity software, Microsoft Works.

Microsoft's update for its user to its mobile productivity suite, Office 2010 will also be released for Windows Phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone 7.

The latest feature in Microsoft Office 2010 is the SOCIAL CONNECTOR. It allows the users to write emails while keeping track of their friends, family and colleagues by visiting status updates and the previous communication history with the person. When users view their emails they can also see the pictures, titles and names to which they are make contact with. The Fresh appointments can also be viewed with the help of Social connector and users can also request friends.

The Social Connector doesn't work with Office x 64 bit versions and it has been suggested by Microsoft to use 32 bit goods. Sync features for Windows Mobile phones can also not be able to work with x64 versions of Office 2010. There is no such information if final releases coming up in some days will patch these features as to date a lot of features and integrations are rendered in the x64 version of Office 2010.

As per the INFOWORLD (Magzine), Office 2010 will be more "role-based" and Effective than previous versions. The article states that Simon Witts who is a Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Enterprise and Partner Group, that there would be features tailored to employees in "roles such as research and development professionals, sales persons, and human resources." Borrowing from ideas termed "Web 2.0" when implemented on the Internet, it is more likely that Microsoft will introduce features of SharePoint Serve in Office 2010.

Microsoft declared that Microsoft Office 2010 will include updated support for ISO/IEC 29500:2008, the International Standard version of Office Open XML (OOXML) file format. In its pre-released (beta) form, Office 2010 does not support the formats of strict variants, but its Transitional variant. The intents of the ISO/IEC are to allow the deletion of the Transitional variant from the ISO/IEC compliant version of the OOXML standard.

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Role Of Office 2010

2011-09-15T03:50:00.000-07:00

How to Fix the Microsoft Office Error Code 1402

2011-09-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

The 1402 error is a very common problem that shows when you're trying to install Microsoft Office onto your PC. This error is generally caused by the installer being unable to open / write certain registry keys on your PC, preventing it from being able to install the application you need, causing the error to show. In order to fix this, you need to be able to repair the problems that are causing the 1402 error, allowing your system to install Office and work correctly.

The specific causes of this error are that you're either trying to install the Office software on a computer older than Windows 98 or your user account does not have sufficient privileges to write to the registry. This error should be fixed by first ensuring you have administrator access to your PC, and then fixing the registry.

The first step to fixing this error is to ensure that you have the correct privileges for your system. Each time you try and do anything on your PC, your user account has a set of privileges which determine whether it's able to perform the operation or not. Unfortunately, many of the accounts that people have will actually not have the correct permissions that will allow them to install programs, which will be the likely cause of the 1402 error. In order to repair this problem, you should look to use different user profiles or make a new one and use that.

If you try a different user profile, and find it does not work, then you may have a problem inside the "registry" of your PC. The registry is the central database that Windows computers use to help them recall various different files & settings that your computer needs to run, such as the likes of your desktop wallpaper, latest emails and even your Internet bookmarks. The registry is a vital part of the Windows system, and is continually being used to help your computer run as smoothly as possible.

Unfortunately, this part of your PC is also one of the biggest causes of problems for Windows, as it's either being saved incorrectly or being damaged. This problem is very easy to fix, by using a "registry cleaner" program - which is designed to scan through your computer and repair any of the damaged files / settings that are inside the registry database. Using a registry cleaner is actually one of the most beneficial ways to fix the 1402 error, and should be used.

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Six Tips to Manually Uninstall Microsoft Office 2007

2011-09-06T03:28:00.000-07:00

These are Six Tips to Manually Uninstall Microsoft Office 2007:-

Step 1. Find out and remove Office2007 of all the installed folders and files

1. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %windir%installer, click "ok", open the installer folder.
2. Right click the white blank space and select View,Details.
3. Go to the Tool bar of the window,select View,select Status bar
4. Click each Windows Installer package and right click to uninstall any one that is related to Office 2007.

Step 2. Quit the Office Source Engine

1. Click "Run" and type in services.msc to open the Services, find out and right click to quit the Office Source Engine

Step 3. Find out and remove the installing files and directories of Office2007

1. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %CommonProgramFiles%Microsoft Shared, click"ok", delete folders of Office12 and Source Engine.
2. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %ProgramFiles%Microsoft Office, click"ok", delete folders of Office12 again.
3. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in%appdata%microsofttemplates, click"ok", delete files of Normal.dotm and Normal11.dotm.
4. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in%appdata%microsofttemplates, click"ok", open the folder of 2052 or 1033, delete file of Building blocks.dotx.
5. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %AllUsersprofile%Application DataMicrosoftOfficeData, click"ok", delete all the files in this directory.

Step 4. Remove Temporary files
1. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %temp%, click"ok", delete all the files.

Step 5. Cache files
1. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in %windir%installer, click"ok", open the installer folder.
2. Select Tools, Folder Options, View, Advanced settings then, click or select the options below: A.. select the "Display the contents of system folders"; B. cancel the " Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" C. select " Show hidden files and folders"; D. cancel " Hide extensions for known file types", Apply, Apply to All Folders.
3. Go to Start menu, click "Run" and type in MSOCacheAll Users, click"ok", delete all the files that contain 0FF1CE)-C

Step 6. Delete all the registry information of Office 2007 in the Registry Editor.

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Unlock Microsoft Office: Your Cost Effective CRM Solution

2011-08-31T02:50:00.000-07:00

Are you tired of over-priced, monolithic, complex, and tedious CRM systems that make you feel like your full-time job is managing contacts? Do your find your CRM too crowded with applications, your employees resisting it, too costly but doesn't deliver the needed results, and needs to be monitored and disciplined continuously? Well here is a surprise. Unlock Microsoft Office develops your very own cost effective CRM solution, which is simple to use and manage, nurture your company's growth, make your customers happy, and enhance customer retention costs - And do it all while reducing costs.

One of the challenges in implementation of CRM is the resistance shown by employees; they generally feel that it consumes their time and interferes with getting their core job done. You can convince such employees to at least maintain a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet for his or her quick reference. This cost effective solution includes Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. These tools are designed to work together to help address a broad array of business problems.

Outlook: Accepted by one and all in almost all organizations, big and small, you can also use Office Outlook to track customer responses and assess the overall planning. Emails, attachments, calendar entries and other items related to an individual are of great help when is comes to customer management. The upgraded version of Microsoft Outlook has links to social websites like Twitter and LinkedIn. These support businesses and help them grow.

• Word: Microsoft Word is currently the most common word processor in the market. Because it is so common, the.doc format has become the de facto format for text documents. Word docs can be easily converted to PDF and HTML files. Hyperlinks are usually created in Word by pasting the full URL into a page.

• Excel: Office's spreadsheet program also includes faster performance, significantly increased spreadsheet capacity, intuitive formula authoring using business terms, and advanced sorting and filtering, Microsoft Excel supports advanced analysis that can lead to insight and better decision-making. Its additional benefits are the image-editing and copy/paste preview features.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Error

2011-08-24T03:23:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has finally launched Microsoft Office 2010 beta. There are several new and unique features offered by MS Office 2010 beta. Some of it amazing features includes:

• Easy file uploading to Windows Live SkyDrive account (having 25GB free storage) and enabling trouble-free access from various PCs.
• Easy insertion of video clips from YouTube into PowerPoint presentation.
• Send and Archive feature allowing Gmail to execute multiple tasks.
• Delivering live presentations through PowerPoint 2010 online which can also be made viewable throughout the world.
• Features allowing easy editing of videos on PowePoint
• Conversion of presentation files into videos which can be uploaded to YouTube and several portable media players.
• Screen clipping utility feature that enables you to instantly capture any part of your desktop screen which can easily be incorporated in your document.
• It displays all the related data when you open email message that has previously been exchanged.
• Last but not the least MS office 2010 beta also features a "green add button" that helps you to add people from Outlook to your social networks.

Though it offers many unique features, it also encounters several errors while installing. Therefore, there are some essential points that need to be considered before installing Microsoft Office 2010 beta which will be discussed below in this article.

Tips to remember before installing Microsoft Office 2010
When you initially install Microsoft Office 2010 beta, it will upgrade the already installed older copy. However, you can customize these settings by installing MS office 2010 beta alongside with your older version of Microsoft Office. It is important that if you installing MS office 14 beta you completely uninstall the already installed Office 2010 because it can result in errors. However, if you are still incurring errors after installing the older version then make use of cleanup utility feature to remove all present traces of the earlier Office version.

For other problems caused by MS Office 2010 beta can be resolved through our technical support. We provide you the best technical service by solving all your computer related problems such as freezing, performance optimization, installation etc. The reason why we are known for offering appropriate solution for your computer related issues is because of the benefits we offer. Some include the following:

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MS Office Genuine Advantage

2011-08-17T02:39:00.000-07:00

MS Office Genuine Advantage is a program initiated by Microsoft, the makers of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Word programs. The MS Office Genuine Advantage program detects whether or not your Microsoft Office or Word programs are genuine Microsoft software. Microsoft states the program is necessary so they can stop counterfeiters and make their software and those who sell it appear more trustworthy.

Facts

The Office Genuine Advantage program is installed into a Windows computer through an Active X control, which is downloaded with Office updates or from the Office Validation Website. The Office Genuine Advantage tool only downloads when the Microsoft Office suite, or any part of the Office suite is present. The program is retroactive, meaning it will validate or invalidate all Office software, no matter when it was installed.

Function

This program will determine if the software on the computer is genuine Microsoft software or a forgery. The program requires no further action on the part of the user when it detects that the Office software installed is in fact valid. However, if the program detects the software is invalid, it displays a dialogue box alerting the user of the possibility that they are using counterfeit software.

Availability

Everyone using Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7 with any complete Microsoft Office Suite or single application such as Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint or any other single MS application must validate their copy of the software. If not, they will not have the ability to download critical updates. The Active X control is available for Internet Explorer, and a plug-in of the Active-X control is available for Firefox. A stand-alone version of the validation tool is available for use at the Microsoft Office website for any other browser or if you have problems with the Active-X control for any reason.

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Download Hindi Fonts to Microsoft Office Word

2011-08-01T02:51:00.000-07:00

The Microsoft Office suite includes support for several international fonts. However, these fonts may not be installed if the most common options are selected when Office is installed on the computer. Office features that were not selected at the time of installation may be added at any time through the Windows control panel. Install the Hindi font from the Microsoft Office disc to gain the ability to type in Hindi in Microsoft Word.

Instructions

Step1 Click the "Start" button, then click "Control Panel."

Step2
Double click "Add or Remove Programs" if you are running Windows XP or "Programs and Features" if you are running Windows Vista or 7.

Step3
Click the program list entry for the version of Microsoft Office that is installed, then click the "Change" button.

Step4 Select "Add or Remove Features," then click "Next" or "Continue."

Step5 Click the plus sign next to "Office Shared Features" to expand the category, then expand the "International Support" category.

Step6
Click "Hindi Font" or "Universal Font" depending on the Office version, then click "Run from My Computer."

Step7
Click "Continue" to finish installing the font. Insert the office disc if prompted, then return to the Control Panel window. If you are able to view Hindi fonts in Word, stop here. If you are not, you may need to enable support for complex fonts in Windows. Continue to the next step.

Step8 Double click "Regional and Language Options."

Step9 Click the "Languages" tab, then place a check in the box labeled "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages." Click "OK" twice. If you are prompted to insert the Windows installation disc, insert the disc and click "OK."

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How to Learn a Microsoft Office Product ?

2011-07-22T03:09:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office is a collection of word processing, presentation, spreadsheet and data applications for use in Windows and Mac platforms. According to Forrester Research, 80 percent of marketplace users utilize a version of Microsoft Office for enterprise productivity and collaboration. Early versions of the software included an animated "Office Assistant" that offered real-time tips and troubleshooting. In 2007, Microsoft changed its help features to include a built-in database of information and online tutorials. By maximizing these resources and utilizing outside training, you can learn Microsoft Office in ways that benefit you personally and professionally.

Instructions

Learn the shortcuts built into the Microsoft Office suite, such as those that utilize the "Ctrl" key or the icons that are used by all the applications. Highlight any tab on the main menu to see the command next to its appropriate shortcut, or hover your mouse over the icons on the various toolbars in Microsoft Office suite programs to instigate a pop-up bubble that reveals what clicking on it will do.

Utilize the built-in database by pressing "F1" or selecting "Help" on the main menu and clicking an option below, such as "Microsoft Office (Product) Help." Scroll through the core topics offered, or type in specific questions to produce a variety of queries and information you can click through to learn more about the application.

Visit the Microsoft Office website by selecting "Help" on the main menu and clicking "Microsoft Office Online" or going directly to the support page (see Resources). Select topics of interest that will help you learn the program better, including features you may not normally employ. Register for the forum and engage in discussions with other users over common and unique issues.

Join a local classroom or an online learning community, such as OfficeTutorials.com (see Resources). Look for curriculum that offers the complete package of Office programs and allows for interaction between a teacher and other students.

Purchase or borrow a book, such as "Microsoft Office for Dummies," that uses everyday language to give a comprehensive education of Microsoft Office. Read through the book with another person to increase your learning experience.

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About MS Office Genuine Advantage

2011-07-16T00:12:00.000-07:00

How to Deactivate MS Office

2011-07-08T23:02:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office has a feature that requires activation within a certain number of uses or Microsoft Office will stop being fully functional. The software can be activated online or over the phone. While the activation process is simple, Microsoft does not have an easy way to deactivate an installation of Office. This can cause problems when the software needs to be unlicensed on one computer and moved to another. The automatic online activation process may fail because the system believes the software is still installed and licensed on the original computer.

Log on to the computer as an administrator.

Click on the Windows "Start" button and select "Control Panel." This may be directly in the "Start" menu or may be in the "Settings" sub menu, depending on your version of Windows.

Double-click "Programs and Features" if you are running Windows 7 or Windows Vista. Double-click "Add or Remove Programs" if you are running Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows.

Highlight "Microsoft Office" in the list of available programs and click "Remove" or "Uninstall." The Microsoft Office name will vary depending on the version of Office installed on the computer.

Click "Yes" when asked if you want to begin the uninstall process. This process can take several minutes due to the size of the Office installation.

Restart the computer when prompted. This will complete the uninstall process and the deactivation of Office.

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Like Microsoft Office easy to use

2011-07-07T04:51:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office is too expensive to buy? Need a office software to replace? Here, I introduce you a wonderful office software called Yozo Office.

Working with Yozo Office is no different than any other Office program. If you have used a spreadsheet you are already familiar with the concept. A spreadsheet stores multiple worksheets in a single file. Yozo Office uses the same principle but in addition to spreadsheets also stores text documents and presentations in a single file we call a binder.Binders can hold a total of 255 Spreadsheets, 64 Text Documents and 64 Presentations.When opened, all binders contain three worksheets, one text document and one presentation. Documents can be added to the binder by selecting Insert > New Document > Text Document/ Presentation/ Worksheet.

Select a binder or document in the Navigation Pane to open that document or click on the Application Switch Bar Icons located at the top right-hand side of the screen.

Application Switch Bar
Select an Icon to open or create a document
Spreadsheet Icon
Text Document Icon
Presentation Icon

If a document has not previously been created, Yozo Office will automatically create a new document in the active binder.

Worksheets, text documents and presentations can all be given the same name. No two documents of the same type (spreadsheet, text document or presentation) however can share the same name. When first opened, unless you choose to change the binder or document name Yozo Office will name the binders "Binder 1 .eio", "Binder 2. eio" and documents sheet 1, Document 1 and Presentation 1. The Yozo Office could be accurately two-way compatible with Microsoft Office 97, 2003 and other versions as well as latest Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 versions. Meanwhile, the software also supports opening template files (dot, xlt and pot files), and the fragments files of Microsoft Office and encrypted Office documents. It could replace Ms Office for the daily office.

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Why Office 2010 won't support Windows XP 64-bit

2011-06-27T23:31:00.000-07:00

When the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 were first posted, we noticed that Windows XP 64-bit was mysteriously absent. We contacted Microsoft, and the company explained that while deciding on which versions of Windows to support in the next release of Office, it weighed the user experience behind the versions against broadly dropping support.

"For the Microsoft Office 2010 release, we will not support Windows XP 64-bit," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with Ars. Upon further inspection, we also noticed Windows Server 2003 support was missing. "For the best productivity and user experience, the benefits of 64-bit computing with Office 2010 is best experienced by utilizing the newly introduced 64-bit version of Office 2010 with Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows Vista (64-bit) version." In short, Microsoft does not think the experience will be good enough on its previous operating systems.

For the sake of comparison, here are the supported versions of Windows for Office 2010 and its two predecessors (for newer releases of Windows, older versions of Office may require service packs to work):

* Office 2003: Windows 2000 SP3+, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
* Office 2007: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. Office 2007 is a 32-bit application that will run on a 64-bit version of Windows, but there may be some feature limitations.
* Office 2010: Windows XP (32-bit only), Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0 installed, Windows Vista SP1+, Windows Server 2008 SP2+, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. Except for XP, 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows are supported. Terminal Server and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating systems) are also supported. Naturally, running a 64-bit version of Office 2010 is not possible on a 32-bit version of Windows.

While this is the first time the software giant is releasing 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office, and on one DVD no less, it's a bit disappointing that neither of them will work on Windows XP 64-bit or Windows Server 2003.

Frankly, we believe Microsoft would kill off Windows XP 32-bit support for Office 2010, which is scheduled for release in June 2010, if it could. Alas, Windows XP 32-bit is still the world's most popular operating system, so the software giant is grudgingly porting everything it needs to make Office 2010 work on the eight-year-old OS.

Source:-arstechnica.com

Free Trial Versions of Latest Microsoft Office and Visual Studio

2011-06-15T00:41:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft launched Visual Studio 2010. Office 2010 is now available to corporate customers who are on site licence deals, and will be available for general purchase next month.

Meanwhile, you can now download trial versions of both packages, to see what all the fuss is about.

Office 2010 includes updated versions of favourites such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Publisher. You can download a 60-day trial from http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx. Be aware that this download is almost 1 GB, so do it overnight if you're on a broadband package that offers free and/or faster downloads duing off-peak times. Also, remember that it's going to stop working after 2 months, after which you won't be able to edit any files which rely on features not present in the version of Office you're currently using. So it's best done on a spare PC, or perhaps in a virtual machine that you can erase once the trial period expires.

My favourite new feature in Office 2010 is that there's now an option to "minimise" the ribbon, leaving just a menu line that looks remarkably like the pre-ribbon interface. For those of us that never liked the new ribbon, this is great news.

Next, Visual Studio 2010. This is Microsoft's top-of-the-range software development system, for those people who want to write Windows programs or web-based applications. If you ever used Visual Basic in the past, you'll be amazed to see how much it's grown up, as Visual Studio now lets you write programs that use a mixture of Visual Basic, C++, C#, Silverlight, and more besides.

You can download the VS2010 trial from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download . Again, this is a large (2 GB or so) download, so be aware of the implications. Also, turning your main PC into a software development environment isn't a great idea, so use a spare PC or a virtual machine.

The Visual Studio trial runs for 30 days. If you register your trial version after this date, the trial is then extended for a further 60 days, allowing 90 in total.

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Microsoft Office Coming to IPhone

2011-05-31T04:32:00.000-07:00

Buzz has been circulating for a while now about the inevitability of the ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite of applications, coming to Apple's ubiquitous iPhone, but now it seems word has gone from inevitable to imminent, meaning soon. This coming off subtle but telling words from a Microsoft exec (President of Microsoft Business Division Stephen Elop) to an interviewer (Tim O'Reilly) at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.

The actual comments made were more generally structured around the idea of Microsoft Office coming to smartphones that weren't Windows Mobile based with the iPhone only mentioned cursorily with its Facebook app given as an example of Microsoft's inspiration for the move.

Comprising the Microsoft Word word-processing application, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application, and Microsoft PowerPoint presentation application, and some 11 other lesser-known apps, Microsoft Office is one of the most widely used software packages in the world, and bringing itself to the iPhone is going to serve and delight both PC and Mac users (and makers) alike.

They'd better hurry, because 3rd party app makers are already a step ahead of them in the game, with one company putting out in the next few weeks QuickOffice for iPhone, an iPhone app that lets you write and edit Word docs and Excel spreadsheets. Sounds like pricing will be in the range of $20 for the full package and $13 for just one program (Word or Excel).

They'd also better hurry because top competitor RIM has already the ability to both create and edit Microsoft Word Docs available on the Blackberry.

The only support the iPhone currently has for Microsoft Office is the ability to view docs and spreadsheets sent as attachments in emails. But you can neither edit them, nor create new ones. Not until soon, at least.

This comes at the same time as Microsoft is also set to release web-based versions of all its programs in the Office suite (all ad-supported, of course), and supporting not only Internet Explorer but Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox too. A Linux version of all of these is on the way too. As is a web-based version of Microsoft OneNote, which suggests that so will OneNote be coming to the iPhone too.

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Tech Help For Microsoft Office 2010

2011-05-24T22:46:00.000-07:00

By using the latest computer technologies first, such as Microsoft Office 2010, you will improve your business applications significantly. Your Microsoft Office 2010 will come with features that will lead to integration of your online computer use with your PC more directly. This will be the continuation of trend which was there strongly in Windows XP and Windows 7.0.

Today, you need to design your official applications making use of more efficient database management system. This will give your official applications a touch of advances in relational database management system. Such relational database management system makes your data searching and data organization more compact and more professional.

You need to decide whether using Microsoft Access will be more relevant for your business enterprise needs or using Microsoft SQL server will meet your need the best. From your computer forum, you also need to decide whether Sybase or Oracle can give you advantage over Microsoft SQL server. These are the things which you should consider strongly and discuss with your tech help experts at your computer forum before reorganizing your database system in the much-awaited Microsoft Office 2010.

As it is anticipated by tech help experts in popular information technology forums, your Microsoft Office 2010 will be much more user friendly in terms of integration with your relational database needs. For instance, you can now operate a database system which makes full use of Microsoft Access as well as Microsoft SQL server.

Today, Windows integration with latest online tools such as Windows Live only points that future users of Microsoft Office will find it more and more easier to relate their online use with their Microsoft Windows. It is predicted by tech help experts in popular technical forums that features such as Windows registry will have better monitoring system in place for computer security-related issues. Online spyware invasion which can put your confidential data into threat can be checked more precisely. This will lead to better management of your email and confidential data on your PC system.

Also, it will not be surprising that Windows Office 2010 will come out with still fresh improvements in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Access will have more advanced features that will try to meet some of the needs of relational data base users.

Today, what you need to understand is how you can use Microsoft Office 2010 early and get a competitive advantage. Such first use of computer technology will go a long way in making your business get an edge over your rivals. As a result, you should look in a good computer forum ways by which you can develop your own computer applications for your personalized needs by using Microsoft Office 2010.

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Why Switch to Microsoft Office 2010 ?

2011-05-19T03:58:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office 2010 is indeed a total solution package to the very hectic business world. It may be a very good idea to receive Microsoft Office 2010 education instantly to maintain yourself up-to-date and to give you the vast professional development chances for success. You will need to know how to employ these purposes as a way to remain aggressive in today's business world.

One of the vital expected alterations to your brand new Microsoft Workplace utility would be the addition of the web-based version of it, meaning that it is going to be available online. In order to make the most in this option, it is certainly recommended to take a series of Microsoft 2010 training. The online option is known as Office Web Applications it is available on Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.

Managing your files, presentations, spreadsheets and charts is a breeze with the new Microsoft software. The new software includes the enhanced features of Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Publisher, FrontPage and PowerPoint. Outlook is even made more sophisticated and even made more powerful with its Social Connector feature for SharePoint, LinkedIn or even the most famous Facebook.

If you have experienced Microsoft Office 2007, you will surely love the Ribbon on Word 2010 with more functionalities than its previous version. It provides more tools for editing documents and pictures or images integration for creative results. PowerPoint gets highly creative and technologically advanced with the Broadcast Slideshow feature. Other functions include new content auto-highlight, faster synchronization, real-time changes display, version support and author bar color-coding. It even includes the lucrative audio/video editing, translation tools, newly released photographic effects and help guide.

Working with your accounts and financial records for improving sales, productivity and profitability is so easy with Microsoft Excel. Excel now uses Slicers, PowerPivot and Sparklines to e manage data easily in cells for greater accuracy and precision. It is even equipped with enhanced macro support in getting more tasks easier. It is also a quick reference for decision-making analysis with HPC integration.

Virtual hosting clients could greatly benefit from the collaboration features and remote accessibility with Microsoft OneNote. Get a powerful online notebook with all your files intact with greater collaborative capabilities and social connectivity. The system allows Outlook task creation, math equations support, improved search functions and link integration.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition: Is It Good Enough?

2011-04-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

Microsoft is planning on releasing Office 2010 Starter Edition to replace their Microsoft Works product next year alongside the rest of their traditional Office 2010 lineup. Works has long been distributed on new consumer level PC’s as an entry level gateway to Microsoft Office, however it has long been maligned by users as a poor alternative to the Office suite. Works has traditionally maintained different and sometimes incompatible file formats with the rest of the Office lineup. New computer buyers dislike Works so much that some PC manufacturers have been distributing Openoffice.org on new computers in addition to Works. However, it does not look like Starter Edition is going to cut it for anyone but home users that have little use for anything that does not come from a web browser, it is definitely not designed for business users.

With Starter Edition, Microsoft is leaving out some core Office functionality, as it only includes Word & Excel. It does not include Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, and many other smaller Office component applications.

While Starter Edition is not going to include many things that hardcore Office users have grown to expect, it is going to include one thing that the fullblown Office does not have: Ads. It is not uncommon for web-based apps to contain ads alongside the workspace, Gmail has been doing this for years, but it is a relatively new concept to include it in actual installed application on your hard drive.

The question is really where does this fit into Microsoft’s Office strategy?

Office Starter 2010 is being positioned by Microsoft to encourage new computer buyers to purchase the an upgrade to the full version of Office. In this case it will be one of Microsoft’s “Instant Upgrades”, as users will be able to purchase a CD Key online that will disable the Ads and unlock the rest of the Office goodness that it is already installed, but hidden on the computer. Microsoft is also using this as an opportunity to eliminate the Microsoft Works product of which sales have always been minescule compared to its bigger Office brother. It also allows Microsoft to make a stand against the growing tide of free Office-like suites that are emerging and being distributed on new computers.

Most new home computer buyers will not think twice about this, but Office workers will likely continue to use paid versions of the full-featured Office suite or use the upcoming web version of office.

Speaking of the upcoming Web version of Office, would Office Starter not have been better distributed as a web app with Google Gears-like functionality?

Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition

2011-03-25T00:04:00.000-07:00

Netbook makers have been shipping low cost mini-laptops with trial versions of Microsoft for years. But now that Microsoft Office 2010 is available, PC makers are expected to take a different approach by loading netbooks with Microsoft Office 2010 Starter. And just like Windows 7 Starter Edition, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition offers you some of the features you’ve come to expect from the full software — but it’s missing many other features.

Laptop Magazine’s KT Bradford has taken a look at Office Starter 2010, and she’s come to the verdict that you’re better off just scrapping it and installing Openoffice.org or the alternate office suite of your choice. Or you know, you could do what Microsoft is hoping you’ll do and pay to upgrade to a full version of Office 2010.

What’s missing from Office Starter 2010? Well, for starters, there’s no support for footnotes, endnotes, citations or bibliography, comments, track changes, Pivot Tables, or Pivot charts. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

A bigger problem (literally) is that the user interface is clearly not designed for netbooks with 1024 x 600 pixel displays. The ribbon UI eats up an awful lot of space at the top of the page, and there’s a large sidebar with an ad on the right that takes up even more space — leaving you with very little room to work on a typical netbook.

If you just need to create some basic rich text documents or simple spreadsheets, Office 2010 Starter may do the trick. But so will OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, or Gnumeric. The one thing Office Starter 2010 still has going for it is complete compatibility with Office documents. If you need to open a doc someone else created in Office, there’s a decent chance it won’t look quite right in a third party app. But you could also just use Office Web Apps instead of Office 2010 Starter if you just need to open the occasional Office document.

Microsoft Office Starter 2010, a new base productivity suite that replaces Microsoft Works, consists of limited-functionality versions of Word and Excel and includes advertising. It does not include PowerPoint or Outlook.
Office Starter 2010 is not a trial–it has a perpetual license that does not expire.
What end users can do with Office Starter 2010
Create and edit basic Word documents and Excel spreadsheets with 100 percent file fidelity

Open existing Word and Excel documents
Manage a simple home budget
Write letters
Create newsletters with photos and easily send them out

What end users cannot do with Office Starter 2010
Create PowerPoint presentations
Manage email with Outlook
Organize notes, media, and project resources in one place using Microsoft OneNote
Add comments or track changes to documents
Analyze data with pivot tables
Enhance documents with SmartArt graphics
Automate and accelerate repetitive tasks using programmable macros
Customize the quick access toolbar
Connect to an external data source in Excel
Create a report with a table of contents, footnotes, and bibliographies
Turn off the advertisements

Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student-32/64-bit Academic

2011-02-20T21:03:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 gives you the essential tools you need to complete school and household projects efficiently.

Ready-to-use templates in Word and PowerPoint 2010 equip students to create outstanding schoolwork, with rich visual effects and media-editing features that help them express their ideas creatively. Excel 2010 gives you the spreadsheet tools the pros use to simplify working with data, from tracking expenses to creating a household budget. And there’s OneNote 2010 for household projects, a catch-all spot for organizing notes, files, and resources in one easy-to-access place.

Microsoft Office Home and student 2010 Includes:

* Word 2010
* Excel 2010
* PowerPoint 2010
* OneNote 2010

Features & Benefits:

Stay on top of your household budget

* Build a budget and track expenses right out of the box with ready-to-use templates in Excel 2010.
* Get insights from your data more quickly with easy-to-use analysis tools like Sparklines and Conditional Formatting.
* Visualize your budget instantly with colorful charts and graphs that are a breeze to create.

Organize household information in one easy spot

* Create a OneNote 2010 notebook to organize resources for any project, from a home remodel to a major purchase decision.
* Collect a full spectrum of materials and media in one easy-to-access place: documents, text, videos, audio, screen clippings, and more.
* Find exactly the piece of information you need with simple tagging and search functions.
* Make Internet research more efficient with Linked Note Taking to save Web pages and other online resources to your notebook with just a click.

Create quality reports, resumes, and newsletters

* Create professional-looking documents, from school reports to family newsletters with built-in design templates in Word 2010.
* Communicate your ideas visually with dozens of customizable SmartArt® graphics.
* Make title pages and headings more dynamic with effects like glow, reflect, and shadow you can apply directly to text.
* Locate the page or section you need easily with the improved Navigation Pane.

Design standout presentations for school

* Add eye-catching visual effects and a range of media to class presentations—from video to audio and photos—with PowerPoint 2010.
* Make slides more memorable with photo-editing features that let you crop, colorize, and add texture to your images.
* Insert and edit videos right in your presentation and add stunning creative effects with the video editor.
* Add a professional touch with broadcast-quality slide transitions.
* Share presentations with classmates online using Broadcast Slide Show.*

Access, edit, and share your work online*

* Create documents and then easily upload them to the Web using Windows Live SkyDrive, and access them from most any Web browser.
* Access your documents even when you’re away from home with Office Web Apps.
* Edit your report, newsletter, or presentation online with Office Web Apps that give you the Office experience you expect.
* Share your online documents with others to make working together with classmates and family members easier.

System Requirement -

Processor Required: 500 MHz or faster processor
Memory Required: 256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, and certain advanced functionality (2 GHz processor or faster and 1 GB RAM or more recommended for OneNote )
Hard disk: 3 GB available disk space
Display: 1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor
Operating system: Windows 7, Windows Vista with SP1, Windows XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, or later 32- or 64-bit OS
Additional Requirements:
Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. IE7 or later required to receive broadcast presentations. Internet functionality requires an Internet connection
o Multi-Touch features require Windows 7 and a touch-enabled device.
o Certain inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.
o Speech-recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
o Internet Fax not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.
o Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
o Certain advanced collaboration functionality requires connectivity to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007.
o Certain online functionality requires a Windows Live ID.
Other:
o Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity

Removed from Visio 2010

2011-02-10T02:15:00.000-08:00

What’s Removed from Visio 2010:

* ShapeStudio
The ShapeStudio tool available in previous versions of the Visio SDK has been removed from the Visio 2010 SDK. The status bar in the Fluent UI focuses on higher priority status items, many of which have the added utility of being actionable.
* Find Shape feature
The Find Shape server feature previously available in Visio enabled users to search for shapes installed on Microsoft Web sites. Additional, new, and updated shapes were then made available together with those already on the local computer. The Find Shape feature no longer connects to the Internet to look for additional Visio shapes as did in previous versions. The Find Shape feature no longer connects to additional Web servers that an administrator might have set up to host additional shapes. Instead, users must download the content from Office Online. Users can access download instructions by using the Find Shapes Online command on the More Shapes menus. With this change, the Find Shape feature will display search results found only on the local computer. In Visio 2010, the user can toggle the user interface on and off by using the Search for Shapes toggle available on the More Shapes menu.
* Stencil docking
The redesign of the Shapes Window in Visio 2010 is now optimized for the vertical orientation of the window. Therefore, in Visio 2010, stencils are docked on the left or right of the Shapes Window with docking in the top and bottom positions no longer allowed.

Migration Considerations
This section provides information about features and changes that administrators should consider when migrating from Microsoft Office Visio 2007 to Microsoft Visio 2010. A noticeable change is that Visio has joined the rest of the Microsoft Office products design and uses the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface (UI). In Visio 2010, you navigate the features by using the ribbon, the Quick Access Toolbar, and the Microsoft Office Backstage view.

* Process Repository
In Visio 2010, you can easily manage collections of process diagrams that are typically stored on network file shares. You can ensure that you are editing the most recent version and updating a user if any changes were made to the process diagrams. For many administrators and managers who supervise these document repositories, ensuring diagrams comply with internal standards and tracking all the processes involved can be overwhelming. The Visio Process Repository, a new site template that is included with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, uses the collaborative features in SharePoint Server 2010, including:
o Check in/Check out
o Versioning
o Workflow

These features integrate with several new process management features in Visio 2010. The result is that, in a few clicks, a SharePoint administrator can create a Visio Process Repository that is preconfigured for easy storage and management of Visio process diagrams. A Repository site contains a library for documentation, a task list, and a discussion board. The Process Diagrams document library is designed to store processes and comes prepopulated with several templates that can be used to create new process diagrams.
* Publish a process diagram to a repository
You can check a diagram for validation issues prior to publishing by using the Validation feature. When you are ready, you can save the document back to the repository by using the Save to SharePoint billboard in the Backstage view.

Because the Process Repository is built on top of SharePoint Server 2010, you can take advantage of other SharePoint features. For example, you can:
o Set up workflows.
o Set up automatic e-mail notifications when documents change.
o View revision history for a given document.

Visio Services

* Visio Viewer
Visio Viewer 2002 and Visio Viewer 2003 have been discontinued. If you use Visio Viewer 2007, ensure that you have the latest upgrades or you can move to the Visio 2010 (Beta) Viewer. The Visio 2010 Viewer has all the functionality of the previous viewers, and includes all the security fixes.
* Customization and options
In Visio 2010, there are many settings and customizations that can be made to personalize the user experience. For more information, see Plan customizations and options for Visio 2010.
* VBA settings migration
In Office 2010, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 6.0 was updated to VBA 7.0. VBA 7.0 settings were reset to their defaults after migration instead of automatically repopulating. This occurred because the registry settings for VBA are in a different hive in Office 2010, as shown in the following table.

Microsoft Office 2010: A cry for help?

2011-01-30T21:47:00.001-08:00

Pardon the melodramatic headline, but I've had this thought bouncing around my head since I first installed Office 2010 -- the subject of today's column -- about two weeks ago.

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It's not just that Microsoft faces serious competitive pressure from the likes of Google, Apple, open-source developers and such startup firms as Evernote. It's not just that it's handcuffed itself to the contradiction of selling the same applications to IT professionals and to home users who barely touch its features. (Note: If you're an IT professional and feel that my reviews slight your needs, you should remember that I'm a consumer-technology columnist; that means that your problems aren't mine unless they affect what home users do on their own time.)

No, it's that a company that, until recently, was the biggest software firm in America seems incapable of shipping a clean, current, consistently functional set of programs.

The most obvious evidence of this problem is Office 2010's incoherent "co-authoring" options. While OneNote lets you keep the same document open between copies of the desktop program and its pared-down Office Web App equivalent, Word and PowerPoint only permit real-time sharing between their desktop selves (though you first have to set up that link through the Office Live site in a procedure so convoluted that I would have denounced it if I'd had more room to write). Excel 2010, meanwhile, doesn't allow any simultaneous work on a document -- but if you upload it to Office Web Apps, two Excel Web users can hack away at once on the file.

Microsoft deserves some credit for bringing even these limited features to home users, after years of reserving them for corporate users logged into its SharePoint server software. But it also deserves blame for doing so in a form most concisely described in an Excel spreadsheet.

Spending time in Office will reveal other telling details. One of my favorites is the absurd, 19-item menu Outlook 2010 offers to label a phone number you've added to a contact's listing. Your choices don't include "VoIP" or "satellite" (much less "Google Voice"), but they do feature such relics as "Car," "ISDN," "Other Fax," "Pager," and "Telex."

(Won't somebody at Microsoft please answer their StarTAC? 1987 is calling and wants its NYNEX Mobile phone back.)

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Then there's the dialog at the left, which appears when you save a document to Office Web Apps, even in Windows 7. That little sideways-face icon, apparently unchanged from its debut in Windows 95, may catch your attention first. But also note the logo at the bottom advertising Microsoft's .Net Passport -- as in, the Web-login system that Microsoft renamed and scaled back in the spring of 2006.

If we ran a story that got the basic points across but was also littered with obsolete or incorrect references, you would still doubt its worth. Well, what are you supposed to think of a product with as many signs of sloppy work as Office 2010? Is somebody at Microsoft trying to say they need some time off? Or is that an illogical scenario for a company with the resources of a Microsoft? Tell me in the comments -- or stop by my Web chat, at 1 p.m. instead of the usual noon today, to discuss it in real time.

Microsoft Visio Premium 2010

2011-01-16T22:11:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Visio Premium 2010 takes diagramming to a bold new level with dynamic, data-driven visualization tools and templates, powerful process-management features, and advanced sharing capabilities through the Web. Bring the big-picture and real-time data from multiple sources, including Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server, together in one powerful diagram with vibrant graphics such as icons, colors, and data bars. Manage your processes with sub processes and rules and logic validation to ensure accuracy and consistency across the organization. Using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, you can create SharePoint workflows and export them for execution and real-time

Visio 2010 is a graphical and drawing application that helps you to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. With Visio, you can transform complicated text and tables that are hard to understand into Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance.
Visio provides modern shapes and templates for a diverse set of diagramming needs, including IT management, process modeling, building and architecture, UI design, human-resource management, project management, and more.
Data-connected Visio diagrams
Instead of static pictures, you can create data-connected Visio Professional 2010 and Visio Premium 2010 diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity. You can use the wide variety of diagram templates and stencils in Visio to understand, act on, and share information about organizational systems, resources, and processes throughout your enterprise.
You can integrate data to shapes from a variety of real-time data sources, including Excel, Access, SQL, SharePoint lists, or any OLEDB or ODBC data source, with just a few clicks in a Data Wizard.
Web drawings with Visio Services
Beyond basic sharing via e-mail or static web pages, the latest innovations in Visio 2010 allow users the ability to see rich, compelling visuals, shapes, and processes via their browser – even if they don’t have Visio. You can publish Visio Professional 2010 and Visio Premium 2010 web drawings using Visio Services, a feature of SharePoint Server 2010 that renders interactive and data-connected diagrams. Your Visio Web drawings can display data from a variety of sources, including Excel, SQL, SharePoint lists, or any OLEDB or ODBC data source.
Microsoft Office 2010 (also called Office 2010 and Office 14) is a productivity
suite for Microsoft Windows, and the successor to Microsoft Office 2007. Office 2010 includes extended file format support, user interface updates, and a changed user experience. With the introduction of Office 2010, a 64-bit version of Office is available, although not for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Office 2010 does not support Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.[

On April 15, 2010, Office 2010 was released to manufacturing, with those Volume Licensing customers who have Software Assurance being able to download the software from April 27, 2010. The suite became available for retail as well as online purchase on June 15, 2010.

Office 2010 marks the debut of free online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, which work in popular web browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, but not Opera). A new edition of Office, Office Starter 2010, replaced the low-end home productivity software, Microsoft Works.

Microsoft's update to its mobile productivity suite, Office Mobile 2010, will also be released for Windows Phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone 7. In Office 2010, every application features the Ribbon, including Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace (previously known as Groove), and the new Office Web Apps.

Microsoft Office 2010 package information

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These are certainly the key points of new improvements over Office 2007, perhaps in the retail version will not change much compared with the above points.

Packages + Rates

Program `s	Office Home and Student 2010	Office 2010 Home and Business	Office Professional 2010	Office Professional 2010 Accademic
Word 2010	x	x	x	x
Excel 2010	x	x	x	x
Powerpoint 2010	x	x	x	x
OneNote 2010	x	x	x	x
Outlook 2010		x	x	x
Publisher 2010			x	x
Access 2010			x	x
Price	Office Home and Student 2010	Office Home and Business in 2010	Office Professional 2010	Office Professional 2010 Accademic
Retail	$ 149, -	$ 279, -	$ 499, -	$ 99, -
License card	$ 199, -	$ 199, -	$ 349, -	N / A

Dutch prices at time of writing `t yet known, but these prices can make for yourself an indication. The Home and Student does not unfortunately have Outlook 2010 but this will be a family package available on 3 computers, and may be installed. What is striking is the Office Professional Accademic version, this version is only academic to academic institutions may be delivered and costs only $ 99. For Home and Business, and Professional version does this on two computers must be installed.
Prices for Office 2010 Standard and Professional Plus missing from the list because it only through volume licensing will be distributed. Office 2010 also missing starter, this version only contains adware Word and Excel and will only pre-installed on new PCs are shipped.
The loose card license applies to computers where Office prior to a trial version is installed, this can be a separate license purchased. You will however not on DVD, it just goes to a separate license but a computer can be installed.

Hack to Activate Office 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) With Free Product Key

2010-09-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

Microsoft does not invite many people to join the official MS Office 2010 RC (Release Candidate) beta testing program in Connect website. For people who downloads and installs Office Professional 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) build 14.0.4734.1000 for volume licensing distribution channel, it’s possible to install the Office 2010 without any product key. For user who wants to activate the installed Office 2010, which may become the final RTM version (the RTM version is now rumored to be build 14.0.4740.1000), here’s the trick or hack on how to activate Office 2010 RC.

The workaround to crack Office 2010 activation as detailed below works by replacing the unactivated tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms, with activated version, which provided for free by Microsoft for Office 2010 Beta program. The free product key for Office 2010 Beta is a MAK type (Multiple Activation Key), which is now required to activate volume licensing version of Office 2010 products.

One benefit of using MAK to activate a Microsoft product is that, the system does not required to update or refresh its activation status, internally or externally against any activation servers. The convenience is provided from computers, such as laptops or notebooks, which does not connected to the corporate network persistently or consistently. Reactivation is only required when there is a hardware change. Best of all, if for any reason the software product which has received a MAK product key loses activation or fails validation, its functionality is not limited or restricted. Only nagging notifications will appear, which will disappear when the product is activated again.

Furthermore, the time bomb, which renders the pre-release Office 2010 useless after an expiry date does not exist in the leaked volume or Select versions of Office 2010. So, the activated Office 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) will likely to stay activated forever, even if it’s been activated with license files from the beta.

1. If there is any existing Office 2010 been installed, uninstall it, then reboot the system.

2. Download and install official Microsoft Office 2010 Beta (the version of Office 2010 suites to install is Office Professional 2010 Beta build 14.0.4536.1000, and must be the same system architecture of x86 or x64 that intends to be installed at RC, i.e. 32-bit Office 2010 Beta activation files will activate 32-bit Office 2010 RC/RTM while 64-bit Office 2010 Beta activation files will activate 64-bit Office 2010 RC/RTM).

While at the Office 2010 Beta page, register and request for a free product key (which is a MAK – Multiple Activation Key) for Office 2010 to activate the installed Office Professional 2010 Beta over Internet against Microsoft’s activation key.

3. Once Office Professional 2010 Beta has been installed and activated, copy the pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms file from the following folder to another folder location for safekeeping:

%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\

Tip: User who installs 32-bit Office 2010 in 64-bit OS should find the file at %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\ folder.

4. Also copy and save the tokens.dat file in the following folder to another but same folder location as above for safekeeping (for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server):

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\
In Windows XP, it’s located here:
%AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\

5. After copying above two files, uninstall the installed Office 2010 Beta product.

6. Download and install Office 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) for corporate volume licensing distribution channel.

7. Download ActivateOffice2010beta.7z script by SoLoR from MDL forum.

8. Extract the activate.cmd script from the archive and place the file inside the same folder with the two saved tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms files in steps above.

9. Edit the activate.cmd file with any text editor, and the modify the following line to include the Office 2010 MAK product key used to activate the beta version:
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /inpkey:GVFBT-K6Q6T-HTX3P-C4K7G-7V2FR
Replace the GVFBT-K6Q6T-HTX3P-C4K7G-7V2FR in the line above to own personalized Office 2010 MAK product key.

10. Run a console command prompt as administrator.

11. Change directory to the folder with three files mentioned above – activate.cmd, tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms.

12. Execute the activate.cmd.
The script will automate the process to take ownership and grant full access permissions on tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms, and then replace the files with activated copy. It then calls the ospp.vbs via cscript engine to re-input the product key for Office 2010 and activate the full version product:

cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /act

13. The Office 2010 should be activated. To check activation status of Office 2010, run the following command:
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” / dstatus

Tip: For user who has problem activating Office 2010 RC or RTM Escrow after following steps above, try to delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform registry key after uninstalling Office 2010 Beta.

Tip: The data inside tokens.dat file is generated based on the hardware configuration, so it will be different on each PC. If you intend to activate Office 2010 with crack method above, backup the tokens.dat from each PCs you intend to do so.

The MS Office 2010 activation crack is likely able to crack and activate Office 2010 RTM build. As the method has been revealed, it’s likely that Microsoft will fix the loophole before releasing the final RTM version of Office 2010. Thus, the RTM build version of Office 2010 is unlikely to stay at 14.0.4734.1000, especially when the target RTM data to be around April.

source: mydigitallife.info

How to Convert WPS Files to DOC, DOCX, PDF, OpenOffice files?

2010-08-25T23:25:00.000-07:00

Overview: This tutorial is to teach you how to convert WPS files to other formats.The WPS files were common used before, but not today. Do you have some WPS files that you want to convert them to other formats? This tutorial is offer different way to convert your old WPS files to other formats, including DOC, DOCX, PDF, ODT, etc. Each of them provides different methods to convert. Just read this article and then choose one of them to have a try.

WPS files are from Microsoft Works, which was popular before, but not common used today. Facing to the old WPS files, there are some methods to help you convert them to common formats.

1. How to convert a WPS file to a DOC, DOCX or TXT file

One method is to use Microsoft Word.

1. Open WPS files with Microsoft Word.

2. Click "Save as..." from File on the on the top menu. Choose *.doc or *.docx from "Save as type" dropdown box.

3. Click "Save" to finish converting.

The second methods is to rename the file extension by ourselves.

1. Right-click on the WPS file, select "Rename"

2. We have changed the extension manually.

The third methods is to use Word Viewer.

1. The software named Word Viewer is wanted, which let you view, copy and print Microsoft Works and Microsoft Word documents, without those programs installed. Download and install it.

2. Open WPS files with word viewer, and copy the text.

3. Create a new DOC or DOCX document to paste that text 0nto. Remember pay attention to the format.

4. Save it to DOC format.

If the methods above doesn't work, you can download and install a WPS converter. It can help us convert the WPS file to a .doc or .docx file.

All the ways above can also be used to converted WPS files to TXT.

2. How to convert a WPS file to a PDF file

1. Right-click on the WPS files and the context menu appears. Click "Open With..." on it. From the applications list, select "Microsoft Works Word Processor". Open WPS file in it.

2. Select "Print"; from the File on the top menu. The Print dialog is opened up.

3. Click "Adobe PDF" from Printer dropdown box.

4. Click the "OK", and the "Save PDF File As..." dialog will reach.

5. Name the new PDF file from the File Name input box.

6. Click the "Save" to save the WPS file. We succeed in converting the WPS file into PDF.

7. Download a PDF reader that you can view the PDF file, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.

3. How to convert WPS files to OpenOffice

There are two ways to help us convert WPS files to OpenOffice.

One is to use Word Viewer

1. We need to download and install the free software, named Word Viewer.

2. Use Word Viewer to open WPS files, and make a copy of the text.

3. Open a new OpenOffice document to paste the copied text into. Remember pay attention to the format.

4. Save it into ODT format.

Another is to use OpenOffice variants

1. First, download and install an OpenOffice variant, including Oxygen Office Professional, NeoOffice and Your Open Office, which can open WPS files.

2. If you have OpenOffice installed, uninstall it and install a variant of it.

3. You can use the variant to open WPS file and save it to ODT format.

There is other method -Online Conversion. There is a kind of website like ZamZar and Convert WPS to DOCX Online to help you convert WPS to any files, such as PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, etc. You just follow several easy steps, and then the converting will be finished.

Source:- http://tutorial.downloadatoz.com

Uninstall Office 2010 Click-to-Run

2010-08-19T21:33:00.000-07:00

The files you created by using Microsoft Office are not deleted. However, you can choose to save the Microsoft Office settings or customizations that you created in the Office programs.

Important The customizations can only be used in the same Microsoft Office product and language version.

Windows 7

1. In Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.

Note In Classic view, double-click Programs and Features.

2. Click Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, or Microsoft Office Starter 2010.

3. For the Remove Office user settings check box, do one of the following:

* If you want to save Microsoft Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, do not select the check box.
* If you don't want to save the Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, or if you are having a problem with settings that you want to fix, select the check box.

Note If you want to save the Ribbon customizations but not the other Office settings, export the Ribbon customizations first (Ribbon customizations are not available in Office Starter 2010).

4. Click Uninstall.

Windows Vista

1. In Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.

Note In Classic view, double-click Programs and Features.

2. Click Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, or Microsoft Office Starter 2010.

3. For the Remove Office user settings check box, do one of the following:

* If you want to save Microsoft Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, do not select the check box.
* If you don't want to save the Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, or if you are having a problem with settings that you want to fix, select the check box.

Note If you want to save the Ribbon customizations but not the other Office settings, export the Ribbon customizations first (Ribbon customizations are not available in Office Starter 2010).

4. Click Uninstall.

Windows XP

1. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Change or Remove Programs.

Note In Classic view, double-click Add or Remove Programs.

2. Click Microsoft Office Click-to-Run.

3. For the Remove Office user settings check box, do one of the following:

* If you want to save Microsoft Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, do not select the check box.
* If you don't want to save the Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, or if you are having a problem with settings that you want to fix, select the check box.

Note If you want to save the Ribbon customizations but not the other Office settings, export the Ribbon customizations first.

4. Click Remove.

Source:- http://office.microsoft.com

How to Fix Error 1335

2010-08-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

Every error that takes place on Microsoft Windows has its very own number. This is so Microsoft can keep track of the errors, when they take place, and learn how to correct the issue. Errors can occur at almost any time. One error that takes place when installing Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft Office XP is Error 1335. This error comes up, stating one of the files can not be copied and it will not allow you to install the program. There is a way to correct this issue though.

1. Click the "Start" button on the desktop, then select "Run." A small command window will appear that allows you to type computing instructions.

2. Type "msconfig" and then click "OK." A new window titled "Boot.INI" will appear. Select "Advanced Options." Check the selection box "MAXMEM." Change the number to 256 (this increases the amount of RAM that can be used during the installation).

3. Select "Apply" and then "OK."

4. Restart the computer and reinstall Microsoft Office. Select the "Complete" installation option. The software will now install without errors.

Source:- Ehow

For More Detail:
Removing MS Office Error 1316

How do I activate my Microsoft Office programs?

2010-08-17T22:56:00.000-07:00

When you start your Office program for the first time after installation, you are prompted to enter your Product Key, if you have not already done so during Setup.
Activate over the Internet or by phone

When you enter your valid Product Key, the Activation Wizard automatically runs and it gives you two choices on how to proceed:

* Activate by using the Internet The Activation Wizard automatically contacts the Microsoft licensing servers through your Internet connection. If you are using a valid Product Key that has not already been used for the allowed number of installations, your product is activated immediately.

When you activate through the Internet, your product ID (derived from the installation Product Key) is sent to Microsoft. A response (the confirmation ID) is sent back to your computer to activate your product. If you choose to activate your product through the Internet and you are not already connected, the wizard alerts you that there is no connection.

* Activate by using the telephone You can telephone an Activation Center and activate your product with the help of a customer service representative.

Important Activation Center numbers are not listed in this article, because there are many numbers, and the correct number for you is based on several factors. Microsoft software can be obtained under various licenses, including individual retail licenses, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licenses, and volume licenses. Telephone numbers vary by product license and country/region. In step 2 of the Activation Wizard, use the telephone number provided to call the Microsoft Activation Center.

Telephone activation might take longer than activation through the Internet. You should be at your computer when you call, and you should have your software Product Key available.

1. In the Activation Wizard, select the country/region where you reside and where you plan to use the product.

The wizard provides one or more telephone numbers.

2. Call the Activation Center.

The customer service representative asks you for your installation ID (displayed on your screen) and other relevant information. After your installation ID is verified, you receive a confirmation ID.

3. In the Activation Wizard, type the confirmation ID in the spaces provided at the bottom of the screen, and then press ENTER.

Notes

* Telephone activation is not available for Trial and Subscription versions.

Source:- http://office.microsoft.com

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Office 2010 System Requirements

Install the 64-bit version of Office

2010-08-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

For people who want to install the 64-bit version Office 2010 programs on a computer that is running either 64-bit editions of Windows Vista or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 operating systems, the following instructions must be followed. In addition, any add-ins you want to run for Office must also be 64-bit editions.

If you already have a 64-bit version of Office installed on your computer running a 64-bit operating system, running Setup from the root folder installs the 64-bit version of Office.

1. If you were running Office 2010 Setup from the root folder, and you clicked Customize, click Close to exit Setup.

2. When prompted, click Yes to cancel Setup, and then click Close Button image.

3. Go to the x64 folder of the Office 2010 disc, and double-click Setup.exe to run the 64-bit version of Setup.

Source:- http://office2010.microsoft.com

Removing MS Office Error 1316

2010-08-12T21:20:00.000-07:00

When you are trying to set up Microsoft Office XP on your computer, you may encounter an error message that tells you that you need to insert the installation disc for the current Office 2000 version you have installed on your computer. After inserting the Office 2000 CD you will see a second error message, Error 1316, that tells you that the setup cannot proceed. This error can easily be corrected by using the installation disc for the 2000 version of Office.

Things You'll Need:

* Microsoft Office XP installation CD
* Microsoft Office 2000 installation CD

Steps to Fix 1316 Error

1. Insert the Microsoft Office XP installation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Click on the "Start" button from your desktop and then click on the "My Computer" option.

2. Locate your CD drive in the My Computer folder and then double-click on the drive. Click on the setup file and an installation dialog box will pop up on your screen.

3. Wait for the error message to appear that tells you to insert the Microsoft Office edition disk. Click on the "OK" button and remove the Microsoft Office XP disk from your computer.

4. Insert the Microsoft Office 2000 installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Error 1316 message will then appear.

5. Eject the Microsoft Office 2000 CD and insert the Microsoft Office XP CD back into your CD-ROM drive. Click on the "Retry" button and the problem will be resolved.

Source:- Ehow.com

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Fix Error 1601
Fix Error 1935

How to Fix Windows Installer Error 1601

2010-08-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

When installing applications via the Microsoft Windows Operating System, you may have encountered an error called "Windows Error Message 1601." According to Microsoft, this error occurs for one of two reasons. The first reason being that you are trying to install an application while in safe mode; the second possibility is that the Windows Installer is not properly installed. In either case, the fix for the 1601 error is possible using two different methods.

Steps to Fix Error

Error 1601 Main Fix for Windows XP and 2000

1. Click the Start button in Windows XP and go to the "Run" option.

2. Type the following code into the Run box: msiexec /unreg, and then press the "OK" key.

3. Next, click on the "Start" button again followed by "Run" option, and this time, type "msiexec /regserver" again with the quotation marks followed by the "OK" key. Attempt to install your application again to see if the process has completed successfully.

Windows XP Error 1601 Secondary Fix For XP and 2000

1. Click on the Windows Start button and then click the "Run" option. In the run field, type "CMD," and then click the "OK" button. The MS DOS window should now appear with a blinking cursor.

2. Type in the following command: "msiexec /unregister" and then click the "Enter" key

3. Type the code: msiexec /regserver followed by "Enter" one last time. Check if your install will now work at this point; the installer should now have unregistered and registered in a work manner.

Microsoft Windows Vista Error 1601 Fix

1. Click on the Windows Start button. In the Windows Start Search box, type the following code: %windir%\system32\msiexec /unregserver, and then press the "Enter" key.

2. Next, go back to the Windows Start button and then to the Windows Start Search box and type: %windir%\system32\msiexec /regserver followed by the "Enter" key again.

3. Enter your admin password if your system asks for the password (This may not occur). Finally, click on the "Allow" option to finish the process. Attempt to install your application to test if the process worked.

Source:- Ehow.com

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Fix Error 1935

How to fix Error 1935 in Microsoft Office

2010-08-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

When installing a Microsoft Office 2007 program, you may come across an error that looks like this:

Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly component
{big long number}.

This error occurs when the Microsoft .Net framework is either damaged or missing.

Steps To Fix Problem

Step 1

There are three methods which you will be able to use. "Repair the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 installation" or "Install the .NET Framework version 2.0" or "Reinstall the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1". You will want to choose the method which is most appropriate. I will show you how to do all three.

Step 2

To Repair the Microsoft .Net Framework version 2.0 installation, you will want to
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
2. Under Currently Installed Programs, click Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0, and choose change/remove.
3. Click Repair > Next.

Step 3

If the any version of .Net Framework is not installed on your computer, you will want to download and install the .Net framework of 2.0. To do this go to

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5)

This site is directly from Microsoft so you know it's safe.

Step 4

If you have version 1.1 of the .Net framework, you'll want to remove it and then reinstall it. To do this

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
2. Under Currently Installed Programs, click Microsoft .NET framework 1.1 and click Change/Remove.
3. After this, Click yes to uninstall the program.
4. Then go to this site to reinstall:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3)

Step 5

And if you followed your method correctly, then this should correct error 1935.

Sourcr:- Ehow

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Fix Error 1406

Office 2010: New Features

2010-08-09T20:54:00.000-07:00

I had a feeling that 2010 wasn’t going to be an upgrade to Office like what Windows 7 is to the Windows family. Having said that, Office 2010 Technical Preview does show some promising upgrades. In between giving my exams I did find some time to play around with the leaked version of Office 2010 & found some improvements over Office 2007. One of the biggest additions to Office 2010 will be its online collaboration capabilities I wrote about & we have some proof of that in the current Preview build. Here are some noticeable improvements in the technical Preview build:

1. Built-In Screen Capture Tool:

A really handy addition & at the same time a beautiful implementation of the same. Word & Powerpoint both have the ‘Screenshot’ feature under ‘Insert’ & the useful part is that it caches screen shots of the currently open windows for one-click insert. At the same time also gives you the marquee select option. Screen shot of the ‘Screenshot’ feature:

2. Background Removal Tool (for images):

This is a feature that I’m sure quite a lot of us will be using. A neat addition to picture properties is ‘Background Removal’. To show you the power of this tool, here is an image that I inserted into a Word 2010 document:

And after using the tool this is what I got:

NOTE: No use of Photoshop AT ALL!

The tool also let’s you have certain amount of background left with edges & effects, screen shot:

Here is the Background Removal tool options tab:

3. Protected Mode:

I found this to be a good addition as a feature. Every time you download a document from the internet & open it, Word 2010 will open it in a ‘Protected mode’ that won’t allow you to edit the document unless you enable editing of the document. Screen shot:

You can edit which file types are to be opened in the protect mode from the Trust Center panel. Screenshot:

4. New Smart Art Templates:

I gotta admit, I love ‘Smart Art’. It’s right up there amongst the best features in Office & in Office 2010 there are new templates added. Existing categories have new templates & there’s a new category as well. Screen shot:

5. Author Permissions:

As I had talked about co-authoring a document & collaborating over the Internet will be one of Office 2010’s USPs, the ‘Protect Document’ option under ‘Review’ in Office 2007 has now been renamed to ‘Restrict Editing’ & a new tab titled ‘Block Authors’ has been added. Screen shot of the option in Word 2007 & Word 2010 side-by-side:

6. Completely Revamped Options Under the Office Button:

Office 2010 has introduced a huge a change in the document options that are presented to you under the Office button. One of biggest pains was the meta-data that can be added in a document. Quick access to permissions, document meta-data under document info. With Office 2010 you now have the option of saving your document to a SharePoint location as well. Screen shot:

7. A Kick-Ass Print Control Panel Under the Office Button:

This is a fantastic addition, clicking ‘Print’ under the Office 2010 button opens a plethora of printing options. No need go through a ‘Print Wizard’ you can select all your print options from here & hit print. Screen shot:

8. Jumplists in Outlook 2010:

As you’ll might have seen, Outlook 2010 now makes use of Windows 7’s Jumplist feature for quick access to certain processes. Screen shot:

9. New Splash Screen

You don’t really figure out the awesomeness till you see the close & minimise options & the sleek animation

UPDATE:

10. Powerpoint Gets Word 2007′s Equation Editor & New ‘Action’ Tab

Martin asked in the comments whether Powerpoint 2010 now has the Equation Editor & yes it does. Along with it, there is another tab – ‘Action’ which allows you to configure mouse-click or mouse-hover action of objects. Options include running a Macro or a program amongst others. Screen shot:

PS: I haven’t touched Excel, Access & others yet!

Update #2:

Have been lazing around about updating this post but here are some new features in Powerpoint 2010:

11. Broadcast Presentations To Your Clients:

I say this is one sweet feature! Now you can broadcast your presentations by sending the intended viewer a URL, this works along with Office Live Workspaces & you need an account of the same. Screenshot:

12. Record Slideshows As Videos!

Well, don’t know why this wasn’t there in O2003 or O2007. Screenshot:

13. Inserting & Editing Videos Is Painless & Fun:

I’ll be honest, I never really enjoyed inserting videos in my presentations ‘coz it wasn’t a pleasant experience. It sucked. Not anymore, check out these options, screenshot:

14. Compress Media While Saving Presentations

As shown above, the all new file menu, known as — Backstage gives you options to compress the media files inserted in the presentation to reduce file size, it even gives an esitmate of the presentation size. Screenshot:

15. New Animations & Slide Transitions

My favorite from the new ones is the Gallery transition effect. Another addition to transitions is that the % can be defined. Screenshots:

16. Save File Notification

When closing an unsaved file Office 2010 now lets you know that it has auto-saved a draft. Screenshot:

17. New Icons:

18. Hide Ribbon:

With Office 2010, a cleaner interface has been worked upon. There is now a single-click show/hide option for the Ribbon. Screenshot:

Source:- http://www.beingmanan.com

How to Remove Microsoft Office Home & Student

2010-08-08T22:41:00.000-07:00

There will be times when you need to remove programs, like Microsoft Office Home and Student, from your computer, either because you don't need it anymore or because you want to reinstall it. The Windows operating system contains a feature that removes programs from your computer for you. If the automatic removal feature does not work, Microsoft has a lengthy process that you can try, listed in the Resources section below.

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

Step 1

Click on the Start button and then click "Run."

Step 2

Type "control appwiz.cpl" into the box and press "Enter." A list of all the program on your computer will appear.

Step 3

Click on Microsoft Office Home and Student. Some information about the program will appear, along with a button. Click on the "Remove" button to remove the program from your machine. A box will appear asking you to confirm the removal, just click "Yes" or "Next."

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Step 1

Click on the Start button and type "programs and features" into the search box. Press enter to start the search.

Step 2

Click on "Programs and Feature" listed under the "Programs" header on the list of items that populated. A window will pop up showing a list of all the programs that are installed on your computer.

Step 3

Find "Microsoft Office Home and Student" and right click on it. Choose "Uninstall/Change" from the drop down list. You will have to confirm that you want to uninstall the program, so just click "Yes" or "Next" when prompted. Microsoft Office Home and Student has now been removed from your system

Source:- Ehow.com

Basic Computer Security Tips and Tricks

2010-08-05T21:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some basic computer security tips, that everyone must follow.

Use strong passwords. Choose passwords that are difficult or impossible to guess. Use different passwords to each accounts. Never use your date of birth, vehicle number, license number, parents name, spouse's name as passwords. Try to use a mixture of alphabets, numbers and symbols.
Make regular backups of critical data. Backups must be made at least once each day. Larger organizations should perform a full backup weekly and incremental backups every day. At least once a month the backup media should be verified. You can use one touch backup facilities provided by some of the storage technology vendors. You can also use DVD or CD to backup important data.
Use virus protection software. That means three things: having it on your computer in the first place, checking daily for new virus signature updates, and then actually scanning all the files on your computer periodically.
Use a firewall as a gatekeeper between your computer and the Internet. Firewalls are usually software products. They are essential for those who keep their computers online through the popular DSL and cable modem connections but they are also valuable for those who still dial in.
Do not keep computers online when not in use. Either shut them off or physically disconnect them from Internet connection.
Do not open e-mail attachments from strangers, regardless of how attractive the Subject Line or attachment may be. Be suspicious of any unexpected e-mail attachment from someone you do know because it may have been sent without that person's knowledge from an infected machine.
Regularly download security patches from your software vendors.
Use site advising softwares: Try installing site advising softwares and plugins for your browser.

Source:- http://skvnet.blogspot.com

How to Fix Error 1406

2010-08-04T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when you try to install software, you might get an error known as "Error 1406" saying the system was not able to write into the registry. This occurs when the installer is not able to update the registry file because of write protection. When the user tries to install software without administrative privileges, this error is triggered. This can be solved by obtaining administrative privileges.

Steps Given Below

Step 1
Click "Start" and then "Control Panel" and go to "User Accounts." See if you have administrative privileges. If you do not, restart the system and log-in as administrator.
Step 2
Check whether you have the latest version of Windows installer on your system. To find the version of Windows installer go to the "System32" folder in the Windows directory and find the file "MSI.DLL". Right-click on it and go to "Properties" and check the version. If the version is older than 3, you need to update the installer.
Step 3
Download the latest version of Windows installer from microsoft.com and install using default options. A link to the download is in the Resources section of this article. Restart your system and log in as administrator.
Step 4
Go back to the "System32" folder and check whether the "MSI.DLL" file is updated to the latest version.
Step 5
Install the desired software with administrative rights. If Error 1406 still occurs, the problem is due to a bug in the software. Download a different version of the software and proceed with the installation.

Source:- Ehow.com

Microsoft To Give Office 2010 For Free With Office 2007?

2010-08-03T21:06:00.000-07:00

An untimely post on the company’s US Partner Community portal has accidentally divulged details, though for a short period only, about Microsoft’s promotional tactics for its forthcoming Office 2010 suite, according to the reports.

Ars Technica dug out the details of the premature post from Google’s cache after it was pulled down after a short presence on the web.

The post on “In The Know - Charles Van Heusen's Weblog” comprised details of “Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Programme”, which stated that the customers who would purchase copies of Windows 2007 after 5 March and before 30 September would be entitled for a free upgrade to Office 2010 after it is issued in June 2010.

The customers would be able to upgrade through a DVD or a download, provided that they install and activate Office 2007 by the end of September, and apply for the Office 2010 upgrade by 31st October. Customers looking for upgrade would just need to present Office 2007 Product Key, along with a dated sales receipt, the report added

Apparently, Microsoft was looking to inform its partners about the proposed offer in advance, but it was inadvertently posted for the general public.

The company isn’t seemingly ready to announce the scheme yet. Ars Technica quoted a Microsoft spokesperson as saying, “Microsoft has not disclosed an Office 2010 Technology Guarantee. We have no further comment at this time.”

Source:- http://www.itproportal.com

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Microsoft Office 2010 – Outlook Features & Enhancements

2010-08-02T21:25:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office 2010 Outlook offers you with Productivity enhancements which can seriously amaze you and some of these include Backstage View, Schedule View, Task Notes, Publish Online & Customize Common Tasks. Composing a new email in the Microsoft Outlook is quite easy now because you can easily Attach Files, Check Names, Address Book, adding Signatures. Here is a small demo on how the Compose Message [HTML] sections looks like. You have Permission settings, which would disable the message receiver from forwarding your email and the Tracking feature would allow you to Request a Delivery Receipt & Request a Read Receipt. These options are useful when you are sending emails to your clients and when you want to get notified on when your emails are being delivered and read by them.

Microsoft 2010 Outlook

Microsoft Outlook allows you to connect to your online social network and keep your status activated always. You can easily view contacts from all your networks and connect to them automatically keeping them upto date.

Compose Email Microsoft 2010 Outlook

The print email functions are quite good because you get a direct screen view of whats going to be printed and with a list of all the connected and installed printers along with Print Options.

MS Outlook Print Email

Outlook 2010 with Exchange Server 2010 technology allows you to have voice mail and faxes sent directly to your inbox which means that you can have access to them anywhere in the world be it the computer, Outlook Mobile or Outlook Web Access.

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Microsoft's Office 2010 Complete Guide

Microsoft Outlook Keyboard shortcuts

2010-07-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

Navigation
Switch to Mail	CTRL+1
Switch to Calendar	CTRL+2
Switch to Contacts	CTRL+3
Switch to Tasks	CTRL+4
Switch to Notes	CTRL+5
Switch to Folder List in Navigation Pane	CTRL+6
Switch to next message (with msg open)	CTRL+PERIOD
Switch to previous message (with msg )	CTRL+COMMA
Go to a different folder	CTRL+Y

Create an item or file
Create an appointment	CTRL+SHIFT+A
Create a contact	CTRL+SHIFT+C
Create a distribution list	CTRL+SHIFT+L
Create a folder	CTRL+SHIFT+E
Create a Journal entry	CTRL+SHIFT+J
Create a meeting request	CTRL+SHIFT+Q
Create a message	CTRL+SHIFT+M
Create a note	CTRL+SHIFT+N
Create a task	CTRL+SHIFT+K

All item functions
Save	CTRL+S
Save and close	ALT+S
Save as	F12
Undo	CTRL+Z
Delete an item	CTRL+D
Print	CTRL+P
Check spelling	F7
Forward	CTRL+F
Left align text	CTRL+L
Center text	CTRL+E
Right align text	CTRL+R

Email
Switch to Inbox	CTRL+SHIFT+I
Switch to Outbox	CTRL+SHIFT+O
Send	ALT+S
Reply to a message	CTRL+R
Reply all to a message	CTRL+SHIFT+R
Forward a message	CTRL+F
Mark a message as not junk	CTRL+ ALT+J
Check for new messages	F9
Open the Address Book	CTRL+SHIFT+B
Add a Quick Flag to an unopened msg	INSERT
Mark as unread	CTRL+U

Format Text
Display the Font dialog box	CTRL+SHIFT+P
Switch case (with text selected)	SHIFT+F3
Make letters bold	CTRL+B
Add bullets	CTRL+SHIFT+L
Make letters italic	CTRL+I
Underline	CTRL+U
Increase font size	CTRL+]
Decrease font size	CTRL+[
Cut	CTRL+X
Copy	CTRL+C
Paste	CTRL+V
Insert a hyperlink	CTRL+K

Search
Find a message or other item	CTRL+E
Use Advanced Find	CTRL+SHIFT+F
Expand search to include the desktop	CTRL+ALT+K

Contacts
Find a contact or other item	F3
Select all contacts	CTRL+A

Tasks
Show or hide the To-Do Bar	ALT+F2
Accept a task request	ALT+C
Decline a task request	ALT+D

Office 2010 Diagnostics

2010-07-27T03:52:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office 2010 has been a welcome release from Microsoft this year. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2007, and contains lots of new features. The Microsoft Office Suite 2010 contains a highly polished interface, with good colors and a great work desk. This features also contains a good troubleshooting program, offering extended file compatibility and a much better experience for its users. The Office Suite 2010 is also available for Windows XP Service Pack 3(32bit), Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7. For the first time ever, a 64 bit version of Microsoft Office has been made available to users with the introduction of the Office 2010. The feature also marks the introduction of free online versions of famous Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, which are operational in all the popular browsers, such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Office Suite 2010 also has very refined Office 2010 Diagnostics Tool, which can be used to fix issues and problems that might occur in the Microsoft Office Applications. The Microsoft Office 2010 Diagnostics Tool would initiate a series of tests and checks to straighten out all issues that might arise in your software, and try to fix them. It also provides a step by step guide to fixing such issues, which are highly informative for the user as they can use it to solve their problems anytime they occur. This Diagnostics Tool helps users find flaws and errors and guides them how to get their way around it. The Setup Diagnostic option checks for and corrects all errors and corrupted data in the files as well as the registry entries of the Microsoft Office Suite 2010. Such files might be corrupted by viruses, spamware or malware and can be reinstalled with the help of the Office 2010 Diagnostic Tool. The Disk Diagnostic system is to check with problems that might be associated with the user's hard disk. Such problems might be caused by bad sectors, or the errors that are logged in by Windows itself.

The Memory Diagnostic function checks your computer's Random Access Memory for any kinds of errors or glitches. This Diagnostics Tool also contains an Update Diagnostic, which automatically checks whether your Office applications are up to date and do not require any new additions. It has a link with the Microsoft website, and constantly keeps updating when necessary. The Compatibility Diagnostic checks for versions of Microsoft Outlook which might be installed on your computer, and which might cause errors or conflicts with your system. It removes the previous one and copies all your data into the latest Microsoft Office 2010. The Check For Known Solutions checks the log system for solutions that might be logged in the Microsoft Office which can be used to troubleshoot further problems that might be caused by the Office Suite 2010.

Source:- http://ezinearticles.com

Microsoft's Office 2010 Complete Guide

2010-07-26T00:18:00.000-07:00

The web has been abuzz the past few weeks with chatter about Microsoft’s announcement today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans about the new version of Microsoft Office 2010. There’s even a mini-movie about its debut. Facing potential challenges from Google’s browser-based Apps products and its new Chrome OS, Microsoft has been touting its three screens strategy, which is the ability for products to synchronize across the phone, browser, and desktop, for some time now.

With the release of Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 and Visio 2010, we finally see the implementation of Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s mantra. We had the opportunity to see an in-depth demo of the new suite of products from Microsoft’s Group Product Manager for Office 2010, Chris Bryant. Here’s a complete breakdown of all the functionality that has been added, including screenshots:

The Move To The Browser

Most certainly a direct response to Google Apps, Microsoft is rolling out lightweight, FREE, Web browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. All based in the cloud, the web-based versions of these products have fewer features than their desktop cousins but still give users basic tools to edit and change documents.

PowerPoint 2010

PowerPoint has been upgraded not only with a new browser version, but also a slew of bells and whistles have been added to the desktop version. Users now have the capability of editing video and images within PowerPoint with a basic video editing tool (not so different from the capabilities of iMovie) and an image editing tool, which is like a basic, simple version of Adobe Photoshop. Microsoft has also added the ability for users to launch a WebEx-like live sharing feature with other users. So if you create a slideshow in PowerPoint, you can share it with other people in real-time (which can be run on top of Sharepoint).

Here’s what the video editing tools look like in PowerPoint:

To share a deck with other users, you send an email to individuals with a link. Once they click the link, they will see the slideshow within the browser. This feature can also be used on a mobile phone’s browser. You can also create a slideshow in the desktop version and then publish it to the web version to access it via the browser. The browser version of PowerPoint doesn’t include the video editing features, but most of the functionality of 2008 is included in the browser version.

Excel 2010

Excel spreadsheets can now run in the browser, and similar to PowerPoint, spreadsheets can be published to the browser via the desktop version. The browser version of Excel has limited features, but offers more in-depth functionality than Google Spreadsheets. Microsoft has added a particularly innovative feature called Sparklines, which gives a visual snapshot image of a data trend over time within a cell. You can also share Excel via the browser with other users and set special permissions on who can access the document.

Here’s what the web version of Excel looks like:

Word 2010

Bryant says that the number one piece of feedback from users producing documents on Microsoft Word is that they want to preserve the look and feel of a document created in the desktop version in the browser. Microsoft calls this “document fidelity” and created the browser version of MS Word accordingly. In the browser, documents retain the same look and feel as in the desktop. The browser version still has the “ribbon user interface,” where you can change fonts, size, formatting, styles etc.

An image of the web version of Word:

Microsoft has also updated the desktop version to have collaborative features so that multiple users can be editing a document at once. This collaboration is not available in the web version, unfortunately. Microsoft says that users don’t want this feature but this might be a move to protect the Office revenue model.

When two people are editing the same document (in the desktop version) at the same time, Word will notify each user when there are changes that need to be synced with their document. The copy/paste function of the desktop version has also received an upgrade, where you can see see a live preview for the paste function. The paste function also has an advanced option to create and insert screenshots. To make moving around a long document easier, Word now has a visual navigation pane and section header breakdown which makes it easy to jump around different sections of a document.

Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 now has a ribbon user interface, like Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The UI of email conversations has been upgraded to look almost like a message tree, allowing users a more visual view of sent and incoming emails. Search functionality has been improved as well, making it much easier to find content. Also, you can preview calendars in emails and choose to ignore selective email conversations.

Sharepoint 2010

Like Outlook, Sharepoint now gets a ribbon UI, making the document-hosting product more similar to Microsoft’s flagship products, like Word. You can tag authors of documents now and can share documents and files more easily.

Microsoft says that its browser versions have been tested on all major browsers aside from internet Explorer, including Firefox and Safari. Office 2010 is still being tested and reworked to function on Chrome. Microsoft also announced that it is streamlining the number of Office editions from eight to five. Office Web applications will be available in three ways: through Windows Live, where consumers will have access to Office Web applications at no cost; via on-premises versions; and via Microsoft Online Services, where customers will be able to purchase a subscription of MS Office. Microsoft says Office 2010 will be available in the first half of next year.

The key part of all of this news is the free, browser-based versions of Microsoft’s most popular Office products. Bryant says that Microsoft expects the browser products to be especially popular amongst student, but I think that the web-based applications will be hugely popular in the enterprise space as well, as long as there are security precautions taken to put documents in a secure part of the cloud.

But as more and more businesses are becoming comfortable with trusting cloud environments, Microsoft’s move to the browser could pay off in a big way, especially because it’s so easy to use both the desktop and browser versions of products interchangeably. The more successful Microsoft is in its browser strategy, the more they validate Google’s approach in the space, which will eventually put price pressure on Office.

Source:- http://techcrunch.com

Microsoft Office 2010 Minimum System Requirements

2010-07-06T02:35:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office 2010 suite should be out in few months from now. We have already seen official MS Office price and versions list. MS Office 2010 has lot of new features to play around with. If you are planning to use Office 2010, make sure your existing computer meet minimum requirements to run this software. Following should answer the basic question, “Can I install new MS office 2010 on my old PC?”

Basic MS Office 2010 Hardware requirements

MS Office 2010 has good bump feature-wise and does not require any special hardware specifications. Basic requirements include:

- Intel Pentium III processor, 500 MHz
- 256 MB PC100 SDRAM
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3, Vista, 7

Can I install Office 2010 on existing PC?

Of course, you can! If you are already using MS Office 2007 version, then you can install Office 2010 without any issue. Also, in majority of cases you can install Office 2010 on PCs with existing Office 2003 software.

Above table show the requirements for different version of MS Office. In most cases, installing Office 2010 on exisiting PC will be smooth!

Hard disk & Operating system support

Office 2010 will take more hard drive space to install and function on your computer -1.5 GB more disk space will be required. Table below show operating system support for Office 2010.

These are basic requirements, if your PC has more RAM – expect Office application to run even faster. Also, if your computer is equipped with advanced graphic card (processor) – then relish graphics and video presentation features in MS PowerPoint. If PC does not have graphic card (processor), you can still use Office 2010 minus fancy effects in MS Powerpoint application.

Source:- http://www.tothepc.com/archives/ms-office-2010-minimum-system-requirements/

Online PC Repair Concept

2010-03-25T22:25:00.000-07:00

When your PC behaves strangely like applications taking longer to launch, computer is running very slow etc., it indicates that your PC demands repair. For repairing your computer, you can contact any technical service provider. But it would be beneficial for you, if you contact an online service provider.
Online service providers offer a wide range of services at variant rates. iYogi Technical Services is one of them. iYogi offers round- -the-clock PC support and a variety of services at an affordable price. Some of the services offered through online support for PC repair are enlisted below:
• Installation, un-installation, re-installation of software
• Troubleshooting computer hardware and software errors
• Configuring settings of different applications
• PC Optimization
In addition to all the aforementioned services, many services are also offered through remote support. In online support, you just have to contact any remote service provider and they can reach out to you at the comfort of your home or office. Any tech expert from your service provider will remotely access your PC after taking your permission.
After accessing your system, tech experts will diagnose your system with great care in order to find out the root cause behind the occurrence of these technical issues. After diagnosing your system, the tech expert will carry out the necessary steps in order to repair your PC. In this manner, your PC gets repaired without any pain of transportation.
In case, you take your PC to any service centre, it would take roughly around three to four days to get it repaired and you will have to pay every time you go there. But this is not the case with online support; you just have to pay once and you can access unlimited services for the specified time. If you call any technician at your premises, you have to pay an extra amount for the services. So, it would be better to say that online technical support for PC repair is more beneficial as compared to on-site tech support.

Trojan Removal

2010-03-16T22:54:00.000-07:00

Trojan is basically a software program that can perform enviable functions on your computer. In addition to this, it offers the facility to intruders to easily access your system. Trojans can get entry into your system from many methods, such as e-mail attachments, software downloads, etc.
Once any Trojan gets entry into your system, it allows remote access of your system to hacker. After getting access to your system, hacker can perform various tasks like, stealing your confidential information, installation of software, deletion or modification of files, keystroke logging, etc.
You can scan your system with Windows Live OneCare safety scanner in order to get information about malicious programs installed on your system. This scanner consists of various scan types and you can select any scan for your system. Its protection scan will check your system for Trojans viruses and other malicious software.
In addition to this, it will check for the open ports of your computer, which can make your system more vulnerable to online threats. After scanning, it will produce a report, which contains the number of files scanned, the number of infected files found, the type of infection and virus name, the number of common open ports, etc.
Another scan type of Windows Live OneCare safety scanner is clean up scan, which will find out the redundant temporary files of your system. Tune up scan will provide you the information about your hard disk drive. After scanning your system with Windows Live OneCare safety scanner, you can remove Trojans with Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.
This tool can check the systems running Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 for infections and can also remove these infections. When its detection and removal process gets complete, it will display a report, which will contain information about all the malicious software detected and removed.

Make your Computer Fit and Healthy

2010-03-15T21:42:00.000-07:00

At times your computer behaves strangely like, taking much time in launching applications, automatically shutting down, hard disk becomes inaccessible, etc. Under such circumstances, it is required that you should go for proper computer repair services.
In past some days, I was in need of taking technical support from a service provider. Then one of my friends suggested me to subscribe to iYogi’s computer repair services. . After accessing their exceptional tech support services, All I got was a fast performing computer running as fast as the first time I bought it.
Features
You will receive a lot of services while accessing online support for computer repair. Some of them are enlisted as:
• Installation, re-installation, and un-installation of software
• Diagnostic & repair of the hardware issues
• Troubleshooting software errors
• Optimizing your PC’s speed and performance
• Resolving driver conflicts
• Resolving Internet browsing problems
After accessing online support for your computer, it will become fit and healthy once again.
Usability
When you will subscribe to remote support for repairing your computer, then you just have to give your permission to access your system to its tech expert. After accessing your system, tech expert will diagnose your technical issues; and will carry out the necessary steps, in order to resolve your technical issues.
Limitation
If you opt for remote support for computer repair, then you do not have to take pain of transportation. But in on-site support, you either have to carry your system to any service centre or you have to call any technician at your premises.
At last, I suggest you to take remote support from iYogi Technical Services, because it offers unlimited support in a fixed price.

Windows 7 Data Recovery

2010-03-11T20:59:00.000-08:00

Features
There may be manual fault or some unavoidable circumstances related with technical issues, when you lost your important home or business files (such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Bkf, Zip), e-mails, photos, music and other rare things.
Although this happens very rarely, but the data once lost can take long time to recover or may be not be recovered at all, so there should be adequate management for data backup to assure that you access important files and folders anytime.
You would be considering me too much obscene, but I have suffered from data lost on my Windows 7 computer recently, that’s why I want to discuss with you about some important data recovery methods for Windows 7 and you must add the data recovery agent.
First I want to tell you about prevention, because it is an old saying that “prevention is better than cure”. As you do Ctrl+S with your word document every time to ensure it is saved regularly, similarly you should make a practice to take data backup of your hard drive memory on an external hard disk or other optical device, which can be used to combat such situations.
Next, when you are trapped under the situation and you don’t left with much of options, then Windows 7 recovery software is a better alternative. Some of the best recovery software available in the market are Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.1, Advance Windows 7 Data Recovery Software and Recover My Files data recovery software.

Usability
Windows 7 data recovery software can effectively restore or recover entire data of your hard disk including deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, infection with computer viruses, and unexpected system shutdown or software failure. You can also recover your data, which is located in corrupted partition, such asFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS & NTFS5 of Windows 7 based hard drive. Windows 7 data recovery software are also compatible enough for recovering data from other types of data storage media such as floppy drives, flash drives, USB digital media, pen drive, zip drive, memory stick, multimedia card, secure digital card & many more.
Limitation
Data recovery is not possible with Windows 7 Recovery tools if it has been physically overwritten by low level disk format. You may face issues while recovering files located on hard disk which is well encrypted.

How to Repair Windows XP Without Losing Data?

2010-03-09T21:45:00.000-08:00

Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. It was released in 2001 and has been the most popular operating system all over the world.
If your computer is not working properly then, you might need to repair or format your computer. Repairing a computer will fix the corrupt operating system, and it will not delete your data. Follow these steps to repair Windows XP computer without any data loss:
Step 1: Firstly, you need to insert the XP CD into CD drive and restart your computer. As computer shuts down, keep pressing DELETE to enter the BIOS setup. In the BIOS setup, set the 'First Boot device' to CD-ROM and exit saving these settings.

Step 2: Now, your Windows XP computer will restart and a message will appear saying 'press any key to boot from CD'. Press space bar or any other key to continue.

Step 3: Next, you have to wait for few minutes as setup will inspect your hardware and Windows on computer. Setup will also load some necessary files to repair the Windows XP computer.

Step 4: Now you have to press F8 to accept the Windows XP license agreement, and then you have to select the drive which you want to repair. There may be more that 1 drives in some cases, then you can select the drive by using UP/DOWN arrow keys to select the drive which you wish to repair.

Step 5: Now, setup will examine the drive which you have selected and will go through 1 to 100% and a new window will appear on screen, hit F3 to continue and setup will reboot the Windows XP computer.

If you follow the above steps, you can repair your computer without any data loss.

Home Computer Repair with Save Money and Time

2010-03-07T21:47:00.000-08:00

Nowadays, computer has become mandatory equipment for every home. Therefore, it is important to take care of computer’s health for its prolonged life.
Most of the problems faced by computers are simple and common in nature. There causes too, are more or less similar. Some basic issues are computer freezing, blue-screen error, no sound, auto restart, etc
You can easily resolve the above mentioned issues, if you take some important steps. Microsoft has enriched its operating system with memory management tools like Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter, which can take care of your computer’s memory. These are easy to execute even without much of computer knowledge. These utility organize your important files and remove the temporary and unwanted files, which are created while uninstalling and installing a program. This helps to create more space on your hard disk. These applications provide you a detailed report about your hard disk and help you take the right decision about your hard disk and we offer a computer support service so you can fix PC problems with our advice.
You should also check Windows start up programs, to repair your computer against slow performance. There can be lot of programs, which are not required or are outdated. You should remove those applications from your computer’s hard disk. In addition to that scan your computer with a compatible registry cleaner tool, which can fix Windows registry related issues.
To ensure good speed over Internet, you must delete your browser cookies on regular basis and also modem driver should be updated, if required.
In addition, you should ensure that you have a good antivirus protection, because viruses make your computer vulnerable towards other damages. This can lead to blue screen error, slow performance of computer, and hard disk crash. Above all, you should keep regular data back of your important files, so that you can combat any situation of data loss.

Resolved Windows XP Problems

2010-03-02T22:27:00.000-08:00

Undoubtedly, Windows XP is a good operating system. But sometimes you may find certain issues with your computer running on Windows XP OS. Some of the randomly discovered issues are slow startup, SVCHOST.EXE error, blue-screen error, slow internet browsing, registry related error, shutdown issues, generic host WIN32 error and upgrade issue.
Most random issues of your Windows XP, like slow boot performance, slow browsing, blue-screen are easy to fix, with some basic tips and tricks. They just need your proper attention. For example, you should be habitual of defragmenting your hard disk on regular basis, scanning your PC with effective virus scanner every month, cleaning your windows registry with registry cleaner tool. Also don’t open any e-mail attachment, which comes from unknown destination, because it might be a source of virus. Keep your anti-virus program updated and to get effective results, contact your tech support provider without any delay.
When you keep working for a long time on your computer, your hard disk get cluttered with innumerous temporary files, Windows registry get flooded with invalid entries as a consequence of which, your system starts freezing or becomes totally unstable. You can fix hard disk related issues of your Windows XP, by using the disk defragmenter tool available in System Tools. You can access it as: Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter. You can customize the tool to do partial or complete defragmentation. The process takes some time, so have patience.
To counteract the invalid entries in your XP operating system, you can go for online registry cleaner software, which can automatically fix Windows XP’s registry. You can also perform manual tweaking of corrupted Windows registries, if you are confident with your tech skills. The Windows XP Support platform is a comprehensive and resilient operating system for the Home and Business PC user.
However, if you fail to fix any of the Windows XP issues, you can contact some authentic organization, which is offering support for Windows XP. For regular support you can avail some suitable subscription too.