I've made a big deal about the new user interface that Microsoft is prepping for its upcoming Office 12 suite of productivity applications. And now that I've had the chance to play with Office 12 Beta 1 for a few weeks, I'm even more sold on the...
At the September 2005 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, Office 12 was the surprise hit of the show. This is doubly impressive when you consider that the attendees had come largely to find out about Windows Vista, Microsoft's...
Part 1: Installation
Part 2: Word 12
Part 3: Excel 12
Part 4: PowerPoint 12
Part 5: FrontPage 12
Part 6: OneNote 12
Part 7: InfoPath 12
Part 8: Publisher 12
Part 9: Access 12
Part 7: Outlook 1...
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft previewed a coming generation of Internet-based services that will tie into the company's two dominant software families, Windows and Microsoft Office. Dubbed Windows Live and Office Live, respectively, these two...
Credit the Office team at Microsoft for becoming the surprise hit of PDC (Professional Developer Conference 2005 (see my exhaustive coverage): Despite being billed as a coming out party for Windows Vista (see my activity center), PDC 2005 was...
After several years of virtual stagnation, Web-based email solutions jumped to life again last year when Google announced that its free GMail service would offer users 2 GB of email storage space. For established companies like Microsoft/MSN and...
As an IT pro, your biggest concern when considering alternatives to Microsoft Office is probably making sure the alternative product can access data in existing Office documents and in documents from business partners. Office supports two groups...
