Re: OT - some useful info
- From: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 19:50:38 -0500
I notice that although you posted 10 KB of copyrighted material in the NG,
you snipped the copyright notice. It would have been much more "useful" to
post a link to http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx, where
users can get the information "straight from the horse's mouth."
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Cynthia" <CynthiaBecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 1. OFFICE 12 MOVES TO MORE XML
> The news about the next version of Office, aka Office 12, continues even
> though the release is probably a year away.
>
> Unlike most of these announcements, this one has some substance and it
looks
> like good news. Therefore it deserves to get some coverage here in Office
> Watch.
>
> In Office 2003 you have the choice of a native document format for Word
and
> Excel - the .doc and .xls that we're long used to. There is also the
little
> used OfficeML formats - an XML version of the document formats.
>
> In Office 12 those OfficeML formats will be revised to include ZIP
> compression to make the documents smaller than the current OfficeML
formats
> and also the native formats. In theory this means you won't have to worry
> about compressing a document before emailing it - the document itself will
> already be compressed.
>
> OfficeML in Office 12 will be the default document format. Of course
you'll
> be able to open documents created with earlier versions of Office and
> Microsoft has said it will release a filter so Office 2003 and earlier
> versions will be able to open the new OfficeML format.
>
> For many people this change will go largely unnoticed unless you do a mass
> conversion of existing documents and there is a significant disk space
> saving.
>
> But if OfficeML lives up to expectations (and that's always a big if with
> Redmond product promises) then we could see a new range of document
> extendibility and compatibility.
>
> While I would not go so far as to say this is 'exciting' news (as
Microsoft
> is wont to say) it certainly is interesting for all sorts of reasons. So
> much so that we'll devote much of an upcoming Office Watch to this
> announcement. That's once we've read all the announcements in depth and
> peppered Microsoft with questions <g>.
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> 3. OFFICE PASSWORD RECOVERY
> There's plenty of tools out there to unlock a password protected document
> including the long-time Office Watch supporter
http://www.lostpassword.com/
> but it's always nice to see new players in a software market.
>
> Intelore has a series of recovery tools for Word, Excel, Access and
Outlook
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> http://www.intelore.com/password-recovery.php
>
> Some passwords can be recovered quickly because they are not that well
> stored but for Word and Excel it can take some time as the recovery
program
> goes through the millions of possible combinations.
>
> Password recovery is a touchy subject with some people who think its main
> purpose is to spy on others. While it's true such tools can be applied to
> nefarious purposes, they are mostly used by the document's original owner.
> Either the author has forgotten the password or has left the company
leaving
> documents behind that cannot be opened.
>
> Our advice regards most security devices is that it stops "honest" people
> from accessing things that they shouldn't. Those who are serious about
> computer security don't rely solely on password-protecting documents, and
> other measures need to be taken to prevent unauthorized access.
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> productivity:
> * Attachment Save - automatically saves attachments to a Windows folder
> * Contact Duplicates Eliminator - easily remove duplicate contacts
> * Add Email Address - automatically add people you reply to as contacts
> * Plus 27 other Outlook add-ins
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> 4. OUTLOOK PICTURE VIEWER
> Microsoft adds a nuisance to Office and there's usually someone out there
> ready to provide a solution ...
>
> In Outlook you get an email with more than one image attachments - that's
> fine except you have to open each one individually. You can't select more
> than one attachment and open them all at once.
>
> There is the option to save the images to a folder then open them but not
to
> do it directly from Outlook.
>
> Outlook Picture Viewer http://www.outlookpictureviewer.com/ works by
> intercepting the file association for image formats like JPG and GIF then
> passing your viewing request along to the image viewer of your choice. As
> long as that viewer has the ability to view more than one image (Windows
> Picture viewer does but others like MS Picture Editor does not) you'll get
a
> single window open with all the selected images available.
>
> It seems to work nicely and the FAQ covers the configuration options for
> various incarnations of Office and Windows. $9.95 for the registered
> version isn't a lot to ask if this is a particular nuisance for you.
There
> is a shareware trail version available.
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> 5. EASY MAIL MERGE
> Word has had powerful mail merge facilities ever since Winword v1 - and
> since then mail merge has become much easier to use with features like
> merging added as well.
>
> But Word mail merge is still a rocky road for most people and there's
> definitely a market for add-ons like Easy Mail Merge from DS Development.
>
> Some of the listed features are in Word itself but others are welcome
> improvements. The conditions options are much easier to understand than
the
> complex Word options.
>
> With anti-spam provisions in place you have to be a little discreet about
> sending out many emails at the one time. Easy Mail Merge gives you the
> option to schedule an email run for a later time or spread the mailing out
> over a period of time.
>
> Sadly there's no trial version but you can check out the details at
> http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/mail_merge.html
>
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> 6. LICENSING MICROSOFT FONTS
> We all get the standard Microsoft fonts with Windows and Office with the
> right to use them in our documents and emails. But developers cannot use
> the same fonts in their applications without a special licence.
>
> Ascender now has permission from Microsoft to license their high-quality
> fonts to developers. This includes the MS Office fonts like Arial,
Century
> and Wingdings.
>
>
http://ascenderfonts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=AF&Affiliate=officewatch
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