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Where is it? Navigating Office ribbon commands

The marketing team has produced three great tools for helping you find commands in the ribbon for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Click on the Start the Guide link to launch the interactive tools. These tools visually show you how to find commands from the Read More...
Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 10:37 PM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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Submit your own community template!

I recently stumbled across some interesting work done by our Office Online team. They allow YOU to submit non-code Word, Excel, and PowerPoint templates to Office Online. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/FX100595491033.aspx?pid=CL100632981033 Read More...
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 4:15 PM by Clint Covington | 6 Comments
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Seattle PI article "Microsoft Office 2007 sales twice that of previous version"

These quotes are nice to see. I'm also hearing from online communities an dramatic increase in posts on the new version. Microsoft Office 2007 sales twice that of previous version Microsoft Corp.'s new Office 2007 software produced almost twice the revenue Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:50 AM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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The New York Times "Purging Bloat to Fashion Sleek Software"

NY Times has an good article about the new Office redesign. Nearly these articles are turning out really positive... Nice to see. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/technology/18pogue.html?ex=1169874000&en=46b182d68b8d6444&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS Read More...
Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 10:40 PM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments
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The 20 Most Innovative Products of the Year - Office 2007 Tops PC Worlds List!

When we started talking about the ribbon everyone knew it was a huge bet. It is nice to get some props! Here is what they have to say: "Innovation? Microsoft? Yes, we were surprised, too, but the Redmond giant's latest upgrade of the world's most popular Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:24 PM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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Wall Street Journal's (Walt Mossberg) take on the ribbon

Walt Mossberg an often critical voice about Microsoft products has published his review of the ribbon in the Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116786111022966326-mRGBGB2hIZH7SbdbE2Bg7YVHTDE_20070202.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:02 AM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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Free 60 day trial download of Office 2007

Here is a link to a free 60 day trial download of Office 2007 programs. http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US As you know, Access is in the professional version. For those of you outside the US , you need to use the following URL's: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:50 PM by Clint Covington | 6 Comments
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SharePoint Server Review in CRN

I just came across a nice article about SharePoint on CRN. http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=193700573 They did a good job summarizing the Excel Services that are part of the MOSS server "Users can now publish interactive Read More...
Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 9:27 AM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments

PC Mag's Editors Choice - 4.5 out of 5 Stars!

PC Mag just released a review of Office 2007. They gave Office a 4.5 out of 5 stars. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2052256,00.asp I love this quote: " Once you get past the few minutes needed to navigate the new Ribbon interface, you'll wonder Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:27 AM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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First reviews on Office 12 are available

It is always fun to see your work get press! PCMag just published a review on Office 12 with few paragraphs about our favorite product, Access. Here is my favorite quote: "With some slick productivity enhancements and a completely new interface, Microsoft Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:48 AM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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Office Live is coming...

This is a service designed for small businesses. It uses SharePoint as a large part of the service. From that Access perspective, I think this is a great thing for Access 12. As you know, Access 12 has many rich integration features with SharePoint. Looking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:58 PM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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