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Crabby’s holiday survival guide

OfficeOnline — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Thanksgiving is nearly upon us and I’ve written a column about the holidays— yes those holidays— making their entrance this time of year, dragging along cheer, gluttony, and in-laws. But before you've wassailed yourself into a stupor, read my column called...(read more)

Top Templates: Christmas Present Shopping List

OfficeOnline — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Today's template is a Christmas Present Checklist for OneNote 2003 by Jo-Anne Handley. Jo-Anne hasn’t submitted any other templates to our site, but there are plenty of other Gift Shopping Lists to choose, for different applications. You can download...(read more)

Early Reviews of Office 2010 Beta

OfficeOnline — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:00 GMT

eWeek.com states: Office 2010 Beta Performs with Striking Stability and Polish and drills deeper into Word, Excel, and Access. bMighty gives us a slideshow of 12 new features in the suite and their take on them. ZDNet UK summaries their lengthy review...(read more)

Bing beefs up: 900 video channels plus math

OfficeOnline — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Oscar Wilde said "I can resist anything except temptation." Since Bing launched, I've succumbed to the links in the daily photos and ended up deep in sites like Wikipedia, imagining faraway locales. I've also tried Bing travel for real trips, Bing images,...(read more)

Top Templates: Creative Out of Office Message

OfficeOnline — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:00 GMT

This being a holiday week, we thought we’d offer something different: a Creative Out Of Office Message submitted by our very own Crabby Office Lady . You can download this template now , or get more free templates or free clip art & photos from Office.com....(read more)

Office OFFline comic pick of the week for 11/20/09

OfficeOnline — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

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Facebook: What Office program are you?

OfficeOnline — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:00 GMT

For yesterday’s release of the Office 2010 Beta (download a free suite here ), our marketing pals have come up with this Facebook app that analyses what kind of app you—and your friends—are. Me? I’m OneNote. Which is good. I like that fit. What are you?...(read more)

Top Templates: Grocery Shopping List

OfficeOnline — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT

This should come in handy, a Grocery Shopping List , by meals, for Excel 2007 submitted by Devin Rupert . You can download this template now , or get more free templates or free clip art & photos from Office.com. Have you created a great template?...(read more)

Demystifying a few computer terms

OfficeOnline — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

It's come to my attention that some of you (who shall remain nameless thanks to my own sense of restraint and corporate responsibility) have been left behind in the world of computing. Let's just assume — for the time it takes to read this post — that...(read more)

Office 2010 Beta is here

OfficeOnline — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:00 GMT

Well, what does that mean? 1) Anyone can download and work with the latest versions of Office 2010 for free in this testing phase. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/ to download them. 2) Lots of cool things will pop-up and you can monitor and...(read more)

"Mesmerizing" Visio film noir

OfficeOnline — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:58:00 GMT

Instructional video meets film noir in the Harrison Clarity series about Microsoft Visio--a series that's more "whodunit" than "how to." Tom Johnson, in his popular blog " I'd rather be writing ," describes the results as " mesmerizing ." Writers Harry...(read more)

Top Templates: Thanksgiving Invitation

OfficeOnline — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:01:00 GMT

Today's template is a PowerPoint 2007 Thanksgiving invitation, created by Templates by Lory . You can download this template now , or get more free templates or free clip art & photos from Office.com. Have you created your own templates? Submit them...(read more)

Water on the Moon!

OfficeOnline — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:48:00 GMT

They found water on the moon ! How cool is that? I was just on tweetdeck checking the technology news when NASA's announcement started popping up all over the place like meerkats on espresso. If it were Monday I'd tie this back into Office somehow, but...(read more)

Office OFFline comic pick of the week for 11/13/09

OfficeOnline — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Office OFFline comic pick this week was inspired by all the ways that SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) has affected our lives these days. Have you been able to find happiness? What keywords did you use? tweetmeme_style = 'compact';...(read more)

Top Templates: Weekly Employee Shift Schedule

OfficeOnline — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:18:00 GMT

Today's template is a Weekly Employee Shift Schedule Template submitted by Business Management Systems for Excel 2007. You can download this template now , or get more free templates or free clip art & photos from Office.com. Submit your own templates...(read more)