Jeremy's World of Random Stuff : Microsoft Office

It’s an Ideal World!

jpalmer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:33:55 GMT

I’ve always had a hidden desire to appear on a home shopping channel, and I got my chance this weekend. I appeared 4 times on Ideal World with MESH computers to demonstrate Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 as part of the “Pick of the Day" this weekend.

I got to work with Janice, Ideal World’s guest technology presenter who did a great job of showing off the wonders of Windows Vista Home Premium in all of its glory. Here are a few photos from my 2 days spent in snowy Peterborough!

Microsoft Office Live Workspace

jpalmer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:57:51 GMT

Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta is a free Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that enables people to access their documents online and easily share their work and collaborate with others

Anywhere Access

Store over 1,000 Microsoft Office documents and other files (500 MB available) in a password-protected location on the Internet and access them from almost any Internet-connected computer (full Firefox support for PC & Mac)
View Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint or PDF documents, even if Microsoft Office is not on the computer you are using
Keep Web-based lists (eg to-do lists, guest lists and wish lists) and ad hoc notes so that they are available when needed

Share and Collaborate With Others

Share a single document or a collection of documents; you control who has access to the areas of your workspace
Give editing or view-only rights to those with whom you share access, with full document versioning and time-stamping
Track workspace activities with the new activity panel and receive notifications when changes are made in the workspace
Use Microsoft SharedView beta to work with others in real time and share applications

Extend the Microsoft Office Experience

Open and save files directly to your workspace from Microsoft Office XP, 2003 or 2007
Automatically synchronise Contact, Tasks and Event lists with Outlook 2003 and 2007 so you are always up to date
Export any workspace list to Excel to archive list content or simply take it offline

Outlook for Photographers

jpalmer — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:31:08 GMT

We've just released a very cool plug-in for Microsoft Office Outlook for Photographers called Microsoft Pro Photoshoot. This plug-in allows any photographer to create a list of their clients and equipment in Outlook and will help ensure that the right equipment arrives at the right shoot. Read more about it.

It's Here - Microsoft Office Accounting

jpalmer — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:45:26 GMT

The long awaited Microsoft Office Accounting product has now landed in the UK. Microsoft Office Accounting will help the large majority of small business move from paper / pencil, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, Excel, to a more comprehensive business management solution. The Express version is free of charge and can be downloaded from www.msofficeaccounting.co.uk. The Professional version can be purchased for £149.99 and includes additional functionality such as inventory, job costing and multiuser support.

Free 2007 Microsoft Office System Training for IW, MBS and ISV Partners

jpalmer — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:14:39 GMT

We've launched a new initiative to help Microsoft Certified Partners holding the Information Worker, Microsoft Business Solutions or Independent Software Vendor competencies get up to speed on the new Office platform. Microsoft is investing an incremental US$5 million to get this initiative off the ground.

For more information visit http://iwaccelerator.com.

Live Search Maps for Outlook

jpalmer — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:56:31 GMT

Here's a nifty little add-in which allows you to add maps to your meeting requests and emails. This will save me hours of fun printing directions to the numerous meetings that I travel the country for to attend. Download from http://outlook.maps.live.com.

Add maps and directions to your meeting requests – and much more!

See maps in road, aerial, bird’s-eye, and amazing 3D views!*
Calculate travel distances between locations and adjust your departures based on estimated travel times.
Create meeting reminders that block off estimated travel time in your calendar.
Print maps and directions “to go”, then save the details for viewing when you’re offline.
Use real-time traffic updates to help you avoid accident or rush-hour delays and find the best routes.*
Find locations close to your meeting on the Live Search Maps Web site.
Store your custom locations.

* Bird’s-eye view, 3D view, and traffic updates are available in many major U.S. cities. For 3D view, you must have Virtual Earth 3D (Beta) installed on your computer. For traffic availability, visit the Live Search Maps Web site, and on the action bar, click Traffic.
Note: This product is compatible only with U.S. English versions of Outlook (Office Language Interface Packs and Multilingual User Interface Packs are not supported).
For more information, see the Live Search Maps for Outlook Web site.

Live Meeting 2005 Add-In Pack Updated

jpalmer — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:50:20 GMT

For those of you lucky enough to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting, you can now download an updated add-in pack that works with Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. I'm a happy chap again now as I can schedule Live Meetings directly from my Outlook 2007 client.

Role Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites

jpalmer — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:04:06 GMT

You may have heard of the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Model which provides the foundation for RoleTailored, the new user-experience designing approach. One of the core goals of RoleTailored is making sure that users get the right information, at the right time, in the right format, that is relevant to them. One of the great ways to deliver relevant information is to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server delivers the "my" site, which is just what it says on the tin, a site which is relevant to the user. I use my "my" site to hold information which is relevant to me, such as important documents, my Outlook calendar and core reports. You can download role based templates for Ken the Controller / Financial Analyst and Michael the Account Manager which offer a starting point for building a RoleTailored SharePoint page for those users.