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We've been patiently waiting to talk with you about what we've been working on for the last two years, and the wait is over. Today we'll introduce Word 2010 at a very high-level, and then dig deeper and deeper into specific topics and features in the
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Quick FYI. Frequent Word Team Blog blogger Joannie Stangeland started up a vodcast series called A Writer's Guide to Microsoft Office . The vodcast is currently stepping through the scenario of creating a manuscript in Word 2007 (how to pull together
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Update: Links updated to v1.0 version of the tool [12.4.08 5pm PST] As someone who cares a lot about programmability in Word, I'm always looking for ways to showcase how powerful our object model is, and how it can be used to build really great solutions.
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If you know anyone who uses Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2004 for Mac, please let them know that the Mac version of the Compatibility Pack is now available. From the download page: "[The] Open XML Converter allows you to convert Open XML files that were
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Following up on Jon’s blog about questions that we are not posting about on our team’s blog, I wanted to share a new resource that just went live a few weeks ago. The new resource is called Community Clips and can be found at http://communityclips.officelabs.com/
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If you have a graduation coming-up you may enjoy the following brand new templates on Office Online. They include all sorts of goodness from grad announcements, to grad invitations, to grad photo albums [image below] and grad thank you cards. Graduation
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I have the pleasure, perhaps honor :), of being the principal editor of a revised version of the RTF file format specification. The focus of this revision is interoperability with Microsoft Word, RichEdit and all those other programs that support the
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Last week we had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with eleven of the most knowledgeable Word users in the world. Specifically, eleven of the thirty-five Word MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) came from all over the world to chat with the Word
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Two interesting links to check-out: The Office Migration Planning Manager : The Office Migration Planning Manager is a collection of tools which ease migration to the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Specifically for Word 2007, the OMPM includes the Version
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Today is the 'consumer launch' of not only the 2007 Office system but also Vista (not to be confused with the November '06 'business launch' of the 2007 Office system). This means that starting today you'll start to see these shiny new Office & Vista
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If you author Rich Text Format (RTF) based solutions, or if you would like to learn more about how Word 2007 writes RTF :) , check-out the recently released Word 2007 RTF Spec . Also, check-out http://thenewpaperclip.com/ for some great tips, tricks,
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We've talked about the compatibility of Word's new default file format (.docx) with previous versions of Office and Office for Mac, but what about compatibility with Windows Mobile? Will you be able to read and edit .docx files on the go? Yes. Pocket
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In a previous post on the Compatibility Pack , I mentioned that a similar compatibility experience will be available to Office for Mac users. Yesterday, The Office for Mac Team Blog posted with more specifics on the release of these converters . In short:
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Fun fact: It was almost exactly thirty years ago (11/26/76) that the trade name, Microsoft, was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico. The spelling of the name was kicked around for almost a year beforehand, varying from
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Today marks the business launch of the 2007 Office system (e.g. the software is available to businesses). A blog has been setup to capture all the goodness of the actual launch event (thoughts, sights, sounds) and can be found here . Give it a look. -
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