The Office Live Guy

Office Live can help when working from home

tkimber — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:24:57 GMT

As someone who does work from home sometimes - admittedly mostly during evenings and weekends :-), it’s always interested to read about how Microsoft technologies can help. I came across these two articles which provide some useful pointers : Make a good...(read more)

Use Publisher to build an Office Live website

tkimber — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:04:04 GMT

At last week’s Business Startup Show , several visitors asked if they could use various website editing tools with Office Live. The answer is a resounding ‘Yes’. The beauty of Office Live is that you start with the basic templates, which are very easy...(read more)

How to get Office Web Apps on Windows Live

tkimber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:21:00 GMT

Now that the Beta of Office 2010 is publicly available, anyone can try the Office Web Apps on Windows Live as follows : 1) Download the Office 2010 beta , installing it onto your PC 2) Save a document to SkyDrive from Office 2010 : Open or create a document...(read more)

Office 2010 Beta

tkimber — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:53 GMT

The Beta for Office 2010 was made available for download on 18th November 2009. Get it here : http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx There’s also a comprehensive website, called http://www.office2010themovie.com/ , which is designed to share...(read more)

Office Live at the Business Startup Show, November 26th and 27th at Olympia London

tkimber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:29:00 GMT

If you want to meet the Microsoft Office Live team, put a marker in your diary to attend the Business Startup Show at Olympia London on 26th and 27th November 2009. Alongside the Microsoft stand (showing Office Live, Windows 7 & Microsoft Advertising),...(read more)

Run a PowerPoint presentation from a netbook without Office installed

tkimber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:13:33 GMT

With thousands of people around the globe testing the Office Web Apps, some of the uses to which they’re being put are starting to emerge. I particularly liked this story about a PowerPoint presentation, made to a University class, from a basic netbook...(read more)

Using third party html editing tools with your Office Live website

tkimber — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:15:54 GMT

I often come across people who would like to use an html editor, rather than the templates provided, to build their website on Office Live. You can use any html editing tool with Office Live but have to go through a couple of simple steps first : Within...(read more)

Colour tips when building an Office Live website

tkimber — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:13:35 GMT

I regularly read the Office Live Small Business blog , as it often contains some useful tips that I wouldn’t have necessarily have thought of. An article posted this week delves into the importance of colour choice for your website, highlighting this...(read more)

Office Live Workspace helps you get more out of your Netbook

tkimber — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT

I was just scanning the Office Live Workspace blog and came across this article about how Office Live Workspace can help make your Netbook handy anywhere . The premise of the article is that for some users, putting an Office Suite on your Netbook is quite...(read more)

Office + Office Live Workspace = Better Together

tkimber — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:11:00 GMT

Office Live Workspace on it’s own is a very useful tool. For instance, the 5GB of free storage space can be used as a backup for important files. The browser preview of Office documents allows full fidelity viewing of those files from any internet connected...(read more)

Office Web Applications

tkimber — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:15:00 GMT

The Technical Preview of Office Web Applications has just been added to a select group of Skydrive users around the world. Check out the video below to learn more about what’s coming with the Word Web App, Excel Web App, PowerPoint Web App and OneNote...(read more)

Office Live Small Business downtime planned to complete a server upgrade

tkimber — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:43:00 GMT

Downtime is a rarity with Office Live, but an announcement has just gone out that on Saturday September 12th 2009 and Saturday September 19th 2009, there will be some periods of planned outage. All customers will be sent an email to this effect later...(read more)

Watch out for virus emails in your inbox

tkimber — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:26:16 GMT

There seems to be an increase in hackers trying to get into your inbox, enticing you and all of your contacts to click on links that have very undesirable outcomes. This doesn’t just affect Office Live mail but is occurring in all email systems, so watch...(read more)

‘Staycation’ in a Yurt in Devon on Office Live

tkimber — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:57:00 GMT

This year we decided to take a summer break at home in England; the Blackdown Hills of Devon in the south-west of the country, to be precise. As fairly keen walkers, we have a great love of the open countryside and a growing interest in all things eco....(read more)

Change to Office Live Small Business Domain name policy

tkimber — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:37:47 GMT

As of 1st October 2009, Microsoft Office Live Small Business will no longer offer free domain name renewals. For details of how this will affect your Web site and e-mail, or to learn how to renew your domain, please review the following list of frequently...(read more)