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September 2005 - Posts

Office 2003 SP2 is out

Access users: Make sure you install SP2 (here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en ) since it also contains some important Access fixes. This KB article describes what's changed Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:57 PM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Office 12 and registering for the Beta

Check out the Office 12 preview site ( http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx ) and while you're there, you might want to register for the Beta ( https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=ded5cc26-f162-4460-b15b-e4e5bfa68b79&lcid=1033 Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 8:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

PDC Remarks: Steven Sinofsky on Access 12

From http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/ssinofsky/09-14PDC2005.mspx : "(...) I've got one more act in our demo, and I would like to show you one of my all time favorite tools, which is Microsoft Access, and talk to you a little bit about how we've Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Follow up: PDC presentation is available online

As ThomasT pointed out, the presentation for the Access 12 session at PDC was made available online . Definetely worth checking out. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 8:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Access 12 and what you saw at the PDC: where to next?

Are you excited from what you heard and saw at PDC? Most likely you already saw the new Office UI , and in particular how Access 12 is looking like at this point in time . You can even kind of guess some of the features coming your way from looking at Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 8:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Access 12 session at PDC

In case you are wondering what kind of content there is at the PDC regarding Access 12, this was the main session (below). In case you did attend, I'd love to hear what you thought about what you saw... "Access 12": Developing Collaboration Solutions Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:18 PM by ThirdOfFive | 5 Comments

Microsoft Access 12 at the PDC

Here's the new (still temporary, keep in mind) Microsoft Access 12 UI for those who missed it: [Click to open in 1024x768] BTW - check out the other Office apps at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-13OfficeUI.mspx . So, do you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:37 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments

Office 12 at the PDC

In case you missed it, here are the screenshots of Office 12 and the new UI: http://pdc.xbetas.com/?page=o12preview1 ... Any thoughts? Updates: 1) Here's the official link for the screenshots [in High-res]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-13OfficeUI.mspx Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:32 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

While I'm still talking about Access samples...

I bumped into this Access sample the other day which is very interesting: an Access to/from Powerpoint presentation creator/exporter/importer. It shows you how to automagically create PowerPoint presentations using Access and how to make use of PowerPoint Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Northwind

Perhaps one of the first things you play with when you start to learn about Access is the Northwind database. Some people have some very strong dislike about Northwind. And you know what? They have very good reasons. Northwind has a lot of depth by using Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Most Annoying Feature... ever

This is a pet peeve… If you use Access and have multiple windows open, each window shows up as a separate icon in the task bar. Thankfully, you can turn this feature off in the Options dialog. Of course, you need to have a database open to use this dialog Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 3 Comments
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