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Convert Microsoft Office files to OpenOffice with the Star Office Migration Partner
Many organizations have begun looking at OpenOffice as apotential replacement for Microsoft Office. One of the biggest stumbling blocksto migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice deals with what to do with allof that data that your organization has piled up in Office documents. You cando a mass migration to OpenOffice...
Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Documents, OpenOffice, partnership, software, StarOffice
Technical articles 2004-06-22

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Converting Microsoft Office documents to OpenOffice documents
Grow your Microsoft Office skills and keep time-saving and productivity-enhancing tips ready with TechRepublic's Quick Reference: Microsoft Office Pak. Work more efficiently and help end users help themselves with these four durable laminated reference charts covering Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint.If you've decided to switch from...
Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office document, OpenOffice
Technical articles 2004-07-14
Keep Microsoft Office documents clean with iScrub
As you may know, the electronic versions of documents created in Microsoft Office, more specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, may contain hidden data that can inadvertently leak confidential or proprietary information to your company’s competitors or colleagues. Of course, I’m talking about metadata.Designed to improve the document-creation process, especially when...
Tags: Greg Shultz, metadata, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Technical articles 2003-07-09
Microsoft office document Image writer
I run Office XP and i installed Microsoft office document Image writer but I can't see it in the printers list. Does anybody know what can i do?About Microsoft Office Document ImagingIt will most probably be in the Scanner section.What is document imaging?Document imaging is the process of scanning paper...
Tags: Document management, Document Imaging, fax, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Document, imaging, scanned document, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Document Imaging
Discussion threads 2008-09-21
Microsoft Office metadata: What you don't see can hurt you
By Michael SilverEvery time a document is created in Microsoft Office, metadata that tracks the author, machine, and product version is added to the document (see Note 1). Turning on revision marks or adding comments produces even more metadata. When used properly, such metadata is very useful; but when used...
Tags: Microsoft Office, metadata, Gartner  , Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2003-03-04
Be aware of these pitfalls when migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice
Because OpenOffice is free and you have to pay a substantialfee for Microsoft Office, you might be tempted to migrate your entireorganization from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice. After all, migrating toOpenOffice would save an absolute fortune in Microsoft Office licenses, whichis important in a time of shrinking IT budgets. Before...
Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Brien M. Posey MCSE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2004-06-15
Examine Open Office's interoperability with Microsoft Office
Open Office is the open source version of Sun's Star Office and the basis for other open source office suites like SOT Office. Open Office has the advantage of being one of the few office suites that can run on Windows (9x/ME/NT/2000/XP), Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. Furthermore, Open...
Tags: James McPherson, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, SOT Office
Technical articles 2003-10-20
NEW! eOffice 4.6 Mobile Office Suite - View, Edit & Create Microsoft Office Files (Mobile)
Was Price: $29.95 Special Price: $14.95 until May 18 You save: $15.00 (More then 50%)The Only Mobile Office solution available for All BlackBerry devices (4.6 OS and earlier)! More Powerful Than Ever!Improved user interface that provides access to the most important features Download email attachments directly and securely to your...
Tags: Fax, Mobile, Microsoft Office, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Best Office Files Viewing Experience eOffice, Document View, eOffice, Handhelds, Hardware
Software downloads 2004-05-21
Clean potentially harmful metadata from Office documents with ezClean
If you regularly send Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents to your colleagues or clients via e-mail attachments, you're probably sending the documents to expedite your business operations. However, you may also be setting yourself up for sabotage.While you may not realize it, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents are filled...
Tags: Greg Shultz, harmful metadata, metadata, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Technical articles 2003-06-04
Turn Microsoft Office documents into custom applications with VB
With a little Visual Basic magic, you can take Office documents such as Excel spreadsheets and turn them into applications. Your users won't even realize they're using Office. In this Daily Drill Down, Bruce Maples shows you how.Did you know it’s possible to build a custom Microsoft Office application in...
Tags: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., custom application, Bruce Maples, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Basic
Technical articles 2001-04-30
OpenOffice.org is a worthy competitor for Microsoft Office
The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.It’s so hard to let go.Even those IT managers who want to make the break...
Tags: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org office suite, Jack Wallen, Jr., OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
Technical articles 2002-11-27
OpenOffice.org is a worthy competitor for Microsoft Office
The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.It’s so hard to let go.Even those admins who want to make the break from...
Tags: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org office suite, Jack Wallen, Jr., OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., StarOffice
Technical articles 2002-06-28
Using SAS and Microsoft Office to Deliver Organizational Metrics
Email is an effective means of pushing critical metrics into the hands of key decision makers. An organization's ability to get value, and knowledge, from these metrics could be the difference between just surviving and thriving. Utilizing SAS Enterprise BI Server, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Stored Processes, and the SAS...
Tags: Microsoft Office, SAS Institute, Microsoft Corp.
White papers 2008-03-13
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 and Norton AntiVirus won’t play well together
I spent much of last Friday installing and taking pictures of the latest Office Beta release—the Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR). B2TR’s improved support for images when creating blog posts was one of several updates I wanted to examine. Unfortunately, each time I tried to open a new blog post,...
Tags: antivirus, blog, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Norton Co., Office, Office 2007, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Word 2007
Blog posts 2006-10-16
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Plain & Simple 1.0 (Mobile)
By Curtis FryePublished by Microsoft Press (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780735622913)Heres WHAT Youll Learn Easily navigate the new user interface Create formulas and functions Use charts and diagrams to display information visually Enhance your spreadsheet with graphic effects Reuse data from other Microsoft Office documents Team up and share spreadsheets with colleagues...
Tags: Mobile, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet, Stanza Bookbinder, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
Software downloads 2009-11-30
Boost Office 2007 security with Information Rights Management, the Document Inspector, and the Trust Center
This article is alsoavailable as a PDF download.In our previous article on Office 2007 security, wediscussed three of the mechanisms built into Office 2007: document encryption,formatting and editing restrictions, and digital signatures. In this article,we'll take a look at three more: Information Rights Management IRM, checkingdocuments for personal information metadata,...
Tags: Security, Microsoft Office
Technical articles 2007-04-26
Streamline Web editing with Microsoft Office and Research-Desk Professional
With every release, Microsoft has tried to make its Office applications integrate more tightly with Web sites. Although HTML and Web support has improved, there’s still a long way to go. But if you use Microsoft Office and want to build Web pages, you don’t have to wait for Microsoft...
Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Research-Desk Professional, Streamline, Web
Technical articles 2003-03-31
Migrating from Microsoft Word to StarOffice: Look before you leap
StarOffice's word processing module, StarWriter, is rich in features and reasonably easy to use. But it's not 100 percent compatible with Microsoft Word. Is making the switch worth it?You're running hard. There's a big, angry mob chasing you. They're yelling, too. They're describing in hideous detail just what they're going...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bryan Pfaffenberger, StarOffice, Microsoft Word
Technical articles 1999-12-30
Microsoft Office developers get own venue
Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office System
Technical articles 2004-12-21
Microsoft Office Mobile (Mobile)
The Microsoft Office Mobile application suite (Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Microsoft Office Excel Mobile, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint Mobile for Windows Mobile 6 phones) helps you manage and review documents right from your Windows Mobile device. Microsoft Office Mobile includes support for rich editing capabilities and provides a high-fidelity document...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Marketing, Office Suites
Software downloads 2007-11-13
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