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Wake up your folders!
I am working on something that is just too fun and creative for the boring folders I usually have littered all over my desktop for easy access. I know, I know--don't lecture me. :)I decided to change...
View ArticleTechnology's getting smarter :)
Well, as you can probably imagine, I've been up to my eyeballs in Office 2010 for some time now. I love the new features--very smart, very flexible, and they make your work look better faster than ever...
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Download the (free) First Look Microsoft Office 2010 ebook
Houston, we have lift-off! :) I just got word that First Look Microsoft Office 2010 is live on the Microsoft Press blog. Please feel free to download and find out about the latest and greatest features...
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Telling Word 2010 what to do
Okay, this is really cool. A few years ago Word promised speech recognition (I can't remember which release that was now...maybe Office XP) and, as those of us who tried it soon realized, we spent more...
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What we do matters
This is a great time to be working in technology. Instead of being the geek that works quietly on who-knows-what in the cubicle at the end of egghead row [yes, that's where my office was years ago :)],...
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New, free ebook on career skills! :)
I'm excited to let you know about the publication of my newest book, called Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft. My editors and I were excited to put this...
View ArticleTesting, Testing…is this thing on?
Well, Blogger threw me a curve ball (and lots of other folks, I bet) by discontinuing their support of ftp…so maybe I'll just blog from Word 2010, which is convenient and simple and, of course, right...
View ArticleSimple is good.
Well! This new design is certainly light and clear. :) I'm working on a relaunch of BlogOffice that will better accomodate my recent slate of projects (including Office 365, which I love) as well as...
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Ah, the lazy beauty of Homegroups
This morning I'm sitting in my sunroom writing a new batch of articles for CNET's TechRepublic (hi, Jody) and wanted to use a cool Excel worksheet I'd created a while back for one of the examples. The...
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My Office 365 book is now a free ebook!
This is exciting. :) In keeping with the green practices encouraged by cloud computing, Microsoft Press has decided to offer Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime...
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Getting Site Stats in Office 365
If you were a former Office Live Small Business user, you are probably familiar with the webtools included with Office 365. It's a nice set of basic tools for creating pages, adding text and images,...
View ArticleWindows Live and Office 365: What's the difference?
Good morning! I have a new article out today in Windows Secrets: How to tell Windows Live from Office 365. I wrote this article in response to some reader questions about the overlap of online...
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Changing the default font in Word 2010
I just had a good reminder that when you've worked with technology for a long time, it's easy to overlook some of the basic techniques that can be really helpful in regular day-to-day work. A reader...
View ArticleTrying for publishing convergence :)
This is more of an update than a Microsoft Office tip, trick, or snafu...but since creating the Office 365: Connect & Collaborate site, I've been trying to streamline my communication efforts so...
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Filling in the gaps on Win 8
Well, the big Microsoft BUILD conference kicks off in Anaheim in just a few hours. I have all systems go (literally) for the keynotes, the blog posts, the tweets, the articles. But mostly I am ready...
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Just in case you're curious: Here are some photos from the keynote.Thanks for reading! :) Katherine
View ArticleNext BUILD keynote coming up!
Hi there--I'm sitting here listening to this jazzy music, waiting for the BUILD keynote (day 2) to begin streaming. You can watch it here with me if you like: http://www.buildwindows.com/ Earlier today...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office Metro-style
Last week Microsoft showed us all kinds of color and movement and flexibility as they demonstrated the new "metro-style" look for Windows 8. Similar to the touch functionality on the Windows Phone 7,...
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A "touchable" Ribbon
I got to play with a Windows 8 Samsung tablet yesterday, tapping and flipping and pinching and snapping it's colorful little cheeks. :) My reaction was similar to the reaction of many so far:...
View ArticleSolving Word mail merge ZIP code problems
A reader wrote to me yesterday explaining a frustrating issue she is experiencing with Word mail merge. When she runs labels with data she imported from an Excel worksheet, everything works fine as...
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