QMy PC came preloaded with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007. I activated Windows 7 online, but when I tried to use Microsoft Word, I was told to enter a 25-character product key. I found a product key on the bottom of the PC, but when I typed it in I was told it was [...]

The Home Use Program continues to be ‘stonewalled’ for many eligible staff. People could save hundreds of dollars on Microsoft Office if their employers would let them. The Home Use Program is a great money saving option from Microsoft – it lets staff of organizations get Microsoft Office to use at home for a very [...]

Microsoft next week will release 17 bulletins to patch 40 flaws in various versions of Windows, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office. The December 2010 bulletins will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 14, and will offer patches for flaws in Microsoft Windows and Office, Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8, SharePoint and Exchange, according to [...]

Why is an obviously incorrect word not picked up by Word’s spell checker? Susan S. complains that her copy of Word has phrases like ‘ Thisis ‘ which aren’t showing up as a spelling error. In other words there is no red squiggly line when there should be. We’ve had questions like this before. There [...]

Susan S. writes with a question about the Word spell checker. She’s noticed that an ampersand next to a letter doesn’t trigger a spelling error in Word. We tried it out and she’s right: Word – Smith ampersand Jones example An ampersand next to a word is ‘OK’ for the Word spell checker. It’s only [...]

Here is an interesting freebie news. Microsoft is providing free copies of Office 2010 via the Office Excitement Kit website. All the users interested in this offering, should hurry, as the availability of free Office 2010 licenses is limited. Lesley Rubin, a Microsoft marketing manager wrote on Technet that at-least 2000 qualifying participants can win [...]

A free Microsoft Office Copy? Lets face it even home users need a good word processor. A good word processor is no longer just a thing for offices or corporate America. The PC revolution of the mid 90′s placed in most modern homes PC’s and that means the need for software tools such as word [...]