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October 7th, 2009

Office 2008 Installer Needs Rosetta? Duh-oh!

Just something idiotic I wanted to share.

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August 31st, 2009

August 2009 Links

Links for the month of August.

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August 8th, 2009

Word 2004 Does Not Like Mac OS X 10.5.8

It may be time to update Office.

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July 31st, 2009

July 2009 Links

Links for the month of July.

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June 30th, 2009

June 2009 Links

Links for the month of June.

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May 1st, 2009

April 2009 Links

Links for the month of April.

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April 11th, 2009

Back to Basics with my 12" PowerBook

Who needs a netbook? I got this old clunker.

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February 28th, 2009

February 2009 Links

Links for the month of February.

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January 29th, 2009

In Defense of Microsoft Word

It does the whole job.

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October 14th, 2008

Office 2008 12.1.3 Update Now Available

Information from Microsoft AutoUpdate.

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August 12th, 2008

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update Now Avialable

Information from Microsoft’s Web site.

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July 10th, 2008

Why I Downgraded to Word 2004

I said I’d never upgrade to 2008 and I lied. Then I paid for it.

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June 27th, 2008

Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.1 Update Now Available

Information from Microsoft’s updater.

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March 2nd, 2008

Microsoft AutoUpdate 2.1.1 Now Available

Information from Microsoft AutoUpdate.

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February 1st, 2008

Buy Excel 2007 Books for 50% Off

Buy my Excel 2007 books at 50% off retail price.

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January 13th, 2008

January 12 Links

Links worth following.

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January 7th, 2008

On the Edge, Looking In

One geek’s look at Macworld Expo and the state of the Mac.

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December 15th, 2007

Removing Words from Word’s Custom Dictionary

It’s a bit involved, but doable.

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December 3rd, 2007

One Way to Speed up Word’s Launch Time

It works but it’s not for everyone.

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November 13th, 2007

A Computer without Word?

I try an experiment to see if I can stay productive without Microsoft Word.

Last week, in an effort to get my old 12″ PowerBook to run more efficiently, I decided to wipe the hard disk clean and reinstall Tiger with a clean install. After installing it, I got a little crazy and decided

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October 15th, 2007

Excel 2007 QuickProject Excerpts

Two Excerpts from Creating Spreadsheets and Charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Visual QuickProject Guide.

Want to see some sample pages from my Excel Visual QuickProject? Here are a few links.

Front Matter (including complete Table of Contents) Excerpt from Chapter

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August 14th, 2007

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.7 Update

Information from the Microsoft Web Site.

This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. For more information about this update, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (KB940763).

System requirements

Before you install this update, make sure that the Microsoft Office 2004

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July 18th, 2007

Putting Your Keyboard in the Dishwasher

And other tricks for getting grime off your computer equipment.

I just listened to an NPR Podcast called “Are Computer Keyboards Dishwasher Safe?” In it, the reporter tells of her research and hands on experience with cleaning a dirty computer keyboard in the dishwasher. She found that although keyboard manufacturers warned against cleaning a

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July 10th, 2007

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.6 Update Now Available

Information from Microsoft’s Web site.

This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. This update also addresses an issue with using public folders in Entourage, and it contains the latest postal code information for Japanese addresses.

System requirements

Before you install

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June 22nd, 2007

Steve Jobs/Bill Gates D5 Interview

Great to watch.

I know it’s been out for a while, but I’ve finally taken the time to download the 997MB video podcast file for the Steve Jobs/Bill Gates interview at the D5 conference. (It takes time when you only have a 512kbps connection; don’t even try it on dialup.)

It’s a great look

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