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December 1st, 2009

Spelling Checkers Don’t Work if You Ignore Them

Reminding my brain not to block out the red underlines that indicate potential spelling problems.

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November 24th, 2009

"Office 2008 for Mac: Small Business Projects" is Now Available on Lynda.com

New Lynda.com course helps small business owners use Office to build their businesses.

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November 10th, 2009

Office 2008 12.2.3 Update Now Available

Information from Microsoft AutoUpdate.

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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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January 29th, 2009

In Defense of Microsoft Word

It does the whole job.

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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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October 29th, 2004

Three Ways Word Can Drive You Crazy[er] and What You Can Do About Them

Informit.com Article.

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