View .DOCX files without requiring MS Word 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 introduced a new file format in OpenXML. You would have noticed MS Word 2007 files being saved in .DOCX format and MS Excel 2007 being saved in .XLSX format. Basically a “X” got appended to the file extension signifying the new file format.
Unfortunately, this file format does not open in older versions [...]
OfficeLabs: Concept Cars for Microsoft Office
OfficeLabs provides prototype tools that work on top of Microsoft Office installations.
Tools like StickySorter, Speed Launch, Email Prioritizer and many others are great productivity improvement tools.
These tools are all free to use, but be aware that they send back usage metrics to Microsoft. So, if you’re a privacy fanatic, these tools might not be for [...]
Go-OO: An alternative to an alternative!
We all came to know OpenOffice as a great alternative to Microsoft Office. An alternative that not only matched it feature to feature reasonably well but was completely free.
There is an alternative to this alternative! Go-OO is a fork from OpenOffice that strives to reduce the bulkiness of OpenOffice. It has a UI that is [...]
Microsoft OneNote 2007 available free for Teachers
Microsoft is offering a free copy of OneNote 2007 to teachers based out of the USA. (via labnol)
All they need to do is to watch a webinar scheduled for 11th November and complete a survey at the end of it. Proof of their academic status needs to be provided by 30th November.
Mike Tholfsen from the [...]
