Sometimes getting started with a new application can be a little bit daunting. I may be surprised, but I’d think just about everybody over the age of 16 these days has probably spent some time in Microsoft Word, maybe Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

I find that when I’m staring at a blank canvas or a nice and blank “new document” I don’t have a good idea of what direction I could be heading with my thoughts or needs. If you start with a template and see what other people have done with the tool you’re using, it can help get your …read more

Last night I had the privilege of being a guest speaker at a local university. I spoke about blogging and using Word 2007 to publish your posts. Not my preference as a blog tool, but if you’re just getting started, have Word already, it’s available to you.

Since I couldn’t make it to the early class where they were covering Word 2007, I spoke on the night they covered Access 2007. I ended up hanging around through the entire class to get a little introduction and overview of the power of Microsoft Access 2007.
I’ve been working with SQL databases and a …read more

Just today, Zoho has a new adds on to their online office suite collections – the Zoho Database and Reporting. In their blog, Raju Vejesna, mentioned a detailed product overview and posted some screenshots (which I also posted here). Basically, this new tool will serve as an Online Database & Reporting Application. Additonal informations taken from their blog is posted below:
Zoho DB comes with a simple spreadsheet like user interface. You can create online databases and analyze your data using different views and charting tools. You can start by creating a database from an existing XLS/CSV/TSV files or by creating …read more

I’ve been using Office 2007 now for quite awhile. I’ve got to say I’m very pleased with every application I work with. There are some random things that have irritated me about some things, but nothing much different from things that bother me with final and existing versions of software that I use.
In my professional use, I’m using Access 2007, Outlook 2007, Word 2007 and Excel 2007 on a regular basis and pretty much function with no problems. As I stated before, sometimes some oddities pop-up but nothing big.
One thing I’m wondering though is that I get some weird crashes …read more

Working on a client project today and Access 2007 keeps crashing whenever I try to enter “Design View” on a report that’s developed in Access. When I submit the error report and click the link to get more information on what caused the error, I get the message above.
Granted, I probably shouldn’t be completely relying on the Office 2007 beta like I am, but this is business critical and I’m doing my best to put Office 2007 through the punches and see how it’s going to hold up. This isn’t helping.
Now I’ve got to figure out if I can and …read more

Pardon this post, I know it’s not directly related to Office 2007, but I’m in need of some assistance.
I’m working with a client who’s trying to import records from ACT into BCM. Everything’s gone fine so far but trying to get the “Notes” field of the ACT! contacts into the appropriate corresponding field in BCM. Has anyone done this? Do you have a map of what needs to go where and how to validate the right notes go to the right contacts?
Let me know by e-mail or in the comments.
Thanks.

Yesterday evening I installed the full Office 2007 beta on my work laptop. This is a big step, but I figure it’s a good one to really pound out and test Office 2007 in the real world for me. I also figured it would help me get some more information and posts to get included on this blog. I know I’ve been slacking on this one and letting my readers go.
The applications I use daily for work are:

Outlook
Word
Access
Excel

Expect to see some frequent posts from my experience and snags running it full time.
I made an announcement and request once before to …read more

I just added some contacts to my Outlook Address book and I began thinking to myself, why in the world doesn’t Outlook let you link contacts to each other through some defined relationships? The main reason I think that is because the custom application we use at work to maintain tasks, contacts and case information does this to infinity and it’s very handy.
Here’s how it should work in Outlook
On the details page, if I can put in information such as an Anniversary date, why can’t I link that contact to their spouse in Outlook? If contacts are linked, I should …read more

There are some informative documents and information on the Microsoft Learning site for Office 2007. If you haven’t visited there before here’s a list of some of the items currently available.

Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft Office User Interface
Course 4622: What’s New in Microsoft Office Access 2007
Course 4623: What’s New in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Course 4624: What’s New in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Course 4625: What’s New in Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Course 4626: What’s New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Course 4627: What’s New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Course 4628: What’s New in Microsoft Office Word 2007
Course 4629: What’s New in …read more

Don’t check your spell check, I did say “Prodcasts”. It’s a new term coined for a productivity podcast by Shawn Murray. Not sure I like the term, let’s just call it what it is, an interview delivered in MP3 or WMA format that can be enjoyed from your computer or portable media device.
All that aside though, if you’re interested in learning more about the functionality of Office, but don’t have time to sit and read, this may just be the thing for you.
There are lots of topics now available, check the list out at the The IW Center, A community …read more