Microsoft Office 2010 testing begins
US based software giant Microsoft has started testing their upcoming Office 2010 release with a select group of beta testers.
This would be an important update for this office productivity suite from Microsoft as it would include web based versions of the applications as well.
Microsoft is not providing access to [...]
IBM releases Lotus Symphony 1.3
US based tech giant IBM has finally released an updated edition of their Lotus Symphony office suite.
The new version comes with support for the Microsoft Office 2007 file formats.
IBM said that with support for the latest MS Office documents, Symphony is now a capable enough product for any company looking to [...]
CrossOver 8 released
Codeweavers has released the latest edition of their CrossOver virtualization software for Intel-based Macs.
CrossOver 8 is available in two editions: Standard and Pro. Costs between USD 40 and USD 70.
CrossOver is based on the popular open source Wine project. It enables Apple Mac users to run Windows based applications without running the Windows [...]
Google Docs now support MS Office 2007 file formats
Google has announced that they have now added support for some new formats.
They have added support for .docx and .xlsx file formats which were introduced with MS Office 2007.
This means that Google Docs users can now import files made in MS Word 2007 and MS Excel 2007. [...]
Spreadtweet: Twitter client in Spreadsheet user interface
Elliott Kember has released customized version of Adobe Air powered Twitter clients that feature user interfaces of popular spreadsheet applications.
Why?
Probably just for fun. One good scenario is using this application in an office environment to avoid getting caught Tweeting during work hours.
The developer however warns:
Is this [...]
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 coming later this month
Software giant Microsoft has announced that the second service pack for their Office 2007 would arrive later this month.
This would be the first major upgrade to the MS Office 2007 suite since December 2007.
Microsoft would start delivering Office 2007 SP2 as an upgrade via Windows [...]
Windows 7 launch might not coincide with Office 14 launch
Microsoft is working pretty hard on the Windows 7 edition of their operating system.
Windows 7 would replace Windows Vista to become Microsoft’s primary OS offering in the market.
The software giant has not revealed any launch date for Windows 7 but experts believe that it could [...]
Microsoft details their plan on supporting Open Document Format
Microsoft has now released some details on how they aim to support the Open Document Format in their MS Office suite.
The company aims to bring support for ODF file formats through the Office 2007 Service Pack 2, which is still in beta.
Microsoft aims to deliver [...]
OpenOffice.org 3 launched
The developers behind the popular open source office productivity suite OpenOffice.org have launched the latest version.
OpenOffice.org is in version 3.0 now and it is available as a free download.
The latest updated edition can now open and read Microsoft Office 2007 file formats.
However, it still is unable to write files in that [...]
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 coming to Microsoft Update next month
Software giant Microsoft has said that they would start delivering the first service pack of MS Office 2007 through their automatic update service next month.
Office 2007 SP1 would be delivered through Windows Update utility starting June 16.
This announcement comes as the company aims to [...]
