iCloud And The Competing Paths To The Future

Jun 17, 2011 | Amazon, Android, audio, business, Dropbox, iPad, mail, Microsoft, Office, Outlook, photos, web_services

Apple’s announcement of a collection of services sharing the name “iCloud” has generated endless articles about what it all means. I’ll talk about some of the details in the next few days but let’s step back and look at the bigger picture, because it encapsulates so...

One More Note About OneNote

Jun 10, 2011 | Microsoft, Office, Outlook, software

If you have a new computer with Microsoft Office 2010, you should spend a few minutes figuring out Microsoft OneNote 2010, one of the great programs of our time. I’ve written about it before – there’s an introduction to it here, and some information about sharing...

Creating New Word Documents From Existing Documents

May 31, 2011 | Office

Every Word user does it the same way: open an old document and resolve to click on “Save As” and save it with a different name so the original file is untouched. Instead you edit the file, let your concentration slip, and hit “Save” instead of “Save As.” Poof! goes...

Changes Ahead – Microsoft Online Services Turns Into Microsoft Office 365

May 5, 2011 | business, mail, Microsoft, Office, Outlook, SBS, web_services

Microsoft is sending out email notices to subscribers about changes ahead for Microsoft Online Services, the service providing hosted Exchange mailboxes for many of my clients. Let me give you some background to understand those notices. Later this year Microsoft...

Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7

Apr 7, 2011 | Office, Outlook, search, software, Windows7

I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google search – and it will serve as yet another illustration of how our lives are getting...

Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9

Mar 29, 2011 | Dropbox, IE, Microsoft, Office, software, web_services, Windows Live

Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10     Microsoft is bringing up the rear for a reason. Since it’s not obvious how...