http://blogs.office.com/b/en-USTelligent Community 1.5.134.15456 (Build: 5.5.134.15456)http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/02/10/free-powerpoint-animated-valentine-e_2D00_card.aspxFri, 10 Feb 2012 22:25:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30666Emily Warn0<p><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-46/3247.Summary_5F00_TemplateValentinesDay_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Screenshot of PowerPoint Valentine E-card" title="Animated PowerPoint Valentine E-card" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />We're sure you know someone who sits in front of a computer all day--your co-worker, accountant, spouse--who would appreciate being distracted for 10 seconds by an animated Valentine's Day card. We've brought you one courtesy of Sandra Johnson, a MVP PowerPoint genius. Check out <a href="http://www.presentationwiz.biz/index.php/who/" title="theWiz website">theWiz</a> website to see her wizardry for yourself. </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/02/10/free-powerpoint-animated-valentine-e_2D00_card.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30666" width="1" height="1">powerpoint 2010PowerPoint Web AppValentine Card templatehttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/02/10/microsoft-word-format-tip.aspxFri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30664Emily Warn1<p><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-45/3240.Summary_5F00_PasteOptions_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Screen shot of Paste Options button" title="Paste Options button" style="border: 0pt none; float: left; margin-right: 12px;" />Why does formatting sometimes get messed up when you cut and paste text? And what is that thing that appears at the end of the last sentence every time you paste-like a fly returning to honey.</p> <p>That thing--the <b>Paste Options button</b>--is your friend, a worker bee and not a fly whose only job is to follow your formatting instructions. Learning how it works keeps you from wasting time manually formatting pasted text. </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/02/10/microsoft-word-format-tip.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30664" width="1" height="1">Word 2010http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-for-android-is-now-available-worldwide.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30488Michael C. Oldenburg24<p><a href="/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-for-android-is-now-available-worldwide.aspx"><img src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-17/4405.Summary_5F00_OneNoteAndroid_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="OneNote Mobile for Android is now available worldwide" title="OneNote Mobile for Android is now available worldwide" style="border: 0px currentColor; float: left;" /></a>You asked, we listened. Today marks the exciting debut of OneNote Mobile for Android in over 20 international markets. With this release, OneNote Mobile is available across a variety of platforms, all of which let you effortlessly collect, find, use, and share your notes and ideas on the go.</p> <p><a href="/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-for-android-is-now-available-worldwide.aspx">Read the full blog post</a> to download OneNote Mobile to your Android phone and to get a first look at the app!</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-for-android-is-now-available-worldwide.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30488" width="1" height="1">OneNotemobileSkyDrivehttp://blogs.office.com/b/officewebapps/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-apps-work-great-with-onenote-web-app.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30603Jenni French0<p>Today, the <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/02/07/onenote-mobile-for-android-is-now-available-worldwide.aspx">OneNote team&nbsp;announced</a>&nbsp;an exciting new offering:&nbsp; OneNote Mobile for Android is now available in the Android Market app store! </p> <p>OneNote mobile apps are available on a wide variety of platforms,&nbsp;including <a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/office/use-office-onenote-mobile.aspx">Windows Phone 7</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2011/12/12/onenote-for-ios-gets-new-features-arrives-in-new-markets-worldwide.aspx">iPhone</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2011/12/12/onenote-for-ios-gets-new-features-arrives-in-new-markets-worldwide.aspx">iPad</a>, and now Android. They all work together with OneNote on your desktop and OneNote Web App in your browser. </p> <p>Once you've gotten started with OneNote on your device, you can log in to SkyDrive to see a list of your notes, or view and edit them on the web. You can even share notes from your phone with friends, classmates, colleagues, or co-workers. </p> <p><img src="http://blogs.office.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-41/0160.SkyDrive-screenshot-Android-announcement.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Sharing OneNote in SkyDrive" title="Share OneNote Notes in SkyDrive" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />To share a note, just right-click on the file in SkyDrive and select "Share." This is one of my favorite features, because with one click you can share notes you've taken in classes, for travel plans, recipes, to-do lists, or even a <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/officewebapps/archive/2012/01/13/onenote-web-app-ces.aspx">shopping list</a>, like the one we showcased at CES last month. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Thanks,</p> <p><em>--Jenni French</em><i><br /><em>Sr. Product Manager, Office Web Apps</em></i></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30603" width="1" height="1">OneNote 2010OneNote Mobile AppsOffice 2010 Web Appshttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/02/07/valentine-s-day-with-word.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:24244Joannie Stangeland3<p><a href="/b/microsoft-word/archive/2011/02/11/valentine-s-day-with-word.aspx"></a><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-45/4454.Summary_5F00_ValentinesDay_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Candy hearts" title="Candy hearts" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />I want my Valentine's Day card to be as special as the special someone I'm giving it to, and I'm not so good with scissors and glue. </p> <p>So I'm going to <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=Valentine+Word">start with a template from Office.com</a>, and then I'm going to customize my card, make it more personal.</p> <p>First, I find a template...</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/02/07/valentine-s-day-with-word.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24244" width="1" height="1">Wordhttp://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/02/07/what-is-the-outlook-social-connector.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30543Doug Thomas3<p>First up, if you use the Outlook Social Connector, you can get a recently released <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;id=5039">software update</a> in our download center. </p> <p>For those you don't know what the Outlook Social Connector is, watch this short video explaining how this free tool gives you a better way to view your contacts--including their social connections between Facebook and LinkedIn--while never leaving Outlook.</p> <p><iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WYXyibEHmn4" height="360"></iframe></p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/02/07/what-is-the-outlook-social-connector.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30543" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/02/06/enter-for-a-chance-to-win-office-2010-kinect-and-more-office-snow-or-shine-sweepstakes.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 13:45:29 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30588Jevon Fark0<p><a href="/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/18/office-snow-or-shine-quot-win-office-2010-a-windows-phone-and-xbox-with-kinect.aspx"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-06/2262.Summary_5F00_SnowShine_5F00_FINAL300x166.jpg" alt="Office Snow or Shine Sweepstakes" title="Office Snow or Shine Sweepstakes" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" /></a>Have you ever used Microsoft Office <a href="/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/18/office-snow-or-shine-quot-win-office-2010-a-windows-phone-and-xbox-with-kinect.aspx">to stay productive</a> when stranded, snowed in or stuck during the winter season. Interested in getting more tips? Want a chance to win a copy Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows Phone, and an Xbox 360 with Kinect? Follow us on Twitter (@Office) and simply retweet any tweets containing the hashtag #snowductivity between February 4th and - March 31st. We'll randomly choose new winners each week. </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/02/06/enter-for-a-chance-to-win-office-2010-kinect-and-more-office-snow-or-shine-sweepstakes.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30588" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/02/01/excel-the-basics.aspxWed, 01 Feb 2012 17:38:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30535Emily Warn2<p><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/4024.Summary_5F00_CommandCenter_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Photo of imaginary Office 911 emergency control center" title=" Office 911 emergency control center" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />For those of us who crunch words instead of numbers, Excel can be intimidating. We don't know the difference between a <strong>workbook </strong>and a <strong>worksheet, </strong>and for sure don't know to ask about <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/add-change-find-or-clear-conditional-formats-HP010342157.aspx?CTT=1">conditional formatting</a> (a cool way to visually display data). Then one day your boss asks you to create a report--with numbers. Gulp.</p> <p>In this video, the Office 911 emergency responders show a beginning Excel user how to add a table to a worksheet so she can better organize and view her data. </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/02/01/excel-the-basics.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30535" width="1" height="1">Excel 2010http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/02/01/manage-outlook-pst-files.aspxWed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30541Emily Warn2<p>We wanted to let you know about some good news from the Exchange team.They've released a new administrative tool called PST Capture that helps IT administrators manage <a href="&lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979795.aspx#MD&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about the risks arising from storing messaging data in .pst files&quot;&gt;.pst files&lt;/a&gt;">.pst files</a>. It lets them search across networks to discover .pst files and then import them into Exchange Server or Exchange Online.So what's a .pst file? </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/02/01/manage-outlook-pst-files.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30541" width="1" height="1">Outlook 2010Exchange ServerExchange Onlinehttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/01/31/helping-small-businesses-imagine-the-possible.aspxTue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30532Stephen Bury4<p><b>By Cindy Bates, Vice President, US SMB, Microsoft Corp.</b></p> <p><img width="150" src="http://blogs.office.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/225x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-60/5722.Cindy_5F00_Bates.jpg" alt="Cindy Bates" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 7px; margin-left: 7px; float: left;" />Yesterday was a bit of a different day for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead of conducting business meetings, I found myself paddling down rivers and riding on rainbows.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, these were metaphoric rivers and rainbows.&nbsp; In reality, I spent the morning doing imaginative yoga with a class of pre-K students at Carden Cascade Academy in Hillsboro, Oregon.&nbsp; &nbsp;This class teaches kids to use their imaginations in the practice of yoga.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>The class was being taught by Jamie Hopkins of <a href="http://imaginationyoga.com/">Imagination Yoga</a>, an Office 365 customer and Ready for Work contest winner.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://community.office365.com/en-us/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2011/09/28/meet-the-grand-prize-winners-of-the-office-365-ready-for-work-contest.aspx">Ready for Work</a> contest winners received $50,000 in technology and business services and a Microsoft executive to work for them for a day.&nbsp; So, I packed my bags and headed down to Portland to experience a day in the life of Imagination Yoga. </p> <p>Two sisters, Jessica and Jamie, along with their brother, Jon, make up Imagination Yoga.&nbsp; It is a family business focused on a simple yet important mission-inspiring kids to move.&nbsp; The Imagination Yoga team works in schools throughout the Portland area to teach kids to imagine the possible, to be kind and thoughtful, and to become more active and healthy.</p> <p>But for Imagination Yoga it is not all fun and yoga.&nbsp; Because they are so passionate about their core mission, the team is very focused on building a strong and sustainable business.&nbsp; After a morning yoga class with their students, I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon hearing about their business and long-term goals.&nbsp; I came away with a few key takeaways:</p> <ul> <li><b><img width="300" src="http://blogs.office.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-60/0045.Imagination_5F00_Yoga.jpg" alt="Imagination Yoga" title="Figure 1 Cindy joins Carden Cascade Academy's morning yoga" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 7px; margin-left: 7px; float: right;" />Technology breaks down virtual walls</b>: For a small business, roadblocks to growth and success are common. They can be customer or partner related or technical in nature. For Imagination Yoga, Office 365 has broken down the walls of communication and collaboration, enabling them to embrace the possible, like adding new staff without the prohibitive cost of a technology upgrade. </li> <li><b>Business-grade technology is a "must have": </b>After starting their business, Imagination Yoga quickly realized they needed better technology to realize their dreams. Yet a massive technology upgrade to the tools a Fortune 500 might use didn't seem possible. That's when Office 365 stepped in and "changed everything". As Jessica McClintic from Imagination Yoga said during our meeting, simply having a custom e-mail address (name@imaginationyoga.com) gave the business a sense of realness, of weight and importance. In other words, business-grade technology for small businesses is a "must have".<b></b></li> <li><b>Passion with a plan: </b>For so many small businesses, there is never a lack of passion. Most are wildly passionate about their ideas and business. Instead, a plan to make that passion a successful reality is often what's missing. Imagination Yoga has both...in spades. They have seen over 400% YOY growth, and their business plan calls for over 500% YOY growth this year. Much of this growth will come from teaching more instructors to teach the Imagination Yoga curriculum in schools, and they are looking to franchise their business in the near future. Office 365 empowers them to be more effective and focus on what they do best. <b></b></li> </ul> <p>Jamie, Jessica, and Jon are wonderful and inspiring people, and I came away energized by their mission, by their love of the kids they teach, and by their focus on growing the business.&nbsp; Hearing about their plans for the future, I realized that Microsoft, with services like Office 365, is truly helping small businesses imagine the possible.<b></b></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Office 365small businessCustomer StoriesImagination Yogahttp://blogs.office.com/b/office-exec/archive/2012/01/30/quot-office-15-quot-begins-technical-preview.aspxMon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30493PJ Hough36<p>This morning, we reached an important development milestone: the beginning of the "Office 15" Technical Preview Program. Office 15 is the codename for the next generation of the Microsoft Office products and services, and the Technical Preview is the first time we share our work with a select group of customers under non-disclosure agreements. These customers play a key role in our development process by testing early builds and providing feedback, which we incorporate into the final release. </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office-exec/archive/2012/01/30/quot-office-15-quot-begins-technical-preview.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30493" width="1" height="1">Office 15Technical Previewhttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/01/30/update-on-blackberry-business-cloud-services-for-microsoft-office-365.aspxMon, 30 Jan 2012 12:15:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30497Stephen Bury2<p>On the heels of October's open beta, today Research in Motion (RIM) launched BlackBerry&reg; Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365--a new service for organizations to extend Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry&reg; smartphones. The service ensures people have industry-leading business collaboration tools while on the go. </p> <p>Some of the key features include:</p> <ul> <li>Integration within the Office 365 Administrative Portal for easy management</li> <li>Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Online email, calendar and organizer data from a BlackBerry smartphone</li> <li>BlackBerry&reg; Balance^TM technology, which presents a unified view of work and personal content on a BlackBerry smartphone while keeping the content separate and secure</li> <li>An intuitive, web-based console for IT administrators to provision, manage and secure BlackBerry smartphones from anywhere</li> <li>Online access to employee self-service smartphone security functions, allowing users to easily reset a device password or remotely lock or wipe a device in the event of loss or theft</li> <li>BlackBerry security and encryption as well as device manageability</li> </ul> <p>The service is available at no additional charge to current medium-sized or enterprise subscribers of the Office 365 suite or standalone Exchange Online and works with BlackBerry smartphones on business or consumer data plans. </p> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.blackberry.com/cloudservices">www.blackberry.com/cloudservices</a> to get started!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Office 365RIMBlackberry Business Cloud Serviceshttp://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/27/quick-recall-that-email-message.aspxSat, 28 Jan 2012 01:10:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:24939Leslie Cole4<p><a href="/b/office_blog/archive/2011/04/05/quick-recall-that-email-message.aspx" title="Find more &quot;Oops&quot; images on Office.com/images"><i></i></a><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-06/5127.Summary_5F00_RecallEmail_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Photo of yellow road sign that says OOPS!!" title="OOPS!! Recall that Email Message" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px; float: left;" />It happens. You made a mistake. </p> <p>How do you "take back" or recall an Outlook&nbsp;email message that you already sent? How do you recall a message and replace it with another one? Go to your Outlook&nbsp;<b>Sent Items&nbsp;</b>folder&nbsp;first, and then recall that message! <i>Quickly!</i> </p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/27/quick-recall-that-email-message.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24939" width="1" height="1">OutlookOffice 2003tipsOutlook 2007emailOutlook 2010http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/01/26/five-popular-excel-posts.aspxThu, 26 Jan 2012 19:03:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30489Emily Warn2<p><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/2043.Summary_5F00_ExcelBestPosts_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Best Posts of 2011 on Excel Blog" title="Best Posts of 2011 on Excel Blog" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />It's still January. There's still time to share the most popular posts on the Excel blog in 2011. Thanks for reading them!</p> <p>The first one is--you guessed it--about keyword shortcuts.&nbsp; From the post, you can download Quick Reference Cards to pin to your corkboard.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/01/26/five-popular-excel-posts.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30489" width="1" height="1">Excel 2010PivotTablesPercentagesExcel shortcutshttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/2012/01/26/how-to-save-your-sharepoint-password-in-windows.aspxThu, 26 Jan 2012 16:52:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30486Emily Warn2Recently, someone posted a comment on IT Impact Inc.'s blog asking how to get SharePoint to remember his password when he logged in via Access. He wanted to avoid having to log in every time. Ben Clothier, a Senior Access Developer at IT Impact, knew the answer. He wrote a detailed blog post (with plenty of screenshots) that we'd like to share with you. ITImpact has been building custom databases with Microsoft Access since 1994, serving customers around the world. Ben Clothier has been Microsoft...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/2012/01/26/how-to-save-your-sharepoint-password-in-windows.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30486" width="1" height="1">Access 2010SharePointhttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/01/25/helping-you-get-started.aspxWed, 25 Jan 2012 18:54:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30480Stephen Bury4<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <p>Perhaps you've heard about the advantages of Microsoft Office 365, and want to give it a try. Or maybe you've already completed a 30-day trial and are ready to subscribe on an ongoing basis.&nbsp; The question is: Which plan should I subscribe to?</p> <p>To make your choice easy, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/compare-plans.aspx?mtag=soc_bl&amp;WT.mc_ID=soc_bl">we've updated our Office 365 website</a> to help you quickly select the right plan for your organization.&nbsp; Now, from a single page, you can compare all the subscription plans side-by-side, including the specific features and prices of each. You can see which plans come with a free, 30-day trial, and find the plan best suited for your organization's specific size and needs.</p> <p>To make our subscription plans easy to navigate, we've also grouped them into four categories: email, small business, midsize businesses and enterprises E1&amp; E3:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Email (Online Exchange)</strong>: This plan is suitable for organizations of any size that want to move their email, but not their productivity applications, to the cloud. Subscribers receive our web-based email service Exchange Online, along with shared calendars, anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, and Active Directory integration. Cost: $5 per user/month. </li> <li><strong>Small Business (P1)</strong>: This plan is ideal for organizations with 50 or fewer employees. In addition to web-based email complete with anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, it offers instant messaging, voice and video conferencing, and web-based viewing and editing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files. It also includes a team site for sharing files, an external website, and Microsoft community support. Cost: $6 per user/month.</li> <li><strong>Midsize Businesses &amp; Enterprises (E1)</strong>: The basic plan is appropriate for medium and large enterprises that want to move email, communications, and collaboration to the cloud, while keeping their productivity applications on-premises. It offers web-based email, shared calendars, instant messaging, and video conferencing. Plus it includes a SharePoint intranet supporting up to 300 sub-sites, Active Directory integration, configurable anti-spam filtering, and 24x7 customer support. Cost: $10 per user/month.</li> <li><strong>Midsize Businesses &amp; Enterprises (E3)</strong>: The premier plan is suitable for medium and large enterprises that are taking a hybrid approach to the cloud and want to combine their cloud-based and on-premises versions of Office into a single plan. It includes everything in the basic plan plus web-based viewing and editing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files. It also comes with a desktop version subscription of Office Professional Plus 2010 for up to five devices per user. And it offers unlimited email storing and archiving, and hosted voicemail support. Cost: $24 per user/month.</li> </ul> <p>You can subscribe to a plan right from our website, or sign up a for a 30-day free trial. You can also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4BB9B996A8B4CE4A&amp;feature=plcp">watch demos</a> of Office 365, and view answers to frequently asked questions. Please <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/compare-plans.aspx?mtag=soc_bl&amp;WT.mc_ID=soc_bl">check it out</a>, and tell us what you think. We welcome your questions and comments.</p> </span></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Office 365plansbusinesshttp://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/01/24/lync-office-mobile-working-with-nothing-but-a-windows-phone-part-2-.aspxTue, 24 Jan 2012 18:59:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29030Doug Thomas2<p>A restaurant can become a workplace using Windows Phone. With a built-in version of Office, communications software (Lync), and a way to access your files stored Microsoft's free cloud service (SkyDrive), you can see how to attend a meeting and even handle an emergency while eating your lunch.</p> <p>&nbsp;<iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3wzcC7Gg8kc" height="360"></iframe></p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/01/24/lync-office-mobile-working-with-nothing-but-a-windows-phone-part-2-.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29030" width="1" height="1">Office Web AppsLyncOffice Mobilehttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/01/24/the-power-of-teamwork.aspxTue, 24 Jan 2012 18:57:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30470Stephen Bury0<p>As a boys' basketball coach, I always tell my sons that if you want to be a star, you've got to learn teamwork. If you hog the ball and constantly try to score yourself, both you and your team are going to get creamed. But if you know where your teammates are on the court, if you're constantly watching to see who's open and frequently pass the ball, you're going to find opportunities to score. </p> <p>The same is true for business. From <i>The Wisdom of Crowds</i> to <i>Teamwork makes the Dreamwork</i>, numerous books have pointed to the incredible benefits organizations can reap by getting their staff to work effectively as a team. Often, however, the problem is structuring the work environment to make it possible for teams to thrive. Without an underlying infrastructure that makes it easy to share information and collaborate, teamwork can be as difficult as a lone basketball player squaring off against a team of Kobe Bryants.</p> <p>One of the benefits of Microsoft Office 365 is that it provides the infrastructure for collaboration and information sharing. With Microsoft SharePoint Online, a component of Office 365, organizations can create sites that let them easily share information and collaborate with colleagues and customers. With Microsoft Lync Online, they can connect seamlessly with others through instant messaging, video conferences, and online meetings.</p> <p>Collaborating effectively couldn't be more critical for SKARF, a medical research and treatment center in Denmark. The organization networks with researchers across the globe to discover, share, and advance knowledge around effective cardiovascular medicine and treatments.&nbsp; "In order for research to be accurate and thorough, it's important that a lot of stakeholders contribute to it," says Kristian Wachtell, a cardiologist at SKARF. "We need easy, fast ways to share knowledge and ideas across borders so we can improve productivity."</p> <p>The organization had been exchanging drafts and comments with other researchers via email. However, it was cumbersome to manage and consolidate the information it received. Based on a recommendation from its IT support firm, ProActive, SKARF decided to try Office 365 for its collaboration features.</p> <p>Rather than emailing documents back and forth for feedback, researchers now use the co-authoring feature in Microsoft Word 2010 hosted by SharePoint Online to make edits simultaneously. "SharePoint Online is exactly what we need to quickly and easily share data and files," Wachtell says. "We're definitely more productive. We're probably cutting down document creation time by 25 percent."</p> <p>The organization also uses Lync Online to hold web conferences, reducing the need for researchers to travel to universities and other research centers to share information about the latest research. "Being able to share what's on our desktops and talk about it in real time expands our horizons," Wachtell says. "We can cut travel time in half and save the company $50,000 annually-that's a significant savings."</p> <p>Being able to collaborate more productively has made it possible for the researchers to work together better in teams. They're also completing projects faster, which means they can take on more work. "This kind of collaboration is vital to us," Wachtell says. "Office 365 helps us perform better, work more productively, and increase our workload capacity." (Click <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Search_Results.aspx?Type=1&amp;Keywords=SKARF&amp;LangID=46">here</a> to check out the full SKARF case study.)</p> <p>Has Office 365 improved teamwork in your organization? Feel free to leave a comment.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Office 365Customer StoriesCollaborationteamworkSKARFhttp://blogs.office.com/b/officewebapps/archive/2012/01/20/guy-kawasaki-on-how-to-start-a-business.aspxFri, 20 Jan 2012 23:21:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:30458Emily Warn1<p><img src="http://blogs.office.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-41/6874.Summary_5F00_GuyKawasaki_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Photo of Guy Kawasaki" title="Guy Kawasaki" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />Today Guy Kawasaki shares his <a href="http://bit.ly/Ab1E4o">final blog post</a> in a series about making your entrepreneurial dreams come true. His witty wrap up offers up what not to say and what not to believe that investors tell you.&nbsp;These tongue-in-cheek lists serve a purpose:&nbsp; they run down everything he taught you about creating a business <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/01/09/guy-kawasaki-s-guide-on-pitching-to-venture-capitalists.aspx#fbid=0uR_zHkxVwJ">pitch</a> and&nbsp; <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/01/12/guy-kawasaki-guide-to-writing-a-business-plan.aspx#fbid=0uR_zHkxVwJ">plan</a>, and developing a <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/01/17/guy-kawasaki-guide-to-creating-financial-forecasts-in-excel-.aspx#fbid=0uR_zHkxVwJ">financial forecast</a>. Reading all the posts should give you everything you need to launch that business! No more excuses! And don&rsquo;t forget &ndash; Office Web Apps are great tools for sharing and collaborating &ndash; perfect for entrepreneurs and their business partners when they set out. </p> <p>Now get crackin!</p> <p>(You can read or download the whole series on <a href="http://bit.ly/AgjPrp">Guy's SkyDrive</a>.)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30458" width="1" height="1">Office 2010Guy Kawasakihttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/01/19/yes-it-is-possible-to-create-nice-looking-spreadsheets.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 21:23:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29999Diego M. Oppenheimer2<p><a href="http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/01/guest-post-15-spreadsheet-formatting-tips/"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/1680.Summary_5F00_PowerPivot_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Image of a nicely designed Excel Chart" title="Nicely Designed Excel Chart" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />15 Spreadsheet Formatting Tips</a></p> <p>For the last couple years I&rsquo;ve been meaning to pull together some of the tips that I&rsquo;ve learned working on the Excel team about how to make nice looking spreadsheets. Well, last week, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/robcollie">Rob Collie</a> (a previous Excel Program Manager, and now CTO at <a href="http://www.pivotstream.com/">Pivotstream</a> and author of PowerPivotPro.com) beat me to it with his post &ldquo;In the Browser, Aesthetics Yield a Greater Return.&rdquo;</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/01/19/yes-it-is-possible-to-create-nice-looking-spreadsheets.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29999" width="1" height="1">PowerPivotformattinghttp://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/01/19/working-with-nothing-but-a-windows-phone-part-1-email-social-groups-local-scout.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 19:58:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29029Doug Thomas6<p>If you wake up in the middle of nowhere--or <a href="/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/18/office-snow-or-shine-quot-win-office-2010-a-windows-phone-and-xbox-with-kinect.aspx">have to work regardless of the weather</a>--you can get a lot done with a Windows Phone.&nbsp; That's because it gives you lots of ways to reach people. &nbsp;In this video I show you some of them --including how Windows Phone lets you text by voice, send group emails, and stay completely connected to Facebook. Watch:</p> <p><iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/loo3jj6SeyM" height="360"></iframe></p> <p>In case you want to know more about the features of a Windows Phone, click these links:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/archive/2012/01/19/working-with-nothing-but-a-windows-phone-part-1-email-social-groups-local-scout.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29029" width="1" height="1">Office MobileWindows Phonehttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/01/19/the-office-365-marketing-blog-is-moving-please-bookmark-new-location.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 16:45:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29330Stephen_Bury0<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We&rsquo;re moving!</p> <p>This marks our last post to the Office 365 Product Marketing blog in this location. We have moved the blog to the Office Blogs located at:</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/">http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/</a></p> <p>Please bookmark the new location and look for continued coverage on Office 365 product news, customer stories, events, insider looks and helpful tips for getting the most of Office 365.</p> <p>We hope you&rsquo;ll follow us.</p> <p>You can also follow the Office 365 conversation on these social networks:</p> <p><strong>LinkedIn</strong> &ndash; <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Microsoft-Office-365-3724282">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Microsoft-Office-365-3724282</a> </p> <p><strong>Twitter</strong> &ndash; <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Office365">http://www.twitter.com/Office365</a> </p> <p><strong>Facebook</strong> &ndash; <a href="http://facebook.com/Office365">http://facebook.com/Office365</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>For all of your questions on getting started, performing advanced tasks or troubleshooting common issues, be sure to visit the comprehensive content on the <a href="http://community.office365.com/">Office 365 Community</a> across blogs, forums and wikis.</p> <p>See you on the new <a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/">Office 365 Blog</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Office 365 businesshttp://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/18/microsoft-office-2010-keyboard-shortcuts.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 03:18:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29091Emily Warn1<p><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-06/8713.Summary_5F00_CommandCenter_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Picture of a command central control room" title="Picture of a command central control room" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" />Which takes longer? Typing <strong>Ctrl +C,</strong> or using your mouse to point and then click <strong>Copy.</strong> Obvioulsy, that's a rhetorical question. Many people know about the keyboard shortcuts for copying, cutting and saving (<strong>Ctrl+C,</strong> <strong>Ctrl+X, Ctrl+S), </strong>but probably not about the dozens of other time-saving shortcuts in Office 2010. </p> <p>Sometimes not knowing them can get you in trouble. In this short video, the Office 911 team rescues a harried Office user by teaching him a few.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/01/18/microsoft-office-2010-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29091" width="1" height="1">Microsoft Office 2010Keyboard Shortcutshttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/01/18/update-your-outlook-connector.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 02:07:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29024Annik Stahl0Recently, we released a small update to the software that connects the Outlook Social Connector to Facebook. If you already use the Outlook Social Connector to connect to Facebook, you can get the software update in our download center. If you don't use Outlook Social Connector, you should try it out. It integrates your contacts and email messages in Outlook with status updates from social networks in one single place for you to view. The really good thing about the update is that it lets you connect...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/01/18/update-your-outlook-connector.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29024" width="1" height="1">Outlook Social Connectorreleaseoutlook connectorhttp://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/01/18/customize-5-table-of-contents-tricks.aspxWed, 18 Jan 2012 19:25:00 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:29072Joannie Stangeland0<p>The Word 2010 gallery makes adding a basic table of contents quick: Click the <strong>References</strong> tab, click <strong>Table of Contents</strong>, and then click the gallery table of contents you want. </p> <p>But what if you want more? What if your table of contents needs to provide different information--more levels, or fewer levels? What if you want a table of contents at the beginning of each chapter? What if you want to change the font?</p> <p>Here are some of the ways you can customize your table of contents.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/01/18/customize-5-table-of-contents-tricks.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29072" width="1" height="1">