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2007 Office system

• Word Q & A: Is the change tracking off?

  6 Jun 2008

  This is a true story: I'm riding my bike home from work. It's a pretty long ride—almost 18 miles. I'm about a third of the way into it, past the first big intersection and pedaling along the shoulder up a slight grade when my cell phone rings. It's my husband. "How do I turn those change marks off?"...
• Easing the Transition to Word 2007

  7 Jun 2007

  It’s been awhile, but for what it’s worth, the time has been spent planning a great Word vNext. Stay tuned for vNext posts. Anyway, while we have been working on vNext, we have certainly not forgotten about Word vNow (Word 2007) or Word vPast (Word 2003, XP, or 2000). In fact, during a trip I took last...
• Keyboard Shortcuts, KeyTips, and Comics

  4 Jan 2007

  If you are a fan of keyboard shortcuts and wonder what Word's new UI means for them, or if you don't know what a keyboard shortcut is, or if you are just tired of taking your hands off of your keyboard to use your mouse in Word, I highly recommend checking out Jensen Harris's Stroking the Keys in Office...
• Office "Business Launch"

  30 Nov 2006

  Today marks the business launch of the 2007 Office system (e.g. the software is available to businesses). A blog has been setup to capture all the goodness of the actual launch event (thoughts, sights, sounds) and can be found here . Give it a look. - Jonathan
• Office UI Licensing

  21 Nov 2006

  This morning Office announced the launch of a program to license the Office User Interface design on a royalty-free basis. This basically allows licensees to create UI components and applications that have the same "Ribbon-esque" look and behavior as the new 2007 Microsoft Office System UI . In addition...
• RTM Compatibility Pack Released

  8 Nov 2006

  I'll be taking some time off and visiting lovely Las Vegas starting tomorrow to celebrate the release of the RTM Compatibility Pack . If you remember my first post , the Compatibility Pack is what I've been spending a lot of my time on, so I'm pretty excited about this release. And while we've chatted...
• Microsoft Word 2007 Released to Manufacturing

  6 Nov 2006

  Thank you to everyone who beta tested Word 2007 and helped enable the 2007 Office system to be released to manufactures . Nice! If you'd like to try out the release to market (RTM) version of Word 2007, starting Dec. 1 in the U.S. and Canada (and later to an additional 13 international markets), the...
• Retail Packaging for 2007 Office system & Vista

  1 Nov 2006

  Check out the retail packaging for the 2007 Office system & Windows Vista…Nice Jonathan
• Microsoft Office Webcasts & Developer Roadmap

  1 Nov 2006

  For some great information on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, check out the Microsoft Office webcasts (below) & the brand new Developer Roadmap for the 2007 Microsoft Office System . Tips and Tricks for the 2007 Office System: Great Document Formatting Made Simple with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint...
• Why A New Default File Format?

  25 Oct 2006

  Word 2007 (along with Excel and PowerPoint 2007) has new XML based default file format (.docx). I've referred to Brian Jones' blog for more info on these new formats before, and highly recommend checking out his recent post summarizing why we've adopted this new default format . We're really excited...
• Opening & Saving Word, PowerPoint and Excel’s new default file formats in previous versions of Office

  27 Sep 2006

  Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 have new XML based default file formats (Word -- .docx, Excel -- .xlsx, and PowerPoint -- .pptx). New formats?! You may be wondering : "How will these new formats affect previous releases of Office?" Or, put a bit more realistically: "If Travis does not have the 2007...