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• Introducing Word 2013

  30 Jul 2012

  Today Tristan Davis, Senior Lead Program Manager on the Word Team, introduces you to Word 2013. Last Monday, we announced the Office Customer Preview - now that the Preview is publically available, I wanted to kick off a series of Word 2013-focused posts by giving you an introduction to the new release...
• Make talking books within Word: Save as DAISY for Office 2010

  15 Dec 2011

  Broader access to content is important in today's information-rich world. Microsoft Word is a critical tool for content creation. We're happy to announce that a free accessibility add-in for Microsoft Word is now available. Save as Daisy for Office 2010 makes working with Microsoft Word easier for people...
• Introducing Word 2010!

  14 Jul 2009

  We've been patiently waiting to talk with you about what we've been working on for the last two years, and the wait is over. Today we'll introduce Word 2010 at a very high-level, and then dig deeper and deeper into specific topics and features in the coming months. Of course, please let us know what...
• Word 2007 Vodcast

  14 Apr 2009

  Quick FYI. Frequent Word Team Blog blogger Joannie Stangeland started up a vodcast series called A Writer's Guide to Microsoft Office . The vodcast is currently stepping through the scenario of creating a manuscript in Word 2007 (how to pull together your separate files, add a table of contents, etc...
• A Word 2007 Redaction Tool

  22 Sep 2008

  Update: Links updated to v1.0 version of the tool [12.4.08 5pm PST] As someone who cares a lot about programmability in Word, I'm always looking for ways to showcase how powerful our object model is, and how it can be used to build really great solutions. With that in mind, I've been looking into ways...
• Mac Compatibility Pack Released

  25 Jun 2008

  If you know anyone who uses Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2004 for Mac, please let them know that the Mac version of the Compatibility Pack is now available. From the download page: "[The] Open XML Converter allows you to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007...
• Office Labs and Community Clips

  16 May 2008

  Following up on Jon’s blog about questions that we are not posting about on our team’s blog, I wanted to share a new resource that just went live a few weeks ago. The new resource is called Community Clips and can be found at http://communityclips.officelabs.com/ . Unlike our other help and how-to resources...
• New Graduation Templates

  15 May 2008

  If you have a graduation coming-up you may enjoy the following brand new templates on Office Online. They include all sorts of goodness from grad announcements, to grad invitations, to grad photo albums [image below] and grad thank you cards. Graduation design set Textures graduation design set Formal...
• New Version of the Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification

  17 Apr 2008

  I have the pleasure, perhaps honor :), of being the principal editor of a revised version of the RTF file format specification. The focus of this revision is interoperability with Microsoft Word, RichEdit and all those other programs that support the venerable standard. More specifically, this new version...
• Independent Word Experts

  22 Mar 2007

  Last week we had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with eleven of the most knowledgeable Word users in the world. Specifically, eleven of the thirty-five Word MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) came from all over the world to chat with the Word product team about the good, bad, and ugly of Word...
• Links for the Weekend

  2 Mar 2007

  Two interesting links to check-out: The Office Migration Planning Manager : The Office Migration Planning Manager is a collection of tools which ease migration to the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Specifically for Word 2007, the OMPM includes the Version Extraction Tool which allows each version of a...
• Word 2007 in a store near you

  30 Jan 2007

  Today is the 'consumer launch' of not only the 2007 Office system but also Vista (not to be confused with the November '06 'business launch' of the 2007 Office system). This means that starting today you'll start to see these shiny new Office & Vista boxes in retail stores (39,000 retail stores in...
• Word 2007 RTF Spec Released

  11 Jan 2007

  If you author Rich Text Format (RTF) based solutions, or if you would like to learn more about how Word 2007 writes RTF :) , check-out the recently released Word 2007 RTF Spec . Also, check-out http://thenewpaperclip.com/ for some great tips, tricks, and techniques for Word 2007. - Jonathan
• New Formats on the Go

  13 Dec 2006

  We've talked about the compatibility of Word's new default file format (.docx) with previous versions of Office and Office for Mac, but what about compatibility with Windows Mobile? Will you be able to read and edit .docx files on the go? Yes. Pocket PC editions of Windows Mobile 5.0-powered devices...
• Office for Mac Compatibility

  6 Dec 2006

  In a previous post on the Compatibility Pack , I mentioned that a similar compatibility experience will be available to Office for Mac users. Yesterday, The Office for Mac Team Blog posted with more specifics on the release of these converters . In short: A free public beta of the Office for Mac compatibility...
• What’s in a name

  1 Dec 2006

  Fun fact: It was almost exactly thirty years ago (11/26/76) that the trade name, Microsoft, was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico. The spelling of the name was kicked around for almost a year beforehand, varying from "MicroSoft", to "Micro-soft", to "Micro-Soft",...
• 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...