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Using Microsoft Word Online

June 18, 2010

Microsoft has unveiled online, cloud-based versions of the Microsoft office components. If the computer you are using does not have those MS Office, it no longer matters, because can now access versions of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the web.

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Lexis Integrates with Microsoft Office

February 9, 2010

Later this year, lawyers with Lexis subscriptions and Microsoft Office will be able to use Lexis within the comfy confines of Microsoft Word and other applications. The integration should allow attorneys to stay within one program when drafting briefs, rather than clicking back and forth. If you use Word and Lexis, the integration will make [...]

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Microsoft Online Apps

October 5, 2009

Microsoft is making a bold entrance into the online computing arena with a limited rollout of online web applications. The apps will include online versions of MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote, and will be available for free through Windows Live Skydrive. The apps will not have all the functions of the “regular” versions but [...]

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Anti-Virus, Now From Microsoft

September 30, 2009

For 19 years, Windows’ Achilles heel has been its vulnerability to viruses. In my opinion, this vulnerability is ridiculously overstated (especially by the competition), but it is a liability. Unfortunately, most anti-virus software is either awful, expensive, or both. With this in mind, I am astonished that it took Microsoft so long to develop its [...]

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Pre-order Windows 7 upgrade for half off!

June 26, 2009

Windows 7 pre-orders start today. While the software itself will not ship until October, you can get a great deal if you order it now. I wrote down my first impressions of Windows 7 earlier this year. Unlike Vista, I think Windows 7 is a necessary upgrade for every Windows user, especially those still using [...]

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Acrobat.com Presentations: a future PowerPoint killer?

May 27, 2009

Today, Adobe releases a new collaborative Presentations application for its free online Acrobat.com cloud-based office suite. This new presentation software brings Acrobat.com one step closer to being a full-fledged online replacement for Microsoft Office. Since all of Acrobat.com is still in a beta phase, none of the products are fully developed — and some need [...]

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