Written by The New Paperclip on January 12, 2007 – 9:58 pm
… everyone who has ever worked in an office knows that Blind Carbon Copy (or Bcc as it is usually referred to) is how most organisations operate. Without Bcc you could not spread rumors, embarrass your colleagues… whoops I mean you could not inform others of important business communications whilst protecting their identity.
The problem is that by [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on January 7, 2007 – 11:24 pm
Thats right… 23 Sleeps, thats 552 hours, or 33120 minutes until Office 2007, and Windows Vista will be available in the shops. January 30 is not that far away!
You can pre-order your copy of Windows Vista or Office 2007 now on Amazon.com! They can even gift wrap it for you!
Over the next three weeks I will [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on December 8, 2006 – 7:18 pm
So you are going on holiday and need to let everyone know that you are not going to be answering their emails, looking at their funny forwards, or reading about Nigerian money scams in your junk mail folder!
The Out of Office Assistant looks after your inbox whilst you are away, by replying with a custom [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on November 22, 2006 – 11:26 pm
I am sure as soon as you thought about upgrading to Office 2007 and looked at the options available, you thought - “dang it, this is going to be hard work deciphering exactly what version (or SKU) of Office I should buy.“
Well let me save you the hassle and let you know exactly what you [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on November 7, 2006 – 8:51 pm
Exciting news!!! My sources at Microsoft have all been spruiking that Microsoft Office 2007 has now reached the magic milestone that is RTM.
If you are a MSDN subscriber, you can expect the gold code to be available in the next few days.
If you are a consumer, we still need to wait until early next year [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on October 24, 2006 – 7:49 pm
There are a few screencasts starting to appear on the Microsoft Office 2007 Developer Center.
For those of you who don’t know what screencasts are, they are basically videos showing you exactly how to do something in an application.
This screencast details exactly how to extend the Office 2007 UI by building a custom ribbon! Great if you want [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on September 21, 2006 – 9:06 pm
Looking to download the latest bits for Office 2007? You can download the patch for Office 2007 Beta 2 from Microsoft right now. The download is about 495MB, so you might have to grab a coffee or two whilst you wait (especially on 56K, it will take just over 20 hours to download).
Hopefully I will [...]
Written by The New Paperclip on August 22, 2006 – 10:20 pm
You thought I was gone… think again… I am back with a new Outlook on life! I dumped my old style, bought some new fashionable glasses, and use some new fancy metal polish… it is not what you are thinking… I prefer to call myself a metrosexual paperclip! Take my Word for it. I Excel at all things Office 2007, [...]