Software by tag 'office'

How to Open docx file using Firefox without Office 2007

Posted by Dickey on Dec 20th, 08 | Filed under Firefox, Tips | 5 Comments

docx is Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents extension. Now, you can view docx files using Firefox by installing OpenXMLViewer, which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux users.

The picture above shows the architecture of OpenXML Viewer. After installing the Firefox plugin, you are able to open any docx files using Firefox.

It is an useful extension for users who haven’t upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007. Basically, the extension will convert docx documents into HTML format so that web browsers can render and display to users. So, the extension is not able to shows embedded objects.

Source: Digital Inspiration

Microsoft to release web based Office

Posted by Dickey on Nov 3rd, 08 | Filed under Application, Internet, Tech News | 2 Comments

There are a lot of desktop applications go online nowadays. For example, we have Sumo Paint, PhotoShop Express, and Google Docs. Now, Microsoft announced that they are extending Office to the browser.

They will provide users lightweight version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. With these web based applications, user can use a browser to create and edit documents.

Microsoft will deliver Office Web applications through Office Live. With the release of Office Live, Microsoft will competes with other famous web based office provider such as Google Docs and Zoho Office.

How to enable calculation feature in Office 2007

Posted by Dickey on Aug 24th, 08 | Filed under Application, Tips, Tutorial | 1 Comment

We use Microsoft Office everyday. There are a lot of features that are hidden by default, and we need to manually enable them so that they appear at the toolbox button. One of the example is the calculation feature.

Step 1

First of all, click the “Customize Quick Access Toolbar” button and choose “More Commands…”

Step 2

After that, select the Calculate from the list and press the “Add>>” button.

Step 3

Then, you may start to provide some formula, highlight it and press the “Formula” button at the Quick Access Toolbar. Microsoft Word will calculate the result and save at clipboard. Then, press the “Paste” button and the result will appear.

Hide your unwanted windows when your boss come

Posted by Dickey on Mar 9th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff | 1 Comment

Magic Boss Key is an application which can hide active program window immediately by using a hot key.

I believe most of us will browse the net or do ur own stuffs during office hours. But, we need to be You can hide the browser windows, folder windows, applications windows, all your desktop icons and taskbar when your boss or anyone else come over you.

Magic Boss Key

There are a few options that you can choose from. You can choose the hot key that will hide/show windows, enable/disable Boss Key to hide windows such as Browser, Folder, Application, Desktop Icons, and Taskbar. The speed is brought to the maximum, so that you can hide/show all windows immediately when you press the hot key.

The features are quite attractive. However, this application not allow us to hide specific window or applications. It simply hide/show all windows on the desktop. I hope that they will implement this feature in the future release.

Magic Boss Key

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