Create a keyboard shortcut to paste plain text in Microsoft Word and Excel
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Add only the text you copy from a Web page or other source, and leave the images, formatting, and other non-text elements behind.
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Can computers get along fine without writers? Word is they just might. [Missing Link]
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InfoWorld - Sun&#160;has created software that will provide translation between the file format in Microsoft&#39;s Office 2003 suite and ODF (Open Document Format for XML). The plug-in lets people who use computers with assistive technologies to access documents written in ODF.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft's Word and Office programs have been targeted again, with the company warning that hackers may already exploiting a new vulnerability found in the applications. The warning comes just afterÂ the company issued fixesÂ for 20 other bugs in its products on Tuesday, including six for Word. The latest problem affects Office 2000 and Office XP, Microsoft said in a security advisory on Wednesday. An attacker could create a specially-crafted Word document that, if opened, could allow them to control a victim's computer remotely. As usual it advised great caution when opening unsolicited attachments. Microsoft said it had received reports of "very limited, targeted" attacks. Danish security vendor SecuniaÂ ranked the problem as "extremely critical." The emergence of a security bug so soon after Microsoft's scheduled patch release follows a familiar pattern by hackers, who want to maximize the amount of time they have to take advantage of a vulnerability, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technical officer. Microsoft rarely diverts from its patch schedule, set for the second Tuesday of the month, although it said it would in this case if it considers it necessary. Office applications such as Word are "low-hanging fruit" for hackers, since the programs haven't been audited as much as some others, such as Internet Explorer, Kristensen said. The hackers find a vulnerability by manipulating a document and testing how Word reads it. In this case, a modified document can corrupt system memory in a way that allows the attacker to execute code on the machine remotely. As well as sending the document via email, the hacker could embed it in a Web page and try to lure users into visiting that page. "Attacking using this vector is fairly easy," Kristensen said. However, new security features in Windows Vista, released to the general public last month, may prevent similar types of attack, so hackers may be making an extra effort to exploit them while they can, he said. Â
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Now Old Grumpy goes for a (Micro)soft target Column Iâm a fan of shell extensions â those plug-ins for Windows Explorer which provide easy right-click access to all manner of context sensitive actions. For example, my favourite ZIP compressor is WinZip: simply right-click on a folder and you can instantly create an archive containing everything within that folder. Magic! But having said that, shell extensions, like other things, should be used in moderation; they can seriously impact system performance if you invite too many of âem to the party.â¦
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Keyboard survives to type the tale You've got a desktop keyboard. And it's stained, grimy and filled with crumbs - not to mention the odd short, curly hair that really can't have got there through natural means. What do you do? You put it in the Whirlpool, that's what.â¦
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The newest version of Microsoft Office arrives this week, complete with a tricked-out user interface intended to impress the Windows-weary. By Scott Gilbertson. Plus: Gallery: Office 2007.
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A mouse that can leap over mountains of pages, or tiptoe through paragraphs line by line.
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Q: Last week I installed Microsoft Office 2007 and on the same day my spellchecker for outgoing messages in Outlook Express didn't recognize words like "you,""then," and "the," so I became suspicious.
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Does your email program accept hidden JavaScript commands?
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Inking lets you take the stylus approach to file annotations, or give your Outlook 2007 e-mail the personal touch.
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The fact that OpenOffice.org Writer is more than a word processor is an open secret. Designed to write long documents, Writer is in many ways a document processor comparable to FrameMaker, suitable for designing books and dissertations while falling short of a complete desktop publishing solution. For this reason, it includes a number of tools for tweaking lines of text, including Tools > Language > Hyphenation and the tools for adjusting character width and letter space for individual characters. However, by far the least understood of these high-end tools is Writer's ability to adjust line-spacing.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft&#160;has been quietly adding to the cache of reference applications it hopes will help transform Microsoft Office 2007 from a mere productivity suite to a collaboration tool.
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Most people are content to let their word processor determine hyphenation and  text breaks for them. And, most of the time, the result is acceptable if they do. However, just as the default justification can be improved if you want to take the time, so can the text flow. OpenOffice.org has the tools you need, but improving the text flow is as much about knowing the conventions of text flow (what you might think of as the typographical grammar) as the settings themselves.
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The OpenOffice.org development team on Tuesday released the first alpha test version of OpenOffice Aqua, which is built specifically for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The previous Mac port of OpenOffice required the use of the X11 system, making the software slow and difficult to run.
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Start++, an unofficial add-on to Vista's desktop search that lets users type single-letter shortcuts to speed up Web searches or even launch applications, has been posted online by a Microsoft engineer.
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The notion that cheap or free Web-based word processing or spreadsheet programs could replace traditional software like Microsoft Office (MSFT) is becoming more realistic all the time. Outfits like Google (GOOG), ThinkFree, and Zoho have new and better services every day.