Neowin News Feed for: Word

Trivia Tuesday: Apple and Microsoft, sitting in a tree

Tyler Holman — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:21:35 +0100

Apple and Microsoft have had a really interesting relationship down through the years, so this week's Trivia Tuesday is taking a look at how the two tech titans loved, hated, and helped one another. Read more...

Microsoft Word 2013 to introduce PDF editing

Paul Ferson — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:46:44 +0100

From the information we have seen it seems that Microsoft could skip right over Adobe's PDF software, allowing users to edit PDFs and read them within the Word 2013 UI. Read more...

Download Ashampoo Office with free license key

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:03:17 +0100

Ashampoo Office 2010 is a powerful, efficient, yet easy to handle office software that serves the needs of both private users and companies. Create extensive documents fast and with total ease Read more...

Fake Word app appears on iOS App Store

Tyler Holman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:46:56 +0100

A fake 'Microsoft Word 2012' app has appeared on the iOS App Store, selling for $9.99 and promising to 'All features of the MAC version on your device.' The problem? It doesn't, of course. Read more...

Finding fun Easter eggs in old Microsoft software

John Callaham — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:33:04 +0100

Today is Easter Sunday and to celebrate we put the spotlight on just a few of the many Easter eggs that have been put into various software products from Microsoft over the years. Read more...

Kingsoft Writer 2012 v8.1.0.2948

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:17:58 +0100

Kingsoft Writer Free 2012 is an inexpensive yet powerful word processor program with the qualities matching Microsoft Word and includes a wide range of easy to use features. The easy to use user Read more...

Microsoft throws in the towel on Office Genuine Advantage

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:28:26 +0000

Microsoft seems to have thrown in the towel on Microsoft Office, that is when it comes to validating your Office program to verify its legitimacy. Late last week, according to zdnet.com and confirmed through a... Read more...

Microsoft sends out Office and SharePoint 2010 SP1 invites

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:07:32 +0100

Microsoft has sent out invitations to lucky participants for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1. For the lucky ones that actually receive an email about the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 SP1 beta,... Read more...

Microsoft Office web apps surpasses 20 million users

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:19:37 +0100

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that they have surpassed 20 million users on their Office Web Apps. Microsoft released their web apps in the summer, which included Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft was largely unchallenged in... Read more...

Microsoft Office 2010 goes on sale today

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:20:35 +0100

Microsoft's next big version of its office suite officially goes on sale today in retail stores across the world. The highly anticipated release of Office 2010 has been through months of beta testing since November... Read more...

Docs.com officially opened for users

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:18:01 +0100

As Neowin reported two weeks ago, Microsoft has been working on a new social website called Docs.com. Built using Microsoft Office 2010, users can upload, create, edit and share Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents... Read more...

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 available this holiday season

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:36:01 +0100

Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows has already RTM (Release to Manufacturer) and is available on TechNet and MSDN, available in retail in June, but Office for Mac 2011 will be in stores this holiday season,... Read more...

Microsoft and Facebook announce Docs.com, a "social" Office

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:20:01 +0100

TheNextWeb is reporting that at Facebook's F8 developer conference, Microsoft and Facebook announced the beta release of Docs.com. The site is built on, what seems to be, a stripped down version of Microsoft's upcoming Office... Read more...

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac screenshots revealed

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:12:01 +0100

Boy Genius has posted some early screenshots of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. The screenshots reveal development on Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2011. Much like Microsoft Office 2010 appearance, Office 2011 for Mac includes... Read more...

Microsoft loses second i4i patent appeal

Benjamin Rubenstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:01 +0000

According to BBC News, Microsoft has lost its second appeal to overrule the $240 million dollar fine imposed by a US court for copyright infringement. The initial ruling dictated that Microsoft pay up, as well... Read more...

Office 2011 for Mac gets ribbon, sharing and Outlook

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:22:16 +0000

Office 2011 for Mac computers is set to launch by the end of the year, just in time for the Christmas 2010 holiday season. Office 2011 for Mac will bring ribbon support for applications. The... Read more...

Office 2010 system requirements confirmed

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:59:49 +0000

Alex Dubec from the Office Trustworthy Computing Performance team, posted an update on the Office 2010 system requirements for users. One of the major problems faced by the Office 2010 team... Read more...

Article Authoring Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007

CoolCatBad — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:23:46 +0100

This Beta 1 release of the Article Authoring Add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 provides authors of scientific articles with the ability to read and write files from Word 2007 into the XML format used by... Read more...

"w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary

Tom Warren — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:32:39 +0000

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"w00t", an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary. Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros... Read more...

Word 2007 Add-in: Microsoft Math

Mercury_22 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:26:47 +0000

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The Microsoft Math Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007 makes it easy to create graphs, perform calculations, and solve for variables with equations created in Word. The Microsoft Math Add-in adds computational and graphing capabilities... Read more...