The recent introduction of the ribbon interface in Microsoft Office polarized opinion among its users. It’s not possible to turn it off, so what are users to do if they can’t learn to love it? Switching to an alternative office suite, such as Corel’s new Wordperfect Office X4, is one option. However compatibility with Microsoft Office formats can still be a problem, as can ease of use.The X4 suite includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and email program, similar to some versions of Microsoft Office. (more…)

Tags: MS office, open office, word processors, WordperFect

I have OpenOffice as well as Office 2003 installed on my machine. But I made Office 2003 as my default suite for all my word, spreadsheet, and presentation files. Of late I keep getting the error “Error 25090: Office Setup encountered a problem with the Office source  engine….Please open C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\  Office111033\Setup\Setup.chm’ and
look for ‘Office Source Engine’ . Italso launches the Windows Installer and begins installation some additional components for Office. I cannot work on my documents because of this poblem. How can I get Office 2003 to work again?

This sort of a problem usually occurs if someone has installed the Office suite twice on your computer — probably in different user accounts and set it to be used by all users. It can also be that the setup files were not removed after the installation. Usually the user is asked if the setup files should be removed after installation — if not then this error might occur. The solution is quite simple — all you need to do is begin the Office installation once again. You will need your Office installation CD for this. As soon as the installation begins, click on ‘Cancel’. The dialog box will ask you to confirm your action to exit the Setup. Exit it and the Office installation will close.

Tags: open office, QNA, word

I don’t want to spend money on a licensed  version of Microsoft Word. I am looking for a legal option to display and read the documents. Is there any?
Us e the free Word viewer 2003 tool by Microsoft.
•    Download it form the Microsoft web site by keying in ‘Word Viewer 2003’. Save the approximately 12 MB ‘ wdviewer.exe’ file  in any folder on your system and start it. A wizard assists you through the installation and asks you to finish the installation by restarting the computer. (more…)

Tags: Microsoft Word, windows

When several documents are opened in Excel or Powerpoint, an additional document icon shows in the taskbar and it appears while toggling using the shortcut key {Alt}+ {Tab}. How do I get rid of this feature?
You can change this feature in the concerned Office applications by doing the following.
•    Click on ‘Tools|Options’ and deactivate the option  ‘Windows in taskbar’ in the ‘ View’ tab in the ‘Show’ section. After that, Windows displays a single icon for each application in the task bar. However,  with this configuration, toggle between several  documents is possible only from the menu command ‘Windows’, and no longer with {Alt}+{Tab}. (more…)

Tags: Excel, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, XP

As soon as you upgrade to  the latest version of Office, the first thing tht happens is that you feel totally lost regarding where all your most often used functions are located. Here is how we re-enable these in Word  2007. Cllick the ‘Customize Quick Access Toolbar’ button in the title bar of Word and choose the ‘More Commands’ menu item. This will open a ‘Word Options’ dialog with the customizing page opened on it. You will see two lists on the right hand side; the list on the left contains possible commands whereas the list on the right displays the commands currently present on the toolbar. You can limit this selection using the combination box above the left list. Word offers the most frequently used commands by default. Select’ All commands’ instead. Search for the command that you want to add in the ‘toolbarfor quick access’ in the list. Select the desired entry, click on it an move it to ‘Insert’ in the list on the right.
Transfer all the required commands to the right list in the same manner.
Confirm with ‘OK’. If you want to remove a command from the toolbar, select it in the list on the right and click ‘Delete’. The ‘Quick access Toolbar’ for Excel, Access and PowerPoint can be configured in a similar manner.

Tags: Access and PowerPoint, Excel, MS office, word