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Five online office suites beyond Office 365

May 21, 2013 10:58am PDT

Alternative apps from the fringes which Jack Wallen thinks could very easily fill all of your online office suite needs.

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Screenshots: Five office suites that are not Microsoft Office

February 28, 2013 10:59am PST

Microsoft Office is not the only game in town; Brien Posey suggests some suitable alternatives.

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Add an IMAP Google connection to Microsoft Outlook 2010

December 21, 2012 1:28am PST

It is possible to use Outlook 2010 as your email client for Google Mail using the IMAP protocol, but it takes a good bit of configuration.

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Take a look back at Microsoft Word Easter Eggs

December 21, 2012 1:02am PST

Microsoft’s developers hid multiple Easter Eggs in Word 95/97/2000.

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Has Curiosity discovered organic compounds on Mars? (pictures)

November 23, 2012 4:10am PST

NASA says the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard Curiosity, which explores molecular and elemental chemistry relevant to life, has made a big discovery.

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Five solid replacements for Microsoft Outlook

May 4, 2012 9:03am PDT

Outlook may be the dominant business email client. But for some organizations, one of these alternatives might be a better choice.

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10 creative uses for Excel's conditional formatting feature

April 11, 2012 1:36pm PDT

Excel's conditional formatting feature has a ton of untapped potential. Here are a few cool examples of how versatile this tool can be.

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Five noteworthy PowerPoint add-ons

April 10, 2012 6:15am PDT

Tons of add-ons claim that they can supercharge your PowerPoint presentations. And guess what? A few of them are actually can.

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Take an early tour of Windows 8's Office 15

February 9, 2012 1:00pm PST

Microsoft gave a sneak preview of what Office 15 will look like. Minimized ribbon, anyone?

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Top replacements for PowerPoint

December 8, 2011 1:40pm PST

Most people think of PowerPoint when they think of presentation software. But there are some good alternatives out there that might do a better job for you.

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Office 365 moves work to the clouds

June 28, 2011 8:00am PDT

Office 365, announced today, gives professionals and small businesses a subscription service that lets them work from anywhere using familiar-feeling Web-enabled applications.

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Present PowerPoint docs on a BlackBerry PlayBook

May 5, 2011 5:00pm PDT

Learn how to present PowerPoint docs on a BlackBerry PlayBook using the Slideshow To Go app.

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10 cool add-ins for Office 2007 and 2010

May 2, 2011 12:06pm PDT

Add-ins let you enhance your Office apps so they can do more things -- and do things better. Susan Harkins combed through the vast sea of Office add-ins to produce this gallery of winners.

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Combine the power of Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010

March 30, 2011 8:24am PDT

In a guest post, a TechRepublic member provided steps for uncovering a ton of Easter eggs by combining Microsoft Office 2007 with 2010. Here are the screenshots that walk you through the...

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Microsoft Office 365: Is there a plan and pricepoint that's right for you?

March 28, 2011 3:37am PDT

With Office 365, Microsoft is planning to offer a number of different plans at a variety of price points, hoping to entice enterprises, SMBs and academia to choose Microsoft over Google Apps and...

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