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Patch and Patch Again

Microsoft is always patching Windows. What some people don't know is that they often don't get it right the second time either.

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Why is Microsoft Office so hard to kill?

Apart from the popularity of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Office happens to be the world's most successful rapid application development platform.

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Microsoft will/won't provide a public beta for Office 2010

In a span of two days, Microsoft officials reported that Office 2010 will and will not receive public beta treatment during which a wide variety of testers would be able to give the code a go. Which one is the real answer?



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How to ease the transition to Office 2007

The transition to Office 2007 is a major hurdle for many organizations due to the total interface overhail introduced by Microsoft. With no legacy interface option available in the product, users often face the product with big questions. Addintools.com has created a product called Classic Menu for Office 2007 that remedies this situation.



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