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    Take control of Microsoft Office's ribbon with Ribbon Helper

    Posted May 31, 2011 - 9:39 am

    The Ribbon interface that Microsoft introduced with Office 2007--and refined in Office 2010--makes it easier to get at all of Office's features. But there's one small, annoying problem with it: When you want to go from one tab to another, you're forced to click that second tab, rather than merely moving your mouse over it. Office add-in Ribbon Helper for Office ($15) solves the problem.

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    Microsoft Office for Mac 2011: Clunky to cool

    Posted November 3, 2010 - 1:11 pm

    When I reviewed Microsoft Office for Mac 2008, I said the then-new version of the suite was "kind of like getting a new Chevy." In other words, it was a solid upgrade, but nothing to really get excited about.

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    Review: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 gains ground

    Posted October 27, 2010 - 1:06 pm

    Microsoft's new productivity suite for the Mac doesn't match Office 2010 for Windows, but a new ribbon interface, Outlook client, and SharePoint integration help close the gap

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    Microsoft's Office Web Apps: So far, pretty so-so

    Posted October 4, 2010 - 10:25 am

    When Microsoft launched its Office Web Apps back in June, the most logical reaction was a simple, “What took you so long?” Competitors such as Google Docs and Zoho proved long ago that it’s possible to host free Office-like programs on the Internet and deliver them to any Web browser—for free. They’ve improved over the years, gaining more and more fans along the way.

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    Microsoft Office Web Apps: Limited, mediocre, dismal

    Posted June 17, 2010 - 1:27 pm

    Web-based editions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are underwhelming at best

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    Office 2010: Inside Microsoft's Newest Suite

    Posted May 10, 2010 - 10:57 am

    Everyone is still reeling from the recession, and cash is tight--not, perhaps, the best time for Microsoft to launch a new version of its ubiquitous Office productivity suite. Nevertheless, with Office 2010, Microsoft continues to refine the dramatic overhaul that it began with the 2007 editions, while adding a few nifty new features with marquee appeal--all at prices much lower than we saw for similar Office 2007 packages.

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    Office suites in the cloud: Microsoft Office Web Apps versus Google Docs and Zoho

    Posted October 7, 2009 - 4:41 pm

    Microsoft's fledgling Web-based productivity apps have one key advantage over SaaS rivals: amazing fidelity to the desktop-bound Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document formats

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    Microsoft Office Web Apps: First Look

    Posted September 17, 2009 - 4:09 pm

    There are two things that immediately catch my attention. One is the ability to bounce seamlessly from the Office Web App software to its desktop equivalent and back again. The other is the continuity of experience- or fidelity as Microsoft refers to it- between the traditional Microsoft Office suite applications and their web-based Office Web App peers.
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