A robust family of business productivity software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook (or Entourage) are the main programs available on OS X.
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Outlook-iPhone and private email
How can I send private email from my iphone to an Outlook user so his delegates cannot see the email?
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Spell check settings
Right now i am using Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 (on my macbook pro). I am doing a project on Hispania (an old Roman province) which today is currently Spain. My spell check has switched languages to ...
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E-Mail with attachments (<2,8 MB) has a size of >3,5 MB in Entourage. Why?
I just added two files as an attachment to an e-mail in MS Entourage 2004.
In Finder, the files have a size of 2,5 MB respectively 205 kB.
When I send them as an e-mail, Entourage tells me that the ...
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Outlook 2011, Where are the mails stored?
Just as the mails in Outlook under windows are stored in a PST file , where are the mails in Outlook under Mac stored ?
I understand they are stored as OLM files . But can anyone tell me the exact ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut for editing a cell in Excel?
I can't find the keyboard shortcut for this on the mac. It's F2 on a windows machine.
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How do I modify Word 2011 for Mac so I can see tracked changes inline and notes simultaneously?
Background:
In Word 2011 for the Mac, it's possible to view tracked changes inline -- that is, see the changes made on the screen within the text itself, as opposed seeing them in a balloon off to ...
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Microsoft Office 2011 unicode character spacing bug
I'm facing a problem with Office 2011 for MAC, for example, when you open WORD 2011, and key in some Arabic letters, each word will appear as discrete letters not connected as one single word as it ...
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Microsoft Office 2011 is sluggish
I am a the tech support guy for a small church. we just purchased Microsoft office 2011 for mac.
we have noticed it drastically slows our imac (not sure on the specs atm) when one of the office ...
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Outlook 2011 search doesn't work anymore
Whenever I use the search-field on Outlook 2011 I get "No results".
After installation it worked for a while, but now it's just quit on me...
Any tips to make it work again? Resetting some index, ...
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Is there a dashboard widget for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange calendar?
Does there exist a dashboard widget which displays my Outlook/Entourage and Exchange calendar?
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Manage local emails on two Mac computers
I use Outlook for Mac on my iMac and my Macbook (that I use when I travel).
Due to storage limitations in my employers Exchange servers, I need to store emails locally (as well on the server).
Is ...
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MDS Error: /var/folders/lM
I've been getting this error coming up in my system log. Having looked around for an answer, two things came up commonly: a problem with the spotlight database(s), and permissions on those folders.
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Print .docx without Pages.app
Sometimes I simply want to print Microsoft Word documents. If I view them in Quick Look, they display as I would like to print them. However, when I try to print them from the Finder, it opens ...
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How do I disable Microsoft Outlook 2010 calendar notifications?
I use "Mail" as my default mail client and "iCal" as my default calendar. However I have to use outlook when sending emails to work because their outlook for windows clients don't support inlining and ...
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Why isn't iPhone syncing Calendar items with Outlook?
I am trying to set up a new (Verizon) iPhone to sync Contacts and Calender entries with Outlook 2007 on a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. The Contacts sync both ways, and calendar entries created in ...
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Method for Combining Multiple Word Documents into One?
Are there any methods for combining multiple Word documents into one big document in Mac?
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What mail clients are compatible with Microsoft Exchange 2003?
Mail.app and Microsoft Outlook 2011 both only support Exchange 2007 and later. What mail clients for Snow Leopard support Exchange 2003? I'm especially interested in email. Being able to view calendar ...
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How do I sync Outlook 2011 and Google Calendar?
I am using Outlook 2011 for Mac (the office uses Exchange) and have some Google Calendars I am using for home. How do I get 2-way sync working between Outlook and Google? I could do this with iCal but ...
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How can one create a shortcut for pasting unformatted text in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?
iWork provides the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Option-Shift-V to paste text without it's original formatting. How can I get this or a similar shortcut key for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?
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How can I prevent Excel from opening recovered files?
I unfortunately tried to open a few Excel files that have huge amounts of data. After 20 minutes they were not opened yet, so I did a force quit.
The problem now is that when I launch Excel, the ...
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Drag and drop items as attachment in Entourage
I find it little tedious to drop items in new email and make it an attachment. I need to resize both, source and destination window, so that I can pick and drop the item. This takes time. Yes few ...
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VMWare Fusion is opening .docx files in Wordpad
I enabled the VMWare Fusion setting Open your Mac files and web links using Windows Applications. When I double click a .docx file in Finder, it launches Wordpad in the virtual machine, instead of ...
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Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder?
In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.
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Entourage window resizing issue
Could someone tell me how to retain the email window to the full page size eachtime I open entourage.?
When I open the new email window it opens in a small window, in then have to drag the window to ...
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Comparison of Microsoft Word to Apple Pages
I'm thinking about getting a word processor for my Mac. The two most popular options are probably Microsoft's Word or Apple's Pages. Before I decide to buy one I need to make sure that it will have ...
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How does Office 2008 for Mac store its Recent items?
I don't have access to Office 2008, but require the information for a project I'm working on. I'm mainly interested in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
This is the information I have gathered so far...
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Corporate alternatives to DropBox for iPad
I am currently the only iPad user in a large company, and am loving using it, especially for meetings. I keep a lot of information relevant to meetings on DropBox, such as minutes, reports, ...
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Is it possible to mount SharePoint as a volume in 10.6?
Background
My office uses:
Microsoft SharePoint to store and version our documents
Microsoft Office, with Microsoft Document Connection to connect to the SharePoint site.
Question 1
Can Finder ...
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personal folder in outlook stored on network share available on iphone?
I am looking to swap out a BlackBerry for an iPhone from Verizon. On the BlackBerry we use an older version of the desktop synchronization software and I can access personal folders (Outlook 2007 and ...
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Apple Mail incoming mail notification
When you get a new mail in Entourage then a small window appears with some basic info about the new mail you receveid. Is it possible to do the same thing with Apple Mail?
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Microsoft Outlook versus iCal versus Google Calendar
The corporate calendar and email server is Exchange. My personal calendar is in google.
Currently, I use iCal to allow me to see both calendars at the same time.
This is not perfect, however, ...
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Will EXCEL formulas be OK if they are imported within a spreadsheet into iPad Numbers?
Will EXCEL formulas be OK if they are imported within a spreadsheet into iPad Numbers?
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Mail.app import from Entourage failed
I am trying to import my entire folder structure from Entourage 2008 to Mail on a Mac running OS X 10.5.8.
First I tried to export the whole email database from Entourage to the Desktop as a .rge ...
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Entourage MyDay replacement
I am migrating from Entourage to Mac Mail. Entourage has a tool called MyDay which is quite handy for getting an overview over my appointments first day in the morning.
Is there a competitive product ...
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How does the Docx rendering in Pages compare to Mac Office 2011
It's about time for me to bit the bullet and buy either iWork 09 or MS Office 2011. My main concern is rendering docx files (I've been using OpenOffice for many years, but the .doc and .docx ...
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How do I set up an Exchange Account in Mac Mail?
I am having trouble transferring my account settings from Entourage to Mac Mail. Specifically, what is the equivalent setting in Mac Mail for the Domain setting in Entourage?
In Entourage I have the ...
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How to sync mail between PC and Mac
I have both a Mac and a PC. On the PC I use Outlook.
My question is, how do I sync mail between the PC and Mac? Previously I was keeping the .pst file from the PC on an external HD so I could see it ...
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How to fix links after importing a PPT onto iPad's Keynote?
After I transferred my Power Point presentations onto my new iPad, into Keynote, I notice a problem. The links associated with buttons within a Power Point slide to connect to other slides in the ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Word 2011 for switching between document windows? [closed]
In every mac app, I use command-` to switch between different windows running in the same application. This shortcut doesn't seem to work in Microsoft Word 2011.
It does work in Excel 2011.
What is ...
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iTunes synching all-day events one or two days early
Just out of the blue, iTunes starts synching my all-day events in Outlook (standalone, no Exchange server) one day after the event and in some cases TWO days early.
I've already checked the time-zone ...
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When will Endnote X4 for Mac be compatible with Word for Mac 2011?
In the meantime, how can one manage?
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How to disable all notifications in MS Office 2008, Entourage?
The subject says it all, but for further explanation, MS Office has this (what I consider annoying feature) of notifying me of pretty much anything that happens in Entourage—emails, calendar events, ...
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“Remove personal information” default save in Office for Mac 2011?
Is anyone aware of a way of setting Office for Mac 2011 to automatically use the "remove personal information" option on every save?
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Can I use iPhoneBrowser to upload a directory structure to Office Connect?
I want to use my iPod touch to view and edit word documents. I've found a free app (Office Connect) that seems to allow this. However, the way that this app wants you to upload files is to connect ...
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Can Numbers ’09 import an Excel XML file?
Can Numbers ’09 (part of the iWork suite) import XML files? Specifically, the format created by Excel when exporting as "XML Spreadsheet 2003."
I can't just use Excel's native format because the ...
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How to convert .number file to any of the readble format including excel and pdf without having mac
I have an important .number iworks file. My Mac is now no more... How do I convert .number file to any of the readble format including excel and pdf without having mac.
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Some PDFs created by MS Word 2007's Save-as-PDF feature (on Windows) don't display correctly on Mac OS / iOS
Some PDFs created by MS Word 2007's Save as PDF feature (on Windows) don't display correctly on Mac OS using the built-in PDF handling. They display correctly using Acrobat, Photoshop, Inkscape, or ...
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Office 2008 in native languages
I can't find how to buy it, so I assumed that on English is available.
Does anyone know if there are other languages available for this product, or like in Windows version a Profiling Tools that not ...
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Office '08 Can't Read Chinese Characters in Windows-Created Docs?
One of my friends had recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" and had been astounded to find that he couldn't read some of his old documents that were in Chinese in Office 2008.
All the characters had ...
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Note taking for school
I'm considering getting a Macbook or a Macbook Pro (I use Windows on my desktop computer), and I'm thinking about how note taking could be done.
Most I'm thinking would use Microsoft Word/Pages, but ...
