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  • Word, PowerPoint blocked by Office 2003 update

    The latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003 has made a range of older files inaccessible, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, it emerged this week.

  • Photos: MS cloud Office faces off Google, Zoho

    Microsoft's announcement of cloud-based Office had sent ripples through the web, bringing the company one step closer to compete head-to-head with Google and other SaaS vendors such as Zoho. This screenshot gallery gives you a first look at the new online offering.

  • Google treads on PowerPoint turf

    Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets Web-hosted software that will enable people to create presentations and slide shows, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo.

  • Google purchases video-conferencing software

    Google has acquired the flagship software product of video-conferencing start-up Marratech, leading many to believe that conferencing software may become the next addition to Google's growing office suite.

  • Microsoft locks up Office

    For most of their 20 years, Word and Excel documents have had free rein within corporate walls. Not any more.

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  • Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

    Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

  • How would you improve the next MS Office?

    The next version of Microsoft Office is due in the next year or so. If you were product manager for the industry-standard office suite, what would you add? What would you get rid of? What would you fix?

  • Top 7 business apps for BlackBerry

    We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Here are six of our favourite applications for busy, on-the-go professionals.

  • Office 2010 Technical Preview: A first look

    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

  • Photos: Native Aqua OpenOffice on Mac

    The OpenOffice team have announced this week the first alpha release of the Aqua version of OpenOffice productivity suite for Mac OS X.

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  • Microsoft Office: Then and Now

    Help, where did Undo go? Here's where to find that and other must-have commands in the new Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

  • Microsoft Works 8.0

    As entry-level productivity software, Works 8.0 is a bargain, but it will frustrate power users looking to save a buck.

  • Microsoft Office Standard 2007

    If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

  • Best presentation programs

    Choose the right presentation program: PowerPoint, Presentations, or Impress?

  • Animate your charts in PowerPoint

    Watch your presentation unfold into a spectacular show of pie charts flying into place, bar charts moving up the slide, and more.

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