The most recent Office Applications articles from Computeract!ve

Review: Corel Wordperfect Office X4 office software

Andrew Zarkesh — 2008-06-23T15:16:00.000Z

Andrew Zarkesh, Computeract!ve, Monday 23 June 2008 at 15:16:00

Time to defect from Microsoft Office?

The recent introduction of the ribbon interface in Microsoft Office polarised opinion among its users. It's not possible to turn it off, so what are users to do if they...

Gallery: Write better letters with Word templates

Matt Andrews — 2008-05-29T13:06:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Thursday 29 May 2008 at 13:06:00

Stuck for the right word or turn of phrase? Solve the problem with free Microsoft Word templates

Gallery: Use Evernote to get organised

Jody Elphick — 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Jody Elphick, Computeract!ve, Thursday 3 April 2008 at 00:00:00

A gallery showing how to use Evernote

Gallery: Use Excel to create secure Pin reminders

Matt Andrews — 2008-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 1 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Gallery: Check your spelling with Microsoft Word

Matt Andrews — 2008-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Friday 28 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Review: Nuance Paperport 11 Professional office software

Andrew Zarkesh — 2008-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Andrew Zarkesh, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 6 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Store and organise paper documents

Scanners can be used for more than just transferring old photographs to a computer. Programs like Nuance's Paperport 11 allow users to store, organise and manipulate their paper documents as...

Review: Mindjet Mind Manager Pro 7 office software

Tim Smith — 2007-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 16 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Improve planning and revision with a more visual approach

Many people find mind mapping helpful for study and planning, and Mind Manager does for mind mapping what Word did for written documents....

Review: Apple iWork ‘08 office software

Cliff Joseph — 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Computeract!ve, Thursday 20 September 2007 at 00:00:00

Apple adds a spreadsheet to its low-cost office suite

There’s been a Mac version of Microsoft Office for years, but Microsoft doesn’t make a Mac version of its less-expensive Works suite for home users....

Review: Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 Wireless (Preferred Edition) utility software

Paul Lester — 2007-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 22 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Vista upgrade for the speech recognition software

If the thought of being able to dictate text, rather than typing at a keyboard, appeals, some speech-recognition software will be required....

Gallery: Turn spreadsheets around with Pivot tables

Matt Andrews — 2007-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Friday 27 July 2007 at 00:00:00

Review: Intelligent Converters PDF-to-Word utility software

Simon Williams — 2007-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 6 March 2007 at 00:00:00

A low-cost converter to turn PDF files into Word documents sounds tempting, but only if it’s accurate

The Adobe PDF format has become so common that it’s currently being turned into an ISO standard. There are plenty of ways of making PDF files, including directly from Office...

Image gallery: Split windows in Excel

Jody Elphick — 2007-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Jody Elphick, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 20 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Image gallery: Make recipe cards in Word

Matt Andrews — 2007-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Thursday 15 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Gallery: Store and print addresses in Excel

Matt Andrews — 2007-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 7 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Gallery: Sorting data in Excel

Harry Burrows — 2006-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Harry Burrows, Computeract!ve, Monday 20 November 2006 at 00:00:00