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November 2006 - Posts

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 7:15 AM by maarten
What if you work with Office 2003 and you receive a document originated from Word, Excel or Powerpoint 2007? Do you need to upgrade? Is the document a no-no for you? Can it be opened by Office 2003? No! You'll need the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Read More...
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The other Google, Microsoft Search

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:52 AM by maarten
Reminder: If you get bored using one of the 'old' search engines, you have to try Ms. Dewey Read More...
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ISO Burner for Vista

Posted Saturday, November 18, 2006 5:38 AM by maarten
Reinstalling software to my fresh installed Vista disk I had this problem. As I installed Vista clean, without upgrading I did not have any burning software available to create disks from ISO images. So looking for a solution for this I came across this Read More...
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Is your machine ready for Vista?

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:08 PM by maarten
Ever wondered your current machine is Vista enabled? Here is a great tool I got pointed out by the Windows Shell team: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx It scans your computer to see what you use on hard and software Read More...
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Office 2007 does not support upgrading from a prerelease version

Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 1:36 AM by maarten
If you encountered this error while you tried to install Office 2007: “Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): The 2007 Microsoft Office system does not support upgrading from a prerelease version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Read More...
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Downloading Office 2007

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:22 PM by maarten
Today Office 2007 arrived for the MSDN subscriptions. One by one the bits are getting available to download. I Expected the systems to slow down a lot, but it looks as if there are some real big pipes attached to the download locations as the installers Read More...
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Flying back home from TechEd

Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 9:41 AM by maarten
Waiting to get on the plane to Holland. Due to security regulations we had to arrive here early as huge waiting lines where expected. In the end it all appeared to go smoothly and we are now waiting to go. Read More...
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TechEd Barcelona - Final sessions

Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 6:45 AM by maarten
Only two sessions to go and the TechEd 2006 is over. My final session will be the OFFWD02 session. It's a whiteboard discussion named “Brainstorming: Think with us about a possible Enterprise Library for Office. Which Patterns & Practices would Read More...
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TechEd Barcelona Day 2 - Announcement VSTO 2005 SE

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 9:37 AM by maarten
Today, the big bang, Vista, Office 2007 and VSTO 2005 SE are released RTM! I want to focus on the last product as Vista and Office 2007 are already covered by various other sources and VSTO is more or less my thing. Microsoft announced the availability Read More...
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TechEd Barcelona - Day 1

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 4:32 AM by maarten
Today the TechEd Barcelona starts with the pre-conference sessions. One of the tracks is the “Visual Studio Tools for Office” - “Everything in one day” track. The speakers of that track are: Eric Carter, Mario Szpuszta and Martin Read More...
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One day to TechEd Barcelona

Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:14 AM by maarten
Tomorrow TechEd Barcelona starts. One of the announcements will be the release of VSTO 2005 SE (aka Cypress). It turned out that there is no registration at Sunday, so have to wait until Monday. That´s no loss as it seemed that the sessions will Read More...
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Preparing for TechEd Barcelona

Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:07 AM by maarten
Only two nights of sleep before the TechEd 2006 starts here in Barcelona. I arrived with a bumpy landing at the Barcelona airport and I am spending a couple of days before the TechEd to explore Barcelona for some real good quality time. So far we´ve Read More...
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On my way to Barcelona

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:54 PM by maarten
I'm typing this blogitem from the wireless KPN centre at the airport Schiphol, Amsterdam. I planned to stay a couple of days from Thursday to Monday in Barcelona to have some quality time with my wife. Just can't wait to see al the touristic highlights Read More...
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