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New Office Files The office application (word, excel, etc) market has been heating up and with it comes a number of changes. Microsoft for years has maintained dominance by their proprietary Office file formats, however governments worldwide are demanding open formats and in many cases are switching to their free competitor OpenOffice. To counter that Office 2007 has introduced its own open file format. Long term I believe open file formats will benefit all…but for right now it can be problematic as a document sent to you could be the “old” Word doc file, the new Word docx file, or the OpenOffice odt file. Fortunately Microsoft and the OpenOffice community have made converters available for Office XP, 2003, and Office Mac. I highly recommend these downloads for anyone using Microsoft Office. Download OpenOffice import for Microsoft Office 2000/XP/03 Download Microsoft Office 07 import for Microsoft Office XP/03 Download Microsoft Office 07 converter for Mac
Speaking of OpenOffice… After the last section you might be wondering “what is OpenOffice?” OpenOffice is an open source (free) Microsoft Office clone, its really a terrific product and worth considering. It has excellent equivalents of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and can import Microsoft Office files. What its unfortunately lacking is a good Outlook clone. I’m hopeful that Lotus Notes 8 (due out soon) which combines OpenOffice with Lotus’s Outlook competitor will be a good alternative. The benefit of these alternatives to small business is huge - Microsoft Office costs $200-500 per desk, meaning most small businesses literally spend thousands just on Microsoft Office.
The Ultimate iPhone Review - Will it Blend? There’s no shortage of stellar reviews of the new iPhone and while most reviews talk about its incredible internet, email, and iPod abilities…one review stands alone in testing the blendability of the iPhone. Yes…they stuck it in the blender. Its not the most informative “review” but it sure is fun: http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/will-it-blend-the-iphone-smoothie/ - Kevin Selkowitz P.S. Know a small business struggling to open new Office files? Send this along to help them! |
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The Author: Kevin Selkowitz
About: Kevin Selkowitz is the founder and lead consultant for Selkowitz Technology, a Seattle-area small business systems consulting company. We focus on the four major technology needs of small businesses - phone systems, phone and internet service, servers/network infrastructure, and business applications.
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September 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I liked your blog on Lotus Notes 8