Brandstar have recently released a brand new Software page! The software page attempts to tackle the problem of not knowing which software is worth buying and downloading. After all, there are so many options to choose from! It covers a variety of both free and commercial products in the genres of Computer Security, Media, Office Applications and System Tools.
It’s worth checking out!
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With all the different Office packages available, we have put together a diagram which we think will help you to make the right decision of which version is best for you! Click on the image to make it viewable!
Please let us know if you have any thoughts!
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Time to answer some questions that are frequently asked about Microsoft Office 2007:
Q: Is it possible to open Office 2007 documents in different versions of Office?
A: Yes, there is a free Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 file formats which enable other users to view, save edit etc documents in Office 200, XP or 2003. For more on how to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack click here and for more information on how to use earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word to open and save files from 2007 Office click here.
Q: Can I save my documents in older Microsoft Office formats?
A: Yes you can. Simply click the office button on the top left and choose Save as, then just pick the earlier version of your 2007 Office system application e.g. Excel 97-2003. You can lose some information by doing this though. So to check if anything, what will get lost, select Prepare–>Run Compatibility Checker.
Q: How do I check if I have any problems in my Office 2007 system?
A: Office 2007 comes with its very own built-in diagnostics tool, which you’ll find by following these simple instructions: Start–>All Programs–>Microsoft Office–>Microsoft Office Tools–>Microsoft Office Diagnostics. Then just follow the on screen instructions which will give Office a check to make sure everything is running healthily.
Q: How can I change a program’s options?
A: You can change with all of the 2007 Office system applications by selecting the Office button from the top left hand corner of the screen when the program is open. Then just select the Options you wish to change from the button at the bottom of the window. Spending the time to go over the sections carefully is recommended as it will save you a hell of a lot of time and effort in the long run.
Q: Is it possible to back up my Office 2007 system settings?
A: Windows Vista includes the Microsoft Office system settings with in the back-up tools. If you wish to transfer them to a PC instead you can use ‘Windows Easy Transfer’. You can find both by doing the following: Start–>All Programs–>Accessories–>System Tools.
Anymore post ‘em ‘ere and we will see what can be done.
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With the release of the great new Microsoft Office 2007 package we thought that we would let you know of some of the cool new features!
Why the extra ‘x’?
For years documents on Office programs have been saved as in the same format e.g. Word’s format used to be .doc and Excel’s format used to be .xls. However, Microsoft have decided that now is the time for big change! All Office 2007 documents will be saved with an ‘x’ on the end, for example, Word is now .docx and Excel is not .xlsx. Why the extra ‘x’ I hear you say? Well basically the ‘x’ stands for a technology called XML which now helps run all office documents. The main differences between the two are that having the ‘xml’ technology makes the document smaller so that your software can handle with them faster, and also all of the Office 2007 software will ‘speak’ to each other so the software is more efficient. The documents are also more robust so are therefore less susceptible to becoming corrupted etc.
PDF and XPS
In the past if you emailed a document to somebody and they didn’t have the same version of Microsoft Office as you they wouldn’t be able to open the document without a compatibility software from a third-party company, which could potentially have cost hundreds of pounds! However, now Microsoft Office 2007 have provided a free download so that you can save your documents in .pdf format without having to use any thrid-party software. PDF is a format developed by Adobe, they offer a free reader to open files. PDF is ‘Portable Document Format’, this means that it can be opened on many types of computers or operating systems, e.g. different versions of Windows and Apple Mac’s. XPS stands for ‘XML Paper Specification’, and it is very similar to .pdf however it isn’t used quite as much over the world as it hasn’t been as round for as long. To download the software which allows you to save your documents in Office 2007 as ‘.pdf and .xps’ click here.
Blogging from Word
Word 2003 could produce simple codes for websites but not as detailed as you would expect from a specialised web layout tool. If you were to cut and paste the text from Word to your blogging tool you would have to ensure that the text format had been converted, as if it hadn’t been converted the post would be messed up! Therefore it was very stressful and not always worthwhile. However, now Microsoft Office Word 2007 has been given a dedicated blogging mode. Which can hook directly to a number of popular blogging tools, such as; WordPress, Blogger and MSN Spaces. Therefore it is even simpler to get yourself on the Internet! A huge majority of Blogs talk with both Microsoft Word 07 and Microsoft OneNote 07.
Fluent Ribbon
On Office 2003 it was often hard or long winded to find the feature you wanted as they seemed almost hidden within the ridiculous amounts of menus. Therefore we just assumed they weren’t there, when they most likely were, just in a less obvious place. However, the Office 2007 system has a new fluent interface! It is used for most of the applications in the suite and splits up the commands on offer to an easy to used structure and obvious grouping. Its a great time saver and your guaranteed to find some features that you ever knew existed!
For more on the new Microsoft Office Suite keep an eye out over the coming weeks 
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