You can download a copy from here

However since this is a beta version it will expire in October 2010, exactly after a year. Also this version requires activation which you would be prompted for once you launch any of the component e.g. Word, Excel.

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Now by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 20, 2009, 2:19 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Features :

• Rules based forwarding based on subject, email address etc.
• Allows you to schedule if you dont stay connected to internet all the time.
• If you have Firewall configure EFS can work according to that.
• You can control the SPAM by checking few things in header like no recipients found, to, cc etc. This is powerful feature and only advance users should configure it.

Read more on What is EFS and situations where you would want to use it.

EFS redirects mail from POP3 to Local SMTP Server by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 3, 2009, 2:33 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Looking around I found a solution which worked for me. Here I am listing few more in case my solution doesnt work for you.

• Start->run..then type the following -> “Outlook.exe /resetnavpane” - Worked for me. Source
• Try doing a system restore which in 90% cases solves the issue.
• Try repairing Microsoft Office by running the original Setup files you must have.
• Sometimes this happens because of the broken profile. So You can try to re-connect your outlook file by reading details here.
• You can use the The Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) which is designed to help repair problems that are associated with personal folder (.pst) files. Read details here

So if you get the same problem try out the first and if it doesnt work then rest of them. However resting the navigation pane might mess with your favorite settings but thats not much of issue.

How to fix – Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 3, 2009, 11:36 am. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

As experienced by Matt Cutts

I had about 81 personal docs (~13MB) and it only took about a minute to bundle the files up into a .zip file

And if you have huge number of files, just configure it to email you once the zip file is ready for download. Pretty Neat.

Export All your Google Docs in MS office, Open Office or PDF format by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on October 28, 2009, 1:52 am. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

This way you not only keep your Contact Book much organized but also can easily detect duplicate contacts and keep an already existing updated.

How to avoid adding duplicate contacts in Outlook by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on October 5, 2009, 2:30 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

However to do that your contact book should be updated i.e. details like phone number, Name, address and other details. Though you might argue it’s not that necessary but if you are really keen to make a professional looking mail you need it.

There two key  places where the details are required :

First is when it comes to matching the contact details with mail merge fields. This can be done by using the menu item Match Fields which is under Mailings > Write and Insert Fields Section.

Secondly when you want to use Rule based mail merge where Mail merge uses the contacts field like Country or zip code etc to compare and then lets you add customized message for each of them.

Many of us including don’t have a very nicely organized contact book. Next 30 days I am going to optimize this and if not all at least pull many of the important contacts and group them so I can use them in Mail Merge. Are you going to do it too ?

Thinking of Mail Merge ? Is your contact book ready ? by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on October 5, 2009, 1:38 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

I recently came across this awesome blog, Pointy Haired Dilbert, which could be your one stop solution if you are interested in Learning Excel and Charting Online.

Apart from several tips and tricks, Pointy Haired Dilbert has loads of Excel Templates which can be downloaded for free.

There are several templates –

• Excel Calendar for Year 2009 and beyond.
• Executive Dashboards – Excel Training.
• Gantt Chart Template.
• Using Data Filters as Chart Filters.
• Dynamic Charts using Form Controls.
• Apartment Expense Sharing using Excel.
• Thermometer Chart Template, Etc.

So go ahead and download templates to enhance your productivity and also as I said above, if you want to learn charting and MS Excel, visit this blog and keep visiting.

Download Excel Templates at Pointy Haired Dilbert

Free download various Excel Templates by Manav Mishra originally appeared on Technospot.Net on October 4, 2009, 2:41 am. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Here is another list of Shortcuts; most of them are basic shortcuts which could be quite helpful to you, if you work with Excel pretty often.

Print and Preview Documents using shortcut keys –

Work in print preview –

Outline data by using shortcut key –

Keys for menus –

Keys for using the Office Assistant –

Keys for toolbars –

Hope you find them useful, go ahead and get them printed to keep handy.

Basic MS Excel Shortcuts every user should know by Manav Mishra originally appeared on Technospot.Net on September 30, 2009, 12:21 am. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

No-doubt MS Office comes with several good looking and wide range of templates, but at times they might not suffice your requirements. Here I have tried to enlist some resources which allow you to download free PPT templates, have a look.

#1 Free PPT Templates

Here you can find several PPT Templates for free. These templates are categorized in categories like

• Abstract, Medicine, Nature, Patterns, Shapes, Textures
• Genera, Maps, Globes, and  Color PowerPoint Templates.

List of latest templates can be found on the homepage itself, as shown below. Download it from here

#2 Free PowerPoint templates @ Presentation Helper –

This resource has several templates to suit your PPT template needs, there are several PPT templates and categorized as, Business, Transport, Sports, Maps, Wedding etc. Hundreds of awesome templates can be found here for free download. Download it from here

#3 Free PowerPoint Templates for Microsoft PowerPoint @ Sonia Coleman’s Digital Studio –

Here you can find loads of free templates for download, there are premium templates as well, but that will require an active subscription (paid).

Free templates have sub categories, and clicking on any sub category you will be redirected to page which has all the templates under that particular category, also if you want you can download all the templates under the particular category in one go, and save as a zip file. Download these templates from here

It has 12 template sets, i.e. 12 sub categories for templates.

#4 TemplatesWise.com –

Another awesome resource for templates download, here you can choose to browse by category, categories are –

• Abstract PowerPoint Templates
• Business PowerPoint Templates
• Finance PowerPoint Templates
• General PowerPoint Templates
• Nature PowerPoint Templates
• Travel PowerPoint Templates

Download it from here

#5 PowerPoint Templates and Backgrounds @ Brainy Betty –

Here you will find 100s of free PowerPoint backgrounds, ready to download PowerPoint backgrounds (no exactly templates), this resource has really some lovely templates, and there are several animated backgrounds from different domains which can be used in your PowerPoint presentations.

#6 POWERBACKS –

POWERBACKS claims to have 120 Free Templates for PowerPoint, all you need to do is click on any category for which you need the template, and later you can download them all in one click. Download it from here

If you search around there could be several resources for downloading PPT Templates, these were the ones I liked, some of them have facility to download multiple templates, some have some very different kind of templates etc.

If you know some other resource which has something unique in them, do share with us in comments.

Best Resources to download free PowerPoint Templates by Manav Mishra originally appeared on Technospot.Net on September 23, 2009, 9:55 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Office Outlook lets you manage and associate different signature with different mail accounts and it can done very easily. Just to go Options > Mail > Signatures and edit it. This opens the signature creation tool and on right hand you would see a dropdown of all your email id.

Yes a drop down. Meaning  create a new signature, select an email account and save it. Next time you send an email you would get the respective signature.

I don’t remember but it should be present in Office 2007. I am using Office 2010 of which you can read about by clicking the link.

Office Outlook : Keep different signature for different account by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on September 16, 2009, 3:41 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.