The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

Back in December, I wrote about Microsoft’s decision to drop support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) from the next version of Office. I had, and still have, many concerns about the switch. The ...

<br><br>If that's not clear, here's a screenshot of what I mean. I happen to be viewing that in Excel 2007 but they're using E2k3. This grouping/"outline" is an Excel thing.<br><br>This was generated ...

Macros package a series of processes into a single script, enabling you to execute lengthy or monotonous tasks in just a few clicks. Previous editions of PowerPoint, and other Office products, used ...

If you're running Windows and are having troubles with apps, scripts or macros this week, it could be because of Microsoft's August security updates. Microsoft says ...

Sometime in the past few hours, Microsoft posted official warnings about an 'invalid procedure call error' associated with August patches for all versions of Windows, from Win7 onward, and ...

Official support for Office 2004 for Mac is not going away this month as expected, Microsoft has announced. Instead, the company plans to extend support until 2012 in order to relieve those who are ...

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