Microsoft confirms it has fixed an Excel calculation results bug, but declines to fully explain the cause.
Microsoft says it has fixed an Excel bug, which caused the spreadsheet to display erroneous calculation results, even though it performed the calculation correctly and stored it in Excel’s memory.
Microsoft is currently working on the hilarious bug.
Yesterday evening we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. Further testing showed a similar phenomenon with 65,536 as well. This issue only exists in Excel 2007, not previous versions.
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Try to multiply 850 by 77.1, guess what you’ll get?
Any calculator will show 65535, instead of Excel2007, which is 100000. The bug, seems newly introduced and only Exel 2007 is affected, older versions are free from it.
A few downloads for Office Communicator 2007 just popped up at Microsoft’s Download Center:
Office Communicator 2007 is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations or time zones using a range of different communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system—including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Groove, and SharePoint Server—gives information workers many different ways to communicate with each other via a consistent and simple user experience.
The first two are free downloads, the 3rd one(MUI package) requires OGA(Office Genuine Advantage). For those who are having problem with the verification, here is the direct link.
Master data management will be part of Office 14, a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of which is due in the first quarter of 2008.
Master data management is technology that allows for the management of common reference data across disparate IT systems or groups. Microsoft stuck a toe in the MDM space in June 2007 with its acquisition of privately held MDM specialist Stratature. Microsoft said at the time of the acquisition that it planned to withdraw existing Stratature products from the market and instead integrate the Stratature +EDM technology into Office applications and servers.
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Microsoft is making the third service pack for Office 2003 available for free download, which the company says strengthens the product’s defenses against malicious software. The popular Fast Save feature is disabled due to security reason.
“Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 is the culmination of several years of improvements to the product suite … It makes it easier to work with the Windows Vista operating system, exchange files with people who use the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and interact with servers in the 2007 release. SP3 also minimizes the issues that previously caused distractions,” a white paper released along with the service pack says.
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Microsoft release several new downloads today, which include Office 2007 SP1 beta for testers, which has been leaked on torrent network, and some more:
Office 2007 Service Pack (SP) 1 Beta 1. Microsoft made the first test build of Office 2007 SP1 available to Technology Adoption Program (TAP) participants only. Microsoft declined to discuss plans for the final SP1 ship date or feature set. (One anonymous poster on this blog provided what s/he said was a list of what?s included.)
Windows Live ID software development kit. Windows Live ID is Microsoft?s single sign-on authentication technology of which Microsoft Passport is a subset. On August 16, Microsoft released version 1.0 of two SDKs, allowing users to move between Windows Live services without having to log-in multiple times, and to do the same among third-party Web sites that make rely on the Windows Live ID technology. The SDK runs not only on Windows, but also on Linux, believe it or not.
Expression Blend 2 August Preview. Microsoft posted for download on August 14 a new test release of the next version of Microsoft?s Blend user-interface design tool. The tool fixes issues that some developers dabbling with test versions of Visual Studio 2008 have encountered when trying to build early versions of Silverlight apps.
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Tool 2.1. Another new release of this tool (following by just a few weeks the 2.0 version, announced in early July) includes a number of additional features, including SNMP discovery and IP range scanning. This tool is designed to help companies assess whether their systems are ready to upgrade to Vista and Office 2007.
PerformancePoint Community Technology Preview (CTP) 4: As the Microsoft bloggers promised, the company did deliver this week a new test build of Microsoft?s forthcoming scorecarding server.
Microsoft Update Catalog Version 1.0: The catalog allows users to search for updates available via Microsoft Update and download them. Users also can import updates fromt he catalog into WSUS 3.0, System Center essentials 2007 or System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
Final version of Office Outlook Connector: On August 14, Microsoft made available for download the final release of the free connector enabling access to Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail from inside Outlook 2003 or 2007.
While Hotmail doesn’t offer POP3 access, Microsoft has released a free utility called Microsoft Office Outlook Connector that allows you download email from your Windows Live Hotmail account to local Outlook or Outlook Express.
With Outlook Connector, you can not only send or receive email - you get all the goodies of Outlook including the Junk Mail filter and powerful Rules Wizard of Outlook to help you auto-sort the incoming email.
To configure your Outlook with Windows Live Hotmail, just download the 3 MB Outlook Connector, type in your Hotmail username+password and you’re done.
The best part is that if you have multiple accounts, you can manage them from one central location - your Outlook. Supports both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.
Get Outlook Connector here [OutlookConnector.exe] directly without WGA check.
