Microsoft Word News & Articles

For Microsoft Word users, publishing just got a little easier. Quark released Quark XML Author 4.0 for Microsoft Word, which allows users to more easily create structured XML content. It’s no secret that most content gets created in Word, so it’s only fitting that now you can intelligently create and publish with it, too.

We're out of catchy ways to talk about new Google tools that work to keep you from going Microsoft, so this time we'll just come out and say it: The Google Docs Viewer now displays Microsoft Word attachments in your browser. 

Today, Nordic River announces the launch of TextFlow Desktop, which aims to streamline MS Word and Open Office document collaboration, editing, workflow and decision making. We spoke with Tomer Shalit, CEO of Nordic River, about the newest release and what's to come.

It’s all about the little joys in life — free online shipping, eggnog, and no longer having to manually strip the code out of Word documents when cutting and pasting text.

You can thank the genius behind PureText for that last one.

The folks at LifeHacker tipped us off about PureText, a freeware application for Windows, that simplifies the cut and paste process by automatically stripping out formatting and images.

Prior to this Best Invention Ever, lonely online journalists would have to resort to cutting and pasting their text from Word into Notepad and then into their CMS in order to be published without incurring the wrath of their editors.

PureText allows users to paste selected text into their desired location free of rich formatting, all through the magic of a hotkey, which you can configure to convert the text.

So fear not, gentle readers, your holiday of choice has come early this year! Download your free copy of PureText 2.0 today.

Microsoft just can’t get any peace. With Google Apps eroding the need to own a copy of Microsoft Office, and Zoho improving where Apps leaves off, the Word/Excel monopoly may be fast seeing sundown.

And the end may be sooner than expected, now that Adobe’s announced it’s going to purchase Virtual Ubiquity, the company that produces an offering called Buzzword.