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PowerPoint misses out on XML
News Microsoft's tight development schedule stopped the software heavyweight including XML support within PowerPoint in its Office 2003 suite, senior officials have conceded. Microsoft is promoting XML support as a key element of Office 2003 and while...
[August 12, 2003, 11:25]
Zero-day PowerPoint flaw gives rise to attacks
News Hackers have launched attacks targeting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft warned on Thursday. The vulnerability, which affects Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, can be exploited by getting a user to open a...
[April 3, 2009, 12:54]
Microsoft patches vulnerable PowerPoint hole
News Microsoft on Tuesday released a patch aimed to fix a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint that had already led to exploits. Although Microsoft says the hole is now patched in the Windows version of PowerPoint, the software maker said it is still...
[May 13, 2009, 10:29]
RIM lets BlackBerrys drive PowerPoint presentations
News Research In Motion has introduced a device that will let most BlackBerry users deliver PowerPoint presentations from their phone, rather than from a laptop. The BlackBerry Presenter, introduced on Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas, hooks up to a RIM...
[January 7, 2010, 12:16]
Microsoft to issue patch for critical PowerPoint hole
News Microsoft will issue a patch on Tuesday to fix a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint that could be the same hole that has been exploited in limited and targeted attacks. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Office 2000, 2003, 2007 and XP, as well...
[May 8, 2009, 9:45]
Google acquires PowerPoint software firm
News The service lets users import Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, as well as grab bits of content from the web for making presentations that can be viewed and shared in a web browser. Users can also create their own live broadcasts, similar to many...
[June 20, 2007, 15:21]
Avoiding 'Death by PowerPoint'
News These suggestions are taken from the blog posting "Death by PowerPoint",written by Jesper Johansson. The point of a PowerPoint slide is not to cram as much information into a single slide as possible.
[September 23, 2005, 14:35]
Microsoft plugs 21 security holes
News They cover problems with Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, PowerPoint and Exchange Server. The bulletin for a flaw in PowerPoint (MS06-028) replaces an earlier patch. Microsoft has issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of...
[June 14, 2006, 9:55]
Office users face new macro risk
News A new vulnerability has been detected in systems running Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, which allows a specially crafted macro to avoid detection and run malicious code on a victim's machine. The software hole allows a malformed macro to escape...
[October 10, 2001, 12:48]
Microsoft unveils Office apps in the browser
News Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it will offer new versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that can run from within a standard web browser. PowerPoint presentations can be viewed within the browser as well.
[October 29, 2008, 11:26]
Office 2003 update blocks older file formats
News The latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003 has made a range of older files inaccessible, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, it emerged this week. It also blocks older versions of Excel, PowerPoint...
[January 3, 2008, 12:18]
Microsoft besieged by zero-day attacks
News Microsoft on Wednesday warned of "limited zero-day attacks" that exploit a new flaw in PowerPoint, Microsoft's widely used presentation tool. For the attack to be carried out, a user must first open a malicious PowerPoint file attached to an email...
[September 28, 2006, 9:20]
Microsoft to support Chinese document standard
News Also on Monday, the company is expected to make available beta versions of previously announced translators between PowerPoint and Excel and corresponding applications that support the OpenDocument Format, or ODF.
[May 21, 2007, 10:34]
Macromedia makes Web meetings smarter
News Macromedia began the Breeze line early last year when it acquired software maker Presedia, which specialised in tools for online delivery of presentations based on Microsoft's PowerPoint. Macromedia has touted Breeze as a useful addition to...
[February 10, 2004, 11:10]
Macromedia starts the meter on Web conferencing
News The service and Macromedia's Breeze software allow workers to present PowerPoint slides and other content through a Web browser and to jointly work on documents. Everybody knows PowerPoint, everyone has a browser, and we're allowing people to do a...
[September 7, 2004, 8:45]
Microsoft readies 10 security updates
News Other affected software includes Office Excel Viewer; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Office SharePoint Server. It is likely that the PowerPoint vulnerability is...
[June 5, 2009, 9:36]
MS .doc bug hibernates on Net
News The applications responsible for producing these leaky documents were Microsoft Word versions 6.0 and 7.0 plus version 7.0 of PowerPoint and Excel. US Government Web sites also appear vulnerable to these potential legacy leaks with some 240,000 MS...
[May 7, 2002, 14:33]
Office 2003 prices leak online
News According to Amazon's listings -- pointed out by ZDNet UK reader Jean-Claude Romanino -- Microsoft Office 2003 for Windows XP, which comprises Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, is priced at £349.99, while the professional version, which adds...
[August 13, 2003, 13:40]
Closing the Office door on Microsoft
News However, even if equivalencies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint were all you needed, you should still think twice before giving up Microsoft Office in favour of OpenOffice. Another major limitation to OpenOffice is that, although it offers programs...
[June 15, 2004, 11:20]
Microsoft brings IM into the corporate fold
News Live Meeting 2005, which ships on 11 March, will allow users to launch Web conferences from within Office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Office Communicator 2005. Microsoft claims that the new Live Meeting will offer an...
[March 9, 2005, 11:25]
