Business customers routinely automate tasks such as generating charts in a spreadsheet by writing individual macros, or small programs called scripts. By Martin LaMonica Sun Microsystems is building a Java-based development kit for its StarOffice...
We have a spend information system in-house developed which will be replaced and a number of Microsoft Office spreadsheet-based templates. Cash-strapped British Airways is planning to automate the purchasing process as part of company-wide plans to...
Macros are mini-programs typically used to automate repetitive or time-consuming tasks in spreadsheet and word processing software, such as calculating sales commissions and formatting documents, among other uses.
Microsoft has completed its deal to acquire Groove Networks, a move that comes days after a court rejected a bid to stop the deal. Last week, a Delaware judge blocked an effort by ex-Groove executive Michael Matthews to halt the deal.
The weaknesses are focused around issues such as the use of Zip files and in particular the use of macro programming procedures and templates. A report on the security of OpenOffice has caused a stir in the open source community by highlighting six...
As of Friday, Office Online templates downloaded from within Microsoft Office System 2007 applications have to be validated. After first introducing a voluntary way for users to ensure that they only used licensed and legal copies of Microsoft...