go ahead, mac my day
a Macintosh girl in a Microsoft world
statement of intent
November is National Novel Writing Month for those who are so inclined. I'm not creative enough for...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/01/2009
Live Mesh now supports Snow Leopard
My friends over on the Live Mesh team have a great announcement today: Snow Leopard support now...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/19/2009
how the Office for Windows team designs for their users
My colleagues over on the Office for Windows team have a new blog: Microsoft Office 2010...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/13/2009
Office:Mac 2004 support has been extended
In response to requests from our users, we have extended the Mainstream Support for Office 2004. It...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/12/2009
four years!
I have now been with MacBU, and Microsoft, for four years. I never intended to work for Microsoft. I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/05/2009
women needed for Outlook:Mac study
As I work on my next Outlook:Mac study, I've noticed a trend: all of the people who have agreed to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/30/2009
the case for Entourage:Mac on Snow Leopard
I've been completely heads-down on working on Outlook:Mac recently, but this article from John C....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/24/2009
want to see Outlook:Mac?
As we announced a few weeks ago, Outlook is coming to the Mac. I've had a few requests to post more...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/21/2009
Q&A: what hardware do you use when testing Office:Mac?
I noticed this question go by on Twitter yesterday, and thought that it was interesting: just...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/17/2009
Office 2008 Business Edition available today
Today, we have released Office:Mac 2008 Business Edition. Business Edition will join its little...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/15/2009
an admission
Okay, I admit it. I haven't installed Snow Leopard yet, not on my main computer. I know, I know, I'm...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 09/03/2009
user experience improvements without user interface improvements
As we began the work on the next (and, as-yet-unnamed) version of Office:Mac, it quickly became...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/31/2009
Q&A: I just bought OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", how do I install Office:Mac 2008?
I got this question via email: I got my copy of Snow Leopard this morning, backed up my data, and...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/28/2009
charming, professional, friendly, passionate
Over the weekend, I played around with the Personas project at the MIT Media Lab. Here's its final...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/25/2009
a short film in PowerPoint:Mac
One of our testers, who is infinitely more talented than I am, created a video using PowerPoint....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/24/2009
Q&A: How do I set up an out-of-office message in Entourage?
I got this question via email: How do I set up an out-of-office message in Entourage? The questioner...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/20/2009
Q&A: Can I use Entourage for Web Services with Exchange 2003?
I've seen a few variations of this question lately: Is EWS Exchange 2007 only? Will it work with...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/18/2009
Outlook: Coming soon to a Mac near you
Last week was a big one for us here in MacBU. Entourage for Web Services was released, of course,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/17/2009
Entourage for Web Services released today
Today's a big day for MacBU! Today, we released Entourage for Web Services. EWS was in public beta...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/13/2009
Macworld: five favourite PowerPoint tips
Tom Negrino wrote a great article for Macworld about five favourite PowerPoint tips. Here's Tom's...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/12/2009
Remote Desktop Connection for Mac 2.0.1 available today
It's Update Tuesday [1], and we've got an update to Remote Desktop Connection for Mac for you today....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/12/2009
Exchange 2010 speech-to-text
One of my favourite parts of being at Microsoft is seeing new technology first. Yes, I know, I'm a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/10/2009
Office:Mac 2008 12.2.1 available today
Today, we released Office:Mac 2008 12.2.1. This release fixes issues where some users were unable to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/06/2009
things I learned via Twitter
I've got a few Office:Mac-related searches set up as saved searches in my Twitter client. I've...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 08/03/2009
Q&A: What kind of people participate in your usability studies?
I got a great question recently, very timely because I'm in the usability lab this week looking at...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/30/2009
Q&A: How do I get into user experience?
Let's turn away from Office and Mac matters for a bit, and answer a question that I got via email...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/27/2009
the evolution of the Document Connection for Mac
Back at Macworld Expo in January, we announced that we were going to release a standalone app to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/23/2009
Q&A: What about Entourage EWS and Office:Mac 2008 SP2?
If you're using the Entourage for Web Services beta, do not install SP2. You should continue to use...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/20/2009
Office:Mac 2008 SP2 available today
Today, we have released Office:Mac 2008 SP2. What's in it for you? PowerPoint: In a lot of ways,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/20/2009
Dennis Liu does it again
MacBU's friend Dennis Liu did it again with Office 2010: The Movie. Spell check this, baby. The...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/13/2009
things I dislike about Safari 4
I've been a Safari user for ages. I'm not a Firefox fan (just don't like the UI, plus the fact that...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/08/2009
get organised with Peter Walsh and Office:Mac 2008
A few months ago, I mentioned that we've been adding video help for Office:Mac 2008. Today, we've...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/07/2009
books about Office 2008
Teach Yourself Visually Office 2008 for Mac is now available. I forgot to mention this earlier. I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/06/2009
Inbox 482
I'm an Inbox Zero kind of girl. Inbox Zero doesn't hold up when you go on vacation. I just got back...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 07/03/2009
Paul Robichaux: "The iPhone as a mail device, 3.0 edition"
Paul Robichaux, one of the Exchange MVPs (who happens to know his way around Entourage very well),...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/29/2009
design research as the fourth estate
The Adaptive Path blog recently had a fantastic post about design research as the fourth estate....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/25/2009
Using Entourage to manage your mail
I just noticed that the folks over at the Unclutterer blog have posted a great post about how to use...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/22/2009
Q&A: Do participants in your usability studies have to be in the San Francisco or Puget Sound areas?
In my overzealousness in killing off trackback spam (grrr), I accidentally deleted a comment asking...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/16/2009
Mac users still needed!
My team here in MacBU is still in need of Mac mail/calendar/contacts users. For full details of what...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/15/2009
Mac email, calendar, and address book users needed for usability study in San Francisco Bay Area
My team is in need of Mac users who meet all of the following criteria: use their Mac at work for at...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/10/2009
Office:Mac 2008 12.1.9 and Office:Mac 2004 11.5.5 now available
Today, we have released updates for Office:Mac 2008 and Office:Mac 2004. Office:Mac 2008 update...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/09/2009
Q&A: Why doesn't Hotmail work with Entourage:Mac now?
I got the following question about Hotmail and Entourage: Using Entourage on an iMac. Suddenly...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/02/2009
Q&A: why don't new events created on my iPhone show up in Entourage?
I got a question about using Sync Services on Entourage 2008 with an iPhone: I have trouble synching...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 06/01/2009
Exchange 2010 webcast series
My colleagues over on the Exchange team are doing a series of webcasts about Exchange 2010. For you...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/28/2009
Q&A: other MacBU blogs
Another question today ... Do any of your colleagues in the Mac BU have additional blogs that I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/27/2009
Q&A: why does the Messenger:Mac window lose focus after I send my message?
I got this question today, and realised that I hadn't mentioned it here on this blog yet. The...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/26/2009
your security questions might not be that secure
I've whinged about the security questions that my bank asks me: mother's maiden name, pet's name,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/18/2009
new members of the family
My home network has seen three changes lately. The first, which I've been wanting to do for ages but...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/13/2009
Q&A: How do I get into a MacBU private beta?
I've been getting several variations on this question lately: I've heard that Microsoft is doing a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/11/2009
last chance to enter WeddingBee.com's contest for a new MacBook, Office:Mac 2008, and $1000!
I mentioned last month that WeddingBee.com is running a contest to win a new MacBook, a $1000 gift...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/08/2009