OnLive is well-known for bringing games to the iPad, and now it’s going to bring Windows 7. The service is called OnLive Desktop, and you can download the free version on Thursday, January 12th at the App Store. All you need is an iPad or iPad 2 with at least a 1 Mbps Internet connection (1.5-2 Mbps for best results).

One of the best ways to do that is to not repeat the same actions over and over again. If you create the same documents over and over again for your job, such as a monthly report, odds are that you have to format and re-format those files each time. Having a template will save you the time of re-creating the document without the chance of saving over a previous version you may need.

Last evening I was confronted with pasting a graphic image into a Microsoft Word document for forwarding while retaining the existing formatted text content. But I don’t have a copy of Word, and my usual text editors couldn’t handle the file. What to do? I turned to Google Docs. With a bit of trial and error I was able to paste the needed graphic into the document, save it as a PDF file, and send it off to its destination.

Whether you use Microsoft Word, odds are you will encounter Microsoft Word-formatted (.doc. .xml, or .docx) documents fairly frequently in email attachments, files produced by PC-user or Word-using Mac colleagues, or documents downloaded from the Internet. However, this is not as much of a problem as it used to be for us non Word users.

When you’re working on a business report, term paper, or that novel you just know Hollywood is going to snap up, the last thing you want to face is a frozen program or power outage. Losing your work is tough. Losing your work without a recent auto save is tougher. Auto saves can make your life a lot less frustrating, and extra auto saves can prevent loss of even more data. To change the auto-save time in Microsoft Word, follow these steps…

Or, “When Things Fall Apart.” And boy can things fall apart when you install the SP2/12.2.0 upgrade to Office for Mac 2008. To begin with, unless you absolutely have to upgrade, it is definitely a good idea to wait. There are some serious issues here, which Microsoft will hopefully address soon—showstopper issues that can create significant headaches for Office users. Everybody got their dancing shoes on? Good, let’s begin the tango with a look at some of what this service pack contains.

Sure, everyone knows you can view Word documents on your iPhone. But how do you edit them? As Robert Scbole predicted, gOffice has just launched a new Word processor specially designed for the iPhone. Unfortunately, it’s only a web app, but just think about the possibilities if it were running natively. You’d be able to more »