In Office 2007, Microsoft introduced what is widely known as the "Office Button". This is a button that functions in the same way as the old "File" menu, which gives you tools to work with the file such as Save As, Print, etc.

Have you ever wondered why the Microsoft Office Button flashes? Or how to make it flash again?

The first thing to know is that the Button flashes for discoverability reasons, that is, it flashes with the implicit and silent message: "Hey, I am here! Click me!". Once you have "discovered" the Office Button, it will stop flashing in all of the Office applications.

Here's a cool trick to get the Office Button to flash again by tweaking the Windows Registry. Have fun!

Have you ever wanted to disable the "Rrecently used file list" so that users cannot see which files have been recently opened? If you think that only setting the value to zero on the Options menu will do, what if a smater user changes it back? Here's how to get shot of it by disabling the option altogether...