Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Understanding images: part 3 - implementation
Why jump figures (images) sometimes to another page in your Word document? This is one of the great secrets of Word and today, I will show the answer.
On the reason of this question go, it is important to understand the concept of anchoring. Covered in a previous post I, the difference between floating and inline figure. Each floating number in a Word document is actually attached to the page. This point of the attachment is referred to as the "anchor" and is indicated by a small anchor icon. To see this, you must enable the display of the icon by clicking on the file tab, and then click Options. In the display section, select the check box next to the object anchor. Now, if you select a floating figure, you see the anchor icon on the page displayed.
There are two important rules about the relationship between numbers and anchor:
Rule # 1: the anchor and the figure must be always on the same page.
Rule # 2: the anchor and the figure must be in the same place on the page.
By default, the anchor is placed at the beginning of next paragraph about the upper-left corner of the figure. If you moved also move the figure on the side of the anchor, using the same logic, to place the anchor. Word does this, because a figure close to certain text place usually means that there is a relationship between the two parts of the contents. It is also possible, select the anchor, and drag it to a new location on the page. For example, in the following document paragraph describes the data in the chart, however, the diagram looks better when I place it at the bottom of the page.
The anchor is considered, so that if you select the text where the figure is anchored, the figure is also selected, you see the relationship, to help characters. When you move or delete you the text in which the figure is anchored, the figure is also moved or deleted be. When adding text about the anchor position of the anchor are moves also, below on the page along with the rest of the text. When the anchor on the next page is moved the corresponding figure also jumps to the next page (see rule # 1 above). This can be especially confusing when the number of the anchor.
In many cases want you owed your text and figure, also if the jumping to another page. In other cases, can you force a figure to remain in a position, regardless of what happens to the text surrounding it. An easy way, so that it jumps the figure is following: less likely
Choose the figure so that the anchor icon is visible.Click on the anchor, and prefer you text on the first line of the text on the Seite.Wenn the first line on the add page, you need to position the anchor at the top of the page.There are many other aspects of the anchor, the you very precise control over your character behavior. Stay tuned and I'm going to delve into a few of those in a future post. Read the first two posts in this series here and here.
--Theresa Estrada is in the word team spends most her days (and some nights) studying how users with numbers in their document work program manager.
Enlarge the 1,400 good stories: Microsoft local impact map
If you know who can tell a great story? Can it an artistic quality in the way their words in your ear-settle, or maybe their thoughts jump right of the page (or screen) and captivate you. Well, how about 1,400 + stories of more than 100 countries distributed?
Which we is on as many stories, the new local impact mapcollected have, the Bing map that can explore and zoom to to discover projects underway of the wide range of Microsoft citizenship now.
These projects cover a wide range of technology donations to nonprofits to education and employment to help people. If the Microsoft corporate Citiczenship team wanted to tell these stories, the Local impact map (LIM) was born.
The local impact map is hosted on Bing maps. Silverlight deep zoom technology combined with rich search results pages and capabilities, so you can read all 1400 + stories about how we work with partners to help people and businesses around the world. They are to expand beyond their reach and reduce their costs inspirational, but also informative-- give us a deep look, how non-profits to use our products.
Here are three examples:
Microsoft Alliance with Ministry of Culture supports public libraries In 2010, the Ministry of culture in Colombia of the national literature and libraries brought plan at the top of their efforts to improve the digital literacy of its citizens. Working in partnership with Microsoft Colombia, were built more than 1,000 public libraries in Windows 7 and Microsoft Office together with relevant training to support the Ministry efforts. Read more on the local impact map.
Technology contributes to improving the medical efficiency and patient experience Access to good information and efficient communication play an important role in providing effective medical care. The Hematology and bone marrow transplantation Department at Szt. László hospital in Hungary is just one of many hospitals, are missing to keep the resources with growing demands on their services. Between Microsoft Windows Server and Office applications, we helped to find a way, benefit their operations to speed up staff and patients. Read more about the solution on the local impact map.
Boys & girls clubs offer storage technology and management One of the many projects with young & girls Club of America, technology camps in North Carolina around the capabilities of the interest in the information technology (IT) information field 11th grader boost helped. Microsoft donated and 100 copies of Windows 7 and Office installed on laptops, the students. Read more about the technology and maintenance of camps here.
These are three of more than 1,400 stories that you can try on the local impact map. I invite you to discover what technology to people all over the world does. Let us know, what stories that inspire you!
For more stories from Microsoft citizenship you follow @ Msftcitizenship on Twitter or visit the Microsoft citizenship Facebook page.
--Tara Grumm, corporate citizenship team at Microsoft and Holly Thomas
3 Tips for making powerful presentations of the Government
This contribution to the presentation of Government and other authorities is the second in a series of occasional contributions from guest expert Mike Parkinson's to use PowerPoint in different sectors and for different target groups. Mike is an internationally recognized visual communications experts, multi-published author and partner at 24 hour company, a premier proposal and presentation graphics company. 2 Steps to change the world with PowerPointis titled his first post for the PowerPoint blog.
I am not the only person who grow my business to help with PowerPoint. The Government often requires PowerPoint presentations that can win organization best suited to contracts with a value of millions or even billions of dollars. Many government officers procurement tell me that PowerPoint makes it easier to understand, solutions. In contrast to written proposals Government judges the speaker questions can questions about their solutions and answers immediately during the presentation. Plus they refer graphics, and notes often on slide in their handouts for greater clarification.
PowerPoint makes it easy to use visuals, the learning and retention and also increase the likelihood that the audience with the leader agreed solution and choose there are proven. Often, the profit of the company's solution, people and livelihoods impacts all over the world. I have designed and worked closely in many presentations to the Government, proposing solutions to difficult challenges such as hunger, disease control and the provision of medical aid. Accompanied by well-designed and presents PowerPoint slides, a company's oral proposal evaluators educates on breakthrough solutions and thousands of jobs (opening a new Centre) create, saves lives (assistance to countries in need, first responder solutions, military protection), and help our world be a better place (NASA, NOAA, etc.).
Here are three tips for the presentation of Government and other authorities:
Reflect your audience in your presentation. People are drawn known colors, images, words, and so on. In the following you will find two slides from a presentation in the United States Army. A slide used army images and colors. The balls are focused on their relationship with the army. Slide b uses the Corporation colours and shows business images. The spheres mentioned not the army. The film would be einprägsameren to the audience?
--Mike Parkinson
Long time Office fan Gets a new copy (video)
Last week, we customers interviewed information to Office during the Microsoft store celebration on the first anniversary of the Office 2010. William wanted to talk to us about all of his years with Office.
--Doug Thomas
OneNote review: Things that you miss in may
Here's our quick monthly summary of OneNote from stories and tips to populous during the month of May. If you, a great OneNote tip, history or post, we here list do not know, please enter a comment below!
Write you, if you know any other great OneNote tips, stories, or posts that you last month, saw this a comment below, know us to be thinking. Thank you very much!
--Michael C. Oldenburg
Home modification without the stress
The home improvement recovery is expected by more than 13% for the period from April to June 2011 according to a recent Bloomberg article. If you never remodel a home in durchgelaufen have, you have probably heard horror stories of friends or colleagues. Even if you were an old pro at it, probably times where some help along the way, some of the stress of pursuing all logistics and research involved wanted to take.
Regardless, household, household income, or demographic of the House, it is a "process" for good home improvement decisions. About.com author Jackie Craven set out eight steps on a home improvement project get off on the right foot:
Are you your Traum.Lernen by others.Think ahead.Their money to count.Choose your Team.Einen negotiate contract.You get Berechtigung.Planen problems.
Undoubtedly, each of which planning includes an enormous amount of inspiration, gather information, to do document consolidation, budget management and team organisation for the job right - and on time!
House - and apartment owners have traditionally isolated documents, a mountain of emails, bookmarked Web sites, loosely collected catalogues and even spiral bound paper notebooks, leave record all details of your dream kitchen or bathroom. If you've been through this process before, you know how fast are important sites, forget and fail information and emails are misplaced.
If a home remodel on your to do list is this summer, your timing is perfect. You take for Microsoft OneNote 2010 , that can help you,we have a free home remodel designers created the drama of any renovation job.
Our free do it yourself home remodeling Planner you can take advantage of the stress of each project
by organization, tracking, and release all the logistics around your remodeling plans.
More valuable than a hammer and nail, OneNote is the perfect digital "Catch - All" to the collection and organization of home improvement research, comments and ideas. It is a section tab for each main category, which transform your project require - from research and budget, the calendar and contractor.
You can customize the Scheduler to your needs by any of our suggestions, you do not need delete and add your own pages and sections for the information you need, to keep track of.
Look in our free do you all sections and pages to explore it yourself home remodeling planners.
To customize the pages that you want to keep and discard that which you do not need.
Here are some of the ways in which our free Planner notebook can help you:
Collect the inspiration. Easy clip or copy and paste each image and idea in your OneNote notebook inspired. Every item URL (Web address) is inserted elements. If design sketches are your plan key, it is also easy to insert scanned images in OneNote - directly in the text and website images you have already included.Sharing your plan. Whether you are keeping contractors busy, or soliciting makes it easy to keep everything in one place feedback and recommendations from experienced friends and family, OneNote and share your plans with anyone you want.
Consolidation of documents. Track to keep and refer to all of permits and contracts to design layouts, is always necessary and important to all home renovation. Add the file prints and installations with OneNote easily and then easily locate the text (also text in images), exactly what you need when you need it, are looking for.
Be budget conscious. Set table under the section register budget in our notebook your budget to track all the must-haves and nice-to haves, and forget not, add you 10-15% on unexpected expenditure. OneNote can do calculations in Basic for you as you enter data.
At all your plan with you to times. Whether you are working from home your home improvement project, manage or take while on the road, OneNote can your plan and information with you and share it with others via Windows Live SkyDrive. Save your notebook in the cloud with a free Windows Live ID, and then click your order using the OneNote Web app, or with OneNote Mobile on your Windows phone 7 or on your iPhone.
Summer is upon us, but before you know it, the children are back in school, the cold and wet weather will return, and your friends and family will make house their way on to your for the holiday. If the bathroom, the kitchen or on the exterior, let OneNote 2010 will project your "mission control" for your home improvement so that you can be on time and on budget.
Our free Plannerdownload and start customize! If you have OneNote 2010 still on your computer, you can download a free, fully functional 60-day trial.
--Michael C. Oldenburg
Monday, June 27, 2011
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Easy budget management with Excel
This is the first anniversary of the release of Office 2010 with tips and tricks for the most of your Office to the post # 8 in the ten days celebrating series for Office.
In business today, money management is a necessary skill smart. Whether the family budget management, planning college expensesbudgeting for your upcoming wedding, can Microsoft Excel Help or you can the latest numbers, even while on the crack with Excel Mobile 2010 on your Windows phone 7 or the Excel Web appto track. To give you the help most of Excel in the planning of your budget, I wanted to share a few tips, such as conditional formatting, Sparklines and how your budget on SkyDrive.
In the embedded workbook below, you can see how we rules used conditional formatting to highlight, where income and expenses exceed budget, and show creates Sparklines trends over a period of six months. Change a value, and see the conditional formatting in cells and the Sparklines change! Sure, take a look at Sheet2 in the workbook, where you see some instructions on how to create the conditional formatting rules and the Sparklines in your Excel files.
You can this workbook by clicking on the button view full-size workbook in the lower-right corner of the embedded workbook (at the right end of the black bar above). By clicking on the button loads the workbook in a new browser window (or tab), where you will see a Download button. Note that input may not in the worksheet cell in the full size view.
Details of advanced settings for the embedding of a workbook, see Customize your Excel workbook is embedded.
To save your workbook in SkyDrive, you can share your budget also with family or friends, instead of e-Mail to a massive file. Then all can the you the permission to the see and changes to the file.
So, what are you budgeting for? Whether you're just at the beginning, or you an experienced professional, provide these resources for more information and tips on creating of and work on a budget:
--Gary Willoughby
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To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Office 2010 on June 15, some of our bloggers headed to the Microsoft Store in Bellevue, Washington, where they felt like rock stars, tried to get free software, and shot the breeze (and some video). And since Doug Thomas is point man for most things video around here, I thought I'd shoot you over to his blog, Office Casual, so that you can take a look at what people had to say about Office 2010 and the Microsoft Store.
Here's an example of Doug walking up to an unsuspecting couple of just-recently-graduated-now-former high-schoolers to give them their 15 (well, 2 or 3, anyway) minutes of Microsoft fame and push OneNote at the same time!
Now head over to Office Casual and see what else your fellow Office users had to say...
-- Crabby
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Sometimes, especially when you try to create a 1-page flyer, you want to position a figure at a particular location on the page and make sure that it stays put. One possibility is the position in the menu on the Ribbon format use to align your figure with one of the nine common positions on the page:
To position select one of the options in the section with text wrapping to your figure will do three things:
Go you your character from inline to floatingApply square text wrappingPosition the picture relative to the edge of the documentThe third item in the list is the key (and what does this menu different menu wrap text ). To understand what it means, we go back to my previous post when I said that the relationship between a character and its anchor.
In this post, I mentioned that the picture will move if the text, the, which it is attached, moved. This is because, by default a character relative to the text is positioned where it is anchored. In most cases because it tends to a relationship between the text and the illustration, this is exactly what to do.
We see an example of us. The following document I added a picture to go along with the family magazine I write. The image is related to paragraph, where you can see the anchor icon:
When I later add a different paragraph (the blue text), which pushes the text and the anchor to the next page, the image on the next page moves. Once said there, the same position relative to the location of the anchor - in this case over an inch after down from the top of the paragraph:
If a character is position relative to the edges, what happens if you use the location menu, are not on the page move as the anchor moves. But when the anchor to the next page pushed the figure still jumps to the next page (see rule # 1 in the last post). In this case, the figure in the same relative position on the next page remains.
Again the example when the image originally relative to the edge on the first page, positions were above, when I insert the blue text and press the figure in a two page-the result would look like this:
Note that the image keeps its relative position on the page in the lower right corner, if it is moved to the next page.
If you see exactly how your figure is positioned and whether it moves with the text laid down or will remain in a fixed position on the page, you can look at the Advanced Layout dialog box. Select more layout optionsmenu at the bottom of the position . On the tab position in the dialog, you see several options to align an image vertically and horizontally. At the bottom of the dialog box is called an option to move with text. Try selecting and clearing, the option and see how the settings above to change this behavior to enable.
--Theresa Estrada is a program manager on the word team, which most of their days (and some nights) study, spends as user numbers to work in their documents.
Explain the cloud
The cloud is the buzz - in view on television and on the Internet. But what is this? Where is?
Use with Microsoft Office 365- a way to the Office in the cloud - we explain the cloud b. on the Internet, especially you can your own secure site on the Internet, your business data and save your documents. You can access and work with them anywhere you have an Internet connection, and you can share it if you want to.
But today a small boy his parents morning when I went through Seattle's Pike place market with many clouds, heard I questions "What is the Internet?" Maybe all three years old and tugging on his mother, he asked arm, again, "What is the Internet?" What is the Internet? "WHAT IS THE INTERNET?"
And I thought, "How would I answer, the?"
What is the Internet? Is running without to Wikipedia or you type the query in the Bing or Google or embarking on lengthy discussions of servers and networks, would answer as you?
-Joannie bar country
Digital creativity beyond art and design
For today’s blog post I thought I’d talk about an interesting eSeminar that Adobe has made accessible for students and university staff, which explores the impact of digital skills in higher education. The thing I found the most surprising from the seminar is that digital competency is no longer just expected from the IT technicians, artists and designers of the world, it is now taken as a given that everyone should be digitally expressive – including professionals in disciplines as diverse as chemistry, marketing and medicine!
So what does this mean for universities? Well the seminar explains that a new trend is emerging whereby universities are stepping away from telling students to use a set programme to write, say, a journalistic article, to giving students the tools to tell more rich and compelling stories in a variety of different ways. This could mean using video and multi-media to present back ideas or using digital imagery to visualise data.
The seminar also gives some great examples of different ways universities are using digital tools across subjects – some real food for thought for lecturers looking for inspiration on how to integrate digital tools into projects. For example, one university challenged its dental students to create scientifically accurate visual dental information through digital imaging software Adobe Photoshop. This is certainly a far cry away from when I was at university and the only way of presenting back work was via a flip chart!
If you want to view this eSeminar yourself you can do so at http://www.adobe.com/uk/special/webinar/- it’s definitely worth a watch!
Liz Wilkins is Senior Marketing Manager for Education at Adobe Systems UK. Her involvement with Adobe Education products has seen her work closely with a range of educational institutions, championing the use of digital media tools in the curriculum, and their integration into a number of subject areas in order to better prepare students for the future demands of the workplace. Liz works closely with teachers and administrators integrating software, curriculums, and instructional resources as well as certification options and professional development tools. Through promoting digital literacy in cross-curricular education, teaching essential career skills, and streamlining administrative processes Liz has experience working in partnership with a diverse portfolio of schools and further education institutions. Create a Polaroid photo effect (video)
This is the ninth in a series of quick video tips for business managers by PowerPoint from guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of PowerPoint talk.
Have you wanted ever a Polaroid photo look the pictures in your presentation? Now you can. Here is how quickly create this effect with borders and effects to make.
More information about working with pictures in the presentation you look at my post 3 ways to make your image fit your slide.
--Bruce Gabrielle
Images pop with simple photo editing in Office 2010
This is the first anniversary of the release of Office 2010 with tips and tricks for the most of your Office to the post # 9 in the ten days celebrating series for Office.
The cliche "a picture worth 1,000 words 's" reserves the right, as a large image gets to the point in such a way that can replicate any amount of text. With Office 2010, you can to your advantage: you have no more back and forth to jump between your document and your image editing, since so many tools are directly integrated in. Office will help you to turn slightly good pictures into great pictures, and good documents and presentations in one in the amount of memory.
There are many things you can use images in Office 2010: they correct color, artistic effects like pencil sketch apply, borders set up, rotate shadow, etc.,. But I have a thing for photos, personally, that are mostly black and white, but have some hint of color. It is my favorite trick to show the new photo editing tools. Follow up with me and also this tip you can beautify your Word documents and PowerPoint slides.
I started with the photo below, and you need two copies of the same image to this effect:
When you insert your picture, opens Image tools on the Ribbon. Select the command text wrap Image toolsand click on the text on the option. Then you can simply copy and paste the image, fall to a second picture of the first.
Then I choose one on the back and use the photo format it black and white.
In Tools/image format, select the color control and for the black and white example in the section of color saturation .
Use you then remove background tool on the front, color the image to pop out the part that you want to really show:
Select from the Image tools again remove background and draw that only the part that you want to keep. Then the adding and removing of marking tools on the Ribbon use to pull you through the areas where the remove background tool incorrectly is rates.
Slide the upper picture things finally back on the floor, on line:
And voila! There, you have a composite image effect, can contact you only with very expensive tools and much free time on your hands.
This is of course only a fraction of the amazing things you can do with the integrated image editing tools in Word, Publisher and PowerPoint 2010. plus you can even trim, recolor and format videos in PowerPoint 2010. finding many more tips and tricks for working with pictures on the Word blog and the PowerPoint Blog. Check out this post which also background remove for ever the image exactly right.
Thanks to Office 2010 and congrats to the one-year anniversary.
--Chris Bryant
Sunday, June 26, 2011
University of Oregon: One Course – Many Possibilities
Adobe Digital Publishing / University of Oregon: One Course – Many Possibilitiesby Adobe Digital Publishing Admin Social media made easy
If some back to think about Valentine's day of this year, our post about AccessLovecould you you, remember a social-media-type access Web database, which became very popular with Microsoft employees. Decided on the basis of a response the creator of AccessLove, present to show a "how we did it" session, how easy someone a similar system from scratch could build. We recorded this session, and now you can Watch the videos and follow along with the procedures on Office.com ! Learn some great tips for a professional form design, create macros data and publish in access services.
On a side note digging we here are content publishers at Microsoft keen to know what you think this kind of article, where we take you through a scenario from beginning to end, instead of after you all through a collection of feature-based articles. Do you think that this scenario-based content access faster learn more people can help? If so, what other scenarios do you think that we should cover? Please leave a comment and let us know!
--Chris downs
A secret ingredient of Microsoft store (video)
A cool part of the Microsoft store is a community space where events occur. It is where we set up shop, while Microsoft store videos celebrate the first anniversary of Office 2010. But local groups and organisations as a high-tech meeting area use the space. We languages with Chad Mack, the community development manager at the Bellevue Square store.
--Doug Thomas
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All things contribute… The Adobe Contribute Blog / How to improve Contribute Startup time?by Michael Dominic Multi-Screen and Multi-Platform Authoring Preview
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My son is the high school completion in a week and on Monday he came with his high school Yearbook. It was amazing to see all that we once knew "little kids", adults young adults and it reminded me that write this perfect time would a blog post about the use of Publisher and MagCloud to create, sell, print and distribute books of all year.
* Fast memory of MagCloud, Hewlett Packard cloud publishing site, called MagCloud is an excellent resource for each scenario, request publishing and Microsoft and HP have joined forces to their using of Publisher with MagCloud a simple solution for the publication of catalogues, magazines, newsletters, and Yes, Annals. You can read more about the Microsoft/MagCloud partnership and get a 25% discount coupon code in my previous post.
So, now let us assume, you are the consultant of the year book Committee of the County high school (the fighting vamps!) and you begin to plan for the 2012 Edition. Here a short is by the use of Publisher and MagCloud for your book 2012 year.
Open Publisher, and the available templates, click on more categories.
Scroll to and click the category all books .
Select academic books see student Yearbook for junior high and high school, and then click Download 
Publisher opens the new publication, and you are all configure MagCloud setting.MagCloud has some simple configuration requirements for publications with the instructions on the link. See more on Page Setup and layout type, and color model and font settings on Office.com.
That is something that you and the children love to do, but I will not discuss here.
Before you upload your Yearbook, you must save it as a PDF. Keep in mind that MagCloud has some specific PDF configurations, such as ISO 19005-1 compatibility and pages per sheet. Read the step-by-step instructions on how to create a PDF file for MagCloudthe conditions to the end of the year.
If you haven't already, create a Free MagCloud membership. Then follow the instructions in the MagCloud's help: how to publish on the page your PDF document upload and your make available Yearbook for job. Then you can your students, family and associates the link to the MagCloud page type for the order of the Yearbook. All are billing, printing and shipping of MagCloud and a project that had far too much of your time and energy has become manageable and impressively organized!
--Bob deLaubenfels
Hardware partners get a glimpse of Windows 8 at Computex
Hello there!
First of all congratulations on the new visual approach of Windows, it's looking great!
I was really hoping that you guys would have implemented Kinect on the new version, as I believe that it will allow millions of people with handicap to use computers in an easier way, and therefore interact with the world more freely.
Here I leave my wishes that you guys will still reconsider and implement Kinect Controls on the new version. Could even be called Windows Kinect! :)
Just imagine phones and all other kinds of devices using the awesome Kinect for interaction and control.
Another thing would be to get the Sixth-Sense Technology in there as well, but, I think You would have to make a deal with the developer for that! :)
Kind Regards
George
Saturday, June 25, 2011
How does video within your PowerPoint (video)
We wanted to show customer's favorite features in Office during Microsoft store celebrate the first anniversary of Office 2010. Here is the big one: directly into your PowerPoint presentation video embed .
--Doug Thomas
How to avoid the army 'Death by PowerPoint'
Here is a great article from Wired that you don't want to miss. It talks about Microsoft's Dave Karle, an Army veteran, whose latest mission is, people correctly use PowerPoint in the army and eventually elsewhere, or at least no longer use, to get it wrong.
It is an idea, we here fits perfectly to one of the most important issues, that which the PowerPoint blog (SlideFest an example) have concentrated. As the article States, "..."Karle is not trying to use the army of Microsoft presentation software. PowerPoint is already everywhere within the army - to the chagrin of many officer. Karle's mission is much more difficult: stop the army from using it stupid. "
Or even use, depending on what presents the presenter not PowerPoint. "Use Word sometimes instead of PowerPoint." Sometimes using a whiteboard, "Karle says." "It's all about the tool behind the tool attachment." He holds. "I love that phrase."You will find the article here: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/microsoft-helps-the-army-avoid-death-by-powerpoint/.
Karle also has his own blog. It's called modern presenter.
--Erik Jensen
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Have you been face to face with Lync? Learn you in today's post on the Lync blog, Lync is how fast gaining momentum, and like the free adoption and training kit downloads can help you and your company quickly connected to get. The post, Yancy Smith, Lync's Director of product management, is # 7 in our series celebrates first anniversary of the Office 2010.
Here is an excerpt:
"Customers are their employees from fixed-line phone systems share by using Lync enterprise voice, so that workers more accessible, if remote running." Lync communication builds up in the collaboration and productivity tools of weave in the ability, initiate a conversation from the software people use already, such as SharePoint, Exchange, and Office applications. This makes it not only easier to connect with others, but it also accelerates the process of the work, because you no longer need back and forth to play phone tag or Relay E-mail to answers to questions. Effectively, Lync lights up on Office and makes the entire suite to cooperate, social application. "And with the HD voice and video experience, many customers already save hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel more effectively will work together during their global teams by Lync."
The full post on the blog Lync all links to Lync.
-Holly Thomas
映画”Monsters” 公開！
Focus In blog / ??”Monsters” ??!by Seigo Furuta Creative Place and Story Linking
This blog-post gives an example of how InDesign CS5.5's new Linked Story feature can be used.
Check it out: options for using check in Excel
Hello ViF! Thank you for your comment and question.
Excel 2010 feature contains icon sets, the by default green check mark, yellow exclamation mark for conditional formatting and red exe files can be viewed. You can edit the rule, so that it only two formats (green check mark and red exe files are).
I think it is very handy and really helps make your data look good and easy at a glance to interpret. The first link in the post going to a previous post that explains more about conditional formatting in Excel 2010.
Windows 8 Previewed at D9
great job windows teams! Here are a few requests/comments on some things you did announce/didn't announce.
MORE CONSISTANCY (any time you change something [anything at all] from WP7 you should ask yourself (why is our way better. if you can back that claim up... both teams should follow down said path):
I noticed the message "alert" icons on the "lock" screen were slightly different than the ones on WP7. I don't care which ones you use but please use the same icons across both Operating Systems (although I love WP7 design language as is so I don't know how y'all could improve it).
I hope those tiles are "live" and if so I hope they have the same boucing and flipping animations that Windows Phone's tiles have. I dont know what I would do without an emoticon changing on my "Messaging" tile.
I noticed that "Music" had one tile and "Video" had another. If Windows Phone team thought "Muisc + Video" should be one hub, what is Win8 teams justification for two seperate hubs?
"Games" Hub. Please for the love of god kill the GFWL brand. You should simply have a "Games" Hub featuring "Xbox LIVE." Xbox should = Games, Music, and Video across all your platforms (Yes. Zune brand should also be buried with GFWL).
Why in WP7 is it one long grid of "tiles" that trail off the screen but in Win8 they are divided into clearly defined chunks?
Kill the "Control Panel" name and just call it "Settings" (believe it or not "Settings" is less intimidating than "Control Panel"
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I want to be able to "pin" everything to the "Start" screen not just apps. Contacts, a specific song or album. a web page, maps, etc. etc.
get rid of the "Start" in the background of the "Start" screen. make it plain like WP7. Feels too much like WMC with "Start" back there (and no that is not a good thing)
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Thanks for the consideration. Looks Great. Keep working hard. Focus on bringing the best of all corners of MS together into Windows 8 and you can't fail.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Absent, casual: generating input help accessible documents (video)
Create documents that can be digested by all is important in this day of digital documents. Think about it: People with low or no vision can have "read" the document to them by screen reader software. Therefore is to have images or graphics important. This is only one of the steps to create input help accessible documents.
Although this looks like an Office casual, it is not. I am only voice type Turi Henderson of the Office accessibility team, and Harry Miller has the post production. More information about accessibility features in Office, see the corresponding article to this video on Office.com.
--Doug Thomas
Reducing Noise and Normalizing Audio with Adobe Audition 5.5
You have created a Full Motion Recording project with narration using Adobe Captivate. While previewing, you notice that there’s some background noise that was captured along with the audio, and some parts of the audio have peaks. You don’t want to record the entire demonstration again, as the screen capture has come out really well and you don’t want to repeat the steps.
Isn’t that a common scenario while working on eLearning courses, whether it’s a simulation with narration or audio-based courses… Don’t worry! You can resolve this issue by following some simple steps.
Let’s see how we can remove this white noise and the peaks from audio by using Noise Reduction and Normalize effects with Adobe Audition 5.5.
Please let me know if you have any questions related to this workflow by leaving a comment on this blog post.