Outlook 2013 RT Coming to Windows RT Tablets as part of Windows 8.1 Update

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Today at Computex 2013, Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Microsoft's Windows Division, announced that Outlook 2013 RT will be available on Windows RT tablets as part of the free Windows 8.1 update coming later this year.  This means that if you have a Microsoft Surface or a Windows RT tablet made by one of our hardware partners, or you are planning to buy one, you'll soon have access to the familiar tools in Outlook that help you communicate with others, manage your contacts and appointments, and find information fast. 

We're always listening to our customers and one piece of feedback was that people want the power of Outlook on all their Windows PCs and tablets.  In fact, a Morgan Stanley research study found that 61% of people shopping for tablets consider Microsoft Office to be the single most important software feature.  We're pleased to have Outlook 2013 RT join the other best-in-class Office 2013 RT applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.  And just like those applications, Outlook 2013 RT delivers a great touch experience for people using tablets. 

The new Outlook has so much to offer including a streamlined user experience that reduces clutter and makes your content king.  From cool new features like quickly responding to email with inline reply, to using 'peeks' to view your calendar or contacts without having to manually switch between tabs, Outlook brings great new tools to your fingertips.  And with today's news, Outlook will soon be available across Windows PCs, phones and tablets.  To learn more about what's new in Outlook, check out the Outlook section on Office.com.

 *Morgan Stanley Research, "Tablet Landscape Evolution", May 2012

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Whining and SharePoint: Enterprise social roadmap update

Today's post comes from Jared Spataro, Senior Director, Microsoft Office Division. Jared leads the SharePoint business, and he works closely with Adam Pisoni and David sacks on Yammer integration.

In November last year of SharePoint Conference we announced about three phases of the Yammer integration roadmap for enterprise social and said: "Basic integration, deeper connections and connected experience."  (Post that I published shortly after the SPC Keynote please see social work .)  Today at the convergence of 2013 , we provided an update on this roadmap and I wanted the details to share.

Yammer and Office 365.  During the Office keynote today we performed the integration of Yammer and Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management).  We delivered this update last monthand we love the scenario social plus CRM is a natural fit.  But CRM integration is just one part of a broader range of work that we do to the social layer whining about all of our products.  Our next step is to integrate with Office 365, and we are now ready, more details about what when are available to share.  Here is what you need to know:

Basic integration.This summer we update the Office 365 service and allow customers, with whining to replace the SharePoint newsfeed. Many customers worry confusing to provide their users with two different feeds, and with this update they can simply replace Office-365-global navigation bar with a link to Yammer.com "Feed" link on the. We a yammer app into the SharePoint store will ship also, so that end users can easily integrate a group of Yammer feed in a SharePoint site to establish a connection between groups and pages that deliver the best of both worlds. The SharePoint newsfeed will continue to be the standard social experience in Office 365, but the possibility of complaining through valuable be replaced first in the entire integration process. Deep links. In this case, we supply to deepen another update on Office 365 and integration. Customers have the possibility of choice between complaining and the SharePoint newsfeed, but this new, integrated Yammer experience provides single sign-on (SSO) and seamless navigation. In other words, if you click the Yammer link in the Office-365-global navigation bar, Yammer appears immediately below the navigation, to regain Office 365 services like Outlook and sites. See also the user to begin to converge the experiences of Yammer and Office 365 (cf. the concept, which is down to mock, a directional sense get). This new Yammer experience features also rich document to add integration of Office Web apps work and news column, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents.

Experiences connected. How to move, in 2014, we will update Office 365 with new social improvements continue, every 90 days. We just catch the links between whining and Office 365 services, these incremental improvements are social but in the course of time, collaboration, email, instant messaging, voice, video, and business applications in an innovative new way to combine. This is an exciting time and a hot room, and I can't wait to share more about our plans in the future.

Yammer and SharePoint Server.  Of course, we now recognize that many SharePoint clients still local.  You are working on your upgrade plans and find a way, with their on-premises deployment 2013 your Yammer network to connect SharePoint.  So as part of the summer updates offer we local through whining also instructions for SharePoint news feed to replace.  The Yammer app into the SharePoint store will be a valuable addition to allowing customers to create connections between Yammer groups and local SharePoint sites.  While we do not plan to deploy updates for SharePoint Server every 90 days, are numerous improvements to the Yammer service described above are still valuable in this scenario.  The SSO, updated UX, seamless navigation and all connections between the Yammer network and your local SharePoint deployment will deepen Office Web app integration.

What should I do?  Meet my clients in the last few months, people often have "asked, what I use for the social?  Yammer or the SharePoint newsfeed?"  My response was clear: go whine!  Yammer is our big bet for social enterprises, and we commit ourselves to making it the underlying social layer for all of our products.  It is the social experiences in SharePoint, Office 365, dynamics and more.   Lament the adoption of unique model appeals directly to end users and enjoy the benefits of social immediately relieved.  And whining because it is an online service that gives us the ability to innovations fast - update the service quickly developed as the market.  So no matter whether you are an Office 365 customer or current SharePoint local, complaining the latest innovations and provide optimum user friendliness.

What if I just use Yammer?  To whine my exuberance for all, I recognize that some organizations only not with multi-multi-tenant cloud services feel.  For these customers is our forecast to use the SharePoint newsfeed.  It provides rich social features with a wide range of SharePoint features integrated.  While the cloud lowers the barriers to adoption and allows for more frequent updates, we are getting some customers only ready to take the step.  (Some customers are in fact on it, which never move them to a multi-tenant service.)  When it comes to the cloud, we're "all in", but we are also realistic.  We have a large local installed base that is important to us and we are committed to future versions of the server.

Acquisitions can be tricky business, but we are very pleased with our progress.  Whining continues to have innovative grow and their independent companieshave, and the packaging and price changes , which we at the SharePoint Conference last year announced lighter the Yammer service accessible than ever before.  But the most to, what for me is that we are just beginning to have.  Today's schedule update provides a little more insight into how we plan to whining to integrate with Office 365 and SharePoint.  But we are out to change the world, and there is much more to come.

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Use Web services to automatically update Excel spreadsheets with online data

This post on the research of Web service functions is brought to you by Lee Bizek, Program Manager on the Excel team.

Have you ever wish, data from online resources in your Excel spreadsheets, or even Twitter RSS feeds such as such as stock quotes, weather, Bing search results include? With new Web Services features, now you can.

I used to coordinate anonymous editing in Excel Web , which some people outdoors to sleep in tents required collaboration with a group, a 20-person camping trip. Aware online weather updates being helped to prepare for the elements and also make predictions because we crabbing as part of adventure wanted to go high and low tides.

With Excel-2013 for the desktop, we moved weather and tide information from the Internet to Excel using the =WEBSERVICE(url)--function and the most beautiful is automatically updated information!

Learn how to use the WebService function, we will do 2 things:

A =WEBSERVICE(url)-Funktion that use to get the DataUse = FILTERXML (XML, XPath) function to extract a piece of data from the XML string

First, find a Web service. In this example with weather updates, go to http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api to create your free account. Fill the form, and click sign up for an API key.

To set up your API key, follow these steps:

Select either the Cumulus to plan or the anvil plan, depending on what you prefer. Choose which option you prefer for the addon history. Works in this example since we no historical information use either option.Select Developer. Note: The other options also work for this example, but there is a fee, the associated with them.Click on Refresh plan.Click on the top of the page, documentation.Found on the left navigation bar, titled API table of contents of data features heading, then click under the heading conditions.(You can go also http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs?d=data/conditions)Scroll to the bottom of the page, then copy the URL in the box shown examples. (The URL format will look like this: http://api.wunderground.com/api/[APIKey]/conditions/q/CA/San_Francisco.json). The example URL will contain your unique API key.

Now have a unique API key, open your Excel spreadsheet file and follow these steps create the =WEBSERVICE(url)-Funktion for the current weather conditions:

In cell B5, type = WebService(URL). Then, replace the URL with the unique URL, including your API key, which you have just copied. Both sides of the URL add quotation marks. The format will look like this: to replace, then at the end of the URL "http://api.wunderground.com/api/[APIKey]/conditions/q/CA/San_Francisco.json" country and the city in the URL with a zip code .xml to. The formula in cell B5 should look like this: =WEBSERVICE("http://api.wunderground.com/api/[APIKey]/conditions/[ZipCode].xml") [apischluessel] your will be unique API key, and the [ZIP code] for the desired location weather updates. Press enter or return. The formula returns an XML string from the Web service.

You can use also the cell references in the Web service function to URL parameter, such as your zip code, for example, to update.  Here's how to set it up:

Add your API key in cell B1. Enter in the name fieldapischluessel to the cell to name a few.  In cell B2, type the zip code. Type in the name ZipCode field to mention the cell. Create your WEB SERVICE function with cell references. ("The formula should be in this format: = WEBSERVICE("http://api.wunderground.com/api/ "& APIkey &"/ conditions/q/ZipCode & ".xml") copy and paste the entire formula in cell B5. Update your zip code and then you will see the update of your WEB SERVICE function URL.

Now we have the information from the Web service in the Excel spreadsheet, we need to extract the data, what, who want we from the XML, including the name of the city and current temperature and current weather. To extract the data, follow these steps:

1. The =FILTERXML(B5,"//full")-Funktion type cell B8. This will give you the city name is associated with the zip code.

 

2. Enter cell C8, = FILTERXML (B5, "//temp_f"), to extract the current temperature in Fahrenheit.

 

3. In cell D8, type = FILTERXML (B5, "/ / weather") to see the current weather conditions, such as light rain.

Our camping trip planning collaboration table looks now with the online weather updates:

Please keep in mind that WEB services are "non-volatile", which means that they only have to update:

A referenced cell is updated EditedThe entire workbook (CTRL + ALT + F9)

Remember that you can use this functionality for many different Web services over the Internet, which you can then analyze by using Excel.

--Lee Bizek, Excel program manager

Learn more about the WEB SERVICE function

Learn more about the FILTERXML function

Learn more about XPATH

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Windows 7 SP1 to start rolling out on Windows Update

Starting tomorrow, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will begin rolling out automatically on Windows Update.  Updating customers to Windows 7 SP1 is part of our ongoing effort to ensure continued support and improved security updates for customers who have not yet installed SP1. Windows 7 SP1 was previously available on Windows Update but required user action to install.  Starting tomorrow, the installation will be fully automatic with no user action required for those who already have Automatic Update enabled.  SP1 will be released gradually over the coming weeks to all customers on the RTM version of Windows 7.  The service pack will take slightly longer to install compared to other updates.  To ensure Service Pack 1 is installed without issue, customers should check for sufficient free disk space and that AC power is present on a laptop.  If additional space needs to be created, we recommend using the Disk Cleanup tool to delete some files so that the service pack will install.  If the service pack installation is interrupted, it will reattempt to install automatically after the next restart.

This update only applies to Windows 7 consumer PCs that are not managed by a Microsoft management tool such as Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or WSUS Server. SCCM and WSUS administrators still have full control over the release of Service Pack 1. This remains unchanged.

As mentioned by Stephen Rose here on the Springboard Series Blog - Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack) will no longer be supported as of April 9th, 2013.

If you have any issues with the installation of Windows 7 SP1 through Windows Update, please visit this support page on Windows.com or our Microsoft Community forum for Windows 7.

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Why, how and where to update your Windows 8 drivers

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Has your computer's hardware started freaking out, freezing up or behaving in weird ways since you've made the jump to Windows 8? Don't lay blame at the feet of a mischievous gremlin. Instead, it’s much more likely that your devices simply aren't rocking the most up-to-date Windows 8-compatible drivers.

Yes, a simple driver update might just fix your Windows 8 hardware woes.

The Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant does a decent job of identifying which parts and software in your rig need an update prior to installing Windows 8—and Microsoft's Windows Compatibility Center website offers the same feature for DIY types who prefer to search for specific programs and hardware—but many devices still fall through the cracks, and you'll need to manually update any drivers Microsoft can't snag itself. (Note that the process outlined below works for Windows 7, as well.)

Before you get your hands dirty, however, you should see if Windows Update has automatically checked for driver updates. Not all drivers are available through Windows Update, but many are and it’s the easiest way to proceed.

To check, open the Charms bar and select Settings. Then, choose Change PC Settings and navigate to the Windows Update settings menu. The only thing you can do here is click the Check for Updates Now button and see if it finds any. By default, Windows will install updates during your next scheduled maintenance—usually in the middle of the night—but you can force the updates to install post-haste by clicking on the link that tells you how many updates are ready to install.

Windows Update can be found in your PC settings.

If that doesn’t work, you will need to manually update the driver for your finicky hardware. To do that, you’ll have to use the trusty Device Manager. You’d be excused for thinking that the Device Manager would be found in the Devices tab of the Windows 8 settings menu, but it’s not quite that simple. Instead, you’ll have to launch it manually by returning to the Home screen and typing “Device Manager” then clicking on the Settings tab in the search menu. There you’ll see the Device Manager, which will launch in desktop mode. You can also scrounge for the Device Manager in Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager.

Finding the device manager is as easy as searching for "Device Manager."

Actually updating a driver is simple. Just find the device you would like to update, right-click on it, and select Update Driver Software. You’ll have the option to have Windows search for drivers for you, but if you’ve come this far it’s likely that you’ll want to choose the second option, which allows you to manually select a location where you’ve downloaded drivers for your misbehaving device.

Pointing Windows 8 towards a specific driver.

What’s that? You want to know where to snag a specific driver? In general, you’ll find them at the manufacturer for your particular device. Here’s an index of download locations for common hardware, arranged by product type—laptops, motherboards, peripherals, et cetera—for your convenience. Not every manufacturer offers drivers that are specifically called out as being made for Windows 8, but if a given piece of hardware is giving your troubles after upgrading, it's a good idea to make sure you're running the most up-to-date drivers available.

Use some common sense when it comes to driver updates, though. If your keyboard is working just fine, for instance, there’s really no need to spend the time tracking down and updated your driver and exposing yourself to the (small) risk that updating the driver will actually cause a problem.

If you’re using a laptop, and your problem isn’t with an external device such as a mouse or external hard disk, your first stop should be at the website of your laptop’s manufacturer. Laptop hardware is often specialized, and drivers for specific drill-down components (such as the hard drive) typically aren’t available on the component manufacturer’s site. If drivers aren’t available at the laptop manufacturer’s page, they should at least have the exact model number for each component in the system, which will make your search go faster.

If you have a desktop PC, your motherboard manufacturer’s site is an important stop. The motherboard’s chipset drivers may need to be updated, as might the drivers for integrated components such as the network interface, integrated sound or graphics, Bluetooth, or any pretty much anything else that’s listed as a “feature” of your motherboard. You can see the motherboard’s make and model number by physically opening up your computer and looking at it with your own two eyes, or by using a free software utility like CPU-Z.

When it comes to graphics cards the most important thing to have is the latest driver from AMD or Nvidia, which controls the actual graphics performance of the cards.

For features specific to your graphics card model—GPU monitors, overclocking utilities, and so on—check the website of your card's manufacturer.

You won’t often need to manually install a drive for an internal hard drive or SSD, as they’re managed by the motherboard’s SATA controller. If you’re having issues with your drive, or are looking for an update for any pack-in utilities that came with it, you can find them here:

Like hard drives, optical drives generally won’t need a driver update except for bundled applications and utilities.

Note that networking is usually handled by the motherboard network interface controller (or NIC), and in those cases the driver will be found on the motherboard manufacturer’s site. If you’ve installed a networking add-on card, however, you’ll find the drivers here.

Hope that helps, and happy driver updating!

Alex Castle is a freelance tech writer based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He specializes in Windows software, how-to articles, and PC peripherals.
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Why, how and where to update your Windows 8 drivers

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AppId is over the quota

Has your computer's hardware started freaking out, freezing up or behaving in weird ways since you've made the jump to Windows 8? Don't lay blame at the feet of a mischievous gremlin. Instead, it’s much more likely that your devices simply aren't rocking the most up-to-date Windows 8-compatible drivers.

Yes, a simple driver update might just fix your Windows 8 hardware woes.

The Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant does a decent job of identifying which parts and software in your rig need an update prior to installing Windows 8—and Microsoft's Windows Compatibility Center website offers the same feature for DIY types who prefer to search for specific programs and hardware—but many devices still fall through the cracks, and you'll need to manually update any drivers Microsoft can't snag itself. (Note that the process outlined below works for Windows 7, as well.)

Before you get your hands dirty, however, you should see if Windows Update has automatically checked for driver updates. Not all drivers are available through Windows Update, but many are and it’s the easiest way to proceed.

To check, open the Charms bar and select Settings. Then, choose Change PC Settings and navigate to the Windows Update settings menu. The only thing you can do here is click the Check for Updates Now button and see if it finds any. By default, Windows will install updates during your next scheduled maintenance—usually in the middle of the night—but you can force the updates to install post-haste by clicking on the link that tells you how many updates are ready to install.

Windows Update can be found in your PC settings.

If that doesn’t work, you will need to manually update the driver for your finicky hardware. To do that, you’ll have to use the trusty Device Manager. You’d be excused for thinking that the Device Manager would be found in the Devices tab of the Windows 8 settings menu, but it’s not quite that simple. Instead, you’ll have to launch it manually by returning to the Home screen and typing “Device Manager” then clicking on the Settings tab in the search menu. There you’ll see the Device Manager, which will launch in desktop mode. You can also scrounge for the Device Manager in Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager.

Finding the device manager is as easy as searching for "Device Manager."

Actually updating a driver is simple. Just find the device you would like to update, right-click on it, and select Update Driver Software. You’ll have the option to have Windows search for drivers for you, but if you’ve come this far it’s likely that you’ll want to choose the second option, which allows you to manually select a location where you’ve downloaded drivers for your misbehaving device.

Pointing Windows 8 towards a specific driver.

What’s that? You want to know where to snag a specific driver? In general, you’ll find them at the manufacturer for your particular device. Here’s an index of download locations for common hardware, arranged by product type—laptops, motherboards, peripherals, et cetera—for your convenience. Not every manufacturer offers drivers that are specifically called out as being made for Windows 8, but if a given piece of hardware is giving your troubles after upgrading, it's a good idea to make sure you're running the most up-to-date drivers available.

Use some common sense when it comes to driver updates, though. If your keyboard is working just fine, for instance, there’s really no need to spend the time tracking down and updated your driver and exposing yourself to the (small) risk that updating the driver will actually cause a problem.

If you’re using a laptop, and your problem isn’t with an external device such as a mouse or external hard disk, your first stop should be at the website of your laptop’s manufacturer. Laptop hardware is often specialized, and drivers for specific drill-down components (such as the hard drive) typically aren’t available on the component manufacturer’s site. If drivers aren’t available at the laptop manufacturer’s page, they should at least have the exact model number for each component in the system, which will make your search go faster.

If you have a desktop PC, your motherboard manufacturer’s site is an important stop. The motherboard’s chipset drivers may need to be updated, as might the drivers for integrated components such as the network interface, integrated sound or graphics, Bluetooth, or any pretty much anything else that’s listed as a “feature” of your motherboard. You can see the motherboard’s make and model number by physically opening up your computer and looking at it with your own two eyes, or by using a free software utility like CPU-Z.

When it comes to graphics cards the most important thing to have is the latest driver from AMD or Nvidia, which controls the actual graphics performance of the cards.

For features specific to your graphics card model—GPU monitors, overclocking utilities, and so on—check the website of your card's manufacturer.

You won’t often need to manually install a drive for an internal hard drive or SSD, as they’re managed by the motherboard’s SATA controller. If you’re having issues with your drive, or are looking for an update for any pack-in utilities that came with it, you can find them here:

Like hard drives, optical drives generally won’t need a driver update except for bundled applications and utilities.

Note that networking is usually handled by the motherboard network interface controller (or NIC), and in those cases the driver will be found on the motherboard manufacturer’s site. If you’ve installed a networking add-on card, however, you’ll find the drivers here.

Hope that helps, and happy driver updating!

Alex Castle is a freelance tech writer based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He specializes in Windows software, how-to articles, and PC peripherals.
More by Alex Castle

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Update on Windows 8 Pricing

We are seeing good momentum with Windows 8 today. When upgrading from Windows 7, Windows 8 has a lot to offer including a beautiful new Start screen with live tiles, plus the familiar desktop and faster startup and longer battery life. Today I’d like to share the pricing details for the Windows 8 upgrade editions that will begin in February. I’d also remind you to take advantage of the great upgrade offer which lasts until January 31st 2013.

Windows 8 upgrade editions (see which edition is right for you here) will be priced as follows starting in February:

The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.).The Windows 8 upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $119.99 MSRP (U.S.).The Windows 8 Pro Pack will cost $99.99 MSRP (U.S.). The Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99 MSRP (U.S.).

But we have our promotional offer available until January 31st 2013, you can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 ERP* (U.S.) via Windows.com using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant or pick up a DVD copy at a local retailer for just $69.99 ERP* (U.S.). If you bought an eligible Windows 7 PC between June 2nd and January 31st, 2013 – be sure to register for the Windows Upgrade Offer and upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $14.99 ERP*** (U.S.). If you upgrade to the Windows 8 edition or buy a PC with the Windows 8 edition pre-installed and want to move to the Windows 8 Pro edition– you can purchase the Windows 8 Pro Pack (previously known as Windows Anytime Upgrade) directly within Windows 8 by going to the Start screen and typing “Add Features to Windows 8” and at participating retailers for $69.99 MSRP (U.S.) until January 31st. If are running Windows 8 Pro and want Windows Media Center and DVD playback, you can add the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free until January 31st**.

If you are building your own PC from scratch, looking to run Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine (VM), or looking to run Windows 8 on a second hard drive partition – you will want to purchase the Windows 8 edition or Windows 8 Pro edition OEM product known as “System Builder”. You can find these products online at local retailers.

For questions regarding upgrade paths for Windows 8, see this article on TechNet. For more information on upgrading to Windows 8, I suggest checking out this page on Windows.com as it is a great resource for information on upgrading.

And if you have any issues regarding your upgrade experience or technical questions about upgrading then I suggest visiting the Windows 8 Microsoft Community forum and posting your questions there.

*Offers limited to five upgrade licenses per customer. To install the Windows 8 Pro upgrade, customers must be running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. The prices displayed are estimated retail price and the transaction may be completed in a different currency. The actual price of the offer will vary by region since it is dependent on a variety of specific factors including exchange rate, local taxes, duties, fees, local market conditions, other pricing considerations, and may vary by each independent reseller. The actual price you pay may be more than the advertised price due to these additional factors. Shipping and handling charges may apply to packaged DVD product.

**When moving from the Windows 8 edition to Windows 8 Pro via the Windows 8 Pro Pack – you receive the Windows 8 Media Center Pack and won’t need to install it separately.

*** The last day to register for the Windows Upgrade Offer is February 28th, 2013.

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ADC Write & Give update – Q3

ADC Write & Give update – Q3 « The ADC Blog function clearSearch() {document.search_form.s.value = "";} .recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;}adobe.com      The ADC Blog / ADC Write & Give update – Q3by Edward Sullivan  

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Illustrator CS6 update for Creative Cloud Members

Adobe Illustrator CS6 update for Creative Cloud is now available. As we said when we launched Creative Cloud earlier this year, one of the biggest benefits for customers would be early access to the latest innovation from Adobe, including VIP access to new features in the desktop software. With this update to Illustrator, Creative Cloud members have access to three brand new features! Check out the Illustrator team blog for more information and videos on these features and how they can be used: http://adobe.ly/Orq9mI

The updates will reach you automatically next time the Application Manager/ Updater checks with Adobe.com. If you’re in a hurry, choose Help > Update.

These features are available in Adobe Illustrator CS6 for Creative Cloud members only. To join Adobe Creative Cloud, see Adobe Creative Cloud.

Gather all the files used, including linked graphics and fonts, into a single folder for quick hand-off. Choose File > Package to collect all assets in a single location. See Package Files.

Replace embedded images with linsk to their extracted PSD or TIFF files. Select an embedded image and choose Unembed from the Links panel menu or click Unembed in the Control panel. See Unembed images.

View and track additional information about placed artwork directly in the Links panel. See Links Information.

If you are interested in getting access to these features now, you can become a Creative Cloud member. See if you qualify  for a special offer.

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Update on Adobe Spry framework availability

Update on Adobe Spry framework availability « Adobe Dreamweaver Team Blog function clearSearch() {document.search_form.s.value = "";} adobe.com      Adobe Dreamweaver Team Blog / Update on Adobe Spry framework availabilityby Sarthak Singhal  

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Remember to update your Facebook provider for OSC

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In January of this year, we released an update to the software that connects Outlook Social Connector (OSC) to Facebook.

Starting on May 1st, all users of the Facebook provider for the OSC will need to download this update to continue getting social media updates from their Facebook contacts and to avoid getting errors when they connect to Facebook via the OSC.

One benefit of the update is that it lets you connect to Facebook over a secure network connection, called a "https" connection. That's the kind of connection that banks use when you visit their sites.

For those of you not familiar with the OSC, it's an add-in to Outlook which integrates your contacts and email messages with status updates from social networks, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and shows them to you all in one place in Outlook.

Starting on May 1st, all users of the Facebook provider for the OSC will see a notification in the People Pane of Outlook email messages, alerting you to download the update.

If you have installed the OSC, but NOT the Facebook provider, you'll see a one-time notification that lets you download providers for the OSC. If you're not interested in installing additional OSC providers, you can close the notice so that it will not appear again.

(If you're a network administrator and want to learn how to manage the OSC, you can read a post about that on the Exchange blog.)

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Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Update

Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Update « Adobe Reader Blog function clearSearch() {document.search_form.s.value = "";} adobe.com      Adobe Reader Blog / Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Updateby Steve Gottwals  

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Muse Beta 6: new update available

A couple of weeks ago we released a new update to our Muse public beta software. From now on when you download the beta, you’ll have access to more than 80 new updates and performance enhancements all based on feedback we’ve had from the user community since the beta launched last summer.

 In a nutshell, Muse is our latest Web design software which essentially lets you design and publish a HTML site without having to write the code. The use of tools such as Muse, and in fact technology across the board, should be encouraged in our Higher Education institutions.

It is important that young people today are given the opportunity to learn about technology and how it can be used to tell a story in more creative way, whether in the classroom or when they start their careers. Muse is just one way they can do this.

So what can you expect from our latest updates to Muse? The beta now includes autoscrolling, so when you drag an item to the edge of the view, the view automatically scrolls in that direction. Plus export and publish times have been improved so they’re now much quicker and easier. There’s loads more so check out our Muse Blog to get all the details.

If you want to learn more about how you can use Muse in your lecturers then it’s worth a visit to our site where you can download the beta for free, take a look through a gallery of Muse-created websites, and also access instructional tutorials. 

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.

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Update on BlackBerry Business cloud services for Microsoft Office 365

Research in motion (RIM) has today on the heels of October of the open beta BlackBerry ® Business cloud services for Microsoft Office 365--a new service for enterprise Microsoft Exchange online extension on BlackBerry ® smartphones. The service makes sure that people of the industry-leading enterprise collaboration tools for on the go.

Some of the key features include:

Integration in the Administrative Office 365 portal for easy ManagementWireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange online e-Mail, calendar and organizer data from a BlackBerry SmartphoneBlackBerry ® BalanceTM technology, unified view of the work and personal content on a BlackBerry smartphone while preserving the content separately and SecureAn presented one intuitive, Web-based console for it administrators who block access to employee self-service-Smartphone security functions, so that users easily reset a device password or remotely deploying, managing and securing BlackBerry Smartphones from AnywhereOnline or wipe a device in the loss or TheftBlackBerry security and encryption and device manageability

The service is subscriber of Office 365 suite or standalone Exchange online no additional charge to current mid-sized or Enterprise available and works with BlackBerry smartphones to enterprise or consumer data plans.

Go to www.blackberry.com/cloudservices to get started!

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Important: Update your Outlook Facebook Connector

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Recently, we released a small update to the software that connects the Outlook Social Connector to Facebook. If you already use the Outlook Social Connector to connect to Facebook, you can get  the software update in our download center.

If you don't use Outlook Social Connector, you should try it out. It integrates your contacts and email messages in Outlook with status updates from social networks in one single place for you to view.

The really good thing about the update is that it lets you connect to Facebook over a secure network connection--called an "https" connection. That's the kind of connection that banks use when you visit their sites. So get the update today.

 Rob Franco, Program Manager, Outlook Social Connector team

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Fix for issue with April public update for Outlook 2007

Some users experience error messages when you use print preview in Outlook 2007 after you install the Public update April. Work print still correctly despite the error message. We have an update as a Microsoft hotfix that addresses print preview error message appears, and is referred to as a KB article KB2512788. If you encounter this problem, download and install the hotfix here. This update will be distributed also part of a future public update from Microsoft Update.

Thank you for your patience and feedback. We improve our processes to prevent and respond to similar problems.

The Outlook team

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Problems with background images by the PowerPoint 2003 April update? Here is the solution

If you are using PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2003 April 2011 public update installed, and experienced the background problem identified images in the support article relating to our PowerPoint 2003 April 2011 public update, the Microsoft Office sustained engineering team now has a fix for you.

Visit http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2011/04/23/issues-after-installing-powerpoint-2003-update-kb2464588.aspxfor more information about the update.

We wanted to have this problem, but we're just the Messenger. So, if you have any questions, please section on the site let you in the comments above instead of here, so that you can get the fastest answer of the sustained engineering people.

And we apologize if you hit this problem.

--Erik Jensen

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CS5 panel can update multiple layers' blending modes

Photoshop lets you select more than one layer at once, but unfortunately it doesn’t let you simultaneously change the blending modes of those layers (good JDI suggestion). Scripter Mike Hale has whipped up a panel for Photoshop CS5 (made with the help of Configurator 2) that plugs the gap. (An earlier version remains available for CS4 as well.)

Posted by John Nack at 7:00 AM on April 09, 2011

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After Effects CS5 10.0.2 Update

After Effects CS5 10.0.2 Update « Adobe Creative Suite Updates function clearSearch() {document.search_form.s.value = "";} adobe.com      Adobe Creative Suite Updates / After Effects CS5 10.0.2 Updateby Jody RodgersAfter Effects (1)Bug Fixes (1)Patch (1)Update (1)  

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BrowserLab for Firebug update

BrowserLab for Firebug update « Adobe BrowserLab Team Blog function clearSearch() {document.search_form.s.value = "";} adobe.com      Adobe BrowserLab Team Blog / BrowserLab for Firebug updateby Bruce BowmanBrowserLab for Firebug (1)extension (2)Firebug (5)Firefox (9)HTTP authentication (1)  

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