I blogged about the new app model for Office 2013 and what it means for BI last year, but since then there hasn’t exactly been a massive flood of new data visualisation apps. However… yesterday, I was interested to see that some new apps had been published by the Visualization and Interaction for Business and […]
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Join us for Tuesday's webinar on Office 365 Education and SkyDrive Pro
The Microsoft Office Blog24 May 2013 | 10:01 amIn this webinar, we’ll show you what students, faculty, and staff can get for free with Office 365 Education, plus you’ll learn how to create websites quickly and how to save and share documents with SkyDrive Pro. Non-educators with Office 365 for business will also find helpful hints. We start our Office 15-Minute Webinar at 9:15 am Pacific Time, with a Q&A to follow. Click the link below or go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series. Join online meeting https://join.microsoft.com/meet/dougt/F274WBQZ If you are on Windows 7 or 8, you will join… -
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Google set to challenge Microsoft Office - CANOE
"MICROSOFT OFFICE" - Google News24 May 2013 | 1:39 pmGoogle set to challenge Microsoft OfficeCANOESources claim the search giant Google is set to roll out a true alternative to the Microsoft Office productivity suite. Google already offers a number of apps, both within its Google apps suite as part of the Chrome browser and within its Google Play and more » -
When it’s time to focus: Word 2013 Read Mode
Word Blog3 May 2013 | 7:51 amCrafting the right content takes time and attention. To help you minimize the distractions, we created a Read Mode layout in Word. Read Mode is an option in the View menu that hides toolbars and menus to leave more room for the pages themselves. There's always a time for intensive formatting and editing when building great documents. But when it's time for review and final changes, make sure to check out Read Mode....(read more)
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New Treemap, Histogram and Streamgraph Apps for Excel 2013
24 May 2013 | 7:14 amI blogged about the new app model for Office 2013 and what it means for BI last year, but since then there hasn’t exactly been a massive flood of new data visualisation apps. However… yesterday, I was interested to see that some new apps had been published by the Visualization and Interaction for Business and […] -
TDD I Learned…
24 May 2013 | 6:45 amA few weeks ago, Roy Osherove released his full TDD master class in .NET available a video series of over nine hours, recorded live in class. I’m a TDD wannabe. I’ve done small tasks using TDD, and I’ve written plenty of … Continue reading → -
Simplify management of an Excel Power View template by using a VSTO add-in
23 May 2013 | 7:30 amTemplates are one of the cornerstones in modern professional Excel development. By using one or more templates, we can provide a structural approach for end users to acquire, store and present data. From a development point of view, we can simplify the maintenance. In this tutorial, Excel MVP Dennis Wallentin shows how to simplify management of a Power View template by using a VSTO add-in. ...(read more) -
SPGA 2013: A Site Vending Machine
14 May 2013 | 10:36 amby Tony Bierman Recently we announced the release of our newest software add-on: Site Provisioning and Governance Assistant for SharePoint 2013 (SPGA 2013). The beauty of SPGA 2013 is that it enables every site to be provisioned just the way you want it – every single time. It’s a site vending machine that generates on demand, uniformly and automatically. Why is this so important? In organizations where lots of new sites are created on an ongoing basis, the IT department can get overwhelmed with the load of creating and provisioning new sites – making sure that site after… -
Join Access sessions at TechEd in June
13 May 2013 | 7:00 pmJoin us in New Orleans for Microsoft TechEd North America June 3-6and in Madrid, Spain for Microsoft TechEd Europe June 25-28. Scott McFadden and Jeff Conrad from the Microsoft Access product team will present on the new Access web app features available in Microsoft Access 2013 at this year's event in New Orleans. Harrison Shapley and Kevin Nickel from the Microsoft Access product team will share a similar presentation at the TechEd event in Madrid....(read more)
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Join us for Tuesday's webinar on Office 365 Education and SkyDrive Pro
24 May 2013 | 10:01 amIn this webinar, we’ll show you what students, faculty, and staff can get for free with Office 365 Education, plus you’ll learn how to create websites quickly and how to save and share documents with SkyDrive Pro. Non-educators with Office 365 for business will also find helpful hints. We start our Office 15-Minute Webinar at 9:15 am Pacific Time, with a Q&A to follow. Click the link below or go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series. Join online meeting https://join.microsoft.com/meet/dougt/F274WBQZ If you are on Windows 7 or 8, you will join… -
Simplify management of an Excel Power View template by using a VSTO add-in
23 May 2013 | 7:30 amTemplates are one of the cornerstones in modern professional Excel development. By using one or more templates, we can provide a structural approach for end users to acquire, store and present data. From a development point of view, we can simplify the maintenance. In this tutorial, Excel MVP Dennis Wallentin shows how to simplify management of a Power View template by using a VSTO add-in. ...(read more) -
Find content easily with the Microsoft Office Interactive Content Pivot
22 May 2013 | 10:30 amThe Microsoft Office Interactive Content Pivot helps you find the SharePoint Server 2013, Project Server 2013, and Office 365 technical content that you’re looking for. The content pivot brings together content from TechNet and Office.com and allows you to filter on a variety of parameters, such as technical subject, job role, and IT lifecycle. Each tile in the pivot represents an article on TechNet or Office.com....(read more) -
Garage Series: The new Office, thriving in a virtualized world
22 May 2013 | 9:30 amThis week, our adventurous hosts tackle one of the most requested topics, managing Office in virtualized environments from the entire desktop to hosting the application on Remote Desktop Server with Office 365. They explain virtualization options, licensing implications and even demonstrate how to convert Click-to-Run media into an App-V package. Lead deployment engineer Jefferson Criddle also joins again to discuss how application virtualization is at the core of the Click-to-Run based Office 365 ProPlus....(read more) -
Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year awards announced
21 May 2013 | 4:00 pmThe 2013 Microsoft Partner of the Year award winners were announced for all categories across Microsoft Partner competencies, products and regions. We recognize the best of the best Microsoft Project partners with the prestigious Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Partner of the Year Award. This year, we have seen great case studies and stunning solutions that Microsoft Project partners have built, and this underscores the great success and power of Microsoft Project and its partner community. The Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year Award distinguishes an…
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Microsoft Lync Solution Week in Review
25 May 2013 | 9:26 amHappy Memorial Day weekend! Before we kick off the barbecues and parades, let's take a moment to sum up the week's events in Recently, SoundConnect put out the word that Microsoft Lync - Microsoft's platform for unified communications and a huge help for many businesses - had finally crossed into the more northerly parts of North America, arriving ... (more) -
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Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Support Feedback
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iPhone App Trains Doctors in Bedside Ultrasound Exams
24 May 2013 | 8:57 pmAbbott Northwestern Hospital in Minnesota used FileMaker to design an iPhone app for training internal medicine doctors on how to conduct portable ultrasound exams.
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Google set to challenge Microsoft Office - CANOE
24 May 2013 | 1:39 pmGoogle set to challenge Microsoft OfficeCANOESources claim the search giant Google is set to roll out a true alternative to the Microsoft Office productivity suite. Google already offers a number of apps, both within its Google apps suite as part of the Chrome browser and within its Google Play and more » -
DMR TigerDirect Offers Microsoft Office 365 Through intY Cascade Partnership - Talkin' Cloud
23 May 2013 | 3:57 pmDMR TigerDirect Offers Microsoft Office 365 Through intY Cascade PartnershipTalkin' CloudDMR TigerDirect Offers Microsoft Office 365 Through intY Cascade Partnership. May 23, 2013 CJ Arlotta | Talkin' Cloud. EMAIL · Tweet. Comments 0. Direct market reseller TigerDirect will offer cloud services including Microsoft (MSFT) Office 365 and -
Mobile Working with Windows Phone – Microsoft Office Mobile 2013 - MakeUseOf
23 May 2013 | 2:35 pmIndian ExpressMobile Working with Windows Phone – Microsoft Office Mobile 2013MakeUseOfmicrosoft office mobile Since its initial release in 2010, Windows Phone has generally had a reputation as the “other”. Neither iOS nor Android but something else entirely, its curious and fast user interface has led to it experiencing a slow adoption Microsoft refines Windows Phone marketing on Windows 8, XboxFierceWirelessall 140 news articles » -
Microsoft Office skills, giveaways at next Valley Chamber lunch and learn - Snoqualmie Valley Record
22 May 2013 | 5:03 pmMicrosoft Office skills, giveaways at next Valley Chamber lunch and learnSnoqualmie Valley RecordSnoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce's May Lunch and Learn is 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 31, at the Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway. At the event, Craig Walker, a longstanding Microsoft partner and owner of Plateau Computers, -
Microsoft wises up, pushes Office in latest Surface TV ad - PCWorld
22 May 2013 | 6:00 amThe Mac ObserverMicrosoft wises up, pushes Office in latest Surface TV adPCWorldIf you believe reports from Forrester and others that claim that businesses and their workers prefer Windows 7 to Windows 8, then Microsoft Office is probably worth more as a selling point that Windows 8. Dell KACE, the division of Dell responsible for Microsoft Stock May Be Running Out of GasMotley FoolMicrosoft hits iPad again, this time about hardware specs, multitasking, printing9 to 5 MacMicrosoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Mac RumorsThe Mac Observer -iTech…
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When it’s time to focus: Word 2013 Read Mode
3 May 2013 | 7:51 amCrafting the right content takes time and attention. To help you minimize the distractions, we created a Read Mode layout in Word. Read Mode is an option in the View menu that hides toolbars and menus to leave more room for the pages themselves. There's always a time for intensive formatting and editing when building great documents. But when it's time for review and final changes, make sure to check out Read Mode....(read more) -
Avoid repeating yourself: Create a Word macro
13 Feb 2013 | 9:05 amRepeatedly entering the same information in document after document, over and over...there has to be a quicker way, right? Word macros can save you time (and potentially, some sanity) by automating repetitive tasks. Read on to learn how. ...(read more) -
Webinar: Setting margins in Word
11 Feb 2013 | 8:35 amSetting margins is key to creating clean, readable content. In this webinar, we'll show you how to set and change margins in Word, as well as how to set different margins on different pages of your document. Plus, you'll learn some power user tips for working with margins. What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar How to set your own custom margin How to set different margins... ...(read more) -
Your top 10 favorite Word posts of 2012
8 Jan 2013 | 6:00 amWe looked at the year-end numbers to discover which things--so far--interest you most about the new Word and which posts about the current version you find most useful. Check out the year in review with the top posts for the new and current Word. ...(read more) -
Webinar: Spell Check and Proofing your Word doc
7 Jan 2013 | 5:56 amIn this week's webinar, we'll explore Word tools like AutoCorrect and Proofing options that help you polish your documents and make them shine. What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar: How to adjust your spelling and grammar options How to personalize things like AutoCo... ...(read more)
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7 May 2013 | 12:16 amDoes anyone have anything that they have problems with as far as there technology goes that I could help with? I have experience in the following things: Apple Computers Windows Computers Chrome OS computers Linux Computers Printer Problems? Android Phones iPhones iPods iPads Windows applications such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Etc… Smart TV’s Dumb TV’s (I guess) I can always add more categories to my blog to help you guys out. Just let me know in the comments section down below. -
Google Now Anyone?
6 May 2013 | 9:40 pmI have been reading a lot about the fairly new Google service known as “Google Now”. For those of you that don’t know or have not yet heard of Google now it is a new Google Service that looks to unify all the things that you would normally pick up your phone to do into one easy to use app. More on it here and here. Screenshot below. It can be downloaded on iPhone so I downloaded it. I have been using it on my iPhone now for about 2 weeks and I love it. I have been using it to check weather and traffic everyday. I also use it to check the opposite before I leave work. Today… -
Excel Basics Lesson #5: Basics of Formulas
6 May 2013 | 8:01 pmBy Justin Plevinski Objectives Understand what a formula is Learn the mathematical operators that are used in Excel Know how PEMA is used in Excel to determine order of operations Know the proper way of constructing formulas Know how to edit formulas Understand how to toggle between showing and hiding formulas Introduction In this lesson we are going to go over the basics of constructing formulas in Excel. Formulas are used to calculate values in Excel cells. They are constructed using algebraic equations. They can reference variables and other cells to aid in the calculations. Maths Formulas… -
In the Clouds
6 May 2013 | 7:45 pmThis week I am going to blog about my favorite cloud-based service, Which happens to be Google Drive. As a broke student, who cant afford to by Microsoft Office, Google Drive has save my life several times. Shortly after getting my first Mac Book Pro, Which I previously blogged about, I realized that it did not come with any sort of word processor. That is when I turned to Google Drive to help me out. With its built in word processor and other functions like presentation, and spread sheet, it has saved me tons of money. Also who hasn’t had their computer die or some other catastrophic… -
Linking to a Powerpoint slide show
6 May 2013 | 6:48 pmMy slide show: Vacation Spots Slide Show
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Simplify management of an Excel Power View template by using a VSTO add-in
23 May 2013 | 7:30 amTemplates are one of the cornerstones in modern professional Excel development. By using one or more templates, we can provide a structural approach for end users to acquire, store and present data. From a development point of view, we can simplify the maintenance. In this tutorial, Excel MVP Dennis Wallentin shows how to simplify management of a Power View template by using a VSTO add-in. ...(read more) -
New server release: Spreadsheet controls in Office 2013
14 May 2013 | 11:59 amIn April, we released 2 important new spreadsheet management server-based applications to complement the desktop spreadsheet management features we introduced with the release of Office 2013. Now available are Audit and Control Management Server (ACM), and Discovery and Risk Assessment, which are both designed to help you manage the use of spreadsheets and Access databases. Read on to learn more....(read more) -
Office Web Apps Announcements
8 May 2013 | 10:19 amYesterday we announced some exciting news about Web Excel (and all of the Office Web Apps) over on the Office 365 Blog. Specifically, we announced that we’ll be improving the Web Apps to be a comprehensive productivity experience (not just a companion to the desktop applications) on more browsers and devices over the next year and beyond. Head on over to the Office 365 blog to check it out!...(read more) -
Summing data across multiple criteria on multiple worksheets
1 May 2013 | 8:06 amEver had to sum data based on multiple criteria situated in different Microsoft Excelworksheets? In this tutorial, Excel MVP Liam Bastick provides a quick tour of INDIRECT references and Table functionality while combining qualities of the SUMPRODUCT function with the SUMIFS function, providing a solution to the mother-of-all Multiple Criteria problems....(read more) -
Improved data grid for charts in Word and PowerPoint
25 Apr 2013 | 11:16 amOne of the improvements we made for Office 2013 to the way users work with Charts in Word and PowerPoint is to make the data grid easier to use and less intrusive. Now the data grid is displayed in a streamlined small input window that floats above the chart. Read on to find out more about these improvements....(read more)
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Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends – one more reason to make the switch
14 May 2013 | 6:00 amWe're excited to announce that you can chat with your Google friends directly from Outlook.com. With this feature, the next time you're reading an email from someone who uses Gmail, you can reply with a quick chat right from your Outlook.com inbox. And if you're working together on an Office document from SkyDrive, you can send an instant message to a Google contact with just a click. We're rolling out Google chat integration now, so look for it in your inbox over the next couple of days. ...(read more) -
Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, Hotmail upgrade complete and more features on the way
2 May 2013 | 9:00 amWe're excited to announce that we've completed upgrading all Hotmail customers to Outlook.com. Coupled with the growing organic excitement for Outlook.com, this has pushed us to over 400 million active Outlook.com accounts, including 125 million that are accessing email, calendar and contacts on a mobile device using Exchange ActiveSync. We're also pleased to announce that we're adding two new features to Outlook.com: SMTP send, so it's easier to send mail from different email addresses, and deeper integration with SkyDrive. ...(read more) -
Skype comes to Outlook.com
29 Apr 2013 | 9:00 pmWe're excited to announce that a preview of Skype video calling and messaging is starting to arrive in Outlook.com--making it easier to stay connected to the people you care about most. Your Skype contacts appear in your contact list, so the next time you get an email from someone, you can call them back with just a click. ...(read more) -
Outlook.com gets two-step verification, sign-in by alias and new international domains
17 Apr 2013 | 12:01 pmAs announced earlier today, over the next few days we are releasing an update to Microsoft account. For people who use Outlook.com, this includes a number of new features such as two-step verification, the ability to sign in with an alias and new international domains for your email address. Read on to learn about this new feature and how to set it up. ...(read more) -
Updated Outlook.com app for Android devices
16 Apr 2013 | 8:00 amWe're excited to announce a major upgrade for our Outlook.com app for Android devices that overhauls the entire user interface and provides a number of new features. Read on to learn more and download the latest app. ...(read more)
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Join Access sessions at TechEd in June
13 May 2013 | 7:00 pmJoin us in New Orleans for Microsoft TechEd North America June 3-6and in Madrid, Spain for Microsoft TechEd Europe June 25-28. Scott McFadden and Jeff Conrad from the Microsoft Access product team will present on the new Access web app features available in Microsoft Access 2013 at this year's event in New Orleans. Harrison Shapley and Kevin Nickel from the Microsoft Access product team will share a similar presentation at the TechEd event in Madrid....(read more) -
Streamline collaboration across teams: Add notifications to your Access 2013 web apps
18 Feb 2013 | 7:05 pmAccess 2013 web apps are great for collaborating around a common set of data. When people work together in this way, the changes that one person makes to the data often require the attention of someone else. In this article, we'll describe a technique to build e-mail notifications into your Access 2013 web app using the power of SQL Server and a third-party service called Zapier. You can use this technique in your apps to make sure that the right people are informed when your shared data changes. ...(read more) -
Visualize your Access 2013 web app data in Excel
22 Jan 2013 | 5:25 pmAfter you start organizing your data with Access 2013 web apps, you may find yourself wishing to visualize or summarize it. For example, imagine you are tracking your deal pipeline in Access, including when you expect to get paid and how much. Wouldn’t it be great if you could make a visual graph of these projections to help you make decisions? Read more to learn how you can do just that by connecting Excel directly to the SQL Server that stores your Access 2013 web app data. ...(read more) -
Filter Your Data with Access 2013
26 Nov 2012 | 1:39 pmAs you manage your business in an Access 2013 web app, the amount of information it holds will naturally grow over time. The default views and navigation are great for getting started quickly, but eventually, wading through all of that information by scrolling through lists may not be the most efficient setup. Is there an easier way to create a different view of the data? In Access 2013 web apps you can create a customized filtered view in just a couple of minutes....(read more) -
Webinar: What is Access (and preview Access 2013)
5 Nov 2012 | 7:48 amAccess helps you store and track just about any kind of information--inventory, contacts, business processes, and more. In this week's webinar, you'll learn how to organize and manage your data, plus we'll preview the latest version of Access, including a big new feature. Click read more below to view entire webinar or watch the trailer now: What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar: No software development knowledge needed Common uses for Access A look at the changes for Access 2013 ...(read more)
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My favorite Office 365 features
7 May 2013 | 8:35 amIt’s been months since I blogged. Things have been busy in my current role! My team has been heads down on the most recent significant update to Office 365. It’s a super exciting space to be in and everyone here is committed to delivering innovation on a frequent basis and making sure that our Office 365 customers have tools to manage change. Here’s a list of my personal favorite Office 365 features that I use on almost a daily basis. Of course, this is a snapshot in time since the service is always changing and is by no mean comprehensive of what Office 365 has to offer. In no… -
Office as a service
27 Jul 2012 | 10:51 amOne of my personal favorite new investment areas of the new Office release is how the Office client has transformed to a service. This is game changing and marries the beautiful, rich value of a rich client with the deployment ease of a browser app. Many people in today’s world carry multiple devices that have compute power, local storage and a unique form factor. Users shouldn’t have to use a browser experience as the lowest common denominator across all their devices when they can enjoy rich apps that deliver optimized experiences – good examples of apps that do this… -
Office 365 Investments
10 Jul 2012 | 7:57 amThe last few months in the new job have been super busy. The Office 365 team is passionate, customer focused and agile. Just in the last few months, we’ve made a number of investments. As a result, I haven’t been able to blog as much as I’d like. I’m stepping away of some of the WPC activity right now to share some of the new investments we’ve made in Office 365. Below are just a few examples: Office 365 for Government. Office 365 for Government is a new multi-tenant service that stores US government data in a segregated community cloud. You get all the… -
Office 365 : Continuous Innovation
6 May 2012 | 9:40 amOne of the great things about Office 365 is that we can continuously innovate and improve our service. And that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. You can learn all about our updates @ http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/office_365_service_updates/default.aspx. I encourage you to sign up for a trial of Office 365 if you haven’t already and experience it yourself! All you need to do is go to http://www.office365.com and within minutes you’ll be up and running. -
To The Cloud!
29 Feb 2012 | 10:43 pmI’ve taken a new role in the Microsoft Office Division and I’m excited to say that my new team will be leading core product management for our Office 365 Suites. Our mission is to deliver the best online productivity solution in the industry to our customers. My team will work closely with engineering as well as our outbound channels. While I am super excited about my new role, I will miss being part of the Project team. The Project team is one of the best teams I’ve been a part of at Microsoft – great people, great technology and great community. It has truly been a pleasure &…
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Murray Sargent: Math in Office
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Pasting Bitmaps into Text
29 Apr 2013 | 9:42 pmIn the (almost) old days, when you paste a bitmap into a rich-text editor, the editor would give it to OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) to figure out what to do with it. But these days, OLE isn’t always available, so it’s more general to paste them using the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) mentioned in the alpha-channel post and in the RichEdit 8.0 Image Support post. For example, you might want to paste an image from MS Paint or from the handy Snipping Tool. These programs offer bitmaps on the clipboard, although they don’t offer jpg’s or png’s. The bitmaps… -
The Alpha Channel
16 Mar 2013 | 1:29 pmOne of our testers inserted a Microsoft logo image into RichEdit and saw an inky black rectangle. Ignoring any connotation that this might be a bad omen (!), I proceeded to study image formats in Wikipedia and in MSDN. (Not that I hadn't already scoured such documentation). Pretty soon I started to suspect that the image, which is a png (portable network graphics, might have an alpha channel. Such a channel isn't something from outer space; it's a channel that lets you blend an image with the background or make portions of the image transparent. When a pixel's alpha-channel… -
RichEdit 8 Performance Improvements
22 Feb 2013 | 11:27 amThis post describes a couple of performance improvements introduced in RichEdit 8: 1) a more efficient display tree, and 2) a faster rich-text formatting mechanism. Performance is always of interest, partly to make the user experience more enjoyable (animations should be smooth, not jerky, and who wants to wait for things to happen?) and partly to save battery power. RichEdit 8 also has performance improvements when multiple stories are used, something I’ll describe in a future post. In contrast the DWrite path introduced in RichEdit 8 is slower than the GDI path primarily because it… -
RichEdit 8.0 Touch Support
29 Jan 2013 | 11:24 amWindows 8 introduced substantially better touch facilities than those available in Windows 7. One cool thing is the new touch on-screen keyboard, which is enabled if you have a touch screen. To see it, swipe in from the right side, touch the cog icon for settings, touch the Keyboard, and then touch “Touch keyboard and handwriting panel”. This displays the touch keyboard across the bottom of the screen. As is typical with on-screen keyboards, this one shows upper-case letters when the shift key is pressed, alternate keys when an alt key is pressed, and selecting a different… -
Program Annotations
31 Dec 2012 | 11:50 amNotation is a favorite topic of mine being at least partly inspired by Bertrand Russell, who once wrote, “A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher…and a perfect notation would be a substitute for thought.” An earlier post on notation deals with the linear format for mathematics used in Microsoft Office. The present post deals with annotations used to help code-proofing tools verify the correctness of computer programs, especially those written in C++. The vast majority of programs in both Windows and Microsoft…
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MAPICDO May 2013 Update
20 May 2013 | 6:38 amIt;’s here! It’s finally here! The May 2013 update of MAPICDO is live here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39045 At that same link, you’ll also find the long awaited configuration guidance. It’s not immediately obvious it’s there. Just hit the Download link and it will be offered to you. As a reminder, this configuration guidance will help you in configuring an RPC/HTTP (aka ROH) profile using this MAPI/CDO download package. These instructions do NOT apply equally to Outlook’s implementation of MAPI. Attempting to use these guidelines to build a profile… -
Outlook and the Credential Manager
17 May 2013 | 10:32 amRecently, I’ve had a few different customers coming to me asking about Outlook’s interaction with the Credential Manager. If you’ve not looked at the Credential Manager before, you can read a bit about it here. Interaction with the Credential Manager is fairly straightforward. There’s one function, CredWrite, which is used to store credentials, and another, CredRead, which is used to retrieve them. The customers who contacted me both had the same goal: use CredWrite to cache a set of credentials for Outlook to use so the user isn’t prompted for a password. While this seems a simple… -
Message Header Analyzer Hits the Big Time
2 May 2013 | 10:02 amAnybody remember that Message Header Analyzer App for Office I wrote about last month? Well, the folks who do support for Exchange and Office 365 caught wind of it and liked it. In fact, they liked it so much they asked me to port the code into their Remove Connectivity Analyzer. Here’s the blog entry they just put up yesterday announcing this: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/05/01/introducing-message-analyzer-an-smtp-header-analysis-tool-in-microsoft-remote-connectivity-analzyer.aspx So even if you don’t have Exchange 2013, you can still use the Message Header Analyzer… -
March 2013 Second Release of MFCMAPI and MrMAPI
2 Apr 2013 | 1:42 pmThe March 2013 Second Release (build 15.0.0.1039) is live: http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com. This is an emergency build to correct a problem a few people were having running MFCMAPI on Windows XP. Here's a change list - see the Issue Tracker on Codeplex for more details, or look at the code: MFCMAPI: On Windows XP, got an error that it was not a valid win32 application. Enjoy. -
March 2013 Release of MFCMAPI and MrMAPI
27 Mar 2013 | 11:56 amThe March 2013 Release (build 15.0.0.1038) is live: http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com. A few smaller changes this round: I’ve upgraded the project to support Visual Studio 2012. I also fixed a bug in the new PST parsing, and inserted a new dialog into the “Open from GAL” path to give the user the opportunity to adjust the server DN (this should help in testing Exchange 2013 scenarios). Here's a change list - see the Issue Tracker on Codeplex for more details, or look at the code: MrMAPI: Fixed –PST whitespace calculations to account for Outlook 2013 OSTs correctly QuickStart: Added binary…
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Localization: Writing for Translation
24 May 2013 | 6:47 amby Jen Weaver Have you ever borrowed someone else's notes to try to study for an exam or understand a topic? You probably found that it was more difficult to fully grasp a concept when using someone else's thoughts. You might have spent a great deal of time trying to navigate new abbreviations, note-taking styles and the nuances of the author--and missed a key concept. Translated materials can have the same uncomfortable feel to the Limited English Proficient (LEP) reader when the source document is not written with an LEP audience in mind. Experienced translation professionals know… -
Adobe RoboHelp: Shared Review
22 May 2013 | 4:01 amby Willam Van Weelden When creating content within my Help System, I often put my content through a review process. Reviews help to ensure my content is correct and easy to understand. A recurring question by RoboHelp users is how they can use RoboHelp to gather reviews efficiently. Fortunately, RoboHelp has a review option that allows reviewers who don't own Adobe RoboHelp to review your RoboHelp content. The only thing reviewers need is a PDF of your RoboHelp content, Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader. Working with shared reviews consists of three stages: Creating a PDF for review… -
Adobe Captivate: Repurpose Preferences
21 May 2013 | 7:15 amby Kevin Siegel Have you ever visited the Preferences dialog box in Adobe Captivate (Windows users, Edit > Preferences; Mac users, Adobe Captivate > Preferences), made several changes and later, maybe months later, needed those settings on another computer running Captivate? I'm betting your answer is yes, and you've had a tough time ensuring the Preferences in one project match those in another. When I teach Adobe Captivate, I try to stress the value of creating a project template (and creating templates from scratch is a big part of my Captivate 6 Advanced class). If you… -
Writing & Grammar: Nauseated by Nauseous
16 May 2013 | 9:13 amby Jennie Ruby Just as software experts have to keep up to date with the latest versions of software, professional writers and editors have to keep up with the latest versions of English. Our language gains new nouns and verbs constantly, and our existing words change meanings. Old rules of usage fall out of fashion or are debunked by the latest scholars, and common errors our school teachers pounded into our heads may have become accepted as correct over time. Here is a pair of words that have been undergoing some of these changes: nauseated nauseous In Strunk and White's The Elements… -
eLearning: What's My Motivation?
15 May 2013 | 1:43 pmby AJ Walther Motivating a dog is easy. There is absolutely nothing my dog won't do for a treat. But motivating a human? Particularly an adult human? That's a complex process. If something (like, say, training) doesn't have an immediate payoff, how do we motivate adults to participate? If we want them to participate in their free time, are we looking at an insurmountable task? I recently ran across an article on the CommLab India blog by Aruna Vayuvegula on Motivational Factors to Consider in eLearning and LMS Design. Vayuvegula referenced a paper called Worker Motivation in…
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How to find sum of top 3 values based on filtered criteria [video]
17 May 2013 | 6:59 amToday, lets tackle an interesting problem. Lets say you are looking at some data as shown aside and wondering what is the sum of budgets for top 3 projects in East region with Low priority. How would you do that with formulas? This article is inspired from a question asked by acpt22 in our forums. Sum of top 3 values based on filtered criteria [video] Watch below video to understand how to find sum of top 3 values using formulas & pivot tables. Watch this video on our YouTube channel. Download Example Workbook Click here to download example file and play with it. Examine the formulas… -
How to transpose a values in a row to column using formulas… [Quick tip]
14 May 2013 | 4:56 amThis is interesting, I am in Columbus to meet one of my college friends. I remember him as a very meticulous person from college days. So it is no surprise when he showed me his massively impressive finance tracker last night. He has been tracking expenses, income, credit card payments and gas (petrol) consumption since 2008. Very impressive indeed. Then out of blue he said, he has a problem with his spreadsheet. In this own words, When entering data for credit cards, I use one column per card. But in my report view, I want to show credit card details in rows. How do I do this? Something like… -
I am meeting Mr. Excel aka Bill Jelen tomorrow. What do you want to ask him? (book giveaway too)
9 May 2013 | 3:32 amOne of the beautiful things about working on internet is you know so much about people even before you meet them first time. I think I first heard about Mr. Excel in 2006, when I started my career as business analyst. I landed on mrexcel.com while searching for something related to doing cluster analysis using Excel. In a way, mrexcel.com inspired me to share my thoughts and techniques on Chandoo.org. So it wont be an understatement when I say, I feel like a kid in candy store knowing that Bill Jelen aka Mr. Excel is just a few miles away from where I live. Since Rob Collie and Bill are good… -
Excel Links – from USA edition
8 May 2013 | 4:51 amHello there, My travel to US was fantastic and fun. Many thanks to Jocelyn & Rob Collie, who found a nice apartment for us and made sure we are settled down in almost no time. Weather has been excellent so far too with lots of sunshine and blue skies. We went to a nearby park the other day and kids really loved walking on trials and exploring. Gentle reminder Today is last day to sign-up for my USA Masterclass Today is last day to join my USA Advanced Excel & Dashboards masterclass with early bird discount. If you live near Chicago, Washington DC or Columbus and love Chandoo.org… -
How to create a column chart with background image in Excel ?
6 May 2013 | 4:19 amTony sends this chart and asks if it can be done in Excel. It sounded like a good challenge for a lazy Sunday morning. So here we go. (Posting it on Monday). Now I could not get an oil rig photo or that data. So I made up few numbers and used a photo of Flinders street station I took when I was in Melbourne last year. Step 1: Arrange the data. Arrange the data like this. Step 2: Create a column chart Select the data, insert a stacked column chart (why not a regular column chart?, you will understand in a minute). You will get this. Step 3: Set up image as background for chart’s plot…
