The News Review:
- Creatively communicate with your carriers
- 10 Things We Hate About Microsoft
- New Excel Spam Hits the Airwaves Commtouch Reports.
- Fujitsu Unwraps ScanSnap S510
Creatively communicate with your carriers
Insurance Journal – Jul 23, 2007
When important instances need to be transmitted from agent to insurer the occasional phone call or e-mail may not be enough. It’s better to put on a show — an illuminating slideshow that is. Put on a showMicrosoft PowerPoint has myriad uses in an insurance office including as an aid for speaking training proposing and the subject of this column: displaying your viewpoint to a carrier you represent. Use this classic software to convert data that’s difficult to express verbally into slides that can be understood at a glance. Then deliver a fully-packaged slideshow to selected recipients. Focus your presentation on logic without ostentation. Company executives are too busy to view the extraneous.
10 Things We Hate About Microsoft
Washington Post – Jul 23, 2007
But Microsoft seems to have missed the memo. With a few exceptions if you want Microsoft software you have to pull out your wallet. Theffice Live sitewould seem to be a great place for Microsoft to offer limited versions of Word Excel and Powerpoint to compete with Google’s Docs and Spreadsheets. Instead it houses a group of tools that have nothing to do with the productivity suite that the site named for. Like a painfully clueless kid in high school Microsoft seems to have been born bereft of the cool gene. The company launches the Zune its supposed iPod-killer and the best it can come up with for a slogan is "Welcome to the social?" Was every box supposed to come with a scoop of ice cream or something?Even when Microsoft produces an undeniably cool product like the Xbox it can’t quite get past its own reputation as a stuffy big company. Woops did we say "cool" and "Xbox" in the same sentence? Must be one of those repaired models with thenew heat sinksthat work.
New Excel Spam Hits the Airwaves Commtouch Reports.
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 23, 2007
(23-JUL-07) Business Wire. — Microsoft Excel is the newest packaging spammers have created for their stock pump-and-dump scams Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH) reported today based on the Company’s analysis of bi.
Fujitsu Unwraps ScanSnap S510
BIS – BIS – Jul 23, 2007
Simple intuitive handlingThe Quick Menu surface is clearly structured showing all available scanning options in a simple and quick format. In addition to the scanned document and the selectable profiles in the ScanSnap Manager the new provision offers a variety of user options. Users can directly send scanned documents as e-mails have them printed out or included in various Microsoft ffice programmes including Word Excel and PowerPoint 2003. The Quick Menu ties in all ‘scan-to’ options in one simplified view for quick and easy navigation. Another advantage is the option to preview scanned documents before deciding to edit store or e-mail them or to convert the documents into PDF files. Prior to making that decision users can also amend file names add password protection or select multiple-use options. Unique user supportFujitsu’s new ScanSnap S510 offers users two unique methods for producing searchable PDF files.