The News Review:
- The Baltimore Sun Mike Himowitz column: 3 challenges raised to Microso…
- ConceptDraw Project 4.1 adds export wizard
- Computer care – Milford MA – The Milford Daily News
- DEMfall: Share and share alike
- courier-journal.com | Ric Manning – The Gizmo Blog | The Courier…
The Baltimore Sun Mike Himowitz column: 3 challenges raised to Microso…
Free with registration – Baltimore Sun – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 27, 2007
27–When you write a letter term paper or newspaper column you’ll probably use Microsoft Word. Buffing up a balance sheet? You’ll probably use Microsoft Excel. Nodding off during a mind-numbing presentation? You’re a victim of Microsoft PowerPoint. These are the building blocks of Microsoft ffice the company’s flagship productivity suite and 800-pound gorilla of the business and academic world. Whether you’re a Windows or Mac user you’ve probably paid the Microsoft ffice toll — more than once. Today however some powerful challengers are chipping away at the ffice edifice. They have significant outside backing they’re compatible with ffice documents and best of all they’re free — something that ffice is definitely not.
ConceptDraw Project 4.1 adds export wizard
Macworld – Sep 27, 2007
You can allocate and manage identified resources produce color-coded charts tracking resource usage navigate between projects and status views and more. 1 release is a new export wizard that enables ConceptDraw Project users to more easily export project summary information Gantt project timelines and other content as charts into Microsoft PowerPoint projects. Project reviews and ?stakeholder? updates are now easier and faster produce as well.
Computer care – Milford MA – The Milford Daily News
Milford Daily News – Sep 27, 2007
They pay for such items as tuition and supplies for the girls to go to Colegio Educacional Biblico a private institution comparable to a parochial school here Jonathan Bruce said. The computers would go to that school and replace the current ones which have limited use. They would be used for instruction in such programs as Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Bruce said. "They’d love them" he said. "These classes don’t need the latest and greatest. But it would be "impossible" to set up the donation without someone on the other end Bruce said. "Fortunately we have a contact" he said.
DEMfall: Share and share alike
Computerworld – Sep 27, 2007
As usual there’s automatic synchronization and merging of changes; other functions include annotation chats and alerts when a document is changed. For non-ffice users there’s a slick Web version that gins up a Flash version of the document… PowerPoint-like interface for building the widgets tracking and reporting tools definitely designed for marketeers. Then the information is fed to a database and the tool coughs up a research report that can be sliced and diced or drilled into.
courier-journal.com | Ric Manning – The Gizmo Blog | The Courier…
Louisville Courier-Journal – Sep 27, 2007
The pre-loaded software is solid as well. There’s a working spreadsheet program a pocket version of Word and a program that lets you make slide shows with photos and music. You can also edit PowerPoint documents and open Zip file. The 9m’s memory card slot will hold a 4GB mini-SD card. That’s enough space to store more than 1000 songs plus movies photos and audio books. The phone’s built-in speakers have more punch as well though you’ll probably want to use stereo Bluetooth headphones If you run out of music stored on the memory card you can reload at $1. 99 a pop from V CAST.