The News Review:
- Microsoft Announces Availability of ffice 2008 for Mac
- Dubai eGovernment honours graduates of Ta’aheel Project
- HTC S730 Windows Mobile Smartphone
Microsoft Announces Availability of ffice 2008 for Mac
IT News nline – Jan 19, 2008
“ffice 2008 is the latest in a long line of great ffice for Mac releases that get better with every version” said Ron kamoto vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple Computer Inc. “It has many new features that help you work faster and with more ease and Mac users will also love how seamless it is to share ffice 2008 files with PC users. Microsoft said Mac users require the ability to share their documents with confidence; they also need a consistent look to their output on both PCs and Macs. ffice 2008 for Mac is the most compatible suite on the market sharing core technologies with the 2007 ffice system such as pen XML File Formats and the graphics engine fficeArt to ensure consistency in graphics rendering when they are shared. ffice 2008 for Mac is also compatible with earlier file formats so that users can continue to use the older DC XLS and PPT binary formats. The updated suite is Universal and runs natively on Intel- and Power PC-based Macs. ffice 2008 also caters to the needs of users in cross-platform organizations… Advanced users can take on PivotTables and benefit from Formula AutoComplete a drop-down menu that provides a variety of computation options. For power users Excel 2008 introduces increased rows and columns that match the Windows-based 2007 ffice system to ensure that users on Macs and PCs will have access to up to 16000 columns and more than 1 million rows. PowerPoint 2008 and Word 2008 both feature new design elements that give users as much help as they need. In either application users can choose to start with a blank canvas or select from hundreds of new templates and themes to give their work a jump-start to polished perfection. ffice 2008 for Mac delivers new tools and functionality to create great-looking charts graphics and professional documents with ease. A key component is SmartArt Graphics another suitewide feature providing a wide range of professionally designed graphics that can be added to any document spreadsheet or slide show with just the click of a button. Publishing Layout View in Word 2008 is a new specialized work space where users can simply create and edit layout-rich documents.
Dubai eGovernment honours graduates of Ta’aheel Project
Al-Bawaba – Jan 19, 2008
The training program which is being implemented in coordination with the Dubai Police includes training sessions on the basics of Windows perating System MS word MS PowerPoint MS Excel and MS Access. The Project is designed to help prisoners receive the benefits of technical skills and to facilitate their future integration into society.
HTC S730 Windows Mobile Smartphone
TrustedReviews – Jan 20, 2008
The wordsmiths among you will like the fact that ffice Mobile is included. This can be used to edit Word and Excel documents and view PowerPoint presentations though you can only create documents from scratch if you save a template to the device and then rename it. To be fair this is Microsoft’s problem not HTCs but it rankles nonetheless. n touch-screened devices like the.