The News Review:
- Lorraine Stephens Addresses National Association of Professional…
- pen XML Converter for Mac Due Soon
- PC program lets you explore outer space without a rocket
- Next ffice for Mac will Support VBA: Microsoft
- Gates hosts his annual Eastside gathering for key CEs
- Standing on her own two feet
Lorraine Stephens Addresses National Association of Professional…
Carolina Newswire – Carolina Newswire (press release) – May 15, 2008
The event is free for NAP members to attend and $30 for visitors. Stephens will provide tools to help attendees learn how to develop and deliver presentations. Her presentation will address: The 4 components of a professionally delivered presentation The facets of PowerPoint that assist with each of these components How to plan multiple presentations at one time that are tailored to various audiences The presentation demonstrates the ways to use Microsoft PowerPoint constructively and properly. Stephens will teach attendees how PowerPoint can interact with the written documents and supporting materials that help to close the deal; how proper planning of the sales document can automatically prepare the presentation; how the pictorial display of sales data differs depending on the point being made; and how to plan multiple presentations that are tailored to various audiences. PowerPoint is a strong tool but it is often misused seen as a blessing for some and a curse for many. For more information about Lorraine Stephens or this presentation email lorraine@lorrainespeaks.
pen XML Converter for Mac Due Soon
PC World – May 17, 2008
It has issued beta converters for Word and PowerPoint but has never produced a tool to convert Excel 2008′s native file formats. Late last year Microsoft said it would release the converters six to eight weeks after the launch of ffice 2008 which.
PC program lets you explore outer space without a rocket
USA Today – May 15, 2008
) The guided tours for example Center of the Milky Way Dust and Us are generally a great place to start. They can take a long time to download and just some of them have voiceovers. Microsoft is encouraging folks to create their own tours to share with others which is a little like preparing slides in PowerPoint. That was beyond the expertise of this astronomy neophyte; my stargazing prowess is generally limited to finding the Big Dipper. Then again one of the most refreshing tours was posted by a 6-year-old Toronto boy named Benjamin who weighed in on the Ring nebula. Sample: “I read that it’s 2300 light years away which seems like a very long bike ride. ” •Delving deeper.
Next ffice for Mac will Support VBA: Microsoft
Techtree.com – May 15, 2008
1 and is claimed to offer over 1000 fixes and improvements it gives VBA support the miss. In his blog Lead Software Designer Erik Schwiebert writes that SP1 features significant improvements including improved printing and file compatibility as also enhanced performance and stability. The update sees Excel bring back custom error bars and tick marks to chart formatting; PowerPoint gain object access to AppleScripting support; and Entourage gain improved compatibility with Exchange servers. The sore point though is obviously — the lack of VBA scripting support. Yet according to Macintosh Business Unit General Manager Craig Eisler Mac ffice 2008 qualifies as the best-selling version of ffice for Mac till date. Eisler is prompt to add though that as with ffice 2008 SP1 they will be taking customer feedback and using it to help make ffice for Mac better. He says they’re very clear that VBA is an important feature to certain customers and that they will be bringing support back for VBA in the next version of ffice for Mac along with continuing support for AppleScript.
Gates hosts his annual Eastside gathering for key CEs
Seattle Times – May 15, 2008
Twelve years ago Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates conceived of the CE Summit as an exclusive forum to discuss technology and other issues worrying the business world’s elite. n Wednesday he gave about 115 chief executives gathered at his company’s headquarters a sales pitch and a vision of the future of work complete with a demonstration of the latest computing interface to be cooked up by Microsoft’s researchers. “Think about the whiteboard in your office becoming intelligent” Gates said before introducing Touch Wall a 50-inch touch-sensing screen that he likened to a vertical version of the company’s Surface tabletop computer. Using gestures he navigated through a range of digital objects including documents PowerPoint slides and video. He “wrote” on one document with his finger and zoomed in to see details of a flow chart on another… n Wednesday he gave about 115 chief executives gathered at his company’s headquarters a sales pitch and a vision of the future of work complete with a demonstration of the latest computing interface to be cooked up by Microsoft’s researchers. “Think about the whiteboard in your office becoming intelligent” Gates said before introducing Touch Wall a 50-inch touch-sensing screen that he likened to a vertical version of the company’s Surface tabletop computer. Using gestures he navigated through a range of digital objects including documents PowerPoint slides and video. He “wrote” on one document with his finger and zoomed in to see details of a flow chart on another. “This kind of whiteboard with a little bit of hardware advance over the next couple of years will not be an expensive thing and that’s why we’re saying that it will be absolutely pervasive” Gates said of the product prototype which was developed by a research group associated with the company’s ffice products. The event was strictly private. Gates’ speech was broadcast on Microsoft’s Web site but it was difficult to discern the CEs’ reaction to the Touch Wall.
Standing on her own two feet
phillyBurbs.com – May 15, 2008
She entered a program funded by the state Department of Public Welfare and the Bucks County Workforce Investment Board. “I took the course and then they put me into a job search program” said Taylor. “We covered PowerPoint [Microsoft] Excel and Word and they gave us help with our resumes. Taylor spent a month in the program last spring at Bucks County Community College’s Perkasie campus and took a short-term job before landing the position at the economic development corporation in November with some help from her BCCC workforce development counselor. “I love it here” she said. “It’s a great place to work.