The News Review:
- Major Changes Hidden in Microsoft PowerPoint Update
- Why Microsoft Named Its Search Engine Bing
- Software Suite ensures smooth migration of MS ffice files.
- Visual Fusion 4 Raises the Bar on Microsoft ffice Integration
- Firefighters show off plans for state-of-the-art station
- Graduation Gift Ideas – Make a Memorable Graduation Slideshow
Major Changes Hidden in Microsoft PowerPoint Update
PC Magazine
In this case the Mac version is not yet ready but Microsoft decided to go ahead with the Windows version since the actual attacks going on in the wild are all Windows-specific. The Mac version will follow when ready presumably. The second point is that Microsoft has removed support for “the very old PowerPoint 4 converter (PP4X322. DLL)” with the release of this update. This program and the formats it supports are more trouble than they’re worth it would seem and it’s years since they have been the default format on any supported version of PowerPoint. They provide a registry hack you can apply to re-enable PowerPoint 4 support in current products but they advise that you unapply the hack afterwards. Finally file converter support in ffice 2000 and ffice XP has been upgraded by back-porting the latest code from ffice 2003 into it.
Why Microsoft Named Its Search Engine Bing
PC Magazine
The company’s tendency is to absorb a basic product then reinvent it. Perhaps the moniker should be not reinvented here. In the process of reinvention the company either lets the product languish (like PowerPoint) or ruins it to the point where it is unusable (ever tried Front Page?). So if there is a good search engine being developed please don’t sell it to Microsoft. But It’s Nearly GoogleMicrosoft’s unfortunate copycat strategies will not result in anything other than a weak copy of Google with some visual tweaks to make the presentation look better. Redmond will never take a chance on something radical. My advice to the company is to try to understand what’s going on at.
Related from Marketingmonster: Microsoft to spend $100 million marketing new search engine?
Software Suite ensures smooth migration of MS ffice files.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)
May 27 2009 – fficeConverter 2007 v9. 4 accelerates process of converting many types of MS ffice – Excel Word Access and PowerPoint – files by automating labor-intensive complex functions. Software also scans for rogue ActiveX control-enabled files for additional security. See related product stories.
Visual Fusion 4 Raises the Bar on Microsoft ffice Integration
GISuser.com (press release)
0 comprehensive visual mashup software released this month by IDV Solutions introduces unprecedented integration between Microsoft ffice SharePoint and geospatial mashup technology. adhostingsolutions.
Firefighters show off plans for state-of-the-art station
Uttoxeter Advertiser
“The number of homes without simple equipment like a fire alarm is absolutely baffling because the initial ‘get up and go’ warning saves lives. “We’ve got a small office where we sometimes give lectures about fire safety but to have a bigger space will be great. “It will open up all kinds of possibilities and we’ll be able to present our points much better than before using Microsoft Powerpoint. “Housing the community groups will allow us to engage much more comprehensively with the people we serve and they’re sure to pick up safety tips from being around the station. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue is spending £46 million on 10 new stations across the county. Alexandra Gerrard the authority’s administrator estimates the new station will be ready to open by December 2010. She said: “There’ll be temporary accommodation at Cheadle Road for the Uttoxeter fire service while the new station is being built and they will operate in exactly the same way.
Graduation Gift Ideas – Make a Memorable Graduation Slideshow
Elites TV
Make use of the photos that witness the grow-up of you and with the blessings you want to say to your friends a graduation slideshow then becomes the perfect choice. In the needs of report or seminar in school there must be ffice Suite on most students? computer. As an important part of it PowerPoint performs the best for presentation. So choose Microsoft PowerPoint as the tool to help you create the graduation slideshow couldn?t be better. Before you start scan all the pictures you want to include in the graduation slideshow onto your computer and store them in a folder on your desktop. If you have pictures from digital cameras resize them so they won?t be too big. After that choose the music you want to use.