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August 2006 - Posts

Bug bear fixed (aka the beta rollercoster)

Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:06 PM by Charlene
Another from Chris... One of the things that we're very good at doing at Microsoft is testing our own products - we call it "eating our own dog food" and it leads to a fairly rollercoaster like experience. Darren Strange has a great post about the " beta Read More...
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Build your own galleries

Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 4:35 PM by Charlene
Another one from Chris R.... One of the core ideas behind the new user interface is that people like to see what they're gong to get before they actually get it. This makes perfect sense to me - it's much easier to look at a picture and see it' what you Read More...
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Share your calendar with your wife (but only if you want to)

Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:36 PM by Charlene
As you can probably tell from the title, this is not my blog posting :-) bringing the Office Pioneer blog to you today from Chris Rothwell : Hello - I'm your supply-blogger while Gill takes a well earned holiday, I'll be posting a few things that that Read More...
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Charlene McKellar signing off...

Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:09 PM by Charlene
... from my email. Now, a process that has become much easier, thanks to the improved "signature" feature in Outlook. I can't really remember how you switched between Outlook signatures manually in previous versions, but I do remember that it was too Read More...
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What does RSS (Really Simple Syndication) mean in Outlook 2007?

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:06 PM by Jo Carpenter
RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’ and it enables users to have easy access to track and monitor information feeds such as news reports, web logs, forecasts and a whole variety of different services. RSS delivers this information is an XML (Extensible Read More...
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Where has options gone?

Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:18 PM by GillLeFevre
Earlier this week I ran into a colleague who has been using Beta 2 for quite some time now. "I'm really loving the product," she said. "But there's one thing I can't suss out that's really embarrassing - where has 'options' gone?" This type of conversation Read More...
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"How cute are the dogs?"

Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 9:28 PM by Charlene
.... or "Have a look at all the hard work I've done this year"... Just two of the ways that you can use the Photo Album functionality in PowerPoint 2007. Gill and I discovered this nifty little addition to PowerPoint when we were having a look through Read More...
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PowerPoint drops the ball

Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 10:24 AM by GillLeFevre
I've been really impressed with PowerPoint 2007 and have blogged here at length about just how much time I've been saving - and how much more professional it makes me look! So when I received an email over the weekend pointing out some serious problems Read More...
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What's the opposite of "It's a poor workman who blames his tools"?

Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:01 PM by Charlene
Regardless of all the fabulous innovation that you can find in PowerPoint 2007 - easier slide transition and animation , Smart Art Graphics , the more intuitive user interface, the much improved presenter view and the great, professional looking new backgrounds Read More...
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Screen Clipping From OneNote

Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:04 PM by Jo Carpenter
I’m aware that we have mentioned screen clippings once very briefly already in this blog but I just wanted to highlight again how easy it is when you have Office OneNote to save any image from anywhere on your monitor into your notes. All you have to Read More...
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Drag Queen Heaven

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:00 PM by GillLeFevre
I blogged back in June about how the new To-Do Bar in Outlook had transformed my working life and I'm pleased to say that my good habits are still (well, mostly) in place. One feature that helps a great deal with this is the ability to drag and drop Outlook Read More...
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