Sparklines - Word-sized Graphs March 27, 2007
Posted by iawalsh in : Microsoft Office News, downloads , add a commentThe sparkline concept has been invented by Edward Tufte, the renowned expert for innovative information design. He states that at the heart of the concept are “intense, simple, word-sized graphics”: A sparkline depicts data in miniaturized graphs, such as bars, lines, whiskers and pie charts. A typical application is to depict the history of a value by means of a sparkline which is placed right in front of the current value within a report (e.g. the last months or years of product sales). Readers then have context information (e.g. about a trend or cyclical ups-and-downs in sales) to interpret the current data.
Probably the most remarkable innovation are functions for Excel that generate cell-adherent sparklines automatically and update them dynamically. In Excel XP and 2003 functions like “=Sparkline(cellrange)” generate a sparkline directly in a cell of a worksheet. The word-sized graphs automatically update whenever the underlying data has changed. Hence, information-rich, dynamic controlling instruments are easily designed in Microsoft Excel.
Bissantz SparkMaker 3.0 is free with unlimited functionality for private and academic users while all other users may test it during a 30-day trial period before a valid license has to be obtained. For more details and a downloadable version of SparkMaker 3.0 please visit: http://www.bissantz.com/sparklines/sparkmaker.asp
Office Communicator 2007 Video March 27, 2007
Posted by iawalsh in : downloads , add a commentDavid Berlind at ZDNet introduces Microsoft beta version of its unified communications suite. David says that “The pair of solutions is known as Office Communicator 2007 (the client side) and Office Communicator Server 2007 (the server side). In favor of Office Communicator Server (OCS), Microsoft is dropping the old product name Live Communications Server (2005) or LCS.”
There is also an an image gallery with 15 screen shots showing Office Communicator in action.
http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2_2-6170363.html
Download Trial Visio 2007 December 7, 2006
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Get your hands on a free trial of this powerful diagramming tool.
“Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio Solution Providers. Embed and program the Visio drawing environment to include the power of Visio in any smart client application.”
Full link: http://us7.trymicrosoftoffice.com/
Windows Vista Step-by-Step Guides December 7, 2006
Posted by iawalsh in : downloads , add a commentMicrosoft has released guides for those involved in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista.
These provide step-by-step information on how to control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI) and manage ADMX files and also to protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security Hardware in a computer using Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services, and to help deploy better-managed desktops and mitigate the impact of malware using User Account Control (UAC).
- Deploying Vista Step by Step Guide.doc
- Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step by Step Guide.doc
- Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide.doc
- Netsh Commands for Wired Local Area Network (LAN).doc
- Netsh Commands for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).doc
- Performance Monitoring and Tuning Step by Step Guide.doc
- Print Management Step by Step Guide.doc
- Step by Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy.doc
- Step by Step Guide to Device Driver Signing and Staging.doc
- Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Multiple Local Group Policy.doc
- User Account Control Step by Step Guide.doc
- Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide (September 2006).doc
- Windows Vista Beta 2 Migration Step by Step Guide.doc
- Windows Vista Beta 2 Trusted Platform Module Services Step by Step Guide (May 2006).doc
- Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Step by Step Guide.doc
- Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step by Step.doc
- Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide.doc
- Winlogon Notification Packages Removed Impact on Windows Vista Planning and Deployment.doc
Full link at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Mouse for left-handers December 7, 2006
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As a left-hander I found this link very tempting.
Finally a cool-looking mouse for us lefties. “Thankfully Elecom has had some sense to introduce a mouse that comes with a switch on it which will swap the left and right mouse button functions in a flash, making it simple for a left hander to use a public computer”
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/12/mouse_for_lefthanders.html
Use ClearType to improves Readability on Laptops and high-quality flat panel displays November 29, 2006
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If you use a laptop to write, then you have to get this!
This free download from MS ”delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. ClearType improves readability on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved.
Tip: Use this online tuner to turn on and tune your Windows XP ClearType settings. If you experience problems download the Windows XP PowerToy version of the tuner. The online tuner does not currently work with Windows Vista.
ClearType works by accessing the individual vertical color stripe elements in every pixel of an LCD screen. Before ClearType, the smallest level of detail that a computer could display was a single pixel, but with ClearType running on an LCD monitor, we can now display features of text as small as a fraction of a pixel in width. The extra resolution increases the sharpness of the tiny details in text display, making it much easier to read over long durations.
New Wikipedia of Organization Charts November 29, 2006
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No Inc have taken AJAX and “Web 2.0-ness” to create CogMap, which is a terrific Wikipedia of organization charts.
Their own site is an organization chart wiki! This means that it is a collection of organization charts online that anyone can edit, add to, and help maintain.
CogMap is a tool for sales people, entrepreneurs, and recruiters to understand organizations and keep information up to date. If you are like us, you had some of these things happen to you:
- Worked at a company without a published organization chart and had no idea who worked for anyone else
- Tried to figure out who to call at a company and come up empty
- Bought a list of people to call and had all the information be wrong
- Met people that all had different titles and been unable to tell who was the decision-maker in the room!
There are several demos over here http://www.cogmap.com/help.php including one on Microsoft.
Hotkey Extender November 29, 2006
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Donationcoder continue their excellent series of products with TapTap Hotkey Extender, a tiny super-efficient tray-based utility (under <100k) for keyboard fanatics.
It monitors hotkey combinations not supported by most programs (e.g. like doubletap right shift key). When such hotkey combinations are detected, TapTap will simulate a normal hotkey that the user has configured.
In this way, you can configure any of your programs to respond to these extended hotkey events as if they supported it natively.
For Example:
You might have a program which normally triggers on Alt+Ctrl+F5, but you want to configure it to trigger with a double tap of the right control key. You can use TapTap to detect Right Control Doubletap events, and send a Ctrl+Alt+F5 when it does. In this way, you can control your programs the way you want to, and they never know the difference.
TapTap Hotkey Extender is written in lean and mean C++ and highly optimized for insignificant cpu/memory access. It makes no changes to any system files and is completely safe. Comes with an installer but you can unpack the download manually and run it without installing.
Download it here: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/TapTap/index.html
Get 100 Copyright Free Articles for your Website or Blog November 29, 2006
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Free MS Spyware Download November 29, 2006
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Get your copy of Windows Defender, a free program from Microsoft that stops pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software.
This new release features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it’s detected and minimizes interruptions and helps you stay productive. It offers 2 free support incidents for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx