Archive for 'Microsoft'
Office 2010 – First Impressions
Today I have installed the technical preview of Office 2010 using Microsoft’s new ‘click to run’ technology – so far so good. The interfaces for Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. have a clean and clear look to their layout with a reworked interface that while being tweaked is still familiar to users of Office 2007 or previous iterations. Of [...]
Posted: August 16th, 2009 under Computing, Microsoft, Office 2010.
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Blogging & hours in the day
Phew.. there seems to be not enough hours in the day right now. Perhaps this is just a stage we all have to go through from time to time and it’s my turn – ok I’ve had my fun can I get off this bus now? As time permits I hope to blog a bit more [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2009 under Computing, Daily Life, Family, Home Server, IT, Microsoft, Windows 7.
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Catching up
Phew… spent the last few weeks prepping for a marketing terms test which I sat a couple of days ago. Next on the horizon is the final exam in three weeks which I have to study for. Time has been a little on the tight side lately but I’m making some time to work on [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2009 under Daily Life, Marketing, Study, Windows 7.
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 2
Yesterday I installed the latest power pack for my WHS. This is a welcome update to the OS adding much sought after functionality in areas of client connector robustness and support for boxes running MCE or extenders seeking content from a WHS. Prior to PP2 you could access WHS content (movies, pictures and music) via [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Computing, Home Server, Microsoft, Windows 7.
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Windows Live Writer – Part 2
The more I use this software the more I like it. It’s easy to configure and easy to see why those who are used to a fairly simple word processor style of interface can feel ‘at home’ with the app. Today I’m experimenting with some plug-in for the live writer. The first to get a [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under IT, Windows Live.
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IE8
OK now I’ve installed IE8 how do I revert my blog accelerators to use ‘blog this in win live writer’ ?
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under Computing, IT, Windows 7.
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Windows Live Writer
Microsoft is sure trying to get us using their suite of windows live products. The latest bit of kit I have been playing with is called Windows Live Writer and it’s quite nice. The set up and install was smooth and now I find myself typing this short post with the plan to push a [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2009 under Daily Life, IT, Microsoft, Website, Windows Live.
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