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Office Tweaks

Archive for November 2007

November 27th, 2007

Zoho Writer goes offline editing

In August, Zoho Writer was made available offline for users but allows only read-only of files when offline. With the tight competition on web-based office suites, Zoho Writer now allows offline editing of files as well. And, still of course, this feature was added based on the Google Gears functionalities. This means that when you […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

November 26th, 2007

You can now bring your desktop Plaxo to your Mobile

I got this noticed earlier this morning from Plaxo Newsletter, about their new product called Plaxo for Windows Mobile. The tools allows you to use your desktop Plaxo in any Pocket PC or Smartphone.

Plaxo for Windows Mobile brings the power of your Plaxo smart address book to your Windows mobile phone.
Sync your contacts or calendar […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

November 26th, 2007

Converting your old WPS files to DOC types

If you’re having problem in reading WPS files, this article/post can be your solution. But before that, to let you know (if you still don’t know), WPS files are you Microsoft Works Word Processor files. But unfortunately, Microsoft already discontinued probably the use of WPS files to make way of the DOC file uses.
Anyway, here […]

By Jerome Locson -- 7 comments

November 26th, 2007

Adobe Photoshop CS3 10.0.1 Update

If you do not know that there was an update released for Adobe Photoshop CS3, here’s the details about the update:

The speed of moving objects contained within multiple layer sets has been improved.
Converting images to CMYK using certain profiles no longer results in black files.
The Save for Web feature now includes an option to “Include […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

November 26th, 2007

Alternative File Decompression Utility

I know many of you already use tools for decompressing files like Winzip or Winrar and both offer free trial but requires you to register after few days (although you can still use the tool).
No more worries because here comes a freeware that requires no registration. It’s FREE! This could be your alternative or could […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

InstaColl launched Live Documents, another online office suite

Again, yet another online office suite, wanting to go with the web-based apps competitions along with Google Docs & Spreadsheet, Zoho Creator, etc. Live Documents is developed by InstaColl - a Bangalore-based software product startup offering solutions that bridge the gap between powerful, rich desktop software applications and collaborative web-based services, providing a user experience […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Digital Signature & File Encryption made easy!

I had this meeting with a local writers group here in the city. I presented the web project to him and gone through the details of its features and functionalities. He pointed me out that the site’s purpose is to make some sort of a promotional media to showcase their works. He told me that […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

November 21st, 2007

Zoho Creator now Mobile!

Here’s an update about Zoho Creator, one of the players of web-based office suites. Raju Vegesna of Zoho Creator posted in their blog update about the availability of Zoho Creator Mobile edition. These means that you can access Zoho Creator applications in your mobile phone and do edit and create documents directly mobile. You can […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

November 21st, 2007

Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

Just yesterday, Mozilla Corporation released its newer version of Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 and is made already available for downloads. Download comes with different languages and can be installed in Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. And, as mentioned in the release note, it is made available for testing […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

What is your say with Microsoft Office 2007 Prepaid Edition?

Piracy has been a tough problem faced by software companies, especially Microsoft since they are the big player when it comes to software retailing. And piracy is everywhere and uncontrollable. Now comes software prepaid edition from Microsoft, the Microsoft Office 2007 Prepaid Edition. So, here’s a quick information about the program:
Microsoft Office Prepaid gives you […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments