Personally, when I do not have enough time to read every web page I visit, I bookmark it. But as of today, I found a very productive way to have those web pages read later.
This Firefox plugin called Read It Later allows you to saved web pages for later reading. Once this tool is installed, you can just click ‘Read Later’ and it will automatically be queued to your reading lists.
Managing your reading lists is easy; it extends to saving, syncing, sorting and tagging. You can also share your reading lists to other computers.
Here’s an instructional video on how to start with Windows Live Writer. It covers how to do basic authoring, how to manage images, videos and other plugins, as well as on how to manage and publish.
Recently, Google Docs added a new feature to their online productivity tool which allows users to upload PDFs and view them online instantly. This feature is quite helpful for those who does not have Acrobat Reader or any PDF viewer installed in their local machines.
Without knowing, Zoho Viewer has this feature since then. Zoho Viewer is part of the Zoho Online Suite, similar to Google Docs but with much tools to offer. Zoho Viewer does not only allows you to share files but have them viewed online. As for PDF, please the example below:
Sharing your PDF is easy. By embedding PDFs, your colleagues can view it anytime, anywhere.
As Acrobat Reader is a pervasive tool for everyone, Google Docs makes it more widely present by integrating this technology to their pool of online services.
Now, Google Docs allows you to upload PDF documents and view it instantly with their PDF viewer. Currently, the tool is only for viewing; no editing of PDF yet. You can copy-paste text from the PDF viewer. You can also share your PDFs, of course.
Yet again, this Google Docs enhancement came from users feedbacks and requests. Granted! Try it now.
Still in pursuance with Open XML, Microsoft released Open XML SDK 1.0 which allows developers to create, access and manipulate Open XML documents as said by Microsoft.
Here’s a brief information about Open XML SDK 1.0 taken from MSDN Website:
The Open XML Format SDK 1.0 simplifies the manipulation of OpenXML packages. The Open XML Application Programming Interface (API) encapsulates many of the common tasks that you typically perform on OpenXML packages, so you can perform complex operations with just a few lines of code. Some common tasks:
Search. With a few lines of code, you can search a collection of Excel 2007 worksheets for some arbitrary data.
Document assembly. You can create documents by combining the document parts of existing documents programmatically. For example, you can pull slides from various PowerPoint 2007 presentations to create a single presentation.
Validation. With a few lines of code, you can validate the document parts in a package or validate an entire package against a schema.
Data update. With the Open XML object model, you can easily modify the data in multiple packages.
Privacy. With a few lines of code, you can remove comments and other personal information from a document before it is distributed.
You can use the Open XML API in any language supported by the Microsoft .NET Framework®. The help topics presented in this SDK provide code samples in Microsoft Visual C#® and Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET.
Using the code samples in the help topics in this SDK as a starting point, you can take advantage of the OpenXML standards in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The Open XML API relieves much of the tedium of working with Open Packaging Conventions documents and is well worth your time to explore.
OpenOffice.org, an alternative tool to Microsoft Office, brings free support via their community forum. The open-source office productivity suite recently added language support to its forum, catering larger audiences across the web. Initially launched with English, they now have Hungarian, French and Japanese language support enabling global sharing of knowledge and serves a venue for support among users.
According to Drew Jensen, one of the Forum administrators, explained the appeal of the Forum:
“The reality is that most day to day IT support is provided by friends or colleagues. If you’ve a problem with a spreadsheet, you talk to Amrita in Accounts who’s the in-house expert. The OpenOffice.org, Users’ Community Forum covers the globe, and brings together experts and novices to provide a level of quality support that money literally can’t buy. People appreciate that the Community has given them this world class software for free. Helping others via the Forum is one way to give something back.”
Office 14, code-name for the next version of productivity suite from Microsoft, is scheduled to release by 2009. Here are some hint links about this news:
Microsoft Site Leak Hints at 2009 Release for Office 14 from PC World and Computer World.
During the WWDC 2008, Apple announced the delay release of iPhone 2.0 firmware to early July.
Accordingly, with the iPhone 2.0 firmware, iPhone will have a better document support for Microsoft Office and iWorks documents. Document compatibility will be taken care of by this release.
Full iWork document support lets users view Pages, Numbers, and Keynote documents. Apple also will offer full support for Microsoft Office documents, adding PowerPoint presentation viewing to the Word and Excel viewing already available. And turning the iPhone into landscape mode will convert the Calculator application into a scientific calculator.
TechSmith, the company that developed Camstasia Studio for video capturing, now brings a newer version of its image capturing tool SnagIt 9.
With SnagIt 9, you can now have a simple yet presentable images captured from your screen. Capturing is so easy, you just have to activate the area you wish to capture and instant screenshot is generated. After you capture your screen, you can instantly edit the images right from the same window. No need to open new software to do the editing. SnagIt 9 has build it image editing functionalities to give you instant creative images. Also, organizing your images is so easy. You can create folders and instantly generate achieve. Finally, you can share them instantly to your IM friends, Skype, Office tools, email, etc.
You can try SnagIt 9 for a 30-day trial period and costs $49.95 to purchase in full.
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Personally, when I do not have enough time to read every web page I visit, I bookmark it. But as of today, I found a very productive way to have those web pages read later.
Office 14, code-name for the next version of productivity suite from Microsoft, is scheduled to release by 2009. Here are some hint links about this news:
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