Sunday, 9 October 2005
Wednesday, 5 October 2005
MS Office 12 to Support PDF
Posted on 04:42 by Unknown
Microsoft has announced that it will introduce PDF (Portable Document Format) support in its forthcoming version of Office, code-named "Office 12", scheduled for release in the second half of 2006.
Reportedly, the PDF format will be integrated in MS Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint and InfoPath among other applications. Microsoft maintains that the inclusion of PDF in Office 12, will further broaden the appeal of the program.
Microsoft says that it is adding the "save to PDF" feature, with a view towards satisfying users who want to share documents with people, including those who don't have MS Office.
Read more on TechTree
Reportedly, the PDF format will be integrated in MS Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint and InfoPath among other applications. Microsoft maintains that the inclusion of PDF in Office 12, will further broaden the appeal of the program.
Microsoft says that it is adding the "save to PDF" feature, with a view towards satisfying users who want to share documents with people, including those who don't have MS Office.
Read more on TechTree
Friday, 9 September 2005
Aah?
Posted on 01:50 by Unknown
The other day a couple of my colleagues were discussing about the bad habit of adding the ‘aah’ sound while phrasing a question. I don’t know if it is bad; but it sure will give ulcers to the purists.
Take for example how ‘are you coming with us?’ is brutally hacked to a single word question: coming-aah?
Or, the totally new form of exclamation: ‘Yes-aaah?’ that roughly translates to ‘don’t tell me it is true!’
Or the usual friendly enquiry ‘you ate-aah?’ that is the equivalent of ‘did you have your lunch?’
The ‘aah’ sound is widely used—especially in interrogative phrases— in Tamil and Telugu:
‘Saapteengalaah?’ (Did you eat? - Tamil)
‘Varreengalaah?’ (Are you going with us? – Tamil)
‘Baavunnaaraah?’ (How are you? – Telugu)
‘Bon-chesaraah?’ (Have you eaten? – Telugu)
And we south Indians use the same construction even while conversing in English. I think it is a unique fusion of two different linguistic rhythms. The purists may scoff at it, but I enjoy using it and listening to others use it.
You like it-aah?
Take for example how ‘are you coming with us?’ is brutally hacked to a single word question: coming-aah?
Or, the totally new form of exclamation: ‘Yes-aaah?’ that roughly translates to ‘don’t tell me it is true!’
Or the usual friendly enquiry ‘you ate-aah?’ that is the equivalent of ‘did you have your lunch?’
The ‘aah’ sound is widely used—especially in interrogative phrases— in Tamil and Telugu:
‘Saapteengalaah?’ (Did you eat? - Tamil)
‘Varreengalaah?’ (Are you going with us? – Tamil)
‘Baavunnaaraah?’ (How are you? – Telugu)
‘Bon-chesaraah?’ (Have you eaten? – Telugu)
And we south Indians use the same construction even while conversing in English. I think it is a unique fusion of two different linguistic rhythms. The purists may scoff at it, but I enjoy using it and listening to others use it.
You like it-aah?
Monday, 5 September 2005
Tech writer or DTP Expert?
Posted on 04:15 by Unknown
I saw these requirements for a technical writer opening on one of those ‘Urgent-wanted tech writers’ mails:
I wonder why they left out C, C++, Java, and VisualBasic? Why, why? When will they learn to tell a writer from a DTP professional? What has Flash got to do with a tech writer’s job? Javascript for heaven’s sake!
- HTML programming, Javascript
- Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Microsoft FrontPage
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Flash
- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat,
- RoboHelp
- Microsoft Visio
I wonder why they left out C, C++, Java, and VisualBasic? Why, why? When will they learn to tell a writer from a DTP professional? What has Flash got to do with a tech writer’s job? Javascript for heaven’s sake!
Thursday, 18 August 2005
A brand name gone wrong
Posted on 23:12 by Unknown
"Did you know that Heroin was originally a brand name for cough syrup? In 1874, German scientists developed a formula for a painkiller that they thought would be less addictive than morphine. They simply added two acetyls to morphine to synthesize diacetylmorphine.
Heinrich Dreser, the head of Bayer drug development tried it on animals and humans. He, also, tried it on himself, which may have been the problem. He was very pleased with the results and decided it was a good treatment for many ailments especially respiratory ones like bronchitis, asthma and tuberculosis." Read more on Free Enterprise Land
Heinrich Dreser, the head of Bayer drug development tried it on animals and humans. He, also, tried it on himself, which may have been the problem. He was very pleased with the results and decided it was a good treatment for many ailments especially respiratory ones like bronchitis, asthma and tuberculosis." Read more on Free Enterprise Land
Wednesday, 3 August 2005
Interactive Documentation
Posted on 03:03 by Unknown
Novell has a 'Comments' feature on its product documentation pages. User can leave their feedback instantly, instead of sending an E-mail later. (But why does the RSS link fail on your site guys?)
Microsoft too has an instant feedback feature for its documentation, but somehow I don't like it. It appears to be complex, as compared to Novell's.
But I like PHP.net's interactivity the best. Don't ask me why. It is just subjective I guess.
Anyway, out of curiosity I went to Apple's iPod site (I own a Shuffle) and I discovered to my utter dismay the terrible feedback mechanism they have. Gray text on gray background and they expect users to notice that 'Provide Feedback' link. Ambitious. I expected something better from Apple.
Microsoft too has an instant feedback feature for its documentation, but somehow I don't like it. It appears to be complex, as compared to Novell's.
But I like PHP.net's interactivity the best. Don't ask me why. It is just subjective I guess.
Anyway, out of curiosity I went to Apple's iPod site (I own a Shuffle) and I discovered to my utter dismay the terrible feedback mechanism they have. Gray text on gray background and they expect users to notice that 'Provide Feedback' link. Ambitious. I expected something better from Apple.
Monday, 1 August 2005
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