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Friday, October 2, 2009

AVI Counter Tens of Thousands Virus attack

one that makes a powerful antivirus in detecting computer viruses is the definition of the threat they have. The more definition, the better antivirus in a variety of threats facing trying to enter into the computer.


AVI is one of the local antivirus that has a number of threats that limited definition. So far, the database contains AVI more local viruses. This limitation is because the number of new viruses AVI users reported only ranges from Indonesia alone. This is why many people consider the local anti-virus only works to overcome local virus alone. And vice versa, only a potent antiviral out beyond just tackle the virus. Based on these facts, many people who eventually install two antivirus at once: one local antivirus, antivirus one out.

But the AVI has a smart solution for solving this problem. AVI now have add-on (plugin) that integrates new AVI with Clamav antivirus engines. What is Clamav? Clamav antivirus which is developed by the developer of the open source community GPL (General Public License). You can get more information about Clamav on his official website. Current definition of a recognizable threat Clamav approximately 49 thousand threats mostly dominated by foreign viruses. Now, by combining the original database and Clamav AVI, AVI is now able to recognize approximately 50 thousand threats!



To take advantage of add-on Clamav, ekstraklah file "plugin-0.4-clamsav-avi.zip" into the directory "plugins" which can be found at the location where AVI installed. For example you install the AVI in the directory "C:-Program Files-AVI" then ekstraklah to "C:-Program Files-AVI-plugins".

Make sure the add-on has been successfully integrated. How to run the AVI, then see the "Plugins". If you see a new add-shell-shaped symbol, it means that add Clamav has been successfully integrated with AVI. To make sure whether the add-Clamsav been able to work well, try double-click on the icon shaped shells. I'll get a window containing information about add-on version, version of the definition of the threat, the number of threats, and info about the last definition update.

To determine whether the definition of threats that can be recognized by the AVI has increased, you can see it in the "Signature". When we use the definitions of August 13, 2009, the number of definitions reaching over 64 thousand pieces.

After the successful add-on installed, AVI automatically be able to detect foreign viruses or viruses that have not been recognized by the AVI using Clamav engine. The threat is successfully detected by Clamsav have a mark on the columns of information as you can see in the picture below. You still can disable the add-on that does not come Clamsav scanning by removing the check mark on the window Clamsav the "Settings"> "Enable plugin".



You can update Clamav definitions of threats in a way to download the file "daily.cvd" and "main.cvd" Clamav site. Put the two files in the directory where the add-Clamsav placed. Please note that the file "daily.cvd" is always updated every day.

AVI version 2.0.43 can be found here, while its add-Clamav can be obtained here. If you have trouble, please do not hesitate to cast a question to developer.avi @ gmail.com e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, please enable JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Fix Bad Sectors On Your Hard Disk

Bad Sector has long been the scourge that is troubling for a number of computer users. Quite a lot of factors that can lead to Bad Sector, but not the least is also a way that can be done to restore the hard disk that were affected. First of all you have to little to know whether Bad Sector Bad Sector and how it could happen. Hard Disk Bad Sector can be affected through two possibilities, the first in Logic, and the second in Physic. For the last possibility, not be discussed too deep for the Physic Bad Sector happened caused by physical damage to the hard disk.



While Bad Sector in Logic can occur due to disturbance of the operation read - write in a sector. This can be caused by several possibilities, such as viruses, corrupt boot record, the voltage disturbance, or other similar possibilities.

When Bad Sector in Logic occur on your hard disk, it is advisable to first try to repair hard disk software is included when purchasing the hard disk.

The software does not actually fix the broken sector, but hide it. In other words there but the damage remains the operating system will ignore it. Picture about how it works is like this. Software that will restore the hard disk's magnetic orientation to make each byte can perform read and write to enable hard disk recovery. Bad Sector can be spread on the hard disk, especially on hard disk 0 track. An event like this can also cause you can not install and copy the data on your hard disk.



Use of hard disk repair software

Previously there may be simple ways that can be done as first aid threatened when the hard disk Bad Sector experience. In Windows XP go to is MS-DOS Prompt. Then type "chkdsk / R" and press Enter. This command will immediately find the position of Bad Sector and then do the rescue on the data can still be read. For the series of Windows 95, 98, or Millennium, Scandisk application which is inherited from the Windows application that can be tried. However, if still not convinced and problems on the hard disk has not resolved, there are other ways to get more leverage below.

Basically, the hard disk has been equipped with software improvements which occurred when Bad Sector on the hard disk. This software can handle a Bad Sector Logic. Here are some examples of software built from a number of hard disk. Maxtor and Quantum includes MaxBlast, with ClearHDD Samsung, Seagate Seagate equipped Formats, whereas a Western Digital Old DLG Diagnostic, and Fujitsu FJ-IDE armed Drive Initializer Utility.

But did not rule you can also maximize the healing process of the hard disk Bad Sector using other software that is also quite powerful. And this time the software will try is SpinRite, hard disk repair software made by Gibson Research, the latest version of version 6.0. SpinRite supports FAT, NTFS, Linux, Novell, drives with multiple operating systems, and the hard disk that has not been formatted though. Here's a bit how to use it.

Create a boot CD or floppy disk. Making process can be performed directly in the SpinRite. Select "Boot Diskette Crete", then "Create an ISO or Image File", or it could be through the option "Install SpinRite on Drive". Make it easier to apply for it using a bootable CD. As information, the next stage of the process will be more time consuming in DOS mode.

After the image file created from SpinRite had been so, then burn to a blank CD using Nero or similar CD burning device. Restart the computer and boot with the CD you just created.

After successfully booting from CD before, we will carry on SpinRite interface that presents five options or can be called also the level of improvement. Please select the option which you need to repair your hard disk according to the level of damage. Usually in most cases, option number two and four of the most frequently needed. second option will restore the data, and option number four is the maintenance and analysis on the hard disk.

After selecting the option which is required, you are welcome to specify the drive or partition which will be checked or repaired. Follow the next steps of investigation and determination of SpinRite option will immediately work to do his job on your hard disk.

Processing time is relatively based on the speed and capacity of hard disk. SpinRite can do repair hard disk with maximum speed of 120Gb per hour it. Although still the speed of SpinRite is strongly influenced by many factors, such as system configuration, hard disk damage, or the support of the Ultra DMA. But do not worry if you do not want to wait a long time and did not want to leave the repair process, SpinRite offers easy termination of the repair process to proceed at a later time. Live simply keep track of position when stopping the process of examination.

SpinRite will automatically go to option number four, if after the pengecekkan necessary repairs and maintenance on your hard disk. And this process takes no less, could get even a matter of days, depending on the level of damage to the hard disk itself. But surely this is better than you have to lose data or have to buy a new hard drive thanks to Bad Sector persecute you hard disk.

SpinRite is also equipped with an active screensaver as the process is running. Can also display the course of an ongoing process. If the hard disk supports temperature readings feature, SpinRite will also display the hard disk temperature information. There are also other interesting features of "DynaStat Data Recovery" which can display more closely the course of the repair process is ongoing.

History of Life Maria Ozawa (Miyabi)




For you fans of hot movie must have understood well with lika and outs and details of Maria Ozawa's body. It was no secret that among the lovers of nude beauty and comeliness body Maria Ozawa able to make them crazy.


In a hot video footage, mixed blood girl Canada-Japan's new 21 year old, unable to face the man who became opponent. He even surprised himself with all the positions that can starring in these adult movies.
So how Maria Ozawa began his debut to be a porn star is well-known that diantero Asia? Here are excerpts of the interview:

-Nervous is not the live shoot?
Well, I'm really nervous. I go to bed early the night before and wake up early and is still nervous before I left the house.

-So how's the shooting?
I am not able to face my main opponent. I want everything to be over. Anyway, I was really nervous.

-If part of his sex scenes?
Since this is my first movie, so rich is not no special deh. But definitely, I just know it starred various positions, quite difficult yes. I till do not know anymore what position I do. I know about the "48 sex position", but these positions do not much practiced.

-Lho but not when you know the "48 sex position" is a good sign right?
Hahahaha ... I just bought a calendar with a picture of the position, which of course I see every day throughout the year. But I just read it, not the practice lho.

-So what is in your mind after completing your first movie?
Hmm ... howww? I think there is still much to do. I have to give the best effort when making the next movie.

-Okay .... Now on a more personal thing yes. When are you a sexual experience first?
When I was 13 years old, so eighth grade is.

-Well, not too fast ?
Hell yes, it quickly. Everyone says I'm too fast, but I do not feel in a hurry kok. Hehehe ...

Surely older boyfriend huh?
Yeah, my girlfriend of three high school classes.

-Oh .... What was your first experience running okay?
Ihh ... pain, until like crying ...

-So what you do not want to do after that?
After that first, it seemed like I no longer want to do it. But after three times before, I got used to it and was fine after that.

-After that, how many men who have sex with you?
Six people .. Four of them boyfriend and girlfriend rather than the other two.

-Two people are not a girlfriend?
Yes, they are men who want me dating but in fact, impossible to live a relationship with me.

-What is the craziest sexual experience you?
My girlfriend had been treated in hospital for a broken bone, then I see him and we had sex there.

-Well, your boyfriend must be stressed because they can not move the broken limb is not it?
No tuh, he just really excited. Hahahaha ...

Maria Ozawa Miyabi is a new phenomenon in the world of pornographic film industry in Asia after the end of an era Carera Asia in the 90's because of AIDS. The young girl was aged 21 years with an instant get rich while still living in the apartment he rented for 16 million rupiah per month.

With such an expensive lease and then how much salary he gets a month? Do not be surprised if Miyabi with done during this profession today can gain 8000 USD dollars per month (about 75 million rupiah). Living in luxury apartment is more like a mansion complete with all furniture, all well, he preferred to live alone after being driven from their homes and shunned his friends.
Initially Miyabi lives with his parents fine, until one when his parents saw Miyabi appear naked in a Japanese pornographic magazines. Instantly explode was furious after seeing his parents' small Miyabi innocent teenage doing inappropriate things done his age.

Nevertheless Miyabi still running his profession, than just nude photos continued to film. Miyabi back mess while carrying 20 adult movies he was starring into the house and he pointed to his parents. Since then her parents did not want to see and acknowledge it as a child again.

Even close friends who once familiar with it one by one began to leave. They are allergic to the brand made friends with a porn star, really sad. But as a young woman who has big ambitions, this situation does not make him break the charcoal to continue his profession, for the money she still survive and consistent!

Solitary life makes him a good cook. How can not people like him always avoid buying food in public places if you do not want fans or verbally attacked those bitter toward his profession. Besides love cooking, also the most Hooked Miyabi watch pornographic films that she starred himself. All existing video collection on the TV cabinet is a porn movie. As a porn star top she also needs to learn many important positions of the stars of other porn movies.

Despite many offers to move out flows of Japan (the U.S. and Europe) and playing with the northern men, Miyabi still did not want and still choose to live in Japan and chose to play the couple of local men. The reason is quite reasonable, too. According to "furniture" Japanese men are smaller and durable in the exciting scene compared to Caucasians who thinks he has a "furniture" bigger and painful.

Often in doing a scene in a movie, Miyabi was crying and it really looks natural. Why he was not enjoying and really sick. Miyabi also threatened to withdraw from the AV (PH Anime Porn) if he is forced to do a scene or a position that he did not like. Even before her boyfriends (4 people - before it all decided) when he was with her and wanted to watch a movie that he starred, Miyabi always never allow.

But whatever and as much as famous as any money she made from her job at the moment, figure Miyabi is also a normal human being who also missed a parent, friend, friends, and his desire to marry as many women. If at this moment she had sex for the business one day he missed a man who wanted to marry her.


Lagi, Dedemit Maya Hajar Puluhan Situs Malaysia

Serangan cyber bertubi-tubi kembali dilancarkan pada situs Malaysia. Kali ini, sekitar 25 situs menjadi korban serangan para dedemit maya yang menyatakan diri berasal dari Indonesia.


Serangan ini lagi-lagi dilatarbelakangi ulah Malaysia yang sering seenaknya mencaplok kebudayaan asli Indonesia. Sedangkan situs Malaysia yang kena hack beragam jenisnya, seperti gamemoneys.com, malaysia-securitysystem.com, www.tengchangyeow.com dan puluhan lainnya.

Pengamatan detikINET, halaman situs yang diserang menampilkan pesan dari para pelaku serangan. Pada intinya, mereka memprotes kelakuan Malaysia yang seakan tidak kapok mengklaim hasil budaya Indonesia.

"Notice : JANGAN PERNAH MENGIRA KAMI AKAN DIAM KEBUDAYAAN KAMI MUTLAK WARISAN DARI LELUHUR KAMI BUKAN WARISAN YG DITURUNKAN UNTUK NEGARA MALING SEPERTIMU" demikian tertera dalam halaman situs yang jadi korban.

Tidak diketahui persis siapa sebenarnya yang jadi pelaku serangan ini. Hanya saja, mereka mengklaim sebagai grup dedemit maya bernama Indonesian Defacer, Minang H4xor Crew, Serverisdown Team dan Indonesian Coder.

Pada serangan sebelumnya, nyaris 100 situs Malaysia juga ditumbangkan. Pemicu serangan pun sama, yakni bahwa Malaysia sering mencuri hasil budaya Indonesia.

sumber : Fino Yurio Kristo - detikinet


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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

New iPod Nano 5G (Fifth Generation) with Integrated Video Camera, Mic and Speaker

Apple has launched its new and fifth generation iPod nano to the market which features a gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure. The new iPod Nano 5G, aslo known as iPod nano fifth generation has got a new built-in video camera for video recording, microphone with speaker to record or hear voices loudly. Built-in camera can record H.264 VGA videos with 640 x 480 pixels resolution and at a speed up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio.
“iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player with over 100 million sold. And now we’ve added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user.”, said Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple.

iPod Nano Camera

iPod Nano Key Features & Specifications

  1. 2.2-inch TFT display with 240 x 376 pixels resolution
  2. 15 real-time special effects while recording videos such as Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twir
  3. Integrated FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging
  4. Genius Mixes to automatically mix songs from iTunes library
  5. VoiceOver speaks the names of songs and artists
  6. Built-in pedometer helps in keeping tracks of your health
  7. Rechargeable lithium-ion battery supports up to 24 hours of music playback or 5 hours of video playback
  8. Available in 9 different colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink
  9. Dimensions : 3.6 (H) x 1.5 (W) x 0.24 (D) inches ; Weights : 1.28 ounces
  10. Available with two memory capacities – 8GB and 16GB
iPod nano has been launched to market and you can pocket one for $149 and $179, depending on the memory capacity limits.

New iPod Touch (3rd Generation) With “iPhone 3GS Performance”

Apple has finally released the new iPod touch (3rd generation), which is said to be the best pocket computer yet to surf internet, send emails, manage calendars, organize contacts etc. iPod Touch 3G features a 3.5″ widescreen glass display, Multi-Touch user interface, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, advanced Safari browser and Maps location based service with support for many popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
The new iPod Touch will be available in two different storage capacities – 32GB and 64GB. This newer version will be 50% more faster than any other normal versions and comes with original Apple earphones with Remote and Mic. Apple’s iPod Touch (3rd generation) will support better graphics quality with Open GL ES 2.0 – just like iPhone 3GS.
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iPod Touch 3rd Generation
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, Apple, says : “At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch. You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry’s best mobile web browser and a great game player, all in this super-thin beautiful enclosure.”

iPod Touch (Third Generation) Specifications:

  1. Wide 3.5-inch Multi-Touch screen with 480 x 320 pixel resolution
  2. Use voice commands to control music playback
  3. Record any audio using Voice Memo feature
  4. Latest iPhone 3.1 software which supports cut, copy and paste, Spotlight Search to search across iPod touch or within Mail, Contacts, Calendar and iPod, landscape keyboard for Mail, Notes and Safari, remote lock for MobileMe and anti-phishing features
  5. Powerful Genius Mixes to search similar songs automatically from iTunes library
  6. Genius Playlists to find other songs on your iPod touch that sound great with the one you were listening to
  7. Built-in accelerometer and loud speaker
  8. Shake to Shuffle and Cover Flow
  9. Built-in support for Nike + iPod
  10. Integrated Safari browser to access websites
  11. Customized Home screens to make iPod look attractive
  12. Up to 30 hours of music playback or 6 hours of video playback
  13. Dimensions : 4.3 (H) x 2.4 (W) x 0.33 (D) inches and weights 4.05 ounces
The new iPod Touch 3rd generation will be available in three different memory sizes – 8GB, 32GB and 64GB for a price of $199, $299, $399 respectively.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Printing and Kind

Printing

Printing is an industrial process for writing and drawing pemproduksikan mass, using ink on paper using a printing press. The printing press is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing. The printing press used to make many identical copies of pages. Now used to print books and newspapers. Now everything can be done automatically. When the printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg, he must put the letters together. Each letter in the metal block in a frame. Then he can move the paper and ink on it, much like a stamp. Letters that would leave some ink on paper.

Today many books and newspapers printed using offset printing techniques. Usually the image to be printed prior to the above described offset plate with the help of a laser printer and then the plates will be processed into a pattern of printing to be imposed penintaan onto print paper. The colors can be obtained by attributing some of the color pattern offset from each plate well.

Another common printing techniques including relief printing, screen printing, rotogravure, and digital-based printing such as needle ribbon, inkjet, and laser.

Also known poly printing techniques for the giving the impression of gold and silver to the surface and emboss print to give the impression to the paper stand out.
History

Chances are the first printing press was invented to facilitate the duplication of the gospel. If previously written by hand in the scriptoria room, then since the time humans began to think renaisansce to accelerate this process through mass production.

Printing techniques known first start of the City of Mainz, Germany in 1440 which is the handicraft center at the time the coin. Method was first printed by Johannes Gutenberg introduced the inspiration digesekkan coin with charcoal on paper.

Coin Relief raises the idea to create a surface with varying height. This is known as a high print. High print is the name for the technique of printing in graphic arts, including wood cukil techniques, where the plate / board that will print color is the original surface; part colorless dicukil.Dan is a regular part can also be called a relief print

In contrast to this technique is intaglio printing techniques, like those found in the engraving or etching.

Offset printing

Offset printing is a printing technique that is widely used, in which the inked image on the transfer / offset from the first plate to the rubber sheet, then to the surface to be printed. When combined with a lithograph process, which is based on the nature of water and oil do not mix, then the offset technique uses an image loader flat (planographic) where the image will be printed to take ink from ink rollers (ink rollers), while areas that are not printed attracting water, causing the area to no ink-free printing.
Prints / Print Filter

Prints / Print strain is one of the techniques of the printing process using screens (screen) with a particular fiber density. This screen is then given a pattern from the negative design made earlier. This cloth is stretched tightly in order to produce the printout screen and flat. Having given fotoresis and lit, will form the parts that can be passed and not ink.

The process of execution is by pouring ink on the screen and then washed using a palette made of rubber. One screen is used for one color.

Rotogravure

Rotogravure is a printing technology in the world. Rotogravure alone in the world of print graphics means. Or in layman language is the printing technology used to print media made of a flexible material (eg; various types of plastic, aluminum and paper and PVC). Materials to be printed is in the form of rollers or rolls. Results from the rotogravure printing is not directly can be enjoyed by consumers, but must go through several stages, as follows (eg manufacture of snack packs of children);

    1. Plastic laminated printout by placing first in print rollers to laminate machine, then the plastic rollers are coated with adhesive and attached to other media in the form of "metalize" (a mixture of plastic material coated with aluminum).
    2. Results that have been laminated rolls and then dried (in the "aging") first.
    3. Rollers that have been dried and then taken to the machine "slitter", to cut long, wide rolls into a certain size in accordance with orders from the snack manufacturer.

The above process only a brief description, behind it is still a lot of technology used in the world to produce a rotogravure packaging. Starting from design, making cylindrical tubes of iron, copper coating, making the picture above has a metal cylinder covered with copper, chrome coating, printing, inspection, lamination, slitting (cutting), making bags (if that orders sent form pockets) and many longer process therein.

Because in the process changing the form of raw material into a material, usually this process is called process of "converting" or in other words is "converting industry"

As for some everyday examples of converting the result is, as follows: 1. 2 packs of instant noodle. Packaging of drugs (other than the capsule and syrup and eye drops) 3. 4 snack packs. Water bottle label bottled mineral water and isotonic (called shrink label) 5. Close mineral water drinks, etc. (cup lid) 6. And the like.

Digital Printing

Digital printing is all reproductive technologies that receive electronic data and use the point (dot) for replication. All the printing press that utilizes the computer as a source of data and the print process is using the principle of the point; where the picture or image in materials (paper, plastics, textiles, etc.) are composed of a collection of points.

Definition printer, copier, press
Based on the print engine existing applications, the digital print classified roughly 3;
(1) printer - such as a printer for the Personal Computer (PC)
(2) copier - such as copiers equipped with a scanner
(3) press - such as offset printing machines.

Printer is all the technology, which makes printing pictures or images on paper drawn from the data / computer files; produce the first derivative of the print or original printing in which each mold can be unique or changed. This feature provides the ability personalized printed materials. All documents can be an individual. Ink technology can be used inkjet, wax-transfer and toner.

Copier or a copier, scanner tool is characterized by; produce a second derivative mold. Copiers can reproduce the first derivative of the mold. Common ink toner used is, using technology elektrofotografi.

Press or printing press, characterized by a mechanical system that relies on conducting (carrier) image to replicate or duplicate an image similar to the material (paper) printed repeatedly and continuously. Commonly found in lithografi offset printing equipment, which allows to print the paper size and bulk.

In the development of digital printing applications, from the three groups developing mixtures machine;
1. Printer Press
2. Press Printer
3. Scanner Printer.

Printer Press, often referred to as a printer print (the first derivatives of documents) good high quality black and white or color. Printer engine speed reaches 50 pages per minute or more, which is equipped with a belt to speed up "delivery" and holding a paper with a static electric effect. Replace belt roller which often cause problems for high-speed jamming. This tool enables the printer to make a dynamic image / changed on the photoconductor belt or a drum for every 50 pages printed. Not infrequently this printer device equipped with a bindery and finishing facilities.

Press printer, printing equipment offset press with the process of conducting a direct image above offset machine - without any outside prepress process of printing, the printing device is added to the printer at the end to provide a dynamic / changing. Usually a set of printing these additional printers using inkjet ink technology.

Printer scanner, printer, printing device equipped with a scanner equipment. This printing machine is equipped network-related RIP, raster image processor, allowing to modify the results of the scanning image. This type of information is the first derivative of the document, is different from the copier machine is often confused because both use the scanner equipment.

Reproductive Information
To better understand the concept of digital printing, so there are roughly 2 reproductive groups of information;
1. Static printing
2. Dynamic Printing.

Static Printing, the process of doubling the same information and remain in large numbers. To change the information from one printout to spend effort, cost and a large amount of mold that are not needed. We refer to the traditional print processes such as offset printing machine, where the image carrier is blanket contains the same information and keep for a number of sheets printed.

Dynamic Printing, the process of doubling the information that could change for each sheet printed. We can refer to the copier machine or copier, which can multiply each sheet of paper with different information depending on the information you want copied.

Based on the characteristics and general nature of the dynamic printing above were found on equipment, methods and digital printing technology. Ability to provide dynamic information associated with the use of files and / or the computer itself. Computers are the main pillars of digital printing.

Reproductive Parameter Information
Broadly speaking there are 2 groups of parameters;
- The main parameters and
- Parameters complement to distinguish Static and Dynamic Printing, and at the same time the guidelines in using each type of mold.

The main parameters, parameters that are unique and specific in distinguishing static and dynamic printing, consisting of;
1. Image carrier
2. Variability information
3. Cycle time
4. Number printed
5. Front cost
Further explanation can be seen following paragraphs "Defining Digital Printing".

Complementary parameters, parameters that nature continue to grow and change as possible in which a lack of means and the unique differences between static and dynamic printing, consisting of;
1. Quality printing
2. Type of paper
3. Demy
4. Ink materials
Further explanation in the paragraph "Technology Equipment Digital Printing".

Defining the Digital Printing
By understanding the parameters above we easily see and define the multi-aspect and the name of digital printing. Dynamic printing itself is a red thread of the term digital printing, where the use of computers and computer files is the origin of the development of digital printing.

Technological developments of the main parameters of reproduction of information leading to the development of digital printing aspects, among others;

1. Direct Imaging;
Associated with the process of making "image carrier" (such as pengahantar image plate and blanket)

2. Variable Printing
Associated with variable information

3. On-Demand Printing
Related to the amount of mold, cycle time and cost front

4. Distributed Printing
Related to the technology itself, computer files that can be moved and stored

5. Digital prepress and Workflow
Associated with the technology itself, computer files that can be moved and stored

Impact & Non-Impact Printing
Are factors and non-impact printing has impatc and role in the development of digital printing?. The answer is yes and no, at first all digital printing refers to the non-impact printing wlaupun with direct imaging technology we can do process printing lithografi the impact printing.

However, this term is clearly not a factor that defines digital printing.
Impact Printing, with the ignition ditandadi image carrier with printed materials (paper, plastic).

Digital Printing Equipment Technology
The development of digital printing equipment technology is strongly influenced by the use of ink materials, among others;
Ink, toner, ink jet, etc.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

ABOUT ANEKSASI (annexation) Lands in Minahasa

About aneksasi tanah2 in Minahasa, although the
"Agreement between Minahasa Persekutuan and Oost-Indische Compagnie; then with the Government of the Netherlands."

Former resident A.H. * Swaving write: "... jg rekes by twenty three pemimpin2 in Minahasa, signer first by Major Toundano-Touliang, Gerungan dotu Jacob, I know Benar2 akan" customary "land of birth, and has been for many years held the highest leadership in the area, prohibit the sale of land to the European (foreign).
Next A.H. Swaving write about this, Al: "... The leader has referred to you can see that some friend sejabat menghianati" custom "; if the land in Minahasa vendible in every person without any supervision, then the people and land will be difficult ... ".
If the government responses so rekes top page then I think, in the Minahasa Pemimpin2 had its own atmosphere akan "annexation" I do not tercegah again ...".

C.E. van Kesteren writing ** "The issue ... do first is whether the way to lead the country and whether the fair, to declare in Minahasa tanah2 as state-owned and made pemimpin2 officer?"
"... The official has stated that all land is owned in Minahasa Minahasa people.
Ta can be denied that in Minahasa pemimpin2 of yore is the head-head hand-picked by their own people, and where the government bestow "dignity tanda2", among others, so that when they hold a meeting together, they "greeted with a cannon boom nine times." Reverence so surely will not be given to the officer. "

Alliance agreement between VOC dng Kepala2 Walak from Minahasa, made by Robertus Padtbrugge as VOC in Maluku Governor on 10 Jnauari 1679; dikemudian days in the year 1880, be used as Dutch defense on the reasons for annexation of land Minahasa to bring power into the Government of the Netherlands.
And since year 1881 Staatsblad (Lebaran Country) no.19; Kepala2 Walak be salaried (at that time resident is SCvan Musschenbroek).

They (The Netherlands) said that time (10-01-1679), there is a "covenant" in which Kepala2 Minahasa states:
"... Te willen zijn de trouwe onderdanen en onderzaten van de Oost-Indische Compagnie als steeds hun Heer en meester, als hun soeverein te sullen gehoorzamen en eerbiedigen" (= want to be a loyal subordinate of VOC and always will confess and obey him ).

It is said that "the original document in Dutch" has been given to the Minahasa Pemimpin2 and "no copies", which is stored by the VOC when making kontrak2 that the Dutch language side by side with other languages.
Original contract on the seal (stamp), has fled away.

But if such a right in a written contract dated
10 January 1679, it still can not understand what it means verification "aneksasi" page.
Contracts are the Ceritera / notice them (The Netherlands), while the contract itself can not they unjukkan.

Agreement 10 January 1679 is the first contract, which was then where VOC binding promise in the "alliance" on the date
10 September 1699.
With this contract year in 1699 with the sedirinya contract year 1679, in the case of "it", has BERGUNA NOT AND DO NOT Samasekali more strength.

CONTRACT YEAR 1699, Article IX reads as follows:
"Soo verbind hun Edele Compagnie d'omme de gezamentlijke gemeente van alle de beneden, en Boven agterlandse dorpen als Hare Edelagtbare bondgenoten steeds te sullen erkennen en voor alle geweld en overlast Haar die iemand wie het ook zouden mogen wezen mogten worden aangedaan te sullen beschermen na tijdsgelegenheden en tegen de zoodanige Hare vijanden te sullen adsisteeren ". (top mapun language spelling pengoreksian not be done to prevent "any posts old value" to be missing)

(= With this Compagni binding promise with the people I found in the coastal, mountain and the remote is always in desa2 akan diakuinya as allies and honor above all the violence and the burden I carried out by anyone upon akan dilindunginya, and then when the circumstances allow akan exchange for aid against the enemies).

* Termuat in "Tijdschrift voor Ned. Indie", 5 July 1879; in 's Gravenhage
** Termuat in "Her Vaderland", the year 1879, no 145

"... to provide mutual assistance to combat enemies.")

Update the contract, 10 September 1699, at the top created by the Governor of Maluku, Salomon Le Sage with pewakil-pewakil Minahasa, namely:
Tomohon, Tombariri, Tounsarongsong, Kakaskasen, Tonkimbut-Up (Kawangkoan), Tonkimbut-Down (Sonder-Old), Tompaso, Langowan, Tombasian, Rumo'ong, Kakas, Remboken, Tondano, Tonsèa, Klabat-Top, Tonsawang, pasan, Datahan and Ponosakan. (listed in "Geschienenis vd Minahasa tot 1829", hlm 88 and 93; by Dr.ECGodéé Molsbergen)

And this contract remains valid, and be back by tlh-Maluku Governor, Alexander Cornabé, on the date 05-08-1790, 13-08-1791 and the date and the date on 14-09-1810 on the British Government, and no something happens in which the Government of the Netherlands given the power to abolish!

In the war "successie" (= ascend the throne right turn) on the island of Java, 1825-1830, Government of the Netherlands request assistance in "all allies" in the Dutch-Indies (Indonesia); Any Minahasa is from it.

Government do with the sack and appoint sesukanya Leader-Leader, will not create a "bond of friendship" to income-support troops with them!

The Dutch government still holds the top position of honor tatatertib Leader-Leader in Minahasa.
So strict and I respect their place on "Contracts Persekutuan"
so that when the resident J.C. Bosch, replacement of the resident Bosscher, was reported by one of the leaders of the bumiputra follow tanduknya (JC Bosch) do outrageous head-to head Walak: Government Center-Dutch Country to send a Commissioner to investigate the truth for Manado report.
In fact the news is true, then the Resident concerned declared not advanced / capable / able ... and the sack (gedesavoueerd).

Minahasa people ever be caused to bow to the weapon by the Dutch. Even if the relief has resulted in the occurrence of rebellion do battle between Walak Toundano vs. V.O.C. and with the Government of the Netherlands "Contract Persekutuan" page still dipertahankannya.
As evidence, when the war "successie," I listed above, the Government of the Netherlands to make contracts with all partners-allies in the Dutch East Indies, also made Toundano Tribe also do a similar contract.

For there are nine fruit Minahasa do similar contracts bunyinya, two of them with the tribe Toundano:
1. Toundano-Touliang by the Head Walak Boèng Ratumbuijsang. As Head of forces ditunjuknya Alexander Wuijsang (seusainya War Toundano-to-3 Alexander Wuijsang incoming Dutch military duty infantry unit in the rank of Lieutenant-Two.
His father is Gerit Wuijsang, thn in 1808, head of the country "Atep").
2. Toundano-Toulimambot by the Head of Janus Walak Abraham Dotulong. As Head ditunjuknya forces Johannis Sangare .-


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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

@ Symbol On Email

The presence of e-mail or electronic mail facilitate our work, especially to send files quickly. In an e-mail address, we use the @ symbol or frequently read at. But, you know origin of the symbol of the simple but important that?

In the year 1972, an engineer named Ray Tomlison withdrawn successfully send the first e-mail between two machines. That time he chose the @ symbol. The reason was simple, because according to him the symbol of the sizable helping for a similar letter to the address or the address of the owner institution e-mail that dituju. From where the symbol @ is used to hold now.




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To be in the Bing terindex Search Engine

know is definitely on the latest Search Engine besutan from Microsoft that are named with Bing.com. Bing is I know so far is the result of the collaboration of 2 very large companies between Microsoft and Yahoo. Of course bing potential competitors terberat into Google, so do not close the possibility bing may become our main search engine later. Ah, but let siapun that the winner does not become too important, that's clear, at this time we as bloggers are trying how we are positioned Blog on top of all search engine hehehe yah at least terindex just enough:)




How to Submit the URL to Bing

To have a blog terindex in the bing is very easy, we only go to this address only http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx, Please enter it directly addresses the verification code and blog.


How Authentikasi Meta tags and Submit URL in Bing
To further improve the spider can bing aga mengcrawl and Meta Tags mengindexs your blog. Please visit directly Bing Webmaster http://www.bing.com/webmaster, to be able to do some settings you must be registered in the first Bing.com

Web Address: blog entries name (example: www.chalaid.blogspot.com)

Sitemap address: www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=www.chalaid.blogspot.com/atom.xml (I'm still not clear to the sitemap atom.xml also work well what does not)

Meta tags authentication -> input authentication code in the html page blog to each of us, this code is usually placed under the code

<HEAD>



According sepengatahuan my previous blogs that have been in the MSN Search terindex also potentially terindex in Bing.com so please check with the course directly enter the URL of the blog.


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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Prepare OS Come , Google Chrome evolved

It appears that the Google actually prepare the return of their new operating system, which comes later in 2010. Section of their conduct 'evolution' in Google Chrome.

Update Google Chrome Google Chrome 3.0.191.3 which has been present. Some of the error system browser on Linux or Mac have also been improved.

"The standout of this version are: GIF that has been fixed, change the extension, and the ability to do printing in Windows that has also been improved. In addition, there is still Tab page later, using the command line switch." Jonathan said Conradt, engineering program manager, Google Chrome.

Conradt also add, on Linux now mensuport IME for non-roman script languages. Some improvements have also been done at the proxy server. The command "Save As", which can not be used, apply now for the Mac.

When 'evolution' in this Chrome, Google acknowledged that this browser is developed for their new operating system, which will attend later in 2010.

DetikINET as quoted from Softpedia, Thursday (09/07/2009) has some errors that had occurred in the first Linux and Mac has been fixed. For example in the use of Google Doc on the Mac, the command + S to save the document can be made. On Linux, the bookmarks on the menu bar when opening the first bookmark manager, has also been active.

If interested please download Google Chrome version 3.0.191.3 below.

Cyber Threats The violent, Not Quite Free Antivirus More

During the year 2008, Symantec to create more than 1.6 million signatures to detect malware. This amount is equal to about 60 percent of all signatures that have been made Symantec.



Figures that show how many malware threats that scattered in the cyber world. Thanks to the signature, the threat of more 245 million behasil solved by Symantec during the 2008.

Malware is not only growing rapidly, the cyber threat is more focused more and more visible. Some 90 percent of all the threats that Symantec is on the period of research is the effort to steal sensitive data.

Cyber criminals meraup speculate at this time to create and distribute a specific threat made to steal sensitive information, especially bank accounts and credit cards. At the time the world economy suffering, economic security is still prosperous.

Antivirus gratisan Not Enough More

Computer users need a comprehensive protection against a threat that is increasingly violent. Not only protect against viruses and spyware, but is able to avoid the attack happened before.

Antivirus is not quite enough anymore. Users need two-way firewall, encryption and password update routine. Of course, a healthy practice berinternet and technical capabilities also will affect the user.

Solutions such as the freeware one point is no longer enough to protect users. This ibaratnya close the door before the house and hope people do not have the entry.

A complete solution that is able to lock the door, all doors in the house, and also the window. Even have a movement sensor so that it is able to detect the threat that came from. All data, images, documents, music, and the other is in the system will be guaranteed safety.

The advantages of a subscription-based security is the user will have a product that is easy to use and set that includes all the necessary protection. And part of it is subscription support directly from the vendor, one thing that can not be offered a free program.

Programs often provide free anti-virus protection air-air, sometimes even a scan and update should be done manually. Moreover, the solution is usually only free and not rely on signature analysis heuristik, does not include password management, prelindungan phishing, firewall, Intrusion prevention and the protection of your browser.

Symantec has a solution all-in-one called Norton 360, which will protect your PC and online activities of all users. The latest version of the Norton 360 security and increased performance.

Thus, Norton 360 can provide protection on the PC in order to keep your PC running well, and ensure backups. Norton 360 also extend protection to the service rating Norton Safe Web site.

Internet Healthy

Currently, Symantec saw the message about the need for the delivery of security threat to children. As one of the industry leaders, Symantec has been pouring a lot of resources to develop tools that can help users to use the internet safely.

Starting from the users directly, through discussion dn seminars, to develop and provide resources terdedikasi to face threats to the individuals, families, children and adolescents.

Some of the initiatives that we do include:

* OnlineFamily.Norton. Symantec has introduced OnlineFamily.Norton (http://onlinefamiliy.norton.com). This is an online service that is easy to use that help parents to know what is needed when children are online, including tips and guidelines protection of children from content that is dangerous and indefensible. This service is free until 1 January 2010.
* Norton 360 CSI. Has not been this long, we also launched CSI Norton 360, a free online tools that can check the level of security and protection of the PC family. Reports indicate that dihasilkannya akan region which is a problem in the use of the internet home and gives tips and advice to make the online environment more secure.

Author, Effendy Ibrahim, Norton is the Business Lead for Asia South.


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Friday, July 31, 2009

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and others, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the changes to occur in Ireland during her lifetime.




Lady Gregory is mainly remembered for her work behind the Irish Literary Revival. Her home at Coole Park, County Galway, served as an important meeting place for leading Revival figures, and her early work as a member of the board of the Abbey was at least as important for the theatre's development as her creative writings. Lady Gregory's motto was taken from Aristotle: "To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people."[1]
Contents

* 1 Early life and marriage
* 2 Early writings
* 3 Cultural nationalism
* 4 Founding of the Abbey
* 5 Later career
* 6 Retirement and death
* 7 Notes
* 8 Sources
* 9 Further reading
* 10 External links

Early life and marriage

Lady Gregory was born the youngest daughter of the Anglo-Irish landlord family Persse in Roxborough, County Galway. Her mother, Frances Barry, was related to Standish Hayes O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, and her family home, Roxborough, was a 6,000-acre (24 km²) estate, the big house of which was later burnt down during the Irish Civil War.[2] She was educated at home, and her future career was strongly influenced by the family nurse (i.e. nanny), Mary Sheridan, a Catholic and a native Irish speaker, who introduced the young Isabella Augusta Persse to the history and legends of the local area.

She married Sir William Henry Gregory, a widower with an estate at Coole Park, near Gort, County Galway, on 4 March 1880,[3] at a Protestant church in Dublin. As the wife of a knight, she became entitled to be called "Lady Gregory." Sir William, who was 35 years older than his bride, had just retired from his position of Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), having previously served several terms as Member of Parliament for Galway County. He was a well-educated man with many literary and artistic interests, and the house at Coole Park housed a large library and extensive art collection, both of which his bride was eager to explore. He also had a house in London, and the couple spent a considerable amount of time there holding a weekly salon which was frequented by many of the leading literary and artistic figures of the day, including Robert Browning, Lord Tennyson, John Everett Millais and Henry James. Their only child, Robert Gregory, was born in 1881. He was killed while serving as a pilot during the First World War, an event that inspired Yeats's poems "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" and "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory".[4][5]

Early writings

The Gregorys travelled in Ceylon, India, Spain, Italy and Egypt. While in Egypt, Lady Gregory had an affair with the English poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt,[6] during which she wrote a series of love poems, A Woman's Sonnets. Blunt later published these poems under his own name.

Her earliest work to appear under her own name was Arabi and His Household (1882), a pamphlet—originally a letter to The Times newspaper—in support of Ahmed Orabi Pasha, leader of what has come to be known as the Urabi Revolt—an 1879 Egyptian nationalist revolt against the oppressive regime of the Khedive and European domination of Egypt. She later said of this booklet, "whatever political indignation or energy was born with me may have run its course in that Egyptian year and worn itself out".[7] Despite this, in 1893 she published A Phantom’s Pilgrimage, or Home Ruin, an anti-Nationalist pamphlet against William Gladstone's proposed second Home Rule Act. She performed charitable work in the parish of St. Stephen’s, Southwark, London, and wrote a pamphlet, Over the River (1887) about her experiences there.

Lady Gregory continued to write prose during the period of her marriage. During the winter of 1883, while her husband was in Ceylon, she worked on a series of memoirs of her childhood home with a view to publishing them under the title An Emigrant's Notebook,[8] but this plan was abandoned. She also wrote a number of short stories in the years 1890 and 1891, although these also never appeared in print. A number of unpublished poems from this period have also survived. When Sir William Gregory died in March 1892, Lady Gregory went into mourning and returned to Coole Park where she edited her husband's autobiography, which she published in 1894.[9] She was to write later "If I had not married I should not have learned the quick enrichment of sentences that one gets in conversation; had I not been widowed I should not have found the detachment of mind, the leisure for observation necessary to give insight into character, to express and interpret it. Loneliness made me rich – 'full', as Bacon says."[3]

Cultural nationalism

A trip to Inisheer in the Aran Islands in 1893 reawoke an interest in the Irish language[10] and in the folklore of the area in which she lived. She organised Irish lessons at the school at Coole and began collecting tales from the area around her home, especially from the residents of Gort workhouse. This activity led to the publication of a number of volumes of folk material, including A Book of Saints and Wonders (1906), The Kiltartan History Book (1909), and The Kiltartan Wonder Book (1910). She also produced a number of collections of "Kiltartanese" versions of Irish myths, including Cuchulain of Muirthemne (1902) and Gods and Fighting Men (1904). ("Kiltartanese" is Lady Gregory's term for English with Gaelic syntax, based on the dialect spoken in Kiltartan.) In his introduction to the former, Yeats wrote "I think this book is the best that has come out of Ireland in my time."[11] James Joyce was to parody this claim in the Scylla and Charybdis chapter of his novel Ulysses.[12] Flann O'Brien would also parody the book in his At Swim-Two-Birds with his overly literal versions of the myths of the Fenian cycle.

Towards the end of 1894, encouraged by the positive reception of the editing of her husband's autobiography, Lady Gregory turned her attention to another editorial project. She decided to prepare selections from Sir William Gregory's grandfather's correspondence for publication as Mr Gregory’s Letter-Box 1813–30 (1898). This entailed researching Irish history of the period, and one outcome of this work was a shift in her own position from the 'soft' Unionism of her earlier writing on Home Rule to a definite support of Irish nationalism and Republicanism and what she was later to describe as "a dislike and distrust of England".[13]

Founding of the Abbey
A poster for the opening run at the Abbey Theatre from 27 December 1904, to 3 January 1905.

Edward Martyn was a neighbour of Lady Gregory, and it was during a visit to his Tullira Castle that she first met W. B. Yeats.[14] Discussions between the three of them over the following year or so led to the founding of the Irish Literary Theatre in 1899.[15] Lady Gregory undertook fundraising, and the first programme consisted of Martyn’s The Heather Field and Yeats's The Countess Cathleen. During this period, she effectively co-authored Yeats's early plays, including The Countess Cathleen, specifically working on the passages of dialogue involving peasant characters.

The Irish Literary Theatre project lasted until 1901,[16] when it collapsed due to lack of funding. In 1904, Lady Gregory, Martyn, Yeats, John Millington Synge, Æ, Annie Horniman and William and Frank Fay came together to form the Irish National Theatre Society. The first performances staged by the society took place in a building called the Molesworth Hall. When the Hibernian Theatre of Varieties in Lower Abbey Street and an adjacent building in Marlborough Street became available, Horniman and William Fay agreed to their purchase and refitting to meet the needs of the society.

On 11 May 1904, the society formally accepted Horniman's offer of the use of the building. As Horniman was not normally resident in Ireland, the Royal Letters Patent required were paid for by her but granted in the name of Lady Gregory.[3] One of her own plays, Spreading the News was performed on the opening night, 27 December 1904.[17] At the opening of Synge's The Playboy of the Western World in January 1907, a significant portion of the crowd rioted, causing the remainder of the performances to be acted out in dumbshow.[18] Lady Gregory did not think as highly of the play as Yeats did, but she defended Synge as a matter of principle. Her view of the affair is summed up in a letter to Yeats where she wrote of the riots; "It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't."[19]

Later career
The cover of Lady Gregory's 1905 play The White Cockade

Lady Gregory remained an active director of the theatre until ill health led to her retirement in 1928. During this time she wrote more than 19 plays, mainly for production at the Abbey.[10] Many of these were written in an attempted transliteration of the Hiberno-English dialect spoken around Coole Park that became widely known as Kiltartanese, from the nearby village of Kiltartan. Her plays, which are rarely performed now, had been among the most successful plays at the Abbey in the earlier years,[20] but their popularity declined. Indeed, the Irish writer Oliver St John Gogarty once wrote "the perpetual presentation of her plays nearly ruined the Abbey".[21] In addition to her plays, she wrote a two volume study of the folklore of her native area called Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland in 1920. She also played the lead role in three performances of Cathleen Ni Houlihan in 1919.

During her time on the board of the Abbey, Coole Park remained her home and she spent her time in Dublin staying in a number of hotels. In these, she ate frugally, often on food she brought with her from home. She frequently used her hotel rooms to interview would-be Abbey dramatists and to entertain the company after opening nights of new plays. She spent many of her days working on her translations in the National Library of Ireland. She gained a reputation as being a somewhat conservative figure.[22] For instance, when Denis Johnston submitted his first play Shadowdance to the Abbey, it was rejected by Lady Gregory and returned to the author with "The Old Lady says No" written on the title page.[23] Johnson decided to rename the play, and The Old Lady Says 'No' was eventually staged by the Gate Theatre in 1928.

Retirement and death
Lady Gregory in later life

When she retired from the Abbey board, Lady Gregory returned to live in Galway, although she continued to visit Dublin regularly. The house and demesne at Coole Park had been sold to the Irish Forestry Commission in 1927, with Lady Gregory retaining life tenancy.[24] Her Galway home had long been a focal point for the writers associated with the Irish Literary Revival and this continued after her retirement. On a tree in what were the grounds of the now demolished house, one can still see the carved initials of Synge, Æ, Yeats and his artist brother Jack, George Moore, Sean O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Katharine Tynan and Violet Martin. Yeats wrote five poems about or set in the house and grounds: "The Wild Swans at Coole", "I walked among the seven woods of Coole", "In the Seven Woods", "Coole Park, 1929" and "Coole Park and Ballylee, 1931".

The woman Shaw once described as "the greatest living Irishwoman"[25] died at home at the age of 80 from breast cancer,[9] and is buried in the New Cemetery in Bohermore, County Galway. The entire contents of Coole Park were auctioned three months after her death and the house demolished in 1941.[26]

Lady Gregory's plays fell out of favour after her death and are now rarely performed. She kept diaries and journals for most of her adult life, and many of these have been published since her death. They are a rich source of information on Irish literary history for the first three decades of the 20th century and her diaries covering the period of the founding of the Abbey are the only extant contemporary record of these events written by a major participant.

Make Money from Home through Blogging

Just like all other things, even journals and diaries have evolved into something that can already be accessed online through the internet. Who would have thought that this kind of a personal thing can now be used to make money from home?


Blogging or online journals have become very popular as early as the late 90’s when people started having websites where they post things about themselves. Blogspot is one of the pioneers in providing online journal sites. This site gives a free username that can be used as their blog name and from there a blogger can tweak the way his site looks to make it more interesting.

With the growing trend of people wanting to work and make money from home, these blogging sites have found and devised ways to make their blogs profitable and make it into a full-time business. Most stay-at-home mothers nowadays create and use their blogs to write posts or entries that are being paid by advertisers who utilize sites such as PayU2Blog and PayPerPost to market their products. The availability of assignments (as these paid blogging topics are called) is based on the page rank of the blog. The higher the page rank of a blog is according to their Google rank, the higher the price these assignments are paid. There are even posts that can make you earn more than $100 if your site has high traffic and has a very high page rank.

A number of stay-at-home mothers have now realized the potential income they can actually gain from blogging. Aside from the fact that they can readily interact with people who share the same interests as they have, every click of an ad on their site and every hit their blog entries have is a way for them to make money from home. There are a lot of sites that they can sign up with that can help achieve their goal of reaching a higher page rank and more hits to generate more income. This possibility makes them a step closer toward their goal of achieving financial success in the comfort of their own homes.

Although most blogs generally speak of daily life’s happenings (as it is true in people who write on their diaries on a daily basis), one may need to write about a certain expertise or subject matter in order to make money from home more effectively. If you signed up for an ad placement service on your blog like Google AdSense, what it does is to place ads that are specific to your blog’s topics so you can target a more specific market. It is important for a blogger to have a specific target market when blogging for profit because this will drive accurate and targeted traffic to your site, attracting only those who are looking for serious business and not just the fly-by-night ones.

Blogging can be fun and profitable at the same time. It does not only enhance and improve your writing skills but will also introduce you to people who have the same interests and goals as you have. There are so many individuals out there looking for opportunities and this is a good way of meeting those who need your guidance in starting a business that will enable them to make money from home and be truly happy about it.

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 (officially called 2007 Microsoft Office system) is the most recent Windows version of the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft's productivity suite. Formerly known as Office 12 in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license customers on November 30, 2006[1] and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007. These are, respectively, the same dates Windows Vista was released to volume licensing and retail customers. Office 2007 contains a number of new features, the most notable of which is the entirely new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface[2] (initially referred to as the Ribbon User Interface), replacing the menus and toolbars – which have been the cornerstone of Office since its inception – with a tabbed toolbar, known as the Ribbon. Office 2007 requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or higher, or Windows Vista.[3]


The 'Ribbon User Interface' is a task-orientated Graphical User Interface (GUI). It features a central menu button, widely known as the 'Office Button'. The Ribbon Interface has been introduced into Microsoft Office 2010.

Office 2007 also includes new applications and server-side tools. Chief among these is Groove, a collaboration and communication suite for smaller businesses, which was originally developed by Groove Networks before being acquired by Microsoft in 2005. Also included is Office SharePoint Server 2007, a major revision to the server platform for Office applications, which supports "Excel Services", a client-server architecture for supporting Excel workbooks that are shared in real time between multiple machines, and are also viewable and editable through a web page.

Microsoft FrontPage has been removed from the Office suite entirely. It has been replaced by Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, which is aimed towards development of SharePoint portals. Its designer-oriented counterpart Microsoft Expression Web is targeted for general web development. However, neither application is included in any of the Office suites.

Speech recognition and handwriting recognition are now part of Windows Vista. Speech and ink components have been removed from Office 2007.[4][5] Handwriting and speech recognition work with Office 2007 only on Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. However, XP users can use an earlier version of Office to use speech recognition.[6]

Contents

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[edit] Development

The first beta of Microsoft Office 2007, referred to as Beta-1 in emails sent to a limited number of testers, was released on November 16, 2005. The Beta-1 Technical Refresh was released to testers on March 13, 2006. The Technical Refresh fixed issues in installing with Windows Vista build 5308. Office 2007 Beta 2 was announced by Bill Gates at WinHEC 2006, and was initially released to the public at no cost from Microsoft's web site. However, because of an unprecedented number of downloads, a fee of $1.50 was introduced for each product downloaded after August 2, 2006. The beta was updated on September 14, 2006 in Beta 2 Technical Refresh (Beta2TR). It included an updated user interface, better accessibility support, improvements in the robustness of the platform, and greater functionality. The beta versions continued to function in a reduced functionality mode after February 1, 2007. If users downloaded the Technical Refresh to update Beta 2, then users could use its full functionality until March 31, 2007 for client products and May 15, 2007 for server products. The Beta program ended on November 8, 2006, when Microsoft declared the product "Released to Manufacturing" (RTM) and started manufacturing the final product. After RTM, the availability of the beta download ended. Office 2007 was released to volume licensing customers on November 30, 2006, and to the general public on January 30, 2007.

Service Pack 1

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 was released on December 11, 2007. Microsoft published a list of changes.[7] Official documentation claims that SP1 is not simply a rollup of publicly released patches, but that it also contains fixes for 455 total issues throughout the entire Office suite.[8]

Service Pack 2

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released on 28th April 2009.[9] Service Pack 2 is inclusive of Office 2007 Service Pack 1. It added improved support of ODF, XPS and PDF standards as well as a large number of bug fixes.[10][11]

Editions

The 2007 Microsoft Office system is distributed in eight editions (feature comparison):

Microsoft Office 2007 System Editions
Edition License availability License model[12]
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Retail / Limited edition student license[13] One main device and one additional portable device
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Volume license only Dependent upon Volume Licensing program
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 Volume license only Dependent upon Volume Licensing program
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Retail One main device and one additional portable device
OEM One device only
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 Retail One main device and one additional portable device
OEM One device only
Volume license Dependent upon Volume Licensing program
Microsoft Office Standard 2007 Retail One main device and one additional portable device
Volume license Dependent upon Volume Licensing program
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Retail Three devices in one household; for non-commercial use only
OEM One device only; for non-commercial use only
Microsoft Office Basic 2007 OEM only One device

Eligible employees of companies with Volume License agreements for Office can obtain copies for use on a home computer.[14]

Components of each edition
Component Basic Home and Student Standard Small Business Professional Ultimate Professional Plus Enterprise
Word Processor Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word
Spreadsheet Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel
Presentations
PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint
Calendar and E-mail Outlook
Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook
Accountancy


Accounting Express (Only in English US version) Accounting Express (Only in English US version) Accounting Express (Only in English US version)

Desktop Publishing


Publisher Publisher Publisher Publisher Publisher
Database



Access Access Access Access
Form creation




InfoPath InfoPath InfoPath
Collaboration




Groove
Groove
Note-taking
OneNote


OneNote
OneNote
IM / VoIP / Videoconferencing





Communicator Communicator

Notes:

  1. Additional tools include enterprise content management, electronic forms, and Information Rights Management capabilities
  2. As noted on the packaging, below the comparison grid on the back, the OEM and Retail Home and Student 2007 edition is not licensed for commercial, non-profit, or any revenue-generating use. This is displayed in the actual programs themselves with a line of text after the program name.
Non-commercial banner in Microsoft Word 2007

"Blue Edition"

In mid-2007, a cracking group released an "Office 2007 Enterprise Blue Edition", which has since circulated on the internet. The group claims it to be an edition available only to original equipment manufacturers. The package contains all component software except Accounting Express and Communicator. The "Blue Edition" contains no EULA, and does not require a product key or activation. In fact, this "Blue Edition" is simply a copy of Enterprise Edition that has been slipstreamed with a product key, and the EULA bypassed. In December 2008 Microsoft warned that this was not a genuine product and initiated lawsuits against a number of individuals who allegedly distributed copies online.[citation needed]

This edition does a complete install of all Office 2007 Enterprise main programs, giving the user no option to do a custom install or select only certain programs to be installed except by running the setup program again and selecting additional functions.

New features

User interface

The new user interface (UI), officially known as Fluent User Interface,[15][16] has been implemented in the core Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and in the item inspector used to create or edit individual items in Outlook. These applications have been selected for the UI overhaul because they center around document authoring.[17] The rest of the applications in the suite will also be upgraded to the new UI in subsequent versions.[18] The default font used in this edition is Calibri. Original prototypes of the new user interface were revealed at MIX 2008 in Las Vegas.[19]

Office button

Office Button in Microsoft PowerPoint

The Office 2007 button, located on the top-left of the window, replaces the File menu and provides access to functionality common across all Office applications, including opening, saving, printing, and sharing a file. It can also close the application. Users can also choose color schemes for the interface.

Ribbon

The Ribbon, a panel that houses the command buttons and icons, organizes commands as a set of tabs, each grouping relevant commands. Each application has a different set of tabs which expose the functionality that application offers. For example, while Excel has a tab for the graphing capabilities, Word does not; instead it has tabs to control the formatting of a text document. Within each tab, various related options may be grouped together. The Ribbon is designed to make the features of the application more discoverable and accessible with fewer mouse clicks[20] as compared to the menu-based UI used prior to Office 2007. Moving the mouse scroll wheel while on any of the tabs on the ribbon cycles through the tabs. The Ribbon can be minimized by double clicking the active section's title, such as the Home text in the picture below.[21] Without third party add-ins, it is not possible to remove the Ribbon, modify it, or replace it with menus with the normal Office 2007 functions. There are third party add-ins that can bring menus and toolbars to Office 2007 as well as add-ins which allow users to customize the Ribbon commands.

Contextual Tabs

Some tabs, called Contextual Tabs, appear only when certain objects are selected. Contextual Tabs expose functionality specific only to the object with focus. For example, selecting a picture brings up the Pictures tab, which presents options for dealing with the picture. Similarly, focusing on a table exposes table-related options in a specific tab. Contextual Tabs remain hidden except when an applicable object is selected.

Live Preview

Microsoft Office 2007 also introduces a feature called "Live Preview", which temporarily applies formatting on the focused text or object when any formatting button is moused-over. The temporary formatting is removed when the mouse pointer is moved from the button. This allows users to have a preview of how the option would affect the appearance of the object, without actually applying it.

Mini Toolbar

The new "Mini Toolbar" is a type of context menu that is automatically shown (by default) when text is selected. The purpose of this feature is to provide easy access to the most-used formatting commands without requiring a right-mouse-button click, as was necessary in older versions of the software. Because the Mini Toolbar is automatically displayed, it remains semi-transparent until the mouse pointer is situated on the control in order to allow an almost-unobstructed view of what is beneath it. It also appears above the right-click menu when a user right-clicks on a selection of words. The Mini Toolbar is currently not customizable.

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar, which sits in the title bar, serves as a repository of most used functions, regardless of which application is being used, such as save, undo/redo and print. The Quick Access toolbar is customizable, although this feature is limited compared to toolbars in previous Office versions. Any command available in the entire Office application can be added to the Quick Access toolbar, including commands not available in the Ribbon and macros. Keyboard shortcuts for any of the commands on the toolbar are also fully customizable, similar to previous Office versions.

Other UI features

  • Super-tooltips, or screentips, that can house formatted text and even images, are used to provide detailed descriptions of what most buttons do.
  • A zoom slider present in the bottom-right corner, allowing for dynamic and rapid magnification of documents.

SmartArt

SmartArt, found under the Insert tab in the ribbon in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook, is a new group of easily editable and formatted diagrams. There are 115 preset SmartArt graphics layout templates in categories such as list, process, cycle, and hierarchy. When an instance of a SmartArt is inserted, a Text Pane appears next to it to guide the user through entering text in the hierarchical levels. Each SmartArt graphic, based on its design, maps the text outline, automatically resized for best fit, onto the graphic. There are a number of "quick styles" for each graphic that apply largely different 3D effects to the graphic, and the graphic's shapes and text can be formatted through shape styles and WordArt styles. In addition, SmartArt graphics change their colors, fonts, and effects to match the document's theme.

File formats

Office Open XML

Microsoft Office uses a new file format, called Office Open XML, as the default file format. Word documents (without macro extensions) are now saved using a .docx extension rather than the traditional .doc extension. Word 2007 can also save documents in the old format which is compatible with previous versions of Word. In addition, Microsoft has made available a free add-on known as the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" that lets Office 2000-2003 editions open, edit, and save documents created under the newer 2007 format.

Office Open XML is based on XML and uses the ZIP file container. According to Microsoft, documents created in this format are up to 75% smaller than the same documents saved with previous Microsoft Office file formats, owing to data compression.[22] Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office PowerPoint also use the new OOXML file formats. Word files containing macros are saved with the extension .docm.

PDF

Initially, Microsoft promised to support exporting to Portable Document Format (PDF) in Office 2007. However, due to legal objections from Adobe Systems, Office 2007 does not offer PDF support out of the box, but rather as a separate free download.[23][24] Service Pack 2 allows users to natively export PDF files.[25]

XPS

Office 2007 documents can also be exported as XPS documents, via another free plug-in that is also a separate download.

OpenDocument

Microsoft backs an open-source effort to support OpenDocument in Office 2007, as well as earlier versions (up to Office 2000), through a converter add-in for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and also a command-line utility.[26] As of 2008, the project supports conversion between ODF and Office Open XML file formats for all three applications.[27] According to ODF Alliance this support falls short and substantial improvements are still needed for interoperability in real-world situations.[28][29] Third-party plugins able to read, edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format (ODF) are avaliable as a separate download[30][31].

User assistance system

In Microsoft Office 2007, the Office Assistants have been eliminated in favour of a new online help system. One of its features is the extensive use of Super Tooltips, which explain in about one paragraph what each function performs. Some of them also use diagrams or pictures. These appear and disappear like normal tooltips, and replace normal tooltips in many areas. The Help content also directly integrates searching and viewing Office Online articles.

Collaboration features

SharePoint

Microsoft Office 2007 includes features geared towards collaboration and data sharing. As such, Microsoft Office 2007 features server components for applications such as Excel, which work in conjunction with SharePoint Services, to provide a collaboration platform. SharePoint works with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, which is used to host a SharePoint site, and uses IIS and ASP.NET 2.0. Excel server exposes Excel Services, which allows any worksheet to be created, edited and maintained via web browsers. It features Excel Web Access, the client-side component which is used to render the worksheet on a browser, Excel Calculation Service which is the server side component which populates the worksheet with data and perform calculations, and Excel Web Services that extends Excel functionalities into individual web services. SharePoint can also be used to host Word documents for collaborative editing, by sharing a document. SharePoint can also be used to hold PowerPoint slides in a Slide Library, from which the slides can be used as a formatting template. It will also notify users of a slide automatically in case the source slide is modified. Also by using SharePoint, PowerPoint can manage shared review of presentations. Any SharePoint hosted document can be accessed from the application which created the document or from other applications such as a browser or Microsoft Office Outlook.

Groove

Microsoft Office 2007 also includes Groove, which brings collaborative features to a peer-to-peer paradigm. Groove can host documents, including presentations, workbooks and others, created in Microsoft Office 2007 application in a shared workspace, which can then be used in collaborative editing of documents. Groove can also be used in managing workspace sessions, including access control of the workspace. To collaborate on one or more documents, a Workspace has to be created, and then those who are to work on it have to be invited. Any file shared on the workspace are automatically shared among all participants. The application also provides real-time messaging, including one-to-one as well as group messaging, and presence features, as well as monitoring workspace activities with alerts, which are raised when pre-defined set of activities are detected. Groove also provides features for conflict resolution for conflicting edits. Schedules for a collaboration can also be decided by using a built-in shared calendar, which can also be used to keep track of the progress of a project. However, the calendar is not compatible with Microsoft Outlook.

Themes and Quick Styles

Microsoft Office 2007 places more emphasis on Document Themes and Quick Styles. The Document Theme defines the colors, fonts and graphic effects for a document. Almost everything that can be inserted into a document is automatically styled to match the overall document theme creating a consistent document design. The new Office Theme file format (.THMX) is shared between Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook email messages. Similar themes are also available for data reports in Access and Project or shapes in Visio.

Quick Styles are galleries with a range of styles based on the current theme. There are quick styles galleries for text, tables, charts, SmartArt, WordArt and more. The style range goes from simple/light to more graphical/darker.

Application-specific changes

Microsoft Office Word

Microsoft Office Word 2007
  • New style sheets (quick styles) and ability to switch easily among them.
  • Word count listed by default in the status bar. The word count dynamically updates as you type.
  • New contextual spell checker, signified by a wavy blue underline analogous to the traditional wavy red underline for misspellings and wavy green underline for grammar errors, sometimes catches incorrect usage of correctly spelled words, such as in "I think we will loose this battle".
  • Translation tool tip option available for English (U.S.), French (France), and Spanish (International Sort). When selected, hovering the mouse cursor over a word will display its translation in the particular language. Non-English versions have different sets of languages. Other languages can be added by using a separate multilingual pack.
  • Automated generation of citations and bibliographies according to defined style rules, including APA, Chicago, and MLA. Changing style updates all references automatically. Connect to web services to access online reference databases.
  • Rearchitected native mathematical equation support with TeX-like linear input/edit language or GUI interface. Also supports the Unicode Plain Text Encoding of Mathematics.[32]
  • Preset gallery of cover pages with fields for Author, Title, Date, Abstract, etc. Cover pages follow the theme of the document (found under the Page Layout tab).
  • Document comparison engine updated to support moves, differences in tables, and also easy to follow tri-pane view of original document, new document, and differences.
  • Full screen reading layout that shows two pages at a time with maximal screen usage, plus a few critical tools for reviewing.
  • Document Inspector which strips Word documents of information such as author name and comments and other "metadata".
  • Building Blocks, which lets one save frequently used content, so that they are easily accessible for further use. Building blocks can have data mapped controls in them to allow for form building or structured document authoring.
  • The ability to save multiple versions of a document (which had existed since Word 97) has been removed.[33]
  • Blog entries[34] can be authored in Word itself and uploaded directly to a blog. Supported blogging sites include Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, SharePoint, Blogger, Telligent Community etc.
  • Drops function for Insert/Picture/From Scanner or Camera.

Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
  • As a major change in Outlook 2007, Exchange 5.5 support has been dropped. Like Evolution, Outlook Express and Entourage, Outlook now works only with Exchange 2000 and above.
  • Outlook now indexes[35] (using the Windows Search APIs) the e-mails, contacts, tasks, calendar entries, RSS feeds and other items, to speed up searches. As such, it features word-wheeled search, which displays results as characters are being typed in.
  • Search folders, which are saved searches, have been updated to include RSS feeds as well. Search folders can be created with a specific search criteria, specifying the subject, type and other attributes of the information being searched. When a search folder is opened, all matching items for the search are automatically retrieved and grouped up.
  • Outlook now supports text-messages and SMSs, when used in conjunction with Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging.
  • Outlook includes a reader for RSS feeds, which used the Windows Common Feeds Store. RSS subscription URLs can be shared via e-mails. RSS feed updates can also be pushed to a mobile device.
  • Outlook can now support multiple calendars being worked with, simultaneously. It also includes a side-by-side view for calendars, where each calendar is displayed in a different tab, and allows easy comparison of them. Outlook also supports web calendars. Calendars can be shared with other users.
  • Calendar view shows which tasks are due.
  • Flagged e-mails and notes can also be converted to Task items.
  • Outlook includes a To Do Bar, which integrates the calendar, appointments and tasks items, in a concise view.
  • Online or offline editing of all Microsoft Office 2007 documents via a SharePoint site. All edits are automatically synchronized.
  • Contacts can be shared among users, via e-mail, Exchange Server or a SharePoint site.
  • Attachment preview allows users to view Office e-mail attachments in the reading pane rather than having to open another program.
  • HTML in e-mails is now rendered using the Microsoft Word rendering engine which disallows several HTML tags like object, script, iframe etc along with several CSS properties.

Microsoft Office Outlook can also include an optional Business Contact Manager (included on a separate installation disc in Office 2007 Small Business and above) which allows management of business contacts and their sales and marketing activities. Phone calls, e-mails, appointments, notes and other business metrics can be managed for each contact. It can also keep a track of billable time for each contact on the Outlook Calendar. Based on these data, a consolidated report view can be generated by Microsoft Office Outlook with Business Contact Manager. The data can be further analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel. This data can also be shared using SharePoint Services.

Microsoft Office Excel

Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Color Scales and Data Bars in Excel 2007
  • Support up to 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns in a single worksheet, with 32,767 characters in a single cell (17,179,869,184 cells in a worksheet, 562,932,773,552,128 characters in a worksheet)[36]
  • Conditional Formatting introduces support for three new features — Color Scales, Icon Sets and Data Bars
    • Color Scales, which automatically color the background of a group of cells with different colors according to the values.
    • Icon sets, which precede the text in a cell with an icon that represent some aspect of the value of the cell with respect to other values in a group of cells, can also be applied. Icons can be conditionally applied to show up only when certain criteria are met, such as a cross showing up on an invalid value, where the condition for invalidity can be specified by the user.
    • Data Bars show as a gradient bar in the background of a cell the contribution of the cell value in the group.
  • Column titles can optionally show options to control the layout of the column.
  • Multithreaded calculation of formulae, to speed up large calculations, especially on multi-core/multi-processor systems.
  • User Defined Functions (UDF), which are custom functions written to supplement Excel's set of built-in functions, supports the increased number of cells and columns. UDFs now can also be multithreaded. Server side UDFs are based on the .NET Managed code.
  • Importing data from external sources, such as a database, has been upgraded. Data can also be imported from formatted tables and reports, which do not have a regular grid structure.
  • Formula Autocomplete, automatically suggests function names, arguments and named ranges, and automatically completing them if desired, based on the characters entered. Formulae can refer to a table as well.
  • CUBE functions which allow importing data, including set aggregated data, from data analysis services, such as SQL Server Analysis Services.
  • Page Layout view, to author spreadsheets in a way that mirrors the formatting that will be applied when printed.
  • PivotTables, which are used to create analysis reports out of sets of data, can now support hierarchical data by displaying a row in the table with a "+" icon, which, when clicked, shows more rows regarding it, which can also be hierarchical. PivotTables can also be sorted and filtered independently, and conditional formatting used to highlight trends in the data.
  • Filters, now includes a Quick filter option allowing the selection of multiple items from a drop down list of items in the column. The option to filter based on color has been added to the choices available.
  • Excel features a new charting engine, which supports advanced formatting, including 3D rendering, transparencies and shadows. Chart layouts can also be customized to highlight various trends in the data.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
  • Improvements to text rendering to support text based graphics.
  • Rendering of 3D graphics.
  • Support for many more sound file formats such as .mp3 and .wma.
  • Support for tables and enhanced support for table pasting from Excel.[37]
  • Slide Library, which lets you reuse any slide or presentation as a template. Any presentation or slide can be published to the Slide Library.
  • Any custom-designed slide library can be saved.
  • Presentations can be digitally signed.
  • Improved Presenter View.[38]
  • Added support for widescreen slides.[39]
  • Allows addition of custom placeholders.
  • Drops function for Insert/Picture/From Scanner or Camera.

Microsoft Office OneNote

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
  • OneNote now supports multiple notebooks.
  • Notebooks can be shared across multiple computers. Anyone can edit even while not connected and changes are merged automatically across machines when a connection is made. Changes are labeled with author and change time/date.
  • Notebook templates.
  • Word-wheeled search is also present in OneNote, which also indexes notes.
  • Synchronization of Tasks with Outlook 2007. Also Outlook can send mails to OneNote, or open pages in OneNote that are linked to tasks, contacts, appointments/meetings.
  • Support for tables. Using tabs to create tabular structure automatically converts it to a table.
  • OCR is performed on images (screen clips, photos, scans) so that any text in them is searchable.
  • Audio and video recordings are also tagged and indexed, so that they can be searched.
  • Notes can have hyperlinks among themselves, or from outside OneNote to a specific point on a page.
  • Embedding documents in notes.
  • Extensibility support for add-ins.
  • Drawing tools for creating diagrams in OneNote.
  • Typing any arithmetic expression, followed by "=" results in the result of the calculation being displayed.
  • Send to Microsoft OneNote, via which any application can print to a virtual printer for OneNote and the "printed" document is imported to the notebook, and any text is indexed for searching.
  • OneNote Mobile is included for Smartphones and some PocketPC devices. Syncs notes two-way with OneNote. Takes text, voice, and photo notes.

Microsoft Office Access

Microsoft Office Access 2007
  • Access now includes support for a broader range of data types, including documents and images.
  • Whenever any table is updated, all reports referencing the table are also updated.
  • Dropdown lists for a table can be modified in place.
  • Lookup Fields, which get their values by "looking up" some value in a table, have been updated to support multi valued lookups.
  • Many new preset schemata are included.
  • Access can synchronize with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. This feature enables a user to use Access reports while using a server-based, backed-up, IT managed version of the data.

Microsoft Office Publisher

  • Templates automatically fill out with information such as company name, logo etc, wherever applicable.
  • Frequently used content can be stored in Content Store for quick access.
  • A document can be automatically converted from one publication type, such as a newsletter, to another publication type, say a web page.
  • Save as PDF supports commercial printing quality PDF.
  • Catalog Merge can create publication content automatically by retrieving data, including text, images and other supported types, from an external data source.
  • Design Checker, which is used to find design inconsistencies, has been updated.

Microsoft Office InfoPath

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
  • InfoPath designed forms can now be used from a browser, provided the server is running InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint 2007 or Office Forms Server.
  • A form can be sent out to people via e-mail. Such forms can be filled out from Outlook 2007 itself.
  • Automatic conversion of forms in Word and Excel to InfoPath forms. Forms can also be exported to Excel.
  • Forms can be published to a network share or to SharePoint Server.
  • Adding data validation, using validation formulae, and conditional formatting features without manually writing code.
  • Print Layout view for designing forms in a view that mirror the printed layout. Such forms can be opened using Word as well.
  • Ability to use Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Access, or other databases as back-end data repository.
  • Multiple views for the same forms, to expose different features to different class of users.
  • Template Parts, used to group Office InfoPath controls for use later. Template parts retain its XML schema.

Microsoft Office Visio

Microsoft Office Visio 2007
  • PivotDiagrams, which are used to visualize data, show data groups and hierarchichal relationships.
  • Visual modification of PivotDiagrams by dragging data around levels, to restructure the data relationships.
  • PivotDiagrams can show aggregate statistical summaries for the data and show them.
  • Shapes can be linked with external data sources. Doing so, the shapes are formatted according to the data. The data, and hence the shapes, are updated periodically. Such shapes can also be formatted manually using the Data Graphics feature.
  • AutoConnect : Link easily two shapes.[40]
  • Data Link : Link data to shapes.[41]
  • Data Graphics : Dynamic objects (text and images) linked with external data.[42]
  • New Theme behaviour and new shapes.[43]

Microsoft Office Project

Microsoft Office Project 2007
  • Ability to create custom templates.
  • Any change in the project plan or schedule highlights everything else that is affected.
  • Analyze changes without actually committing them. Changes can also be done and undone programmatically, to automate analysis of different changes.
  • Improved cost resource management and analysis for projects.
  • Project data can be used to automatically create charts and diagrams in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Visio, respectively.
  • The project schedule can be managed as 3D Gantt chart.
  • Sharing project data with the help of SharePoint Services.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is new addition to the Office suite replacing discontinued FrontPage for users of SharePoint. People who don't use SharePoint can use Microsoft Expression Web.

  • Supports features and constructs that expose SharePoint functionality.
  • Supports ASP.NET 2.0 and Windows Workflow Foundation.
  • Support for creating workflows and data reports, from external data sources.
  • Allows XML data to be displayed using XSLT

Server components

SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows sharing and collaborative editing of Office 2007 documents. It allows central storage of documents and management of Office documents, throughout the enterprise. These documents can be accessed either by the applications which created them, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, or a web browser. Documents can also be managed through pre-defined policies that let users create and publish shared content, through a SharePoint site.

SharePoint Server allows searching of all Office documents which are being managed by it, centrally, thereby making data more accessible. It also provides access control for documents. Specialized server components can plug into the SharePoint Server to extend the functionality of the server, such as Excel Services exposing data analysis services for Excel services. Data from other data sources can also be merged with Office data.

SharePoint also lets users personalize the SharePoint sites, filtering content they are interested in. SharePoint documents can also be locally cached by clients for offline editing; the changes are later merged.

Forms Server 2007

Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 allows InfoPath forms to be accessed and filled out using any browser, including mobile phone browsers. Forms Server 2007 also supports using a database or other data source as the back-end for the form. Additionally, it allows centralized deployment and management of forms. Forms Server 2007 hosted forms also support data validation and conditional formatting, as does their InfoPath counterpart. It also supports advanced controls like Repeating section and Repeating table. However, some InfoPath controls cannot be used if it has to be hosted on a Forms server.

Groove Server 2007

Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 is for centrally managing all deployments of Microsoft Office Groove 2007 in the enterprise. It enables using Active Directory for Groove user accounts, and create Groove Domains, with individual policy settings. It allows Groove workspaces to be hosted at the server, and the files in the workspaces made available for collaborative editing via the Groove client. It also includes the Groove Server Data Bridge component to allow communication between data stored at both Groove clients and servers and external applications.

Project Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 allows one to centrally manage and coordinate projects. It allows budget and resource tracking, and activity plan management. The project data and reports can also be further analyzed using Cube Building Service. The project management data can be accessed from a browser as well.

Project Portfolio Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 allows creation of a project portfolio, including workflows, hosted centrally, so that the information is available throughout the enterprise, even from a browser. It also aids in centralized data aggregation regarding the project planning and execution, and in visualizing and analyzing the data to optimize the project plan. It can also support multiple portfolios per project, to track different aspects of it. It also includes reporting tools to create consolidated reports out of the project data.

PerformancePoint Server 2007

Microsoft PerformancePoint Server allows users to monitor, analyze, and plan their business as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization. It includes features for scorecards, dashboards, reporting, analytics, budgeting and forecasting, among others.

Criticism

Even though the ribbon can be hidden, PC World wrote that the new "ribbon" interface crowds the Office work area, especially for notebook users.[44] Others have called its large icons distracting.[45] Essentialy, the GUI-type interface of the ribbon contrasts sharply with the older menus that were organized according to the typical functions undertaken in paper-based offices: for instance, the old "File" menu dealt with opening, (re-)naming, saving, and printing a file, and the old "Edit" menu dealt with making changes to the content of the file. As a result, users who were more familiar with the logic of the old menus would feel some frustration with the new, more visually-oriented ribbon. PC World has stated that upgrading to Office 2007 presents dangers to certain data, such as templates, macros, and mail messages.[46]

Some users have complained about the loss of floating toolbars with customizable icons and text buttons.[who?]

The new XML-based .docx file format for Word is incompatible with previous versions unless an addon is installed for the older version[47].

The Word 2007 equation editor is incompatible with that of Word 2003 and previous versions, and when converting DOCX files to DOC files, equations are rendered as graphics. Consequently, Word 2007 cannot be used for any publishing, file-sharing and collaborative endeavour in any mathematics-based fields, including science and technology, in which users may have earlier versions of Word. For reasons unknown, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 retain the old equation format, meaning that users cannot move equations between Word and the other programs even though they are the same version. Many publishers do not accept submissions in Word 2007; for example, academic publishers have informed Microsoft that this severely impairs Word 2007's usability for scholarly publishing.[48]

Some users with experience using previous versions of Microsoft Office have complained about having to find features in the Ribbon. Others state that having learnt to use the new interface, it has improved the speed with which "professional-looking" documents can be created.[49] Microsoft has released a series of small programs[50], help sheets[51], videos[52] and add-ins[53] to help users learn the new interface more quickly.

On some localizations heading style names (i.e. Russian "Заголовок 1" etc.) doesn't fit frames on primary Ribbon panel causing them to truncate informative level number.

The new Word 2007 features for bibliographies only support a small number of fixed citation styles. Using XSLT, new styles can be added. Some extra styles, such as the standard ACM publication format are made freely available by third parties.[54]

Attempt to patent user interface elements

A veteran Microsoft developer left Microsoft partially over his disagreement with the company's "sweeping land grab" including its attempt to patent the Ribbon interface. He refused to "contribut[e] to the eventual death of programming."[55] He states: "Microsoft itself represents a grave threat to the future of software development through its increasing inclination to stifle competition through legal shenanigans."[56][57]

ODF implementation in Service Pack 2

The ODF Alliance has released test results on ODF support of Office 2007 SP2,[58] concluding that Office ODF support, both SP2 and other add-ons, have "serious shortcomings that, left unaddressed, would break the open standards based interoperability that the marketplace, especially governments, is demanding". Particularly, SP2 has no support for encrypted ODF files and has limited interoperability with other ODF spreadsheet implementations.

The ISO/IEC 26300 OpenDocument standard specifies encryption of files, which is based on sha1, Blowfish, and RFC 2898. Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 does not support reading and writing encrypted (password protected) ODF files.[59][58][60] Users are presented with a message: “cannot use password protection using the ODF format.”[58][60]

The ISO/IEC 26300 OpenDocument standard has no spreadsheet formula language included (or referenced) in the standard specification. Office 2007 SP2 uses the spreadsheet formula language specified in the ISO/IEC 29500 Office Open XML open standard when creating ODF documents. According to the ODF Alliance report "ODF spreadsheets created in Excel 2007 SP2 do not in fact conform to ODF 1.1 because Excel 2007 incorrectly encodes formulas with cell addresses. Section 8.3.1 of ODF 1.1 says that addresses in formulas "start with a "[" and end with a "]"." In Excel 2007 cell addresses were not enclosed with the necessary square brackets."[58] The ISO/IEC 26300 specification states that the semantics and the syntax is dependant on the used namespace which is implementation depedant leaving the syntax implementation defined as well.[61]

Microsoft stated that they consider adding support for an official ODF formula language (OpenFormula), once a future version of the ISO/IEC 26300 standard specification includes one.[62]

Microsoft's ODF spreadsheet support in SP2 is not fully inter-operable with other implementations of OpenDocument, such as the IBM Symphony, which use the the non-standardized OpenOffice.org 2.x formula language, and OpenOffice.org 3.x, which uses an draft of OpenFormula.[63] The company had previously reportedly stated that "where ODF 1.1 is ambiguous or incomplete, the Office implementation can be guided by current practice in OpenOffice.org, mainly, and other implementations including KOffice and AbiWord. Peter Amstein and the Microsoft Office team are reluctant to make liberal use of extension mechanisms, even though provided in ODF 1.1. They want to avoid all appearance of an embrace-extend attempt."