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February 19, 2007

Coping With New Technology

New technology has always posed learning challenges. Once technology becomes familiar, it seems obvious and we can't imagine how anyone could not immediately know how to use it. Remember the trouble people had when the book was first introduced?

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February 12, 2007

MS Word | Convert Word 2007 documents

DocX Converter writes:

In Office 2007 Microsoft introduced a new file format called the Microsoft Open Office XML Format (.docx). This format is not compatible with older versions of Microsoft Word or with alternative operating systems like Linux or Mac OS X. Nor is it compatible with other word processing applications like OpenOffice, Lotus 123, or NeoOffice.

People with Windows may be using Office 2007 already, and may send you files in this format. You won't be able to open them. Fortunately, there are conversion options:

DocX Converter
DocX Converter is a free web service that converts these troublesome files. It also includes a widget for OS X.

For more options, go to Creative Techs:
Convert MS Word 2007 .DOCX files for a Mac

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February 01, 2007

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts!

As promised, Apple's official collection of common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts, available from their support site.

Download Whitewater's collection of common Keyboard Shortcuts. This is a shorter compilation of shortcuts. The file will download to your desktop for printing, future reference, never getting around to actually looking at, etc.

Remember, all the keyboard shortcuts available are listed next to each item in every menu of every application you use. Now that's good design.

Posted by Brad at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)