Microsoft to partner with eBay, Equifax and PayPal
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Hi Folks,
Those of you who run a small business with MS Office - and use Paypal for web payments - might be interested in this press release from MS and Paypal.Microsoft is to link up with eBay Inc., Equifax and PayPal to offer online integrated services for Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2007.
"We have talked to small businesses, and, not surprisingly, the No. 1 concern they have is the amount of time they spend on financial management," said Rajat Taneja, GM of small business product development at Microsoft.
Microsoft worked closely with eBay through the eBay Developers Program to enable Office Small Business Accounting 2007 users to list and sell items on eBay from within their accounting software.
Chris Tsakalakis, VP of advanced solutions at eBay said, "The eBay listing feature included in Microsoft's new accounting software will empower small businesses to explore new revenue channels, while offering current eBay sellers a complete small-business accounting solution to help them grow their businesses."
eBay - Office Small Business Accounting 2007 will enable small businesses to easily sell their products on eBay, made possible through eBay's Web Services API. The upcoming product provides businesses with the ability to select products from their inventory, list items for sale on eBay, view status of listings, and download transactions and fees -- all from within the accounting software.
Equifax - Businesses will be able to monitor the credit-worthiness of their customers, their vendors and their own business on an ongoing basis directly from within the accounting software.
PayPal - Working with PayPal, Microsoft will provide Invoice Payment Service and Merchant Processing Service, both within Office Small Business Accounting 2007.
These services will enable small businesses to accept payment transactions with PayPal, either through e-mail or through direct credit card payments. These solutions will save small businesses time and money and result in greater payment flexibility for their customers.
MS Office Small Business Accounting 2007 will include the following:
-- Enhanced Integration with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager will let you share and update a single list of customers across the organization.
-- Multicurrency support. Small businesses will be able to add or change information about the foreign currencies and easily update exchange rates.
More information at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011956881033.aspx
Ivan
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Dont Cut and Paste from Word into Blogger
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
If you’re writing your blog in Microsoft Word and you use an apostrophe, for example can’t, and then cut and paste it into Blogger, it is possible that Blogger will not be able to convert the apostrophe.
Instead you will get [] characters.
Here's a quick trick.
Open Notepad and copy the blog from Word into Notepad. Then, copy from Notepad into Blogger.
PS - also be careful if you use semi-colons and colons.
Other Tip: watch out if you send your post to Blogger via Yahoo or Hotmail as they will include an ad in the footer of the email.
Ivan Walsh
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What's the Best Font for Web Writing?
Hi Folks,
I was brought up to believe that Times New Roman was THE font for printed manuals.
They're was no ifs, buts, or maybes about this - Times New Roman and make it size 11.
But what's the best font for writing on the web?
Look at the different fonts used on the CNN, Yahoo and Guardian sites.
All similar, but different. Some use Serif and other Sans-Serif.
Serif are those with feet like Times Roman, while those without (i.e. sans) serif include Verdana, Arial and the like.
We use Verdana on our www.klariti.com site, which I think is very readable. But 'experts' have told me that this is dated and not 'user-friendly'. They suggested Garamond.
What do you think?
Let me know of any sites you think are getting it right. And maybe some that are a nightmare to read.
Thanks
Ivan
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Free Cartoons for your Blog
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
You can add this cartoon to your blog, subject to one or two very basic conditions.
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
FAQs from Dave's site
"Is it free to re-use all your cartoons?
In a blog, yes. In any other sort of publication, no.
Why are you letting us use your cartoons for free?
The more people that enjoy my work the better and life is generally too short not to give things away."
More FAQs at http://www.weblogcartoons.com/faqs/
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Web-based training on FrameMaker
"My job involves writing and editing documents. I also coordinate with the graphic designer for layout and look and feel. Can you please let me know details about training for FrameMaker?"
Apologies for the delay - I couldn't find the link I wanted to send to you.
Here it is: http://apex.vtc.com/framemaker-7.php
Regards,
Ivan
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Best Template for Writing Case Studies
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
We got an email today regarding the best template for writing case studies.
Here's a few pointers:
1. who do you expect to read this?
Is it journalists, motorcycle enthusiasts, or those coming from a technical capacity, such as designers.
2. where will they read it?
If they will read it on the web, then use less graphics and more text. Consider any possible bandwidth issues they may have.
3. will they print it out?
If so, remember to include your physical address and low-call telephone numbers.
Actually, I'd strongly suggest that you encourage your reader to print your sales collateral whenever possible. If it looks good, and I'm sure it does, then it will reflect positively (ie on your core brand values) whenever someone sees it one a meeting table, in a convention foyer, or in a media pack.
With that said, you might want to look at Case Study 3 Pack we offer at: http://www.klariti.com/templates/Case-Study-Template.shtml
This includes screenshots of all the templates so you can see what your getting in advance.
PS - You may also want to look at the White Paper template pack.
Many of our customers seem to prefer their look and feel, especially the black and red designs.
http://www.klariti.com/templates/White-Paper-Template.shtml
Again, we have screenshots so you can so what's on offers.
PPS: I'd be delighted to proof your case studies before you publish them.
I offer this service to all new customers to get them up and running. There is no cost involved and maybe we all learn something in the process.
That's it. Regards,
Ivan Walsh
General Manager
Klariti Business Documents
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How to Create Adobe PDFs Online For Free
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Want to Convert your documents into Adobe PDF for free?
Hi Folks,
Here is the full feature list from the free online Adobe site:
- Unlimited conversions
- Times out after 15 minutes of processing
- Priority queuing over trial users
- Ability to create tagged, accessible Adobe PDF documents for use by people with disabilities who rely on assistive technology
- Upload a maximum of 100 per PDF file when making scanned paper documents searchable, using OCR
Trial service features include:
- 5 free conversions 100 MB file size maximum - upload or download
- Create PDF Convert many file types to PDF Create custom Optimization settings that can be reused
- Convert Web pages to PDF Make scanned paper documents searchable, using OCR
- Upload a maximum of 50 pages per PDF file Create custom OCR settings that can be reused
Password Security
- Add passwords to PDF files Restrict whether a PDF file can be edited, copied, or printed Create custom
- Password Security settings that can be reused
- Service Management Conversion
- Status page to view conversions that are in progress Conversion History page to view and download converted PDF files
More at http://createpdf.adobe.com/
Regards,
Ivan
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Difficulty Converting PageMaker to PDF - Free PDF conversion service
Ivan - can you look at this Pagemaker file? We can't get it to convert to PDF?
Hi JB,
We had some issues with this too....
I could only get it as far as the .Ps conversion and then got an error message.
Could I suggest that you try the free service on Adobe.
http://createpdf.adobe.com/
It might be worth a shot.
Ivan
PS - you might want to use fewer fonts as these may be confusing the template settings. It also means that there is more processing.
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