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		<title>Microsoft SQL SERVER</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do more with Microsoft SQL Server Learn to develop, optimise and configure SQL Server with [...]]]></description>
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<h1><a href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SQL-Image-view.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4198" title="SQL Image view" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SQL-Image-view.jpg" alt="" width="245" height="206" /></a>Do more with Microsoft SQL Server</h1>
<p>Learn to develop, optimise and configure SQL Server with our range of SQL Server courses.</p>
<p>Check out the following courses:</p>
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<li><a title="SQL Server Development and Programming" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/databases/sql-server-2008-development-programming/">SQL Server Development and Programming</a></li>
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		<title>Kainos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">We work hard to deliver great IT training that makes a real difference to our clients &#8211; whether its an open course, private company course or an eLearning programmes. Call us on<strong> (01) 4347630</strong> e-mail <a href="mailto:info@iactonline.com">info@softwarepaths.com</a> for more information.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"> &#8221;We recently attended the 2-day .NET Architecture and Design course with Software Paths and found it to be an excellent event. The trainer&#8217;s knowledge of the subject matter was impeccable and this, matched with the very relevant course materials, ensured the course was a big success. We would certainly use Software Paths again for training in the future. &#8220;</p>
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<p>“Thank you – excellent course with a very knowledgeable lecturer who took time to speak to each student individually making sure that each person knew and fully understood each step before moving onto the next one.”<br />
<strong><em><strong><em>Sharon Johnston &#8211; AIB</em></strong></em></strong></p>
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<p>“The VBA course was delivered in a very practical manner rather than just learning the theory and will enable me to save lots of time by writing macros to automate repetitive daily tasks” <strong><em><br />
</em></strong><strong><em>Tony Sprice &#8211; Accenture</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;I am hoping to develop to a key accounts role, this course was suggested to me to give me a greater understanding of excel and be able to put it into practice at work. the two days were extremely beneficial to me.. i enjoyed the course and learned a huge amount. Our tutor really was great, very patient man!!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>Yvonne Coyne – Cuisine de France</em></strong></p>
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&#8220;The small class helped a great deal &#8211; Neil tailored the course to suit participants&#8217; requirements and took time to ensure that questions were answered and that the course would have practical use back in the real world! I&#8217;ll be more efficient with regard to day to day tasks and feel that i have the skills to undertake more complex projects&#8221; <strong><em>Cian Mac Suibhne – Dexia Bank</em></strong></p>
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<p>“The hands on approach is excellent, having a small class allowed the tutor to make the course more detailed to our specific area of interest. Our tutor was very understanding and good at getting his point across”<br />
<strong><em>Ray Crowe – Bank of Ireland</em></strong></p>
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<p>“The content was spot on and the pace was excellent, also the class size was small. Easy to ask questions and the tutor really knew his material. He was very supportive, very knowledgeable and accommodating.” <strong><em>Richard Brennan – Budget Telecommunications</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Really like the content, delivery and small group. Instructor had excellent product knowledge and gave great support, very enthusiastic and nice delivery style&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>Van Gillessen &#8211; Sennheiser Ireland</em></strong></p>
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<p>“Very Supportive and friendly tutor. No problems with providing help or answers to any queries. I like the fact the course was all based around practical and hands on exercises” <strong><em><br />
</em></strong><strong><em>Barry McDermott – Bank of Ireland Life</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Very informative and thorough, excellent presenter who was very knowledgeable. Great troubleshooting advice&#8221; <strong><em>Patrick McCartan &#8211; Zurich </em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Everything was explained very clearly and all questions were all answered. There was no feeling of not being able to ask a question in the class in front of everyone else. The web queries will cut down alot of daily tasks &#8211; the pivot tanles will present my reports in a better format. The Titled spreadsheets and shortcuts between spreadsheets will cut down on errors&#8221; <strong><em>Donal Shivnan – Scotia Bank</em></strong></p>
<p>“A really excellent course. First rate facilities, conducted in a highly professional manner by a professional tutor. I’m very impressed.”<br />
<strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>Paul Hogan &#8211; Proforma Consulting</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;The course was well structured and extremely well presented. Everything was easy to follow and understand. Neil was excellent &#8211; very friendly and approachable. The course was well structured and extremely well presented. Everything was easy to follow and understand. Neil was excellent &#8211; very friendly and approachable. I already use Excel daily and will be increasing my use in the future. I have learnt many useful techniques that I hope to put into practice to make my work simpler and more effective&#8221;. <strong><em>Niall Fee – Bank of Ireland Finance</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Great presentation and facilites, relaxed atmosphere. Tutor really knew his subject and answered all the questions I had.&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>France Coldrick &#8211; Trinity College Dublin</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Excellent course and I really liked the practical application of the theory. We had access to a lot if equipment which ensured a good understanding of what we learnt. Extremely supportive tutor and he was willing to take time out to address questions students had in a lot of detail&#8221;.<br />
<strong><em>Eavan Mangan – VoIP Ireland</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Our tutor was very good and very understanding. He really focused on the Exam preparation and explained everything really well with some interesting analogies. There was a lot of opportunities to get hands-on experience and this leant itself to understanding the theoretical side of the course a lot more. The Instructor was open to questions &#8211; even really stupid questions and took the time to ensure we understood&#8221;.<br />
<strong><em>Adrian Madden &#8211; Conduit</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Very good course, instructor really knows his stuff! Good detailed explanations, plenty of practical labs. Very Supportive, Top guy!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>Paul Skelton – UCD</em></strong></p>
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<p>“The instructor had a thorough knowledge of the products, was friendly, approachable and well able to answer all questions. She covered a wide range of topics.”<br />
<strong><em>Susan Boyd – Teagasc</em></strong></p>
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<p>“I have been on many courses over the last eight years but the level of teaching with IACT cannot be compared. Their professional approach and friendly atmosphere made learning very enjoyable”<br />
<strong><em>Pamela Grogan, Provident Personal Credit</em></strong></p>
<p>“Excellent course, information presented in a concise and easy to follow manner”<br />
<strong><em>Wroxy Meredith, Picture Perfect Ireland</em></strong></p>
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<p>“Instructor very personable and clear and gave excellent tuition”<br />
<strong><em>Anthony Madden, Odenberg</em></strong></p>
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<p>“Brilliant, very easy to understand and very well explained by all the teachers”<br />
<strong><em>Karen O’Leary, Labopharm</em></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;I felt the course was very comprehensive, covering a huge amount of information in a short period of time. The instructor ensured that everyone kept up, and that the pace was maintained throughout. The atmosphere was positive &amp; friendly at all times. I would recommend this course as an excellent introduction for anyone who wishes to familiarise themselves with the essentials of graphic design. After showing and explaining how a process is carried out he gave us challenging projects to test what we had learned, and worked with us individually whenever we encountered a problem.&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>Pat Nangle</em></strong></p>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7.5, Kinect and Voice Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the recent update to Windows Phone adding many new features one of my favorite is the voice interaction and I have to say it is impressive and getting better.</p>
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<p>I have been using the update for a while as being a Window Phone developer got me early access to the Beta. I was quite surprised when I received my first text after installing the update and my phone asked if I would like it read. Being a gadget lover I couldn&#8217;t resist and the text to voice is very accurate. I was surprised when at the end I was asked if I wanted to reply, again using voice, so I did. I have had mixed results with this but I think it is getting better (or my diction is improving) and often I can receive and reply without having to touch the phone. The voice interaction is everywhere the following is an example of voice search:</p>
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<p>The next version of the Xbox dashboard will have greater voice control allowing for navigation and selection of items on the dashboard all using voice only. The Kinect is also having a release for Windows PCs next year so we are beginning to realize the Sci-Fi fantasy of not needing a keyboard. The best thing of all, there is an SDK.</p>
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		<title>Microsoft Word 2010 new features</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Work in Word anywhere<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In Word 2010, you have the power and familiarity of Word everywhere you need it. You can view, navigate, and edit your Word documents from the browser and from your mobile phone without compromising your document&#8217;s richness.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Word Mobile 2010 for Windows Phone 7<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">If you have Windows Phone 7, you can use Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 to work with your files from anywhere—whether you&#8217;re at work, at home, or on the go. Word Mobile 2010 is part of Office Mobile and already on your Windows Phone 7 in the Office hub, so you don&#8217;t need to download or install anything else to get started.<br />
</span><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM1.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="330" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">You can use Word Mobile to view and edit documents stored on your phone, sent to you as email attachments, or hosted on a SharePoint 2010 site through SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010. When you edit a document via SharePoint Workspace Mobile, you can save your changes back to the SharePoint site when you&#8217;re online.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">With Word Mobile, you can create or update your documents using many of the same formatting tools that you already know and use in the desktop version of Word, add comments, and use the new outline pane to quickly jump to a heading or comment.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Word Web application<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Even when you&#8217;re away from Word, you can store your documents on a Web server and use the Word Web application to open the document in your browser. You&#8217;ll be able to view it and even make changes.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Bring your best ideas to life<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Word 2010 pairs its functional features — such as tables, headers and footers, and style sets — with eye-catching effects, new text features, and easier navigation.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Format text and images together for a seamless look<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Word 2010 provides artistic effects for both pictures and text. And when you apply the effects to text, you can still run spell check.<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM3.jpg" alt="" width="244" height="475" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM4.gif" alt="" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"> Plain picture and text formatting<br />
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<p><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM5.gif" alt="" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"> Picture and text with shadow formatting<br />
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<p><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM6.png" alt="" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Find your way through long documents with the new Document Navigation pane and Search<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In Word 2010, you can quickly find your way around long documents. You can easily reorganize your documents by dragging and dropping headings instead of copying and pasting. And you can find content by using incremental search, so you do not need to know exactly what you are searching for to find it.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In Word 2010 you can do the following:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Move between headings in your document by clicking on the parts of the document map.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Collapse levels of the outline to hide nested headings, so you can work easily with the map even in deeply structured and complicated long documents.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Type text into the search box to find your place instantly.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Drag and drop headings within your document to rearrange the structure. You can also delete, cut, or copy headings and their content.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Easily promote or demote a given heading, or a heading and all of its nested headings, up or down within the hierarchy.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Add new headings to your document to build a basic outline or insert new headings without having to scroll around in the document.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Stay aware of the content being edited by others by browsing the headings that contain a co-authoring indicator.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">See thumbnails of all the pages in your document and click on them to move through your document.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Illustrate your ideas<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Word 2010 brings many graphic enhancements to your work, so you can easily make the impact you want.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>New SmartArt graphic picture layouts<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In Word 2010, you can use the new SmartArt graphics picture layouts to tell your story with photographs or other images. Just insert your pictures in the SmartArt shapes of your picture layout diagram. Each shape also has a caption where you can add descriptive text.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Even better, if you already have pictures in your document, you can quickly convert them to a SmartArt graphic, just like you can with text.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Using this layout to create a SmartArt graphic is simple:<br />
</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Insert the SmartArt graphic picture layout.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Add your photographs.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Write descriptive text.<br />
</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Word includes several different picture layouts to choose from.<br />
</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM13.jpg" alt="" width="319" height="263" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>New artistic effects<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">With Word 2010, you can now apply sophisticated &#8220;artistic&#8221; effects to your picture to make the picture look more like a sketch, drawing, or painting. It&#8217;s an easy way to enhance your images without using additional photo-editing programs.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Some of the 20 new artistic effects include Pencil Sketch, Line Drawing, Watercolor Sponge, Mosaic Bubbles, Glass, Pastels Smooth, Plastic Wrap, Photocopy, and Paint Strokes.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Picture corrections<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">You can now transform your images into compelling, vibrant visuals by fine-tuning the color intensity (saturation) and color tone (temperature) of a picture. You can also adjust brightness, contrast, sharpness, and blurriness, or you can recolor the picture to better match your document content and to make your work pop.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Automatic background removal of pictures<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Another advanced picture editing option in Word 2010 is the ability to automatically remove unwanted portions of a picture, such as the background, to highlight the subject of the picture or to remove distracting detail.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Better picture compression and cropping<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Use the new and improved picture-editing tools to trim images and get just the look that you want. Now you have better control of the image quality and compression trade-offs so that you can make the right choice for the medium (print, screen, or e-mail) that your document is used for.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Inserting screenshots<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Quickly add screenshots to capture and incorporate visual illustrations into your work in Word 2010. After you add the screenshot, you can use the tools on the <strong>Picture Tools</strong> tab to edit and enhance the screenshot. When you reuse your screenshots across documents, take advantage of the Paste Preview feature to see what your additions will look like before you drop them in.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Clip art options with Clip Organizer<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">You can now use, submit, and find thousands of new pieces of community clip art, in addition to the images, videos, and other media you can add to your document. You can see who submitted pieces of community-submitted clip art and report if the images are inappropriate or unsafe.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Work more easily<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In Word 2010, you can customize your workspace so that the commands you use often are all together. You can also access earlier versions of your document, and you can more easily work with text that&#8217;s in other languages.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Customize the Ribbon<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">You can use customizations to personalize the Ribbon, which is part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, to be the way that you want it. You can create custom tabs and custom groups that contain the commands you use most frequently.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>The Microsoft Office Backstage view<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">In the Microsoft Office Backstage view, you do everything <strong>to</strong> a file that you do not do <strong>in</strong> the file. The latest innovation in the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface and a companion feature to the Ribbon, the Backstage view is where you manage your files — creating, saving, inspecting for hidden metadata or personal information and setting options.<br />
</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1035_WhatsnewinM14.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Recover unsaved work<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">It is now easier to recover a Word document if you close your file without saving, or if you want to review or return to an earlier version of the file you&#8217;re already working in. As with earlier versions of Word, enabling AutoRecover will save versions while you are working in your file at the interval you select.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Now, you can keep the last autosaved version of a file in case you accidentally close that file without saving, so that you can easily restore it the next time that you open the file. Also, while you are working in your file, you can access a list of the autosaved files from the Microsoft Office Backstage view.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Point to text to see a translation<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">When you turn on the Mini Translator, you can point to a word or selected phrase with your mouse and see a translation in a small window. The Mini Translator also includes a <strong>Play</strong> button so you can hear an audio pronunciation of the word or phrase and a <strong>Copy</strong> button so you can paste the translation into another document.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">You don&#8217;t even need the language pack, language interface pack, or proofing tools installed on your computer to see a translation in that language.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Simplified language preference setting<br />
</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Multilingual users can easily access a single dialog box where you can set the editing, display, ScreenTip, and Help languages. If you don&#8217;t have the software or keyboard layout installed that you need, you are alerted and links are provided to make it easier to solve the problem.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;">Software Paths offer a range of courses in Word including <a title="Word – Level 2" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/office-skills/word-level-2/">Word Level 2 </a>and our popular <a title="Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/office-skills/microsoft-office-specialist-mos/">MOS training</a> courses.</span></p>
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		<title>Sparklines in Excel 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New in Microsoft Excel 2010, a sparkline is a tiny chart in a worksheet cell that provides a visual representation of data. Use sparklines to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or to highlight maximum and minimum values. Position a sparkline near its data for greatest impact.</p>
<h2>What are sparklines?</h2>
<p>Unlike charts on an Excel worksheet, sparklines are not objects — a sparkline is actually a tiny chart in the background of a cell. The following picture shows a column sparkline in cell F2 and a line sparkline in F3. Both of these sparklines get their data from cells A2 through E2 and display a chart inside a cell that shows the performance of a stock. The charts show the values by quarter, highlight the high value (3/31/08) and the low value (12/31/08), show all the data points, and show the downward trend for the year.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi15.jpg" alt="Sparklines" /></p>
<p>A sparkline in cell F6 shows the 5-year performance for the same stock, but displays a Win/Loss bar chart that shows only whether the year had a gain (as in the years 2004 through 2007) or a loss (2008). This sparkline uses values from cells A6 through E6.</p>
<p>Because a sparkline is a tiny chart embedded in a cell, you can enter text in a cell and use a sparkline as its background, as shown in the following picture.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi22.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>Fig. 1</strong> In this sparkline, the high value marker is green, and the low value marker is orange. All other markers are shown in black.</p>
<p>You can apply a color scheme to your sparklines by choosing a built-in format from the Style gallery (<strong>Design</strong> tab, which becomes available when you select a cell that contains a sparkline). You can use the <strong>Sparkline Color</strong> or <strong>Marker Color</strong> commands to choose a color for the high, low, first, and last values (such as green for high, and orange for low).</p>
<h2>Why use sparklines?</h2>
<p>Data presented in a row or column is useful, but patterns can be hard to spot at a glance. The context for these numbers can be provided by inserting sparklines next to the data. Taking up a small amount of room, a sparkline can display a trend based on adjacent data in a clear and compact graphical representation. Although it&#8217;s not mandatory for a sparkline cell to be directly next to its underlying data, it is a good practice.</p>
<p>You can quickly see the relationship between a sparkline and its underlying data, and when your data changes you can see the change in the sparkline immediately. In addition to creating a single sparkline for a row or column of data, you can create several sparklines at the same time by selecting multiple cells that correspond to underlying data, as shown in the following picture.</p>
<p>You can also create sparklines for rows of data that you add later by using the fill handle on an adjacent cell that contains a sparkline.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi32.jpg" alt="" width="413" height="152" /></p>
<ol>
<li>The range of data used by a group of sparklines</li>
<li>A group of sparklines</li>
</ol>
<p>One advantage of using sparklines is that, unlike charts, sparklines are printed when you print a worksheet that contains them.</p>
<h2>Create a sparkline</h2>
<ol>
<li>Select an empty cell or group of empty cells in which you want to insert one or more sparklines.</li>
<li>On the <strong>Insert</strong> tab, in the <strong>Sparklines</strong> group, click the type of sparkline that you want to create: <strong>Line</strong>, <strong>Column</strong>, or <strong>Win/Loss</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi42.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="84" /></p>
<ol>
<li>In the <strong>Data</strong> box, type the range of the cells that contain the data on which you want to base the sparklines.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Note</strong> You can click <img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi52.gif" alt="" />to temporarily collapse the dialog box, select the range of cells that you want on the worksheet, and then click <img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi62.gif" alt="" />to restore the dialog box to its normal size.</p>
<p>When one or more sparklines are selected, the <strong>Sparkline Tools</strong> appear, displaying the <strong>Design</strong> tab. On the <strong>Design</strong> tab, you can choose one or more of several commands from among the following groups: <strong>Sparkline</strong>, <strong>Type</strong>, <strong>Show/Hide</strong>, <strong>Style</strong>, and <strong>Group</strong>. Use these commands to create a new sparkline, change its type, format it, show or hide data points on a line sparkline, or format the vertical axis in a sparkline group. These options are described in detail in the following section.</p>
<h2>Customize sparklines</h2>
<p>After you create sparklines, you can control which value points are shown (such as the high, low, first, last, or any negative values), change the type of the sparkline (Line, Column, or Win/Loss), apply styles from a gallery or set individual formatting options, set options on the vertical axis, and control how empty or zero values are shown in the sparkline.</p>
<h3>Control which value points are shown</h3>
<p>You can highlight individual data markers (values) in a line sparkline by making some or all of the markers visible.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi72.jpg" alt="" width="173" height="50" /></p>
<p>In this sparkline, the high value marker is green, and the low value marker is orange. All other markers are shown in black.</p>
<ul>
<li>To show all values, select the <strong>Markers</strong> check box.</li>
<li>To show negative values, select the <strong>Negative Points</strong> check box.</li>
<li>To show the highest or the lowest values, select the <strong>High Point</strong> or <strong>Low Point</strong> check boxes.</li>
<li>To show the first or the last values, select the <strong>First Point</strong> or <strong>Last Point</strong> check boxes.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Change the style of or format sparklines</h3>
<p>Use the Style gallery on <strong>Design</strong> tab, which becomes available when you select a cell that contains a sparkline.</p>
<ol>
<li>Select a single sparkline or a sparkline group.</li>
<li>To apply a predefined style, on the <strong>Design</strong> tab, in the <strong>Style</strong> group, click a style or click the arrow at the lower right corner of the box to see additional styles.</li>
</ol>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi82.jpg" alt="" width="502" height="148" /></p>
<ol>
<li>To apply specific formatting to a sparkline, use the <strong>Sparkline Color</strong> or the <strong>Marker Color</strong> commands.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Show or hide data markers</h3>
<p>On a sparkline that has the Line style, you can show data markers so that you can highlight individual values.</p>
<ol>
<li>Select a sparkline.</li>
<li>In the <strong>Show/Hide</strong> group, on the <strong>Design</strong> tab, select any of the check boxes to show individual markers (such as high, low, negative, first, or last), or select the <strong>Markers</strong> check box to show all markers.</li>
</ol>
<p>Clearing a check box hides the specified marker or markers.</p>
<h3>Show and customize axis settings</h3>
<p>You can select <strong>Date Axis Type</strong> (in the <strong>Group</strong> group, click <strong>Axis</strong>) to format the shape of the chart in a sparkline to reflect any irregular time periods in the underlying data.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi92.jpg" alt="" width="247" height="137" /></p>
<p>In a line sparkline, applying the Date Axis type can change the slope of a plotted line and the position of its data points in relation to each other.</p>
<p>In a column sparkline, applying the Data Axis type can change the width of and increase or decrease the distance between the columns, as shown in the following image.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi102.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>In the example shown here, there are two column sparklines that use data from the same range. The sparkline with the &#8220;Trend&#8221; label uses the General Axis type, and the sparkline with the &#8220;Trend (Data Axis Type)&#8221; label uses the Date Axis type. In each sparkline, the first two data points are separated by two months, and the second and third are separated by seven months. By applying the Date Axis type, the space between the three columns changes proportionally to reflect the irregular time periods.</p>
<p>You can also use these Axis options to set minimum and maximum values for the vertical axis of a sparkline or sparkline group. Setting these values explicitly helps you control the scale so that the relationship between values is shown in a more meaningful way.</p>
<ol>
<li>With the sparkline or sparkline group selected, in the <strong>Group</strong> group, click <strong>Axis</strong>.</li>
<li>Under <strong>Vertical Axis Minimum Value Options</strong> or <strong>Vertical Axis Minimum Value Options</strong>, click <strong>Custom Value</strong>.</li>
<li>Set minimum or maximum values that you feel will best emphasize the values in the sparklines.</li>
</ol>
<p>You can increase the height of the row that contains the sparkline to more dramatically emphasize the difference in data values if some is very small and some is very large.</p>
<p>You can also use the <strong>Plot Data Right-to-Left</strong> option to change the direction in which data is plotted in a sparkline or sparkline group.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi112.jpg" alt="" width="227" height="199" /></p>
<p>If there are negative values in your data, you can emphasize this by showing a horizontal axis in your sparkline.</p>
<ol>
<li>With the sparkline or sparkline group selected, in the <strong>Group</strong> group, click <strong>Axis</strong>.</li>
<li>Under <strong>Horizontal Axis Options</strong>, click <strong>Show Axis</strong>.<br />
Any sparklines that contain negative data will display a horizontal axis at 0.</li>
</ol>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi122.jpg" alt="" width="393" height="126" /></p>
<p><strong>Handle empty cells or zero values<br />
</strong></p>
<p>You can control how a sparkline handles empty cells in a range (and thus how the sparkline is displayed) by using the <strong>Hidden and Empty Cell Settings</strong> dialog box.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110711_1020_Sparklinesi132.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="125" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Software Paths offers a wide range of courses in Excel including our <a title="Excel Dashboards" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/office-skills/excel-dashboards/">Excel Dashboards</a> and <a title="Excel Master Certification" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/office-skills/iexcel-master/">iExcel master</a> programmes.</p>
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		<title>Apple’s Siri points to an exciting future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iact_shane</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since HAL refused to open the pod bay doors for Dave we&#8217;ve all wondered when we&#8217;d get to talk to our computers. Well now thanks to Apple and Siri we <em>can</em> and the results are very exciting. It is certainly more than enough to justify buying the new iPhone 4S if you are a techy.</p>
<p>Apple&#8217;s latest iPhone 4S includes an upgrade to IOS 5 that includes Siri &#8211; an electronic personal assistant built into the Operating System. Siri is seriously impressive technology and is able to recognise most voices without any training whatsoever – and it can pick up your voice in very difficult environments. It understands remarkably well what you mean when you phrase things in a range of different ways – so you don&#8217;t have to speak like a robot to get your message understood – regular speech and regular speeds are fine for Siri.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110111_2005_ApplesSirip11.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve asked Siri to do something (and it&#8217;s pretty flexible) it consults with Apple&#8217;s servers to work out what you want to do. All this happens very quickly and remarkably reliably.</p>
<p>Siri also talks to you in a very acceptable computer voice – and provides a real benefit for mobile accessibility.</p>
<p>Here are a few of questions you can put to Siri right now&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Check out the weather where you are or where you are going to.</li>
<li>Find a good Italian restaurant near you (in the US only at the moment)</li>
<li>Send a text to your mom (and dictate the message)</li>
<li>Set a reminder for tomorrow afternoon to make a call</li>
<li>Play a song by the artists name</li>
<li>Check a stock price</li>
</ul>
<p>and much more…  If it can&#8217;t find the answer it will offer to search the web.</p>
<p>When you finish speaking, Siri displays the text of what you said and provides a response. If Siri needs more information to complete a request, it will ask you a question. For example, if you say &#8220;Remind me to call my mom,&#8221; Siri will ask &#8220;What time would you like me to remind you?&#8221;</p>
<p>The future for Siri is very exciting – as the database of questions that Apple will start to harvest will inevitably lead to great improvements. It won&#8217;t be long before Siri will offer a whole range of additional services &#8211; want to book a flight? Ask Siri to do it for you. Want to rent a car? Specify the type and kind and where you&#8217;ll be – then leave it to Siri. Paying a bill – talk to Siri. Want an analysis on your stock portfolio – why not ask Siri? Running a temperature with a pain in your left ear? Consult Siri.</p>
<p>Steve Jobs was a visionary without equal and the last product he got to see launched is &#8211; as ever &#8211; remarkable.</p>
<p>For more information on Siri visit the <a title="Questions about Siri" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri-faq.html">Apple site</a></p>
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		<title>QuarkXpress AppStudio training for creating iPad publications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at QuarkXpress AppStudio that lets you create rich media publications for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take a look at QuarkXpress AppStudio that lets you create rich media publications for the iPad and eventually other tablet devices. Designed for creative professionals to graphic designers it makes it easy to publish digitally to theese formats without coding.</p>
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<p>Software Paths are a QuarkXpress Gold Partner and we can provide training for you on QuarkXpress. For more information call us on (01) 4347630 or e-mail <a href="mailto://info@iact.ie">info@softwarepaths.com</a></p>
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		<title>What’s new in Adobe PhotoShop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s lots of cool new features in Adobe&#8217;s Latest release of PhotoShop. Check out some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s lots of cool new features in Adobe&#8217;s Latest release of PhotoShop. Check out some of these cool new features that&#8217;s you&#8217;ll learn about on our Adobe PhotoShop Training programmes..</p>
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<p style="background: black;"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/3d-extrusions-with-adobe-repousse-motion-graphics.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/102311_1043_WhatsnewinA11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/3d-extrusions-with-adobe-repousse-motion-graphics.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank">3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé</a><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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<p><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;">Create stunning 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, path, or layer mask with Adobe Repoussé technology. Twist, rotate, extrude, bevel, and inflate your designs.<br />
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<p style="background: black;"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/3d-extrusions-with-adobe-repousse-motion-graphics.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/102311_1043_WhatsnewinA21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/3d-extrusions-with-adobe-repousse-motion-graphics.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank">3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: black;">Check out another example of using Adobe Repousse for creating a great 3D logo quickly and easily with these professional tools.<br />
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<p style="background: black;"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/content-aware-fill-web-design.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/102311_1043_WhatsnewinA31.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.adobe.com/feature/photoshopextended/content-aware-fill-web-design.modaldisplay.._s_content_s_dotcom_s_en_s_products_s_photoshopextended.html" target="_blank">Content-Aware Fill</a><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;">Re<span style="color: black;">move any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.<br />
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<p>Software Paths provide classroom training and consultancy on <a title="Adobe Photoshop" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/graphic-design/photoshop-cs5/">Adobe PhotoShop</a>, <a title="Adobe Illustrator" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/graphic-design/adobe-illustrator/">Illustrator</a>, <a title="Adobe InDesign" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/graphic-design/adobe-indesign-cs5/">InDesign</a> as well as their video editing suite. For more information please <a title="Contact IACT" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/contact-iact/">contact us</a>.</p>
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		<title>Adobe’s Web Experience Module</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iact_shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Create compelling experiences that engage customers across all digital channels The proliferation of social media [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #76787a; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Create compelling experiences that engage customers across all digital channels</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p>The proliferation of social media has brought about a fundamental shift in the way consumers interact with digital content. What started as isolated channels of leisurely distractions has become one of the primary ways that enterprise brands are shaped and buying decisions are made by consumers. How do enterprises survive in a market where digital experiences dominate brand mindshare and influence real revenue? How can enterprises gain the competitive advantage in a world where personalized social experience is king?</p>
<p>According to Forrester&#8217;s Online Retail Forecast, by 2014, &#8220;more than half of total retail sales will be influenced by the web.&#8221; Furthermore, while traditional brick-and-mortar retail sales have been decreasing during the economic downturn, online purchases grew 11% in 2009, with a projected 10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2014. These figures are arguably conservative considering that digital interactions between businesses and customers seep into every moment of our lives with the increasing adoption of mobile devices.</p>
<p>This trend is accelerating. As digital experiences become more engaging, consumers spend more time online as well as more dollars. Digital interactions become even more valuable to enterprises as they seek to make these interactions more engaging and pervasive.</p>
<p>Web content management (WCM) systems, which are built on the promise of helping enterprises create, manage, and deliver content, fall short as an enabler of marketing and e-business strategies in this new era. Instead, an enterprise&#8217;s digital properties must be more than one-way broadcasts of information. Customers desire connection, conversation, and interaction.</p>
<p>Adobe&#8217;s Web Experience Management (WEM) solution helps to enable enterprises to optimize their digital channels to acquire new customers, capture customer insight, and deliver personalized content that leads to increased conversion rates and brand engagement.</p>
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<p>Adobe&#8217;s Web Experience Management solution extends an enterprise-class WCM foundation to:</p>
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<li>Capture real-time customer insight through integration with the Adobe® Online Marketing Suite and measure content relevance and audience engagement</li>
<li>Store, review, and manage rich content across many channels within the WEM media library or for more advanced requirements extend the solution to the digital asset management system as part of Adobe&#8217;s Integrated Content Review solution<span style="font-size: 5pt;"><sup>* </sup></span></li>
<li>Enable content personalization and dynamic delivery with rules-based targeting that provides closed-loop feedback of digital-asset effectiveness</li>
<li>Quickly launch targeted campaigns to capture leads across multiple channels, including web, mobile, and email</li>
<li>Help foster community and empower customers through social collaboration, including comments, ratings, blogs, forums, and wikis</li>
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<p>Adobe&#8217;s tools help enterprises create incredible digital experiences. We work with marketing and e-business professionals who use Adobe Creative Suite components, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator to produce compelling digital content that vividly represents an enterprise&#8217;s brand.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Now, with Adobe&#8217;s Web Experience Management solution, enterprises can help manage mass personalization of interactive experiences, listen to feedback across all digital channels, and optimize engagement by adjusting content to customer context. IACT provide training and consultancy services on Adobe Products for eLearning, web design and Desktop Publishing. For more information please <a title="Contact IACT" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/contact-iact/">contact us</a>.</p>
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		<title>Visio 2010 New Features and Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If like us you are a fan of Visio &#8211; the powerful diagramming tool that&#8217;s part of the Office Professional Suite – you will not be disappointed with the upgrade released in Office 2010</p>
<p>Creating diagrams has also been quick in Visio – but Visio 2010 makes it easier and makes them more professional. Make your diagrams more appealing and professional-looking in seconds using modern shapes and visuals, a rich gallery of themes, and Live Preview. Check diagrams against business rules and logic to ensure accuracy and consistency in diagrams. With one click, you can validate a diagram to make sure it&#8217;s logical and properly constructed.</p>
<p>Create and monitor SharePoint workflows more easily than ever with a new advanced template that contains SharePoint workflow rules and logic, and the ability to export and import workflows between Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visio 2010.</p>
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<h1>Create Dynamic, data-driven visuals</h1>
<p>Gaining a clear and complete view of information that matters to your business often requires both a high-level perspective and detailed data. Visio 2010 helps you see the entire picture by showing meaningful data and information graphically in a single, up-to-date diagram. We can easily connect diagrams to one or more data sources including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint Foundation, or any OLEDB (Object Linking and Embedding Database) or ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) data source using the Data Selector and Automatic Link wizards.</p>
<p>Display real-time data right within the shapes of your diagrams, based on conditions you define, using meaningful graphics such as colour, icons, symbols, and data bars we can then, add a legend to explain the meaning of your data-linked graphics. We can keep the linked data in your diagrams up-to-date without any additional effort using Automatic Refresh. You can refresh data automatically at specific time intervals, or manually at any time with one button click.</p>
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<h1>Share diagrams via the Web</h1>
<p>With Visio 2010, sharing your dynamic, data-linked diagrams with others is easier than ever. Simply connect your diagram to one or more data sources (such as Excel), and with a few clicks, publish your diagram to SharePoint Server. Online users can see your real-time information in their browsers at a high level, right on the diagram, or delve into the details – even if they don&#8217;t own Visio. They can pan and zoom in the diagram, follow hyperlinks in shapes, and refresh the data.</p>
<p>You can also build dashboards that contain interactive Visio diagrams and other application services. Visio Services and SharePoint Server integration supports visual mashups of actionable data and diagrams for an information-rich viewing experience.</p>
<p>Store, share, and reuse business process diagrams and subprocesses through Visio 2010 integration with SharePoint 2010 Process Repository.</p>
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<p>We offer a range of training courses for <a title="Microsoft VISIO" href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/courses/office-skills/microsoft-visio/">Visio</a> as well as providing consultancy services. Please <a href="http://www.softwarepaths.ie/contact-iact/">contact us</a> for more information.<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Segoe UI; font-size: 7pt;"><br />
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