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Windows Vista Virtual Folders and Search
With Windows Vista, you no longer have to remember where you store every file. Instead, to find a file, you need only remember something about it, such as a word contained within a document, the artist of a song, or the date a picture was taken.
Windows Vista also introduces Search Folders, a powerful new tool that makes it easy to find and organize your files—wherever they may be on your PC. A Search Folder is simply a search that you save. Opening a Search Folder instantly runs that saved search, displaying up-to-date results immediately.
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Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
My role at Microsoft India is that of an ‘IT Pro Evangelist’ as a part of which I need to talk about the upcoming technologies at Microsoft, showcase the new features, innovations, and how they relate to the lives of the IT Professionals.
My first interface with Windows Vista happened in February 2006, just 10 days after I joined Microsoft, in the IT Professionals Conference. I came to see how we do the offline events and what it takes in the background to set it rolling. On the night of the first day, when the stage was being set for the next day, an idea struck to our panel of technical content owners to stage a closing keynote a little differently. We came up with an idea to shoot out a couple of quick demonstrations on Windows Vista (which was still in its pre Beta1 stage!).
Well, we decided to take our chances and surprisingly I was told to lead this assignment of deciding upon ‘what to showcase’ and how!
Read Ranjana Jain's article!
Microsoft Office Access 2007
David McMahon gives us an overview of the changes that Access 2007 introduces over previous versions and takes a look at the new layout and the way the contents of the Ribbon bar in Access changes depending on the context of our work.
Learn how to extend the data gathering reach of Access by including InfoPath email forms and how to extend the reach of the Access database by linking it into WSS. Exciting times ahead for the Access developers of the world!
Read his article!
Getting in the Groove
One of the most exciting additions to 2007 Microsoft Office System is the collaboration tool Microsoft Office Groove 2007.
For the developer, Groove is an exciting platform on which to build collaboration tools that can be shared in a flexible fashion both inside and outside the organisation. It also provides the tools you need to integrate these with both Office SharePoint and with core back-end applications without compromising security.
Read Matt Nicholson's article about Groove!
Matt Nicholson is publisher and editor of the DNJ Online web site which provides articles and information to software developers working with Microsoft tools and technologies.
Download the Groove 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK)
Resources
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The My Web Pages Starter Kit is a dynamic content management system (CMS). It is designed to meet the needs of computer enthusiasts who want to deploy and maintain their own website – and it is also easy to modify the look and feel or even change/extend the feature set.
1. Easy to get the My Web Pages Starter Kit
2. Easy to customize with the Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express Edition (This is optional - you may just use it out of the box)
3. Easy to deploy at an ASP.NET 2.0 hoster
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If you're interested in learning more about Open XML Formats, you're in the right place at openxmldeveloper.org. This is your source for Open XML Formats news and information, a place to get your questions answered and share your insights as well. It's all free, and open to everyone.
Check it out!
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Are you a Software Vendor?
Independent Software Vendors: get your solutions to market faster. The upcoming release of the 2007 Microsoft Office system offers out-of box functionality and capabilities to help you develop and deliver Office-compatible software more quickly and effectively.
“ Innovate on 2007 Microsoft Office system” is the new portal that collects and links to all the content you may need, and provides you with guidance on how to plan your development more effectively or plug into the Microsoft marketing engine.
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Richard Costall writes about his experiences with Windows Vista
