Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: TiongHong Siah  |
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| Article Title :: The Secret of the Layer Styles Dialogue |
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| When you double-click a layer in the Layer Palette, you will access the Layer Style dialogue box. Here, you can set many eye-catching layer styles such as Bevel & Emboss, Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, etc.The lesser known secret of the Layer Style dialogue is that when you move it out of the way so that you can view your canvas, you can actually control the position of your current layer style with your mouse by dragging it!The above technique works for these layer styles:Drop ShadowLet us start by applying Drop Shadow to a layer. After you have checked the Drop Shadow checkbox, drag your Layer Style dialogue out of the way to view your object on the canvas (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Levi Page  |
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| Article Title :: Professional XP Style Icons in Software and Website Development |
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| Using professional icons in your application or website can bring a modern and aesthetically pleasing appearance to your product or service. This will not only help you to attract potential customers but also give you that "edge" you need to stand out from your competitors. In an internet age, it's important that your interface looks professional or your potential buyer might move on without really giving your product a chance to prove itself.Besides a professional appearance, relevant XP style icons can greatly increase the usability of any software application or website. Icons are just one of the many communication tools you have to guide a user. With good free icons few and far (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Deepty Chauhan  |
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| Article Title :: Software Process Improvement -A Successful Journey |
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For many organizations like ours, the interim target of achieving ISO 9001 or CMM levels is a daunting task. Discipline is no fun —Organizations readily acknowledge that striving to address projects according to ISO 9001 or CMM guidelines requires the creation of new procedures. It is vital to the success of improvement efforts to realize that process change entails cultural change and its human nature to resist change. Numerous social and technical barriers must be overcome to effect lasting improvement.My organization aimed for ISO 9001 certification and then CMM level 2 and Level 3 assessment approximately one and half year back and knew that it would be grille (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Joe Miller  |
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| Article Title :: Collaboration Software: Index of Collaboration Software Technologies |
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| Collaboration SoftwareCollaboration Software, also known as group collaboration software or groupware, is software which allows cooperation on a business document between multiple parties on multiple computers. Collaboration software also allows the integration and merging of document changes and versions on a business document.There are two types of collaboration software: IT centered and low IT involvement. IT-centered collaboration software, like many document and content management platforms, requires new IT infrastructure, training, maintenance and support. Low IT involved collaboration software communicates collaborative information to all parties involved using (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Andrew Karasev  |
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| Article Title :: Microsoft Great Plains Subcontracting – Overview for Microsoft Business Solutions Partner |
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| Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very popular ERP/MRP applications in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, South Africa, Latin America. Considering high number of new Microsoft Great Plains partners and the desire to subcontract occasional customization, integration and reporting projects, we would like to advise you on Microsoft Great Plains subcontracting guidelines, based on our experience in dealing with Great Plains VARs
Candidates for subcontracting:• Great Plains Dexterity customizations – Dexterity was and still is the IDE and programming language of Great Plains, especially workstation thick interface. However since Microsoft bought G (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Andrew Karasev  |
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| Article Title :: Microsoft CRM Implementation & Customization: MS CRM Fax Gateway |
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| With this small article we are continuing Microsoft Business Solutions CRM customization, development, modification, setup and implementation discussion.Microsoft CRM at this moment doesn’t have advanced fax automation – you can register the fact of fax receiving or sending, but it is not sufficient for your daily work with your clients. User should be able to send and receive faxes in her/his work environment – it is in MS CRMFax software automation market is very mature and we don’t have to re-invite the bicycle here. All we have to do is – integrate one of the reliable solutions into Microsoft CRM. Let’s look at the technical aspects of the integration: (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Lisa DeMaio  |
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| Article Title :: A Case Study on Selecting Contract Management Software |
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| Professional services firm cuts costs and improves productivity with integrated software system."I could satisfy the government, but I couldn't give managers the information they needed to do their jobs," says Shannon Winston, Controller for Apex Environmental.Apex Environmental, like many professional services firms with a competitive edge, offers a widely diverse group of services to both government and commercial clients. Managing and accessing data is critical with every contract. Recently – after years of using multiple software systems, supplemental spreadsheets, and manually transferring data from one incompatible system to another – Apex Environmental purchased a (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Andrew Karasev  |
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| Article Title :: IT Strategy for Large Corporation: ERP/MRP/CRM, Unix/Linux/Windows, Microsoft/Java |
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| Combining Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains ERP with non-Microsoft Business System or CRM: Lotus Notes Domino, Oracle, DB2There are multiple opinions on building your established large business IT system. Some companies prefer to be “Microsoft shop”, others prefer to stick to Java world. In our opinion large company should try balance its ERP in several layers: Hardware, Operating System, Database Platform, ERP/CRM software vendor. The history always proofs that staking on one thing statistically has a chance to fail, remember Windows/Mac battle in the middle of 1990th? Then Java resurrected UNIX world in the end of the 20th century. All these facts just tell us th (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: Ross MacIver  |
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| Article Title :: Google Brings the Earth to Your Desktop |
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| Google Inc. has launched a new software package that allows you to see satellite images on your desktop.Google Earth lets you search for locations anywhere on earth and display 3D aerial images of major cities and tourist attractions. Google Earth is in development, but a free beta version is available for home users. Locations can be searched by address, intersections, cities, zip codes or countries and the images can be zoomed in close enough to see streets and buildings.The images generated are 3D – you can rotate the view to see different sides of an object. You can navigate using a mouse or the keyboard, and view selectable layers to display information about local (read full article) |
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Category :: Software Articles |
Author :: David Deprice  |
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| Article Title :: How Do I Get Rid Of That Darn Spyware? |
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| Ad-Aware and Spybot are probably the two most well known antispyware solutions. However, they frequently fail to catch the more crafty spyware. Here is a list of five solutions known to get rid of the problem when all others fail.1. Webroot Spy Sweeper
http://www.deprice.com/webrootspysweeper.htmPC Magazine's Best of the Year 2004 for antispyware, Spy Sweeper now scans for spyware 30% faster. Spy Sweeper detects and successfully removes vicious programs like CoolWebSearch. For advanced protection, Active Shields defend your browser and operating system from attempted spyware installations. Enhanced Internet Explorer shields block changes to your browser settings. Several o (read full article) |
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