15 Sep 09 Office 2007 tabs: Are you Tabby Enough?

Tabs in office 2007, have I gone nuts? You will not believe anything on the contrary until you see the picture below.

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Yes, I am talking about tabbed workspace in Microsoft Office 2007, and I am not crazy that got proved by the above image, and if you still think it is some kind of a trick then download OfficeTab on your windows system and see how nutty this plug-in makes you, your Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007.

Well, I am not suggesting that everyone who will see this plug-in is going to jump off his “windows” to grab this plug-in, but most of us will do so. People who are not excited about this plug-in are those who compares two or more documents by cascading or tiling the word files. I believe they can still do it by turning this damn thing off. This is not a big deal.

I must add here, in my test, I could successfully cascade my tabbed windows with this plug-in on. I tiled three documents both horizontally and vertically, and for a problem, I faced none.

OfficeTab is highly customizable plug-in. you have an option to choose from 12 different styles of tabs. Not only that, you can edit the tabs to make it look more personal. Even the location of tabs could be changed. You can use control and tab (Ctrl+Tab) to toggle between different documents.

Supported Language: English and Chinese, Chinese because the plug-in has been developed by a Chinese developer. Hey, did I forget to say that OfficeTab is free.

I find this plug-in cool. What about you? I am dying to hear your point of view on this tool use it and let me know what you think.

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Tags: Contrary, Control, Damn Thing, Different Styles, Image, Language English, Microsoft, Microsoft Office 2007, Nuts, People, Point Of View, Powerpoint, Tabbed Windows, Tabs, Windows System, Word Excel, Word Files, Workspace

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23 Feb 09 Widgets and Things That Go Bump in the Night!

If you’re somewhat new to this technology, then join the crowd. Though widgets are all the rage these days, there are still a great many people who have no idea what a “widget” is. One of our team members on the Gossimer Support Team was reflecting on this. This is what she had to say:

True confession: I was one of those! Yes, it’s true. I had blogs all over the place, on every reputable site, but I had no idea what a widget was. So I started asking friends and family. They thought I had been at my computer too long (and that I should really “Log Out” and take a nap!). Finally, after a great amount of research and two pots of coffee, I discovered the meaning of widget.

A widget is a gadget that is embedded somewhere, just about anywhere you like, in a blog or on a website. It’s sort of like a hyperlink but when you click on it, you will be pleasantly surprised. Clicking on a widget will usually take you someplace fun. Sometimes a widget can be an embedded video, gallery, podcast, or who knows what! New widgets are suprising me all the time!

It’s sort of like stepping onto the “Yellow Brick Road” in the virtual world of Cyberspace. A popular widget is one that takes the clicker to a game. We all love to play games, right? So how about a fun little game of Super Mario? Where do you find these crafty little devices? Well, there are sites springing up all over the place (like tulips on a spring day!).

Widget websites and sources make the whole process fairly user friendly and normally you can simply answer a few questions about the type of widget you want and wahlah! Just like magic, there’s the code. After that, it’s simply a matter of copying and pasting the code into your blog or web site. Gossimer will have more blog articles on widgets in the future; this is important not only because our company offers free blogware in our Linux Hosting plans, but also because many widgets can be implemented through simple HTML code. Stayed tuned in with us for more.

Tags: All The Rage, blogs, Blogware, Clicker, Coffee, Crowd, Friends And Family, Gadget, gadgets, games, Hosting Plans, Hyperlink, Little Game, Magic Code, Nap, Podcast, Pots, Spring Day, Super Mario, Team Members, Things That Go Bump In The Night, True Confession, Tulips, Video Gallery, Virtual World, Widget, Widgets, Yellow Brick Road

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