On 3/20/2010 5:37 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I've been talking about our incoming cyclone for several days. Here's
the latest: We had no noticeable wind or rain overnight here in
Townsville where we live, and we don't expect much if any today (we're
far enough north of the cyclone to miss it). We're waiting to hear
about our place in Airlie Beach. Eye of cyclone went right through
there. Not going to phone anyone until later; we figure they are
either busy or finally getting some sleep.
--Jean
After being five to twenty (F) degrees below normal almost all of the
past three months, plus a fair amount of snow, we finally got weather up
to thirty degrees above normal (low 70s) for a few days, but the rain
and snow might return for another day or two.
As part of Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program
<http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/>, I just downloaded Visual
Studio 2010 Utimate (muchos GB)--as part of a 3-year subscription,
costing $100 upon termination. The installation had a neat manner of
downloading and installing local copies of the documentation as part of
the final installation window. I made screenshots and attached the three
PNGs. Perhaps, after we have a critical mass of our own user manuals,
OOo could incorporate something similar in its installer.
There is a library manager, whereby a user can switch between the online
help or local, downloaded copies, plus an updater for any or all of the
help files. For Visual Studio 2010 RC, there were 55 documents, taking
up over 1 GB of hard-drive real estate.
Microsoft also includes the complete Expression Web 3 suite of software,
plus Microsoft Server 2008 O/S and other applications as part of its
WebsiteSpark program. In addition, there are other such 3-year
subscriptions either free or for $100 for students or for businesses, in
case anybody might be tempted to use them.
Microsoft, apparently, did not properly update its help CHM file for the
upgrade from Expression Web 2 to Web 3. (I suppose the other half dozen
applications in the Expression suite would also have numerous errors for
version 3. The bottom of each page has a feedback link for entering
emailed errata, so I corrected a couple dozen technical errors in that
manner in only about 25% of the help file that I read so far...
Gary
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