17 February 2012

HTML code and MS Word

A useful feature that I only recently became aware of is that if you use the MS Word menu option Insert | File to import a file with a HTM/HTML file extension and it contains tagged data. MS Word renders the data in HTML format. It also does not have to have lead in Head and Body tags.

This facility can be used for outputing reports from a database application into a HTML file. Then the HTML can be inserted into MS Word for rendering and printing without having to use a browser. Plus, the data can be edited by the user - which is not possible when rendered by a browser.

02 February 2012

Internet Telephony

When a PC is connected via broadband to the internet all day, a very cheap way of making telephone calls is via services like Skype. Not only can voice and video calls be made for free to fellow users. Skype even offers the facility to share the PC's screen, so that software problems, features, diagrams, etc. can be shared between the callers. All at no cost.
So for an SME with a large telephone bill, Internet Telephone is a way to significantly reduce those costs and improve the call experience with video and product demo's etc.