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February 2004 - Posts

Print Preview: what you see and what you get

Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:11 PM by Andrew May
Ever print something and have it be slightly different than what you saw in Print Preview? Conversely, ever go into Print Preview and see something that’s just a tad off from what your file actually looks like? For the most part, the differences Read More...
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Visio SDK available for download

Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:02 PM by Andrew May
We've just put the finishing touches on the Visio 2003 SDK and pushed it out the door: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=557120bd-b0bb-46e7-936a-b8539898d44d&displaylang=en I mention this for two reasons: The SDK is one-stop Read More...
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Automating commercial prepress part duex now live

Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:48 PM by Andrew May
The second part of my series on automating commercial printing tasks using the Publisher 2003 object model is now live on MSDN. This time around, we discuss how to automate, customize, and extend prepress operations involved publication page setup, embedded Read More...
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Working with group wizard shapes

Posted Monday, February 16, 2004 2:43 PM by Andrew May
When I was discussing shape-level wizard properties the other day, I mentioned group wizard shapes, which are related to, but independent from, the publication and page-level wizards. So here’s where I explain what I meant. Like wizard publications Read More...
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Setting a shape’s tool tip and alt text

Posted Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:38 PM by Andrew May
Here’s another tip that concerns Publisher Shape objects. When you mouse hover over a shape on a publication page, Publisher displays the shape name as a tool tip. You can set the shape name to anything you want, and this becomes the tool tip displayed Read More...
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Automating commercial prepress in Publisher article is now live

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:34 PM by Andrew May
The title pretty much says it all. The first in a series of three articles dealing with using the Publisher object model to automate prepress processes for commercial printers is now live on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/odc_pb2003_ta/html/ODC_pb_Prepress1_.asp Read More...
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Identifying wizard shapes in a publication

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:32 PM by Andrew May
I recently finished an article on how to generate publications based on pre-designed wizards in Publisher: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/publisher/articles/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_pb2003_ta/html/odc_pb_createwizardpubs.asp Read More...
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Choosing colors and inks for a publication

Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 3:21 PM by Andrew May
Looks like my next Publisher programmability article goes live on MSDN early next week. (Don’t worry, I’ll be sure and let you know what the link is once it gets published.) I’m really happy with this next series of articles, which highlight Read More...
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Transferring Publisher custom color schemes between users and computers

Posted Monday, February 02, 2004 6:31 PM by Andrew May
I’ve spent some time the last few weeks helping my wife come up with a consistent corporate identity for her business: letterhead, business cards, and all that. (Of course, I’m the one that suggested the overhaul in the first place; that way, Read More...
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