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The advent of computing makes document management much easier from the days of pen and paper. Reproduction and duplication nowadays are close to 100% pixel perfect.

Nevertheless, this does not mean that that modern document management doesn’t come with negative issues of its own. With the current batch of software, compatibility is one of the major culprit that is faced by organizations of all sizes.

A software solution that admirably reduces this issue is Universal Document Converter; an application that can convert literally all document formats into Adobe PDF files, a global standard in portable computer generated documents.

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Psst… have you heard that WordPress 2.6.1 is available now?

For the list of all bugs fixed, please refer to this page. Once you’re clear about what you’re getting yourself into, download the relevant archive here.

Upgrade (or install) and enjoy the show

Wow, that was quick… You can download WordPress 2.6 “Tyner” from the usual location.

You can read more about this release from WordPress.org’s announcement post.

Update: And HTNet’s running it Upgrade is smooth as you’d expect from any WordPress build.

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I rarely do any presentation related work but I’ve been doing quite a bit of Microsoft PowerPoint related stuff for the past two weeks and have discovered these PowerPoint tips and tricks that I would like to share:

• Converting a PowerPoint Show to Slides
• Embedding YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations
• Converting Your PowerPoint Slides Into Flash Presentations For Free!

Hope you’ll find them as useful as I did!

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For the past week, I’ve been messing around with Joomla, a mature and robust CMS. I’ve installed and played about with Joomla on and off for the past couple of years. During this time, only one thing has put me off Joomla: it feels very complicated.

I consider myself competent when it comes to online publishing platforms, which is what Joomla is essentially. However, when it comes to the administration interface I always felt lost. A default Joomla installation has six administration menu groups and roughly 50 child menu items. Add a few more components and modules and you’d end up with over 100 administration pages.

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