I am testing the blog posting feature in Word 2007. If this post works correctly, it will be posted via WordPress’ XML-RPC interface to the blog.
It’s a nifty feature. However, neither categories nor dates work correctly. In order to use it, I have to post as a draft, which puts the posting in the wordpress draft queue, and then tweak categories and dates. Still, as a way to catch up on some of my blog postings while on the flight this afternoon, it will be very useful.Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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Ok, I like understand you were a pretty important dude at Microsoft at some point, but how on earth did you get a beta of Word 2007 (says the guy still using a pirated version of Word 2000 — yes, I'm an evil, poor writer person)? Like, what guy in a dark alley did you have to bother to get a hold of that? Is there, like, a Bill Gates hotline we can call to get that?
There's a *blogging* feature built in???? (Whistles.)
Um, or put another way, is there any way X pints of beer at the Blogging meet up might be a way to procure a copy of said software?
Hey Zachary! No need to resort to piratical techniques. Just go to Microsoft and download the Office 2007 preview. That's what I did.
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Cool. Did not know a demo was out there.