Maria Langer, the author of the brand new Word for Mac 2011 Essential Training for lynda.com talks about the new version of the venerable word processing program, and whether you really need it. Part of the new Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Word 2011 has greatly reduced the number of available toolbars, eliminated the formatting palette, and added the much-talked about ribbon. Maria explains why those changes require some learning, but are for the best. The different kinds of tables in Word and which to use for what, the return of macros and why you need to understand privacy and security in Word documents are all part of the discussion.
MacVoices #10123: The Road to Macworld – Paul Kent Provides A First Look at the Macworld Conference Tracks and More
Paul Kent, Vice President and General Manager at IDG for Macworld, gives us a first look at the Macworld 2011 Conference tracks and what will be offered. Starting with the “immersive learning experience” that is the Macworld workshops, Paul takes us through who will presenting and some of the topics, including the just added Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iLife ’11 sessions, the Supersessions, the IT Conference track, and the User Conference track. Paul also provides an exclusive announcement on the “Show Me Something I Don’t Already Know” track, talks about the dates of this year’s show and how they worked out, the part that music will once again play at Macworld, and gives an update on The Macworld All-Star Band. Perhaps most importantly, Paul and Chuck discuss the opportunity that Macworld offers to hardware and software developers to connect with the most enthusiastic, vocal, connected Mac users, to all levels of the Mac media, independent and established alike, and why they need to be at the show to make it happen.
The Road to Macworld 2011 is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld 2011 in San Francisco from January 26 – 29 at the Moscone Convention Center.
MacVoices #10120: Omaha Sternberg on Apple’s Gaming Position and Better Games for iDevices
At BlogWorld in Las Vegas, gaming expert Omaha Sternberg talks about how games push technology forward, and how Apple is taking some surprising lead positions in gaming, especially portable gaming. Even if Steve Jobs is projecting the reality distortion field, it can’t be argued that Apple is suddenly playing a more important role than ever before. Omaha explains the initial hesitancy of some game makers to get involved, and why now we can look forward to better and more sophisticated games on all of Apple’s iDevices. Omaha also delivers her thoughts on this year’s BlogWorld, what she enjoyed, and what she would like to see for next year’s expo.