After many months testing the compatibility with Windows 7, with the help of numerous long time users, finally I have decided to release a public version of Control Runner that seems to have solved most of the issues discovered since the release of v4 more than a year ago.
I would like to personally …
Read MoreApril 26, 2011 Category: launch, news No Comments
I was contacted a few days ago by a long time user with a weird problem with Control Runner. Apparently drag and drop from the Desktop or Explorer had stopped running.
Unable to think of a cause for this problem, I scheduled a remote assistance session with the user. After …
Read MoreDecember 22, 2010 Category: launch No Comments
One of the most asked for feature in PowerTOC is the ability to use tab leaders in the table of contents entries. It is so common to see them in books and other “typesetted” documents that people want to use them also in the TOCs of their presentations.
The problem is that PowerPoint does …
Read MoreDecember 16, 2010 Category: powerpoint, tocs No Comments
FormsAssistant 1.9 has just been released. This new version adds compatibility with Office 2010 and also has a better install and uninstall support on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
I have been testing this new version on a combination of Windows XP, Vista and 7 with Office versions 2003, 2007 and 2010 and it …
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2010 Category: forms, news No Comments
Once that the nightmare of porting our applications to Windows 7 (Control Runner) and Office 2010 (the Office add-ins) is under control, I have started working on the upcoming version of PowerTOC.
This new version brings a lot of enhancements, most of them suggested by users. The new ribbon tab should give you an …
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2010 Category: news, powerpoint, tocs No Comments
I am pleased to announce that PowerTOC 2.3 has been released. The only enhancement brought to this new version is that compatibility with PowerPoint 2010 has been added.
As a side note, I’d like to add that this will be probably the latest 2.x version. …
Read MoreSeptember 7, 2010 Category: powerpoint, tocs No Comments
After many months in the making and an extensive beta test we are pleased to release our latest addition to our line of Microsoft Office productivity add-ins.
As its name implies, PowerMerge is a “mail merge” utility for PowerPoint. It is used to create presentations from a template …
Read MoreDecember 9, 2009 Category: merge, news, powerpoint No Comments
I have been blogging about PowerMerge lately but, where is it?
In a nutshell, the program was finished about a month ago and it seems to work quite nicely (see my previous post to see what it is capable to do). There are just two small issues pending:
I am getting some errors …
Read MoreNovember 2, 2009 Category: merge No Comments
This is the continuation of the Case Study showing how to use PowerMerge and QueryCell to automate the creation of personalized presentations using PowerPoint and data contained in Excel.
First of all, I create a template for the presentation that will be sent along with the email. This presentation will contain our common corporate …
Read MoreNovember 2, 2009 Category: merge, powerpoint No Comments
Allan and Wilson books is going to be presenting information about their new titles to distributors and book stores all around the country. Read how PowerMerge and QueryCell help them do it quicker, easier and with less mistakes.
My name is Jenny Malhouse and I’m the general IT manager at Allan and Wilson books. …
Read MoreNovember 2, 2009 Category: merge, powerpoint 1 Comment