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MapInfo hits new heights with Professional 5.0

Not one to rest on its laurels, MapInfo Corp. has released a 5.5 version of its industryleading desktop mapping program, MapInfo Professional. When we last looked at geographical information system programs, MapInfo Professional 5.0 led the pack in a dead heat with Environmental Systems Research I

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OmniPage Web bridges gap between paper, the Web

Every so often we come across a foreheadslapper. That's a program that makes us collectively slap palms to forehead and exclaim, 'Why didn't somebody come up with that before?' Caere Corp.'s OmniPage Web is such a program, and it will be appreciated immediately by any agency Webmaster who needs

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HTML Transit makes Web work a snap

Designing a World Wide Web site for your agency or department can be fun, especially if you have the opportunity to employ the latest bells and whistles. The really tedious work, as any Webmaster can tell you, rears its head if you need to convert masses of legacy files for presentation on the Web.

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Mobile Essentials 2.0 keeps users connected

One of the biggest headaches for mobile professionals is managing the host of configuration settings that enable them to connect to the home office. Every time you reach a new location and try to call home, it seems you have to reconfigure your computer with a different dialing sequence, calling c

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New SmartSuite gives Office a run for its money

For information technology decisionmakers in most federal agencies, the main question in selecting an office suite is whether there is any convincing reason to swim against the Microsoft Corp. tide. After all, the Microsoft suite offers a worldclass set of tightly integrated applications, and bec

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Office 2000: Looking sharp and ready to go

Microsoft Corp.'s Office which overwhelmingly dominates the office suite market has never focused on bells and whistles. Instead, the suite has made its reputation through tight integration of its core industryleading applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Office 2000, released June

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WordPerfect Office 2000: Powerful, easy to use

The justreleased Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 is not likely to lure many users away from marketleading Microsoft Office.

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Acrobat 4.0 most powerful yet

Go to any agency World Wide Web site to download a document file and most likely you'll find it in one of three formats: ASCII, Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format. The problem with ASCII files, of course, is that they cannot offer much in the way of formatting. Microsoft Word

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LivePage eases complex Web content management

If your agency has a small World Wide Web site with fairly static pages, you can probably get by without any special programs for managing its content. But if you've got a large site with content that changes frequently, you'll want to consider moving to a Web contentmanagement program. LivePage C

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Small enhancements give IE5 a big boost

With the release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft Corp. has not added any major features to its World Wide Web browser, but the company has made dozens of lesser enhancements that add up to a smoother ride on the Web for end users and fewer headaches for systems administrators. Among the most we

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Small enhancements give IE5 a big boost

With last week's release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft Corp. has not added any major features to its World Wide Web browser, but the company has made dozens of lesser enhancements that add up to a smoother ride on the Web for end users and fewer headaches for systems administrators. Among the

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Mapping the world with GIS wares

Desktop mapping programs are growing ever more popular in government agencies, thanks to their ability to combine geographic and other types of data. The programs are being used for an increasing variety of purposes: analyzing crime patterns, tracking demographic data, allocating aid in urban areas

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Two packages ease HTML conversion

The World Wide Web is a communications frontier for many agencies, and with it come new challenges. For government Webmasters, moving volumes of documents from office workstations where they reside to the publicly available Web can be like scaling a summit. Newer word processing programs includin

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Office 2000: For Heavy Web Users Only

The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office the most popular office suite in the state and local marketis all about the World Wide Web. In fact, it is tough to tell where Office 2000's Windows applications end and the Web begins. The beta version of Office 2000, which shipped last month, is

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Office 2000: For heavy Web users only

The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office, the most popular office suite in the federal market, is all about the World Wide Web. In fact, it is tough to tell where Office 2000's Windows applications end and the Web begins. The beta version of Office 2000, which shipped this month, is a necessa

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Document management moves to the Web

In the past few years, the World Wide Web has become a standard means of outreach for federal agencies, a multimedia bulletin board for items ranging from public service announcements to tax forms.

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Netscape browser boosts road warrior support

Government systems administrators and frequent travelers will find much to like in Netscape Communications Corp.'s recently updated World Wide Web browsing suite, Communicator 4.5. Among other upgrades, the new version, which was released Oct. 19, features improved message management and enhanced s

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Document management moves to the Web

In the past few years, the World Wide Web has become a standard means of outreach for federal agencies, a multimedia bulletin board for items ranging from public service announcements to tax forms. Now, however, agencies are looking for the Web to do more than simply post documents for public consu

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Windows NT 5.0

Microsoft Corp. recently shipped Beta 2 of Windows NT 5.0, giving government users a first look at what to expect when the shipping version is released, probably next summer.

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