January 28, 2010
ADOBE PDF PREVIEW HANDLER 64-BIT FIX
There’s finally a solution to a bug that Adobe has allowed to stand unpatched for far too long. This only applies to a few of you but you’ll be glad to see it if you’ve been one of the victims.
Background: if you use Outlook 2007 to open an e-mail message with a PDF attachment, you should be able to preview the attachment directly in the Reading pane. When you click on the attachment, you’ll first see the dialog asking you to confirm that the attachment comes from a trustworthy source. (Leave the box checked for that warning […] continued
January 19, 2010
COMPUTER SAFETY 2010
Here’s an updated list of ways to be safe and secure with your computer.
Install updates from Microsoft promptly. Look in the lower right corner for the gold shield (WinXP) or update icon (Win7/Vista).
Install updates to Acrobat, Flash, Java, and Quicktime promptly. Each will alert you from the lower right corner.
- An easy and safe way to keep up with updates: visit Secunia Online Inspector once a month and follow its suggestions.
Install antivirus software and keep it up to date.
Know the name of your antivirus software. If you get a security
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January 16, 2010
GOOGLE AND CHINA
The technical side of Google’s blowup in China is shaping up as an explosive story about technology and hacking. Keep an eye on this one!
On Tuesday Google announced that it would no longer comply with Chinese censorship demands and might cease operating in China altogether. As I understand it, Google has set up a separate search page that operates within China and censors some search results as requested by the Chinese government. I believe Google also cooperates with the government in blocking access to Google.com. Update: Apparently Google.com can be reached from Chinese computers but search results are […] continued
October 15, 2009
VIEW PDFS IN GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS
Google has been introducing new features and services at a rapid pace for the last couple of months, presumably to stave off any defections to Microsoft’s search site Bing. There’s a new link in some Google search results that might save you some time!
If your search results include PDF files, look for a “Quick View” link that will open the PDF in a viewing pane, courtesy of Google Docs, with a full page view, thumbnails, and links for downloading and printing. It’s faster than downloading the document for Acrobat or Adobe Reader to display.
You won’t see […] continued
October 13, 2009
SPEAKING OF UPDATES
Your computer should restart tonight after installing this month’s critical updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly large batch of updates and some of them are for the kind of vulnerabilities that the bad guys will quickly be attempting to exploit.
Adobe is following through on its plan to release quarterly updates on the same day as Microsoft’s monthly patches. Adobe will release important updates today for all current versions of Acrobat and Adobe Reader. If you see the Adobe icon on the taskbar asking for permission to install an update, you should install the patch. It […] continued
September 13, 2009
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACROBAT VERSIONS
Everyone who uses Acrobat might be interested in the charts prepared for the blog Acrobat For Legal Professionals. The first shows the features of the various versions of Acrobat 9 – Reader, Standard, Professional, and Professional Extended – with a focus on features useful to lawyers.
The chart below is even more useful. It compares Adobe versions 8 and 9, with a note on each feature that was added or changed in each version compared to version 7. If you’re working in an office, you probably need the full version of Acrobat; if you’re using version […] continued
September 3, 2009
64-BIT GLITCHES
Many of you – most of you – will get the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on your next computer, so you can use more than 4Gb of RAM. Even if you don’t buy more memory than that at first, you’ll want the comfort of knowing you can add more later. You’ll recall that many devices that connect to the computer (printers, scanners, etc.) will need a new driver specifically written for a 64-bit operating system. Fortunately, those are becoming widespread and many of them are included with Windows.
Setting up the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on my […] continued
August 31, 2009
LICENSE TIP FOR WINDOWS UPGRADES
When I upgraded my office computer to Windows 7, I installed a new hard drive and left the original hard drive in the case as a second drive. That’s the easiest way to make sure that no files are left behind during the upgrade, since they can be copied into place from the old drive.
It also makes it easier to handle last-minute glitches. When I needed quick access to the system as it was before the upgrade, I could accomplish that in just a few seconds: I shut down the computer, unplugged the SATA cable from the new […] continued
August 27, 2009
FUJITSU SCANSNAP S1500
Fujitsu introduced a new compact office scanner, the ScanSnap S1500, a few months ago. It’s inexpensive for what it does ($450 or less), and quite fast – 20 pages per minute for single-sided pages, 40 pages per minute for two-sided pages. It produces nice PDF files in a hurry from a 50-page document feeder. On top of all that, it’s stylish. A nice little package!
My client called because the scanner software appeared to have installed correctly but the scanner didn’t show up in Acrobat as a source to create a PDF. One of the strengths of Acrobat […] continued
June 21, 2009
ACROBAT.COM PAID ACCOUNTS
There will be some new experiments with subscription fees for online services, after the last few years when it seemed everything online would always be free or could be financed by online advertising. Adobe has just turned on “premium” subscriptions for Acrobat.com, its portal for file sharing and collaboration. Here’s what I wrote about Acrobat.com when it first appeared last year.
It’s still possible to use basic Acrobat.com services for free – store PDF and Office files online and share them, convert a limited number of files each month to PDF format, and use Adobe ConnectNow […] continued
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