Category: Utilities

Microsoft Word - Creating Sample Text

Posted on 10:11pm 2/26/2008 by Bruno Silva in MS Office, Software, Utilities

You can add sample text to a Microsoft Word document by typing =rand(A,B) followed by the enter key.

A represents the number of paragraphs, and B the number of sentences for each paragraph.

Applies to several versions of Microsoft Word.

Windows Live SkyDrive

Posted on 8:03pm 2/21/2008 by Bruno Silva in Microsoft, Utilities, Web, Windows Live

Windows Live SkyDrive

Finally it is available! 5 Gb of space available for each user. Secured by an SSL connection. Available on IE and Firefox. Attached to your LiveID account.

Store files for yourself

Using multiple computers? No problem. Store and access your personal files from anywhere online.

Share files with friends

Sharing with friends, co-workers, or family is easy when you all add and update files in a shared folder.

Share files with the world

Some ideas are too good to keep to yourself. Share them in a public folder that only you can update.

More information at skydrive.live.com

Windows Vista - Enabling (hidden) Administrator Account

Posted on 6:08pm 2/20/2008 by Bruno Silva in Software, Utilities, Windows

Windows Vista Login

It is pretty simple! Just one shell script line of code :)

Learn how to do it in this blog.

Adobe Share Beta - Flex Document Manager

Posted on 7:30pm 2/17/2008 by Bruno Silva in Adobe, Software, Utilities, Web

Adobe has a web-based service in Beta stage that allows you to share documents. It is based on Flex technology. You upload your files, choose with whom you what to share them, and if you want them to be public (to everyone you give the direct URL).

Adobe Share Beta - Upload

Your files will be available in your library. You can preview your files, download them, share them or delete them.

Adobe Share Beta - Library

If you want you can share your public files by adding a link to the URL or by embedding the given code into your webpages (which shows a flash-enabled preview of the shared file).

Adobe Share Beta - Properties

The preview pane only works with images and PDF documents.

Adobe Share Beta - Preview

I just love the User Interface. It has the usual Adobe clean look&feel. According to this webpage the maximum space available to each user is 1Gb. A REST-based API is also available.

The current file formats which are supported are:

  • Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 formats, Rich Text Format (RTF), Open Office formats, text, and PDF.
  • HTML
  • Adobe supported image formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG
  • Creative Suite file formats
  • SWF and Captivate formats
  • ZIP

Formats which were banned are:

  • Media: MP3, AAC, MOV, WMV, OGG, FLV, XVID, DIVX.
  • Fonts: TTF, DFONT, OTF
  • Archive: TGZ, 7Z, SIT
  • Executable files or script code: EXE, DLL, JAR, WAR, CAB, JS, VB

Quick Silver Screen

Posted on 10:06pm 2/12/2008 by Bruno Silva in Culture, Utilities, Web


Quick Silver Screen

I’m still not sure about the legal issues when it comes to a service like this one… Online TV Shows, movies, etc. directly from this site to your browser, using a DivX plugin…

Meanwhile, enjoy while it is available. Has a pretty good collection, including the latest House M.D. episode. :D

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