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layout grid positioning (Drumbeat has a similar feature) allowed for precise placement of buttons, text and images. Even targeting for version 3.0 browsers was not a problem, as GoLive converted non-overlapping layouts to tables. However, a word of caution: some unusualicons lurk on the borders of the variousviews and GoLive windows. So make sure Adobe Gokive 5 you read thevery good manual and go through Fiom: AdobeInc the product tour. These aids simplify tasks hltp llwww adobecom su«h assetting guides oreditor preferences. Runs oa Mac ard Windows Being a programmer who has used FoxPro, Street (vice $305 Visual Basic, and, more recently, several great Pres:Strongest suppon for coding in Javagcript, Java tools, I especially liked the rich selection VBScnpt, andHTMLwan great naval editor of GoLive's Toolbox and the context-sensitive Cons:Roughedges e iateitace as every little icon does Object Inspector. If you highlight an image something. with the Object Inspector, for example, it Out ef the bax:Easyinstall. Verygoodmanuals aad changes its tabs and underlying dialogue to tour al rich, coinplex program. those required for setting image attributes and Overall ragnB4 3 oatoi 5 events. Highlight a line of text and vol)4 —it transforms into a Text Inspector with its I)e» ta z» ile revs 3 e us xsaat ea~ unique properties/attributes and action set.zil tings. Coupled with right-mouse clickswhich also pop up context-sensitive menusyou can start to work very efficiently in GoLive. But be warned: you need all of the power of the 200 MHz Pentium processor and 64 MB of memory that Adobe recommends. Of the common features of the current generation of Web authoring tools noted in the preface,GoLive was less attractive than some of the other programs on two fronts. First it er only has small-scale improvements in XML Adobe GoLive is a programmer's Web devel- support. GoLive will recognize —and therefore opment tool with property sheets, strong sup- leave alone (not mangle) — XML tags, and will port for both editing and debugging of allow source code edits of XML tags, assuming javaScript, VBScript, and Active Server Pages that the end user knows what to do. However, (ASP) in a Dynamic Link feature that allows it still does not have a validating XML parser connection to any ODBC-«ompliant (open or layout tool.to preview XML documents. database connectivity-compliant) database. In Second, many of the imageand multimedia addition, GoLive lets the user set the target handling features are geared exclusively to browser and scripting language, then cus- Adobe products. For example, the Tracing tom izesaBwizard s, generators,debuggers.and Image feature only works with Adobe validity checks to respect specific browser and Photoshop's proprietary PSD File format, script constraints. Others approximate —but meaning that to use the feature, images in the no tool matches—the thoroughnessof GoLive Web's defacto standard formats —)PEG, GIF, in helping to relieve programmers of some the and PNG — have to Erst be saved in FSD fortedious tasks of resolving incompatibilities mat. This smacks of the same myopit vision resulting f ro m t h e c o unterproductive that characterizes some equally proprietary Microsoft and Netscape browser war. aspects of Microsoft's FrontPage. Even with this considerable power, the Nonetheless,GoLive can be a very Iroduc-

HoTMetaLPro can create greatHTNL pages,butcan they meetthe Web development requirementsofthefuture?

features to Web authoring tools: scripting help as wdl as a text edi(or for lavaScript, VBScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), plus Java and XML (extensible markup language)interfaces; (hypertext markup language) editors andWeb • smart syntax checkers that validate HTML, masters). SoftQuad also created quite a stir by lavaScript, VBScript and CSS against variwrapping up an SGML-based (standard generous versions of Internet Explorer and alized markup language-based) visual editor Netscape Web browsers; similar to Frontpage with a tag view. But the • asset display and management facilities to ruling Web tools were primarily text-based, keep ever-sprouting images, audio, video with some added features like on-board FTP and otherWeb resources in control; delivery to a Web site or validity checking of all • site-management facilities that not only links on a Web site. move Web pages and assets to/from Web It is interesting to compare these "old" feasites but also run validity checks; tures with the price of admission for today' s • team development capabilities, including Web development tools as shown in Table I. check-in,checkout, and backup with verThe Five tools we examine —Adobe GoLive 4.0, sion control; Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0, Macromedia hdp, tutorials, wizards and coaching to help Drumbeat 2000, Microsoft FrontPage 2000, users with the syntax of all the various Web Sof(Quad HoTMetaL Pro 6.0— are ag adept at languagesand tools; delivering Web pages. However, Web develop- • and database connectivity fordynamic Web ment now emphasizes dynamic, databasecontent, transaction data, and Web site

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table or document is defined and laid out. Thus any XML-based program can describe thecontentsofany XML-defined document. which helps increase the effectiveness of Inter net search enginesand knowledge management systems.

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Fireworks. purchased Elemental's Drumbeat 2000, it went almost unnoticed. The deal didn't seem to make sense, as there appeared to be alotofoverlap between Dreamweaver and Drumbeat. However, a closer look reveals that Macromedia may have pulled oA a real steaLAlthough Macromedia has announced it will be replacing Drumbeat with a product called U ltraDev, the technology w ithin

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which are complementary to Dreamweaver. First, Drumbeat's GUI provides new convenience for Web developers.Every Web authoringprogram out there has adopted a multi-windowpane interface with tabbed views of the main edit window. Drumbeat has taken this a step further by making the sizing of the secondary supporting windows. such as Site Tree, Asset Centre and Properties, much more convenient. To the ag important Asset Centre, Drumbeat adds a convenient data need to becommunicated, XML isquite window to view images, animations, and effective. However, when very large quantities videos in a very useful thumbnail format. are involved —high volume data interchange But even more importantly, Drumbeat

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dard procedures for describing. transforming and interchanging data between two systems. Here is a list of the most important XML stan-

this gives an idea of how slowly XML stan-

dards, and their status with the regulatory body: XML I.0: The basic standard for XML markup and function. (Standard has been adopted.) XSLTi Extensible stylesheets transforma-

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tions. It determines how to transform one XML doc into another. (Standard has been adopted.) NameSpaces:How to apply more than one DTD to an XML document. (Standard has

or Softquad's XMetaL, one would be taken aback by t h e verbosity and d uplication required to specify XML data. That is the strength and weakness of XML It is great for standard description and interchange of data but much less attractive for permanent/persistent storage of data. XML data often occupies three to seven times the storage required for a relational database that contains the same information. So when small to intermediate amounts of

been adopted.) XSL 2.0: The other half of XSL for formatting and layout of XM L documents. (In

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indusby analyst firm, estimstcwths Inksnet infrashuctwa economy will grow 32 percwnt to US$370billion by 2003.And Boston Cosufiing Cstuup, another high-tech think tank, pnxlicts the business-to-busmess market will grow by8 factor of sight in the next Ouse years.

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for marketing at Citibank Payment services in Toronto says while such stories certainly grab headlines, people shouldn't feel they have to stop shopping online. "It is no different from someone breaking

tomers.And to prove noone issafe, authorities in the U.K. arrested a Welsh teenager for chasing is. In what somearecalling one of the allegedly hacking into an e-commercesite and largest cases of cyber theR ever reported, an getting the details of Microsoft head Bill intruder is alleged to have stolen nearly Gates'4 credit card.

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word or number to gain access. The Vectra VL consumers as well. Sommer sees a time when 600 can be configured so the machine won' t suchtokens could be used by consumers for even pmperly boot up past the BIOS unless the secure Internet banking.

"We aredeveloping a system of e-banking person keys in the right password or number. not only for people to havesecure accessjto If someone has stolen the card and tries to randomly guessthe accesscode, the card wifi be their accounts), but alsodire«z accesssiam we wiped and made usdess af'ter a third wrong can burn the URL onto the key,"Sommer adds.

ter of which offers a USB fingerprint scanner. American Express is now starting to mll out smart card technology in some of its credit «ards. In the future, thea«cards might contain a person's fingerprint that would need to be provided in order to complete a transaction.

incorporate biometrics in a v ariety of devices,some of which are portable. Instead

online business confirm the identity of the

forger or artist cannot do is mimic the way a

of relying on an individual's unique fingerprint or iris scan, Cyber-Sign uses handwriting —but not merely signature identification.

As anyoneknows, a skilled artist or forger can The advantage issuch a system would reduce repmduce a signature that, to the naked eye, the incidenm of credit card fraud and help an is indistinguishable from the original. What a

cardholder. And, as with all smart cards, the person actually produces that signature, the "So you insert the key and you are automati- information on thecard would bedestroyed if subtle pressure «hanges, pauses, and pen cally loggedonto the Web site. This would be someone tries to tmnper with or access the strokesused. Cyber-Si gnhasdeveloped an algorithm that very goodfor people whojust don't like or fed information. And just in caseanyone hasany ideas, most recognizeshow someone actually produces comfortable usingcomputers." Using such technology to secure online fingerprint and thwnbprint scanners can tdl if thdr signature, noting pressurechange, timing and vdodty. The algorithm can then be incorbanking is what Safiink Corp. in Redmond, the finger being scanned is d«ad or afiv~

gll est.

"Also, youcan't pufi the information off the card since it will bedmtroyed," addsOreskovic. The Vectra VL 600 also comes with a master

passkeysystem the locksthe chassisof the system, thus preventing anyone from geNng inside. A common problem many companies have had is theft of internal computer components such as RAM or processors. The Vectra VL 600 stores an inventory of its components, and will alert the MIS manager if its lock is tampered with. If RAM is stolen, the MIS manager will find out instantly. In Europe,smart cards are popular whh both consumers and corporations. In North America, they have taken a bit longer to catch

cutting off someone's digit to get at their information or ac«ounts isn't an option. Marlton, N.J.-based Irigcan is also looking at biometrics to offer better security to conBiometifcm your genes can't Be SafLink provides a number of biometric tech- sumers, in this case using iris-scanning technologies and solutions that companies can use nology. Much like a fingerprint. every iris is to secure data or systems internally. Biometrics unique —a fact recogtuzed as far back as the essentially rely on a unique physical trait that l800s. IriScan technology allow computer syscan act as a security key in place of a password tems to rmd someone's iris in order to allow or number. The physical traits canindude fin- them access to a system or data. Recently,

many have shown to smart cards, the company devdoped a USB token that is similar to a

ing. The EyeD mouse is a thumbprint sensor integrated into a standard PC mouse.

porated into a variety of devices that have some Mnd of handwriting-recognition system Ibis can indude PDAs [personal digital assistants such as the Palm Pilot or Pocket PC devicesj, smart cards, PCs, and even the litic pads that are built into laptops to move the mouse around," saysDennis Quiggle, director of for Cyber-Sign. "We worked on the algoridun so that it is hanbrm independent."

Wash., is focusing on. particularly with Tomnto-based cyberbank, ING Direct.

Sharp Electronicshasput Cyber-Sign'salgorithm into its Power ZaurusPDAs. Sharp usm Irigcan worked with Bank United in Houston, on but they arebeginning to make headway in gerprints,voiceprints, retinal scans, or scansof the Cyber-Sign systemto provide pre-OS secuTex. to incorporate iris-scanning technology fadal features — all of which can't be duplicatthe corporate environment. rity for the device, requiring input of a signainto the automated tdler machines (ATMs) at ed. Montreal-based E-Z Lock PC lnc. hasbmn SafLink is working with ING Direct to threeofits branches.To ac«essan account,a ture in order to boot the system. If the signapioneeringsmart card technology onthiscone Se«uGen'sEyeD mouse into asys- person simply walks up to the machine and ture is rejected the device does not boot up, tinent since the late '90s, particularly for cor- incorporat locking tbe personout. porate environments. Because of the resistance tem that would allow for secure Internet bank- has a picture taken of his or her iris. If that iris "ING Bank of Canada [ING Direct j is avir-

smart card. "It is basically the same as a smart card but wrapped into a USB token about the size of

tual bank with little in the way of brick-andmortar I'acilities," says Walter Hamilton, vice-

Quiggle says that in the future, Sharp wants matchesone the bank has on record, the perto have its PDAsconnect to the Internet or a son is allow«d to ac«esstheir account.

Bill Voltmer, senior vice-president of sales network When that happens, the Cyber-Sign and marketingforIrigcan,sayssuch iris-scan- system «ould be used for such things aselectronic transactions, since a person could then

ning technology could also be used to secure online transactions. "Imagine going to a Web site to buy a book," "Transactions today are done either using telephoov or the internet. And for the Internet. Voltmer adds. "You could ose your iris so you they have decided to use fingerprint technolo- don't have to put in any credit card informati n. You iris code could be matched by somegy from Se«uGen." With dui system, the mouse scans a cus- one, like a certificate authority, that would tomer's thumb to confirm their identity before confirm your identity and acknowledge that granting thema«cessto their online accounts. you have good financial credit." But a problem thai some people see with Currently, INC Dire«t hasdeployed themouse to some 500 customers in Toronto on a trial biometric technologies is that they tie a person basis to get feedback on the system. If the cus- to a particular machine or network While it tomers like it, ING plans to offer it to afi of its may work in a corporate environment where

provide an online merchant with a signature

one's pinky and can be plugged right into the president of salesand marketing for SafLink USB port on a c omputer," says Daniel

Sommer, general manager for E-Z Lock Much like the smart card system that comes with HP's Vectra V1600, E-Z Lock's token system «an be used t«authorize access to systems and information. In order to operate a machine, a person must insert their token into the reader, then input the necessary accesscode,

The token isalso Hashupgradable, allowing a company to manage passwords.For example, the company could implement a policy that requirespeople changetheir passwords weekly banking customersas an option for additional to add ao extra levd of security to systems. The security when theybank online.

Biometric technology will become more cards can also be used to authorize ac«ess to common in consumer devices and systems certain kinds o( information or servers. No matter where a person might go in a company, according to Dan Reio, vice-president of salm that token would only allow them to access and marketing for Simple Technology in what the company wants them to, whether they Mississauga, Ont. His company distributes a variety of biornetric solutions, such as secure are at their desk or in another department Sommer says this is particularly popular in keyboards and desktop scanners &om Key hospitals where doctors move about con- Tronic, Pro, NEC, and Digital Persona—the lat-

thatcan be chmked agabut what a creditcard authonty has on file. Biomctric portability is also an issue IBM is looking dosely at. Last year, it launched its Client Security Solution that used an embedded chip on a motherboard that would perform key encryption and produce digital signatures for authentication of users and

machines. Shortly after unveiling the technology, IBM formed the Trusted Client Platform Alliance (TCPA) with Intel, Microsoft, Compaq and HP. The alliance's mandate is to look into incorporating embedded security te«hnology

people mostoften work at a single machine all

day, the average consumer likes the Internet because it ofFers the fiexibility to log in anywhere, at any time, and through a variety of into a variety of devices and come up with an machines. With biometrics as it is now, one is industry standard. The TCPA hopes to have tied to either one machine with the biometric such a standard available for review by various technology or to places where biometric tech- standards bodies later this year, and by 200l the first products wifi begin rolling out with nology isalready in place. In recognizing this issue, San Jose, Calif.- that technology built in, induding portable, basedCyber-Sign Inc. hasdeveloped a way to Internet-ready devices. 0

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asmuch information aboutyou astheycan in order to help the consumer," Hino adds. "What a nice feeling to be able to go to a site and they already know your shipping address, credit card numbers and preferences. It's a fantastic service. But at the same time, people just don' t

seem to realize there is a problem doing that." Hino's recommendation is that companies and Control FoNndation found that there was should avoid storing such sensitive informaa high degree of satisfaction among e-commerce business executives in charge of online tion on easily accessible servers. Any business security that private information such as cred- thinking of going online should seek outside, it cards are safe on e-commerce sites.The professional help in sening up their systems. study was based on l50 personal interviews The reason is simple. Most businessessimply with managers and executives in l4 countries do not have the expertise to either put the necand induded additional respon ses fromexecu- essary systems into place, or to make sure they are set up properly. tives in Asia, Europe and Africa. Still, the scale of recent security breaches

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According to some analysts, part of the security problem is that in the mad dash to get by security experts." online and reap cyber pmfits, many companies

Sendoee available One company that makes a point of keeping credit card information secure is TorontobasedVain-net Corp. Its Cpac Secure Universal Payment System is a multi-platform payment gateway that allows credit card transactions to be conducted in a real-time bank-endorsed

are making fundamental mistakes in how they store sensitive, private information. One common error is to store credit card numbers on the same server that hosts the Web site, or on anotherserver that can be accessed easily through the Internet. Paul Hino, president of Sundex Information Systems Inc. in Tomato says that kind of lapse manner, but without the business having to makes it very easy for a hacker to get at the actually store the credit card numbers. information. But he also understands why a

"What we do is act as the cash rely'ster for our dients," says Dave Lucatch, chief executive officer of Valu-net. "When the transaction

business would want to keep that information easily accessible. "What companies would like to do is store comes in, it is automatically moved offline to

hit Amazon.corn and the lock comes on, then that take credit cards use. So when we move it you are pretty sure that is the site you are suposine and we get an authorization (from the posed to be at." Banks are now also starting to get into the bank) aff we send back (to the business) is the the credit card clearance faciTity that all stores

act of providing businesses with secure online

authorizat ion number. The card number never

transaction solutions. The banks see this as a stays resident on any part of the Internet." The Cpac system also uses the Secure natural extension of the services they already E)ectronic Transaction (SET) protocol that provide to businesses, which need to work encrypts information that is transmitted dec-

with the banks to set up merchant accounts

and credit card payment methods for their regular brick-and-mortar storefronts. Citibank Canada has been offering businesses secure means of transmitting credit useless to them. Va(u-net stipulates that a merchant must cardinformation forsome time and hasbeen have a valid merchant account in order to certifying merchants so consumers can feel comfortable doing business with them. accept credit card payments. "The lines benveen us and the retailer —the Ottawa-based Entrust Technologies inc. has tronicagy. Even if anyone were to get accessto

such a transmission, all they would find is the authorization number, which is essentially

also been working to make online transactions

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more secure by using solufions based around mation — is very secure," says Citibank's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), of which it is one of the world's experts. Entrust helps a company manage and securely transmit the digital certificates that businesses use to identify themselves to a potential buyer online. These certificates also are necessary in creat-

ing the Secure Sockets layer (SSL) session whereby sensitive information can be sent by a customer safely to au online business. A customer can know if such a secure session is taking place because the little lock symbol on their Web browser will damp shut. Users can dick on that lock to confirm whose site they are on. And once an SSL session is activated, it is very difficul for someone to break into it to steal private information.

"It is like reversecaller ID," says lan Gordon, senior marketing manager for business to cus-

Thompson."We use encrypted technology, SSL, and there has bmn no reported cases of people taking credit card transactions mid-fight." Still, some businesses complain that banks are not doing enough to help them get and

implement the necessary security measures theyneed foronline commerce. They say the fees banks require to securely take credit card transactions online are prohibitive to many smaller businesses or onlioe startups. In some instancesmerchant fees can range between $10,000 and $100,000 —pretty steep if a business is just starting out and watching every

penny. These fees may cause some businesses to compmmise on the security as they look for less expensive solutions.

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Pocket PC slicker than CE handheld Reader For e-books. "Every pixel on every '' ~ o O, icrosoh Corp.'s recently launched screen on this operating sys'vvwa. Pocket PC computing platform is its tem has been updated," Katz imi 5a.vv strongest move sn far in its effon to adds. 4vtvr » become a dominant player in the handheld The inclusion of Explorer device market, which currently belongs to and multimedia support is Palm Computing. wwileivw in recognition o( the fact Elliot Katz, marketing inanzger for Pocket that many customers want PC at Mississauga, tint,-hosed Microsoft these devices to be personCanada, says International Ihtta Corp.'s IIDC) al entenainment centres as numbers tell him the Pocket PC could capture well as business tools. He 4smv 40 percent of the handhdJ market share by suspects that many will 2003. probably use the Internet *' Pocket PC is one of thc cornerstones of capabilities not just to lvlicrosoft's vision of cmpmveraccess c o rporate ing Canadians to have waxes. ta information but to download their data, both personal znd g B MP3 music and videos. HPJornada640 andCompaqipaqPocket PC corporate, anytime and my0 "There is asegment that we like to call where," he adds. early adopters of technology that have rolling out the platform on a variety of handWhat should make t h » shown a lot of interest and [havel pur- held contigurations. Pocket PC platform appealing chased these devices," Katz continues. Thornhill, Ont.-based Casio Canada showto h andheld computing "And the addition of the Media Player, cased its Cassiopeia line of Pocket PCs. device users is its user interthe e-book reader and the ability to play Featuring full-colour displays. the line also face, revamped from the origgames makes it an interesting device to offers full multimedia support for movies, still inal Windows CE, and addithose users. But what we havealso learned images and music. The Cassiopeia E-I I5 tional support for Web browsis that the mobile professional and c omes with 3 2 h f B o f R A M a n d a ing and multimedia capabilienthusiast overlap, snd the professional CampamFlash II card slot that can be used to ties. Devices that incorpamte useralso wants to have personal diver- add additional memory through CF II devices the Pocket PC operating syssions like listening to music, playing such as the IBM microdrive, a mini-digital tem will offer improved verSy mholPPT 2200 ga mes or reading a book." camera or a modem. Casio's EM-500 is aimed sions of Outlook, Ward,ind Ai the launch of the Pocket PC in at the youth market. It comes in tive colours Excel, as well as a Foci et Internet Explorer. Toronto m late April, Microsoft introduced and supports the MMC/SD l multimedia card Windows Media Player znJ .i hlicrosoft several of its hardware partners who will be Continued on page 42

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Darwin 1.0 source code released online pple has announced the avaitabdky of the source cade for the core of Mac S X. Named Darwin t.g, the source f code is available for download at hltp://wwwapple.corn/darwin As well, a CD-RQM containing the source cade can be ordered. for USS20, from http.//wwwapple corn/developer. Apple announced the release of Darwin 1.0 at the Internet World show in Los Angeles in early April. In a statement at the event. Apple vice-president of marketing, Phil Schiller, said. "The core of Mac OS X is the only mainstream operating system following an open-source model.The new Darwin 1.0 posting includes some of the most advanced operating system technology available, and it's open to our customers and developers so that we may collaborate on the future of the Mac OS." Darwin is based on Mach 3.0 kernel technologies. and is pracessor-independent, allowing software development to take place on Intel x66 or Power PC-based computing plafforms. Darwin doesn't represent a total open-source access to the forthcoming Mac OS X, but according to Apple, it will allow developers "to enhance the feature set, performance and quatity of Mac OS X products in partnership with Apple engineers." Also announced at Internet World was an open-source Darwin Streaming Server software, to allow for streaming media distribution via the Internet. Expected for release in May, Darwin Streaming Server is aimed at attracting developer support on a vanety of computer platforms. including Ltnux, Windows NT and Solaria, as well as the forthcoming Mac OS X.

Palm versus Pocket PC Slim platforms offer different results By Issie nabinovitch ecently, I' ve spent a lot of time using small devices running the Palm 05 and he new Pocket PC 05 from Microsoh. I think I' ve proved that you don't really know how something will work until ynu try it yourself over an extended period of time. In other words. I learned a lot. I found that the active matrix colour screen on the new Palm lllc is more than a frill. Although few applications for the Palm use colour e)nensively asyet, the ones I have used seem to benefit from it. That's not a scientific observation, or even a very objective one, but I' vestumbled onto some strong anecdotalevidenceofthe benefitsof colour and bright screens. I' ve played hundreds of games of SubHunt

on both s Palm Vx and s Palm lllc. My scores usinr the brighter, more colourful screen of the Palm I llc average about 30 percent higher. I' ve played enough games to rule out this difference as astatistical anomaly. I doubt that an improvement of this magnitude extends to other applications, but I'm confident that the new cnlour Palm lllc makes everything at least a little better —battery life excepted. I'm quite satisfied with the Palm platform. but that doesn't mean that I'm not receptive to the advantages of the Pocket PC. Quite the contrary. Fnr the past month (prior to its official release), I' ve been working with a late beta version af Pocket PC OS, running on hardwaredesigned for an older version of the platform. The shipping version running on a new generation of sleeker and more powerful

hardware will obviously be more impressive, but not so different as to invalidate my current impressions. The Pocket PC is a more powerful platform than Palm. It leads to devices that are more like very small computers than enhanced organizers. Although Microsofi hss done a lot of work to make the interface easier to understand and navigate, it still falls short of what the Palm hasaccomplished.After dozens of hours with two Pocket PC computers, I still find myself annoyed by the long sequence of steps requiredto do some basic tasks.However, as a result of my Windows experience, I' ve never been confused about what to do. The logic of the Pocket PC is similar to other Windows OSes. Continued on page do www ~

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Did not install the optional250 MB of files (basic install took 300-plus MB). • Installation i n structions r efer to [ADVANCED) button, which we could not find. Must read user manual to determine how to operate most of the Gizmos. • Online Help pages don't have any links to the various Gizmos, only explanations and images. No screen tips (hint pop-ups) for the bewildering array ofbuttons/icons on the Gizmos.

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Inshdlauon and ovevauperfonnance (-) Gizmos Mega-Pak 98 made Windows 95 (OSR2) slightly unstable (while writing this review it made Word 97 lock up or run so slowly that it became impossible to continue and forced a reboot). Installed on a 233 MHz Pentium MMX PC with l28 MB of RAM and a 2 GB hard drive.

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Setup easy

DupliDisk ' iseasyto setup. Things did go awry when we first attached the primary drive (we'd have picked a difFerent naming convention for the drive ports on the DupliDisk controger unit), but DupliDisk worked justfine afterthe connectors were Continued ou page 58

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happen. On standard bond paper, the ink will hit the page and soal in, causing it to spread out abit.This can cause text to appear fuzzy and images to lose much of their fine detail. Special grades of paper designed specifically for inkiet printers are available to combat this bleeding. The papers are similar in weight to standard bond, but have a special coatmg that allows ink to soak in only so far. keepmg most of the ink on the surface and preventing

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N,ICR A CK text printing. Cartridges are also available in higheryield versions (which are moreexpennve). • I -year warranty. Although a few other manufacturers have introduced inkiet printers that accept digital camera media directly (rather than having to access it through a PC), Lexmark was the lirst out of the gate with this model. Based on the older 5700 model, the 5770 offers excellent photographic output as well as crisp and speedy text printing. We did have a few quibbles with this unit. First, the default colour is skewed a bit too heavil y towards red, which means skin tones may be an issue if you don't adjust the colour ratios in the printer driver. Secondly, the LCD m enu on thefront of the printer forces the user to do quite a bit of scrolling end button

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I tatnnnsh Photo letprlnter 8770 Suggestedretail pnce:8399 htp: //www.lexmarkcorn/canada r Accepts both CompactFlashandSmarlMedia in slots »t on printer, andusers cancontrol photo prnting from ,4 a menu on the front ot the machine, lor PC-less ', pnnting. , Has parallel interface only. •, 1,200x1.200 dpi fesolution, •;. Draft text spent is rated at up to 8 ppm. •: Our test photographic image took 7:12 min. • 100-sheet top-loading input tray. • Users can attach a Zip drive to the parallel port to upload andoffload images from the photo cards, for storage evenwhen no PCis attached. • . Accu-Feed technology virtually eliminates misleads :„and paper lams. • Users muat attach a few pieces on the 5770. but setup is relatwely easy. • Compatible with Windows 95/98, • Pnnter ships wnh one colour cartndge and one

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rently available,andcan beused regardlessof papergrade • Draft text is rated at up to 15 ppm black. • Our test photographic image took 8:13 min. • 100-sheet top-loading input tray folds into the print. er when not In use, to prevent dust fram getting into the machine. • All pieces, except the cables, come attached. • CompahbtewithW indows 3x/9x/NT,and MacOS. • Accu-Feed technology virtually eliminates misfeeds

and paperlama. • Ships with one black and one colour carlndge. which are both available in higher-yield versions

(whicharemoreexpensive). • 1-year warranty. • Note: Z52 will not be in stores unhl June. The Z series was a reinvention of Lexmark's consumer inkiet line, bringing technology from the higher end down to users at the budget end. The Z5I was at the highest end of that line... until now. Maintaining the same basic form factor as the Z5 I, the Z52 raises the resolution bar to 2,400xi,200 dpi. Linlike the HP models that use this resolution, the Z52 can use it on any grade of paper, and with a single driver selection. Speed-wise, the I52 is capable of up to l5 ppm of draftquality black text. If that wasn't enough, it addresses a long-standing complaint about

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habits, industry-consulting firms Media Matrix Inc. and McKinsey and Co, have you pegged in their study of "Netizen'

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Continuedfratn page8/ any keywords in the title highlighted in yellow. Though results are already sorted by relevance,this feature is very handy for quickly finding those that more closely match your query. This attention to detail is one of Copernic's virtues. With Copernic, you can validate, download, and re6nepart orag of the search results.The validate feature checks that links are current and thepage still meets your search requirements. Download allows you to download the page and ag images for oAline browsing. ReAne allows you to polish search results mth additional conditions. Finally, Copernic allows the user to customize interface layouts of both the main program and the results browser. In sum, Copernic is by far the most comfortable of the metasearch engines to work with.

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Faflgsa Uifobotflt 6 facias Tel: 800-838-5487. hitp://www.tujitsu.ca Suggestedretail price: $4,518 Our evaluation unit came with 128 MB RAM, but this notebook comes standard with 64 MB, which retails for $4,199. Fujitsu's Flexible Bay can accommodate SuperDisk, an additional hard disk, DVD, CD-ROM, CD-RW (rewritable), and floppy drives, a lithium-ion battery, or the included weight-saver spacer thatserves as a cover (or the entpty bay. Instead of track point, it uses a 1.9 cm button pointing device called the ErgoTrac. It takesgettingusedto, and like most new devices is annoying at first to those who have touchpad, pointing stick, trackball, or mouse experience. A touchpad is available as an option. An LCD Status Display window provides slightly more information than traditional LEDs, which are the notebook equivalent of automobile dashboard "idiot lights." The one-year warranty can be extended to three years and is available internationafly. Technical support is available 24 hours a day, year round.

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Suggestedretail price: $5.299 This was the other system we received that ÂŤarne with Windows 2000 installed. At 2. 5 kg it was the lightest model we tested, yet is very solidly built. IBM's keyboard was our favourite. Storage devices can be warm-swapped in the Uhragay. A floppy drive can be inserted internally into the UltraBay, or attached externally.

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ed. Windows98. Coral Office Suite 2000, and Norton System Works are included, as is a carrying case. The floppy drive bay is

interchangeable with an LS-120 Superdisk drive or another battery. Ultin«t's Web site allows users to choose what options they want in a notebook. Warranty isone year for parts and three years for labour. It can be extended to three years for parts for an additional $150.

earing advice Playing with the latest hardware is the hest part of a technology reviewer' s lob. The hardest part is giving advice about a specitic brand to buy. Every person will have his or her own idea of the best notebook, which is how it should be. Some observations: the Ultinet entry returned the best benchmark scores. The TTX had the largest screen, while the IBM was the easiest to carry. Asus had the lowest price. N EC and Compaq had exceUent large-company warranties. The Apple was the easiest to set up. DaveChappelle is a TCPtab productreviewer Hecan be reached atdave chappelle@lcp.ca,

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built-in networking, making it an ideal proofing tool in a production environment. However, thosewith limited space should really think before buying this unit, because it is quite a largedevice, especially when the lower drawer is extended. Wherespace isn't a problem, however, the features and quality make the 2500CM worth every penny.

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ektronix has long championed the advantages of solid ink colour printers over colour lasers. It claims solid ink

colour lasers, which take part of their technology heritage from monochrome priinting.

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Another characteristic of solid ink printers is that pages do not requim a dr)ring period. as is ths esse with ink)ets. Attempts to smear or

smudge a print )ob immediately after it emerged from the printer were unsuccessful. Solid ink users won't have to rush to the print-

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csn be lifted from paper, much like a scratchand-win ticket. And, it a page printed with solid ink is left near something warm, the ink can melt snd smear.

We printed several photographs, and ths print quality was excellent, even on standanl bond paper. Quality would probably have been even more impmssive if we had used Tektmnix brand paper. IJ JA' N

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Tektrerrix Phaser 850 colour 0 solid hit Continuedfrom poge 92 Phaser 850 is capable of printing transparencies, letters, envelopes, labels, and cards. Tektronix is targedng sales of this enterprise printer to small- and medium-size businesses. The Phaser 850 is avalable in thme models:

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"There hadbeenmany discussionswith others agepeopletobuythealbum, eventhough CBC in the industry, and wedecided it was time to viewers could do just that by dicking the direct he Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) discuss a real partnership. It came through link to CDPlus.corn. and Chapters have agreed to spread the graduall y overmany meetings. Still, this continuing convergence of reportword, and sefi a few of them, too. In "We feel that we have a very strong editorial ing and selling is cause for concern to some April, Chapt«a Online (httfxlhwnv.chapters.ca) content for books, and people come to us to media critics. and the new media branch of the CBC read about books. Now, they can proceed to "Any time there is the appearance of a quid (htlp:lhww.tbc.ca) announced a general agree- buy the books. It's basically an addedvalue for pro quo, it's a dicey case." said Vince Carlin, ment that would tie the uvo sites doser togeth- our users. head of the j rogram at Ryerson

er as partners and content providers. Under the deal, visitors to the CBC section of the Chapters site will find the latest literary news an d r e views f ro m t h e C B C's InfoCulture Web site, which is devoted to

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Polytechnic University in Toronto."The test is made with CDPlus.corn in January has been whether the review is tuned into the marketing "very excellent" for both the online music or if there's any influence from the meketing retailer and the public broadcaster.She played side of things. "It's come up quite a bit especially with the down any suggestion that such deals between covering Canadian and international arts and mediaoutletsand retailerscarried adangerof online stufE Who is doing the review that culture. I n r e turn, al l t h e stories on biased reporting. appears? Were they independent or were the

InfoCulture that mention books and authors "The panner comes to us because of our wifi contain links back to the corresponding journalistic integrity," she said. "It's important Chapters pages that will allow users to pur-

reviews written by marketers?" Whi! e he's concerned about the implications

to us [at the CBCI to stick to our integrity. of such deals, he says he's not surprised the chase the books reviewed or discussed in the There hasn't been any concern, and there' s CBC is involved in them. CBC Online sr tides. "Their budgets have been cut, so the re absolutely no relationship between the agreeLucia Lalumifre, the director of new media ment and the editorial content." forced to make some deals," he said. "But partner ing for CBC.ca, says the partnership Indeed, as any visitor to the CBC site can they have to look at every arrangement to see was a natural fit between two companies that tdl, its reviewers do not seem to be con- if it flts their policy." were each strong in their respective fields. strained in their opinions. A recent negative Barrie Zwicker, a publisher and broadcaster "We want«I an e-commerce partner, and review of the Smashing Pumpkins' latest CD, who keeps a dose eye on issues related to they wanted a content partner," she said. for instance, was dearly not written to enoour- media ethics, is also a little skeptical about the

inherent "added value" of such agreements between retailers and media outlets. "The corporations always insist they' re operating in the interests of the consumer," hc said."And undeniably,in some casesthey are. But the main interest being served is that of

the corporate shareholders. "Independence and diversity are positives, in my books. This does not mean that independent players — beit inbusiness, politics, the arts or whatever — should not form afflnity groups, alliances or partnerships. But when diversity is undermined by too many alliances, then that is where the real trouble sets in. And

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is very little forgivenessand no slack-no shck in mwgins, no slack in inventory. and no slack in bme.

Tlm reasonfor that is the Internet hasprovided consumes.as wel ascompeltors,edgibet-

terknmriedge ofproducw and prices.he said. This, in turn, has requited online usinessm to trim all posmlrie slack from gwir opeakons in

ecoremy Maloney says but "Em promise of Sandv4551 isalways one year sway. So, even though North Amsica is ahead of the rest of ths world in high-speed capability, there is a trend to move data, pardcularly vast snounts ol data, towards the edge of the Internet

Eventhough everyone knowsof barely postpubescentkidswhohave becomeInternet millionairesvirtually overnight, not everyfirst mover has beensuccessful on the Internet.

order to pmssve pmfit mwglns. — Sean IltalOney, Intel According to Maloney, speed and beating customer 0 psctatkmsars essen5al to success on Ce NetJust meelng expemagons is no Maloney explains that by mmring data to the longergoodenoughfcr an edyusiness. edge ofthe Internet,e consumer in Asia who Maloney sees the Inteme t~ y becom- wishes todownload informawmfroma Website ing one ol new eSmency metrics. He said a few with a sever in San Francisco, will nol receive meant devsklpmenls ss helping to build an

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main auditorium ofthe Llw AngelesConven5on Center tohearhimgive Omfirs keynote address at InternetWorldSpring2000, in early April, he wss all Ouse, as he spoke about his vlwion of the

My job is chief technology officer for IBijji's Internet activities. Somepeople call me the strategist, somecall me avisionary,and some call me chief dreamer.

Hstoricslly, Internet usage, to say nothingof Inte rnet since the connec5on is always open, IPmlmmeae, in Europe did not enjoy the swee consumes will begin to do tlrings onfins that degree of ~ andparlicipagon as it did they don't do now. in Nonh Amwtca. However, with Ow advent of The internet of Owfutwe will be gm elohim ~l ed telephones, andtheir populanly in for sll kinds of servkxm, such as wmSer and Europe, Patricksees Europe "kmpfnxning' over trsflic reports, wtrichuserswill accessquite mu- the UnitedStates within ayear in Internet usage, finely, sincethe ~ is a lways open. due primarily to Om uss of the wirelsss telePatri ck says the change in Internet behavior phone as a Wbb bnnvser. will be similar to the change people expwienced Patrick's Internet of the fubxe will become no kmger have to dial up to get access to the

just begun; and he made this point by mminding the assembled Interri mwwvvy execugves and consumers that Ow pwcentage of the world's populafion that is online at sny given time is virtually zem. We are, Patrick said, only st the beginning of

when they no longer had to ring up an operator to place a kriephces cell. — John tffftff'ck, IBM "Everywhere is another key element of Paktck' 8 futum InternetToday. 05 pwcent of Fast" reters to bandwidth, which Patrick online content is viewed through the PC. But, ss sees as becoming pkmgful as compefition ytbb-enatried dwrices begin to flood the rmuketbetween cable and kri ephone companies iraen- place, Patrick says he expects that number to w'fice and the dgfsmnce 'vl servkxm txring pfo. decmase to 50 pwcent in two years. vldedby each dissppews. In fact.Pslri ck sees Some of ths new Inteinetvxuieble devices will

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mme nahsal as instwri massaging coupled with VOICG mcoglllbon, text-to SpGGCh collvsfSkxl and real-time translskons sll combine to make

the Internet e 'muhilingual intenxxn." The convwgence of these tachnologkw is "game-chany'ng," Patric said. A funker relining of porials will make the

Internet mom intelligent Instead of a predominance of ag-purpose petals, much like those

be the tshvision. pager. PCAPsssoosri digital that pmsengy exist. thee 8421 be specialized portrris where peopk7 who stuim a common appreciate the 'poww of the click.' interest orprofessioncancongmgste. There will For Patrick, Owfuture of the Internet can be cope with the dwnand for increased Internet these Internet-enabled devices information also be lifestyle portals, and portals for people in s been fwIed by Ow advamages appliances. and he cites what N ~ summed up in eight wmds. It will be fast, always usage that' hap- dilfwent kmds of demogmphic gneps. ple, who are themselves just beginning to

the modem to the server, as the cspabisfies of sss'slaraj, triephhcre, saeg'eely placed pubfic ISPs gnt8818t seivics pnxridem) 818unsbl8 to kiosks, and Internet-based radio. Patrickcalls

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occasion to send a letter to more than one person at a t ime. I r might be an invitation to a birthday party, a club announcement or a letter to «ustomers. Whatever the reason. your word processor's mail merge tool is there

sor merges the list o( names and addresses with the letter and creates individual leners for each person on your list. You can then print email, or fax the letters. And anytime you need to repeat the process, you simply create another letter or alter the existing one, then run the merge again. Very quick and easy. There are many ways to perform a mail m erge andyou can do iteven if you don't have a hst of contacts or customers. In Word 97/2000 you can create a list and pro«ess a

your address list, then dick Save. From the dialogue of options that appear on the scrmn. choose Edit Data Source and type the details of the first person in your list. Click Add New and continue entering details for each person until you are finished, then clickOK.

Creases the meme letter You' ll now be returned to your document. If

to help with the task you already had a letter open you' ll see this, if If you' re tempted to bypass mail merge and not, you' ll have a blank document so you' ll create a separate letter for each person you' ll mail merge from inside the program itself. I' ll need to type in the text of the letter or messoon realize what a cumbersome process it is. show you how this is done, then show you sage you want to send. Leave the areas in In addition. if you need to repeat the task in how to use your Outlook contacts or Excel which you' ll be inserting data firom your custhe future, you' ll have to repeat the process of

data instead of creating a new list.

creating individual letters. An easier way is to use mail merge. which Cmafine the addmss list simplifies the task of sending the same letter to a number of different customers, club

tomer list blank.

To add the merge fields that will link the

Bey'n in Word, by creating a new document

name and addrem data to this letter, position the insertion point where the first field will

using File, then New, or by opening the file appear. Click the Insert Merge Field button members, («lends, or family. Mail merge containing a prepared letter you want to send on the Merge toolbar, and fmm the dropinvolves creating two documents, the first is to members of a group. Choose Tools, Mail down list, select the merge field you want to the letter or invitation itself, the se«ond docu-

ment contains the namesand addressesof the recipients.I(you have one, you «an use an existing «ontact list — an address book or list of contactsyou keep in another program, such as Outlook — for this second document. Once you have your letter and list, you have to link the two documents. In this way, you

identify each pie«e of information in your list of names and addresses that you want to use,

Merge, select Create, Form Letters, then Active Window.

insert. Repeat this for each piece of data you want in your letter. Typically you'B add Title, You' ll be put ba«k in the Mail Merge Helper FirstName, and LastName on one l ine; dialogue. Choose the Get Data buuon, then Addressl on a second line; and then City, pid«Create Data Source to create your name Province, and PostalCode on the last line to and address list. In the Create Data Sour«e dia- «reste the address details. logue,anumber offi eldshavealreadybeenueTo see how the data will look when merged. ated for you. Scroll through them, remove any click the View Merged Data button on the fields you don't want by clicking on the field Merge Toolbar, then click the Next Record butname. then clicking Remove Field Name. To Continued on page/05

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shortened to "regex" or "regexp"— pmvide powerful pattern matching and text manipu~ n this beginner's series, lation capabilities.

Regular expressions are integrated into 6.0, we' ve progressed grep, Perl, Tcl, awk, ~hen, vi, Emacs, sed through a set of building and Expect, to name a few popular Unix problocks designed to make grams that use them. Regex's am also in«ludyou more comfortable ed in several Windoup programming prodwith your new Linux ucts, including Delphi and Visual C++. The environment. In the reason for the popularity of regular expreslast installment we sions is that they provide a logical tool for

Let'ssay you've transferred some HTML (des from a Windows environment to a Linux-based Apache server. Due to eccentricities of Windows operating systems, you may

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for a transferred tile called defaax.atm, except

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that it might be Ds/suit.htm To do a listing that would «atch either variant of the filename,

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By Jaoques Surveyer 'sual Basic for Applications (VBA) is slowly becoming the ma«ro language for Windows. Slowly, because unlike CShell in Unix, Rexx in OS/2, or .bat files in DOS and Netware, VBA does not come with W indows.Rather, software vendors have to pay a licensing fee to add VBA capabilities to their products — so AutoDesk, Corel, Visio

and 147 others pay a (ee (up to $30 per copy) to include VBA macro capabilities in their pfogmllls.

In addition, there have been technical (actors slowing the acceptance of VBA. Microsofi really had four editions of the language, which varied more than slightly between the Word, Excel, Powerpoint. and standard VBA editions. This has been somewhat rectified with Office 97. OBI«e 2000 and Visual Studio 6 (see

the upcoming VB Tutorial 12 for details). Finally, VBA macros have been used by hackers as an infecting agent for their viruses, like the infamous Melissa Virus that spread

like wildfire through Outlook and Word in the spring and summer of 1999. Again, Microsofi has moved to partially close the door by

assigning user approval as a default behavior f or m acros, w hich m ust a l so b e signed/authenticated to run (we shall also look at this in a later tutorial). This allows organizations to control, in a password-like system,what macros are allowed to be used on their networks. Despite these financial constraints and technical impediments, VBA has continued to garner interest. The reason for that is simple: VBA allows users to draw upon the vast functionality of Olrice 2000, Corel Office 2000, AutoDesk AutoCAD, Micrografx Flow«barter, Peachtree Accounting, SAP ERP (enterprise

resourceplanning),and dozens ofotherprograms through VBA macros and add-ons while developing their own applications. This meansmajor chunks ofcodedo nothaveto be developed. Instead developerscandirectly use Excel's charting routines or Word's formatting

capabilities. With speed of development being a critical factor in so many systems, many organizations are trying to leverage more from their existing software assets. VBA allows them to develop with Corel, Microsofi. Visio

and other commer«ial software aspart of their softwareteam.

VBA edirect subset o( VB Fig. I shows VBA from Word. As you «an see, it looks a lot like Visual Basic. In part, VBA is

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Visual Basic for Applications

a dire«t subset of VB. All the tools and command syntax of VBA work in VB. However, there are distinct differences.

Each application program that VBA is adapted to brings its own distinctive semantics. For Continued on page I /0

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Limigng malpierls cheJhox. Click OK to return to the If you' reusing an existing data sowce for your Merge dialogue. It is better to send the mail mergeyoumay havemore pmple on your text of the letter in the body of theemail list than you actually want to send the mail message rather than as an attachment merge letter to. Youcan select only thosepeobecause it would require that all of the ple you want ta send the letter to by using a recipientshaveacopy of Word (or what- Query. To do this, with the mergemessageon ever word processor you used to create screen, chooseTools, Mail Merge, dick Query the leuer) installed on their computer to Opuons, then from the dra)ague selea the be able to view the letter. Field to basethe query on and the conditions To run the email merge, dick the for the match. The following is aquery examMerge button in the Merge dialogue. ple with select only those contacts with BC

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Your merged document will appear on the screenwith onecopy oftheletterforeach person in yow list.Youcan check them, then print right away, orsave to print Inter. Before yau finish, dose your merge letter and, when prompted, save it soyou have it for the future. Then you can run the mergeagain simply by opening the letter and choosing Tools, Mail Merge, then Merge. In addition, you' ll be prompted to save changes to your datafi )e.You won'thave saved thissince you

eachnew contaa and selectSaveAnd Closeto finish. Thispmcessof building your mntact file will be complete whenyour folder mntains the details for all the recipients of the letter. To set up your new folder as an email addressbook, right click an the GuestList folder, select Properties and the Outlook AddressBook tab. Select the Show This Folder As An E-mail Address Book checkbox, select Apply, then OK. Now yow list is mmplete andyou are readyto create your mail mergedocument.

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Grueling the merge doaument Return to Word and begin by choosing File, New, or by opening the fdecontaining your prepared letter. Select Tools, Mail Merge. then Create. Choose Form Letters thenselectActive Window. From the Mail MergeHelperdialogue, your sfsfncanlans email sthfrsssm aneysu'e Shing eatieeh, etangyour mergetbeument insteadsf pnsgnpit select the Get Data button and choose Outlook Address Book From the dialogue, select the GuestList folder andclick OK. make sure changesappear in the merge data, Now you can follow the previous instructions choose Tools, Mail Mage, then click the Get for creating and merging the letter. Data button and step through the process of identifying the source of your data again. Emeilmerge When you do this, Word will read the contents If you wish, you can merge direct to Outlook of the folder andanynewor changedinforrnaand email letters rather than posting them. To tion will appear in your mergedata. do this, choose Merge from the Mail Merge Helper dialogue, then Electronic Mail from the Saving gw mergefile Merge To dmpdown list. Click Setup, and from If you save your merge lener you can use it the Data Field With Mail/Fax Address drop- anytime in the future for an email merge. down list, select the field in the list that con- When you open your fiie again to use it, you' ll tains each recipient's anail address. In the case be prompted to select the Address Book to use of the GuestList folder, the fidd — at the bot- for the merge and, at this time, any changed tom of the dropdown list — isEmail Address. information will be read from the fde. The In the Mail MessageSubject Line area, type remainderoftheseuings you have chosen for the subjmt of the message and deselect the your merge will remain as they are.

Using Outlook aanteats lf you havemntacts in Outlook, youcan usethe contact details asthe data for your mail merge if you copy them to a new contact folder and use it for the merge. To do this, in Outlook, chooseFile..New, then Folder to aeate a new folder for your contact details. In the Name ieldtypeaname foryourfolder(we'B use the f nameGuestList). From the Folder Contains list select Contact Itans, then pick a location for the new folder and dick OIC Selea No when prompted toadd aShortcut to this folder from your toolbar unlessyou would find this useful. lf you alreadyhavecontacts in Outlook that you want to include in this list copy them to yow new folder (GuenList) by opening the folder containing thecontacts and holding the Control key asyou select the contacts to copy. Then drag and drop them onto the GuestList folder. Becareful, if you don't hold the Control key as you drag the contact names, you will move them rather than just copy them. You canadd additional people to your list by

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half a chance. But it may surprise those armchair experts to learn that producing games has little to do with how well you woggle

your joystick and a lot to do with the application of management, business and market-

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idea. We want to acquire that from you. Let' s work together to build it.'" he says. Pmgrammers would never let a producer near "Instead, a lot of the best game ideas that are

years, I' ve grown into the producer role." Despite the varied paths that are possible toward this j ob, Mozefi emphasizes the their work so learning programming would applicable to our development process come importance of having a love for games: "Even not advance your ambitions. On the other from individuals within the company. So though I came from finance, I always had a band, the ability to work comfortably with there's definitely an opportunity for somebody passion for product. I really love the sofiware applications such as Adobe Photoshop and who has great game ideas to become a produc- industry and specifically entertainment softMicrosoft F r ontPage, and t o s t r ucture er, but there's a process within the company ware. We' ve spoken to many people in the intranets are tools for communicating your that they would have to go through." past who may have had great organizational ideas to the rest of the production team when Mozefi says the generally accepted path skills and understanding of IT but, if you the time comes. toward the position of game producer at EA don't have the desire and passion to want to "The technologies that people want to be starts in the quality assurance department. become part of a product, you' ll find it very learning in order to get into the gaming envi- "That's really the foot in the door. You' re in a difiicult." ronment should address multimedia... specific team atmosphere, testing product and really To address this important qualification, one

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groups — which include software engineers and artists — aswell as with the different levels of producers, from assistants and associates to

executives. But Mozefi adds that there is no set path toward his job, simply that the above scenario is most likely: "I'm actually a finance graduate from Simon Fraser University who came to Electronic Arts to work in the finance depart-

who was a university graduate with a dual

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ment. But after a year of working in finance, be able to talk with your development team but spending a lot of my own time with the

and make better decisions because of that.

people who make the games, I decided that' s We' re looking for people who fit. You could where I wanted to be and so I jumped the fence have the best credentials ever, but finding from finance to production and became an people who fit well into a team environment assistant producer. Then, over the past five

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emphasizes the so-cafied "soft skills" — the job of pmducing your passion. refined ability to present, communicate and manage—which are equally, if not more What the job sntags important than technical ability for successas Game producersareresponsibleforthebroad- a game producer, because creating games and er vision of each game. They put together the supervising their development to a final prodteam of artists, programmers, product man- uct is very much a team effort. agers, and designers whose combined talents Santini suggests that in preparing for a create that final vision. career as a game producer, you should enswe The game producer enswes that afi design that the schools you' re considering have proand creative dedsions made about any aspect grams that include —regardless of the techniof the game fit the overafi vision. More specif- cal calendar —a solid grounding and genuine icafiy, the producer helps direct design, ensures training io the soft skills. quality standards are maintained, studies Definite training masts: above afi else, projlicensing opportunities, works with marketing ect management with strong communication staff, negotiates contracts with independent skills, and the ability to make presentations in developers, etc. It's a very busy day and joy- a group setting. sticks rarely come into it. On the job The trainlnfi WB Mozefi holds the fortunate position of "An aptitude for logic and flow in particular, is games producer at Electronic Arts (EA) typically what someone needs to get into pro- Canada, publishers of the popular NBA Live, gramming and the design of multimedia proj- NHL 2000, and Triple Play Baseball games ects," says Lorenm Santini. vice-president and among many others. His description of his job general manager of the Institute for Computer is much more intricate than armchair experts Studies, which has five campuses across might immediately suspect. Canada. "People with those attributes have If you think you can simply pitch yow brilmore of a crmtive approach to application liant idea for a new game directly to a compadesign. When it comes to the technical aspects, ny, you' re wrong, Mozefi says. there are fundamental skills required, but to produce games it is essential that they have

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For some 20 years, the Saint Mary's Atlantic Centrefor Research, Access and Support for Students with DisabiTities has been exploring various solutions to help people with disabili-

allows access to the course materials, while a Course Roomprovides a forum for discussion and comment. A Profiles section will hold background information about the students,

ties become part of the university community. Its most recent work is the Liberated Learning Pmject, which, in partnership with IBM. used

adds. "The rest of the time, they are behind their interests and is intended to help students their terminals at home." and professors get to know each other. Courses that will b e o ffered over the "We found that there was a great deal of

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The speechrecognition soft ware convertswhatthe professor is saying into text,and thetextisthen proj ected onto avideo screen in real time.

ViaVoice speech-recognition software in the classmom. A professor is Btted with a wireless

microphone and mnducts his or her lecture. The speech-recognition sofhvare converts what the professor is saying into text, and the text is projected onto a video screen in real time. This

allows students with hearing or learning diIBculties to follow the lecture with the rest of the

dass. AI'terwards, the lecture can be edited to mrrect errors or to add additional material, and can be madeavailable to ag students. "We became the Erst university in the world to put this into tluee classrooms in the fall of I998," saysKeith Bain, project manager for the Liberated Learning Project. "The soffware is designed to capture natural spoken language. If you were to sit in the classroom and dose interest also coming from other pmfessors." da yow eyes, you would not notice anything difSilva says. "Many are starting to see the pro- ferent. The lecture is delivered as it would be in gram as away of augmenting and adding value any other class at any university." Dr. David Leitch, director of the Liberatel to their existing classes. Wehave three courses online now that are traditional classes which Learning Project. says this system means stuuse the Net to add addinonal material, and dents with lntrning or physical disabilities no that is going to rise to about nine courses in longer have to rely on note takers. Even the best

Sep tem ber." Susan Vide, who is studying for her master' s

note takers can't tahe down everything said

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Documenfingyour database Often ycu'0 want to obtain details about the structure of your database rather than its contents. You can obtain this by choosing Tools, Analyze, then Documenter. From the dialogue, choose the objects you want to obtain information about, then select Options to set thepreferencesfor this object type. Your repori will appear on the screen and, if you like, you can priint 0 copy by clicking the Print button.

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Phone numbers in Access When you' re enteri ng data such as phone numbers into an Access table it can help to create an input mask so they' ll be entered in the correct format. To do this, open your table in design view and select your phone number field. From General tab choose Input Mask and click the ellipsis at the far right to start the Input Mask Wizard. From the options, select Phone Number,then Finish, and save your

changes. Finding dupgcates Purging duplicate data from your database is easier when you use 0 Find Duplicates Query to locate it. To create this query, choose Queries, New, Find Duplicates Quay Wizard, then click OK. Choose the Table to check for duplicates, then the fields in which you want to ment a bil to find the fields in your table that are most likely to contain the duplicate data.

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than a pager. Despite its small size, the device

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along to promising wireless projects.

works. It's used in North America, Europe and The CCMC is an I I-year-old organization is sported bymany tech industry executives. anada's wireless industry got a double RIM has plans for Blackberry— namely. in some parts of' Asia. By comparison, code dedicated "to the technical and commercial shot in the arm in early May asmobile high-speed connection via Microcell's cross- division multiple access(CDMA) networks are development of marine products and servicused in North America alone. es... in co-operation with industry and governnetwork builders, device nwnufacturers Canadaglobal systemfor mobility (GSM) net-

and service pmviders made major announce- work. ments. At the top of the list, chronologically, Montreal-based wireless access provider Microcell Connexions Inc. announced it is teaming up w it h W aterloo, Ont.-based Research In Motion Ltd. to test a super-fast

version of RIM's mobile email messenger, the BlackBerry.

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