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Volume 13, Number 2: January 19, 2009 Top News MSDN Subscribers: Come and Get It - the Windows 7 Beta Is Here MSDN Subscribers, now you can try the Beta. We've assembled some special resources, including forums staffed by experts, feature walkthroughs, and FAQs. Download the Windows 7 Beta now from Top Downloads. Get Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta 1 Now This release (formally known as Windows 7 Server) includes enhancements in virtualization, Web platform, management, scalability, and reliability. New features also ensure greater integration with Windows 7 for scenarios such as security, remote access, and branch office infrastructure. From the Editor Greetings, At Microsoft, we take the New Year's "in with the new" promise very literally. While our user community is slamming our registration capacity for the Windows 7 beta download, this also is a great opportunity for developers to get a jump on building the next generation of applications. To that end, we invite you to check out the MSDN Evaluation Center's Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program. In addition to the Windows 7 beta bits, there is also a wealth of info for developers, including: • Windows 7 Developer Guide • A primer on device support and testing for Windows 7 • New Windows 7 white papers • Windows 7 Beta FAQs • Installation instructions • Windows Client OS Team's blog entry MSDN subscribers can download the Windows 7 Beta now from their Top Downloads page. Not be outdone, the Windows Server team rolled out a beta of its own with Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta, Microsoft's first 64-bit only Windows Server operating system. Read the team's blog post to learn more about what's new with this release, or get the lowdown on the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta page. If you're an MSDN subscriber, you can grab the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta now. Speaking of new stuff for developers, I hope you've been following the news about Visual Studio 2010 release. 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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Save and Reuse Tables Do you frequently create the same type of complex table, such as a financial table or tables to use for custom page layouts? If so, you can easily save that table for easy insertion into any document. Just select a completed example of your table and save it to the Quick Tables gallery. Here's how: Select the table and press ALT+F3 to open the Create New Building Block dialog box. Type a name for your table, and then in the Gallery list, click Tables. You can set other options as well, such as choosing or creating a category for your table, which will affect where in the Quick Tables gallery it appears. You can also choose an available template in which to store the table. But if you retain the default Save in location, Building Blocks.dotx, your table will be available for you to use in any document. To access your saved table, on the Insert tab, click Table, and then point to Quick Tables. Quick Ways to Create or Populate Lists on a SharePoint List 1. Start Microsoft Office Access and open a database by clicking the New Database icon or selecting an existing database. 2. Create a new list. a. Click Create, click SharePoint lists, and then select whichever list is appropriate. b. Enter the site address of the Microsoft SharePoint site that you want to use, and then give the list a name. 3. Fill in the data on the data entry page, or populate it from another source by using the data import features of Access. 4. Save the content in Access. 5. Go to your SharePoint site, click Lists, select the list you just created, and it will already have been published. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement