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Volume 13, Number 5: March 2, 2009 Top News Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program Get access to Windows 7 builds, application testing labs and toolkits that can help you ensure that your existing applications and devices will be compatible with Windows 7. New Content to Get You up to Speed on IE8 • Internet Explorer 8 "How Do I" Video Series Short YouTube-style videos around key features and functionality in IE8. Includes relevant code samples and corresponding fact sheets. • Internet Explorer 8 Fact Sheets (28 sheets) PDF "one-pagers" that explain key features and functionality in IE8, include code samples, and can be used both online and in print. Corresponding fact sheet for every How Do I video. Visit the IE8 Demo Site. Build Your Game Using Silverlight 2, and Win up to US$5,000 What's your creativity worth? Build, shape and code your game concepts, and you stand to win US$5,000. Through April 15, Microsoft is asking game developers to dust off their best game ideas and bring them to life using Silverlight 2, the flexible new platform for delivering rich online content to your audience. Your Featured Content Update Your Selected Topics Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section. Microsoft Playbook for Application Architecture The patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 can improve your effectiveness building reliable, scalable, and secure applications on the Microsoft platform. The guide provides design-level guidance for integrating security and other quality attributes into the architecture and design of applications built on the .NET Framework. 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Case Studies Building High-Volume Web 2.0 Applications on Windows Read or listen to this CIO interview with Break.com, focused on building Web 2.0 apps on Windows vs. Linux. "Microsoft has created a platform that simply lets me architect and build applications in a way that I can't on LAMP." More Case Studies... Partner News Capture and Apply Sets of Property Values with Designbox for Visual Studio Designbox for Visual Studio lets you easily capture and reapply finished control designs using the Designbox Gallery. Works with all WinForm Controls. Download the free trial. Received MSDN Flash from a Friend? The MSDN Flash is full of pointers to in-depth technical information that we encourage subscribers to forward to friends and co-workers. 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In this session, Bryan Sullivan will build a sample AJAX application using design patterns, advice, and code samples from respected resources in the AJAX community; then the glaring security vulnerabilities will be exposed. Webcasts listed in an easy-to-use calendar format: MSDN Webcast Calendar National and Global Events MIX09: More Reasons to Register March 18 - 20 Las Vegas, NV Pre-conference March 17 In addition to hearing about the standards-based Web, next generation media, data-driven design, rich Internet applications, and the collaboration between designers and developers, all MIX09 attendees will receive more than US$700 in free software and services from Windows Web Server 2008 and GoGrid Hosting. Plus, all MIX09 attendees who are staying at the Venetian Hotel for three or more nights will get one night free. 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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Security Essentials with Windows Security Center Windows Security Center is located in Control Panel in the Security group, and it provides access to Windows Firewall, updating, and other security settings. You can check here to make sure you have some level of security on your systems. Windows Vista will even assist you in finding tools that help protect against viruses and malicious software, for an additional level of security. Add or Remove Styles from the Quick Style Gallery The Styles gallery on the Home tab in Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes several built-in paragraph and character styles by default, such as Normal style, Heading styles 1 and 2, and Title. However, you can customize that gallery for any document or template to include just the paragraph and character styles you need to access most quickly. To display the Styles pane, click the dialog launch icon in the lower-right corner of the Styles section (or press CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S). To remove a style from the Quick Style Gallery, right-click the style name where it appears in the gallery, and then click Remove from Quick Style Gallery. To add a style in the Styles pane to the Quick Style Gallery, right-click the style name, and then click Add to Quick Style Gallery. (Note that, if the style is already in the gallery, the option to remove the style from the gallery also appears here.) You can also add or remove a style from the Quick Style Gallery through the Add to Quick Style Gallery check box in the Create New Style... or Modify Style dialog boxes. • 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

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Quickly Know How Many Lines or Words You Have Typed Right-click the status bar, and then select a parameter. Microsoft Office Word can show you, for example, line details or the number of words typed. This information is useful when you are writing a document that must have a fixed length. Setting Permissions Each person you invite to a workspace will have one of three roles: Manager, Participant, or Guest. Each role type is granted specific permissions within the workspace and within each tool. As the Manager, you can adjust tool permissions to help protect the content and control what others can do within the workspace. 1. Right-click the Tool tab, click Properties, and then click Permissions. Then select a role from the menu. 2. Adjust the permissions by selecting or clearing the check boxes, and then click Apply. • 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