Archive for November, 2007

Open Office 2007 Files in Older Versions

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Is there any way to open the new Office 2007 file formats in older versions?- Tony S.
Microsoft Office 2007 introduced a new set of file specifications known as Office Open XML format. These XML based file formats greatly improve document interoperability between Microsoft Office documents and other applications.

Windows Custom Shortcut Keys Not Working

Friday, November 9th, 2007

On any shortcut, if you right-click, you can set the properties for a shortcut key. Type Shift+Alt+anyletter and assign that shortcut. But when you type Shift+Alt+thatkey it does nothing. What am I missing?- Greg N.
Greg, it sounds like you created your shortcut in the wrong place. Shortcut keys can only be assigned to shortcuts […]

Dynamic Image Creation to replace Font Embedding

Monday, November 5th, 2007

One major caveat for most web developers is the font limitations you encounter on the web. Browsers can only display specific registered fonts because of the differences between browsers and platforms. There’s no way to bridge this gap and forcing visitors to download and install specialized fonts before viewing your site is not […]

Force a File to Display Instead of Executing

Monday, November 5th, 2007

If you’re like me, you run a site written in PHP. Sometimes I offer PHP scripts to my readers and want them to be able to download them, but if I post a link, the script is executed instead. You can prevent this action with a small .htaccess tweak.

Force Files to Download Instead of Opening

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Have ever wished that you could force a file to download instead of opening in a browser? Some common files like MP3s and PDFs will open in your reader’s browser if the proper parent plugin is installed. Sometimes you want to force them to download the file without having to right-click and save […]

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Check out the latest addition to Nilpo.com for an added later of functionality and fun.