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Working with Presenter 7.0.2, on a windows machine using Powerpoint 2007.
PPTX files are still not working great. I had font problems,(bolding of text automatically), font spacing issues. As I moved through a presentation working in PPTX files was much quicker than working in a PPT file especially saving the file. I recommend that you build your presentation in PPTX files to take advantage of the newer features of Powerpoint, but then save as a PPT file for publishing the presenter file. I did come across some syncing issues that I created in PPTX that didn't convert over to PPT. Definitely watch over your published file to make sure syncing is correct. You might have to change the PPT file to get it correct.
BTW, I had a co-worker who couldn't work on the PPT file over the network from our server. This problem was fixed when we installed latest .0.2 update.
Best way to delete audio from a slide is to insert a new slide, copy the text and images onto the new slide, then delete the old slide. Resync the animations with audio if needed and then you are done. We tried deleting audio from the code and data file structure, but it didn't work, caused corruption.
Hope some of this helps others. :-)
Scott

To answer your last question go to system preferences, dashboard & expose change the options to all dashes. It will no longer hide the things that are current in the boxes.

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Solution Manager - Things to be learned

Hi Gurus
could any one help me in letting me know the following details.
i) I need to know the T codes which a good SolMan Consultant should be
familiar of working with.
ii) I heard that , its better to learn Basis along with Solution Manager.If that is the
case ,could any one list out the T codes.
In brief i need to know the areas which a good SolMan cosultant must be familiar with.
Points will be rewarded for appropriate answers.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Raju,
Normally SolMan Tcodes that will be used by the end-users is like
Solar01 - functional consultants use to create blueprint structure
Solar02 - functional consultants use to do configurations in the satellite systems Stwb_work - Test Managers use to create test plans & packages and to assign to testers
Stwb_2 - testers to perform testing
notif_create - the message creator can create the service desk message from the solman system
Even though the above are used by different end users, SolMan consultant should be familiar with these transactions to help the end users in using them effectively.
(ii) Normally all administrative configurations of the SolMan system need to be done from SolMan's SPRO
(iii) Apart from that setting up the system landscape can be done by BASIS consultants using SMSY transaction
(iv) Creating the project and landscape for the project can be done using SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN transaction
(v) Lot of BASIS related activities like monitoring, EWA, etc can be done using SOLUTION_OPERATION transaction
(vi) SOLAR_EVAL transaction helps in generating lot of reports.
(vii) In the RMMAIN transaction you can get lot of accelerators(templates for various project deliverables).
(vi) These are basic transactions. Apart from that for Service Desk Management, Change Request Management and all we have certain other transactions and activities.
best regds,
Alagammai.

What is the best way to learn SAP-ABAP

What is the best way to learn ABAP??
Stick to SAP press books and understand and learn theroitically
'or'
Move to ABAP programming and experiment all the things you have learn.
If both want to go hand in hand and if we want to do more practise, where can i find a source of abap programming questions (like codechef for java,c,c++..). Bcoz understanding new concepts require practise and to creating programs to practise is a really difficult.
Thnak you
Md Omar saleem

Hi,
Do the SAP course (BC400 - 5 days - it is a great course) and then practice practice practice.
The language itself is not difficult, but finding your way around the SAP system can be challenging.
Try to do real-life examples.
good luck!
Paul

I updated to iOS 6.1.2 on my iPad gen 3 and is unable to use my Google app! Two things happen, 1.) Can't find URL n 2.) Yahoo developers HTML codes are shown.

I updated to iOS 6.1.2 on my iPad gen 3 and is unable to use my Google app! Two things happen, 1.) Can't find URL n 2.) Yahoo developers HTML codes are shown.

THey have bought out an update Ios 8.2 perhaps u could try that it may help u unfortunately u cannot go back to Ios 7.1.2 apple wont allow u to i guess hindsight is a good thing u can learn from this and dont be in too much of a hurry to update in the future sit back and wait too see if there are any problems before u update i work on the principle if aint broke then dont touch it...sorry there much u can do other than vent your suggestions to apple support..

What's your strategy for learning Java technologies?

Or, in other words, how do YOU acquire knowledge that is necessary for implementing Java technologies?
After having spent one-and-a-half years developing an enterprise app, I've gained lots of knowledge about Java and some surface knowledge about its related technologies (JBoss, Hibernate, Ant, XDoclet, NetBeans and probably some others I can't think of at the moment).
I'm now realizing that -- although the standalone prototype version of my program is growing mature -- I've still got lots to learn for refactoring it to a web platform. For example, I 've done small test projects using Servlets, but haven't done any work with JSP (or HTML for that matter) yet.
Now, I'm sure I can learn JSP etc., but the questions I ask myself are: how long will it take?
It's a rhetorical question of course (I don't expect an answer from you, the reader) However, it's an important issue because the months or years I spend fumbling around learning these new technologies, are time I could otherwise spend on the business logic and functionality of my program.
So, how do you guys acquire knowledge of technologies? Official training perhaps? Or do you simply experiment until it works? Or do you rely on your company's knowledge base (e.g. someone in your company knows how it works)? Or do you get prototypes built from someone who already knows how it works?
I�m really curious about this and would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks in advance,
P

Well, it seems like most of you simply read the
various texts and try the vendors' examples. I'm
surprised that no one mentioned ever having bought a
prototype application from the onset. "bought"? What's that mean? You don't buy prototypes. You download evaluation versions, maybe.
I try to find sample code and tweak it to see the effects. Otherwise, I start writing small sample code an build on that.
I consider myself a reasonably competent core Java
programmer, but I had serious difficulty configuring
and merging its related technologies. There were so
many disjointed pieces of instructional information
that the additional research time really hurt our
budget severely. Not an uncommon thing, I'm sure. There's a lot of stuff. But don't bother learning all of it. Not in detail, at least. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the names of packages/libraries and what they do. But only really learn what you need to learn for what you need to do. The next project you will probably need other things, so you learn them then.
bsampieri,
I've setup Tomcat and tried the examples--in fact, I
normally follow tutorials for all products I hope to
use. Problem is, the examples and tutorials never
address my specific needs. So, I usually inch toward
my goal by spending weeks or months in forums to
continue where the tutorials leave off. Anything complex is going to not be there.... the trick is to identify pieces that you can pull out to build more complex apps. And the fact that JSP/servlets have the issue of being compounded by all the HTML/CSS/JS and HTTP protocol ... I don't want to say limitiations, exactly... Well, it just makes things more complex and harder to know what you need.
Perhaps you guys are much faster and smarter than
I...or you have a much bigger budget :)Probably not... on either account.

Good to learn XI or Portal or both as an abap consultant

hello all,
           Can any one tell me ,to learn XI and Portal in netweaver,should i learn whole java i.e advanced java,jdbc,core java......or just core java is enough???
   And one more thing should i learn XI or portal or both,
as iam an abap consultant.
                                 Thanks & Regards
                                    Gayathri.

Hi,
1)Learning core java is enough.
2)Both XI and portal are vast. try to be expert in one of these. its more than enough.
If u know both then its added advantage.
rgds,
latheesh
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Advice needed regarding learning path

Friends, I have completed my OCP certification in 11g recently. I want to do OCM in 11g in long run. I need to learn skill-sets named RAC and Performance tuning before preparing for OCM. So what learning can I do next after OCP- RAC or Performance tuning ,any inputs will be highly appreciated !!

921871 wrote:
Thanks for your suggestions. I am already working as a production DBA for last 1.5 years for a organization. My project has no scope of RAC and performance tuning as of now. But I am very eager to learn them. I am confused what I need to start learning first, hence asked. In the long run, my aim is to gain practical exposure, experience along with OCM certification.
I am confused what I need to start learning first
Too many people seem to think learning is linear. Yes, there are some things you have to learn before you can learn some other things. But "learning" Oracle never ends. Pick a subject area (RAC, or SQL, or Performance Tuning, or .. or ..). Doesn't matter which. Spend enough time with it to get a fundamental, working understanding of it. Then do the same with another subject while at the same time keep your eyes open for adding to your understanding of the first subject. "Rinse and repeat". Spend time on this and one or two other high-quality oracle forums. Participate and be willing to take your lumps and learn when you offer advice that is shot down. Build yourself a virtual test system (Opinion | Ed Stevens, DBA) and then break it. And then fix it using only the facilities you would have available to you in the real world.

Should I learn flash?

I'm in the first year of my degree and don't really have to spend much time studying because I've done most of it before. We learn the basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash, Photoshop etc but it's not specific enough to get a decent job with.
I want to focus my attention (and money) on learning one main thing and mastering it but aren't sure which to go for. I like using flash and love all of it's capabilites but also realise how important it could be to maybe master photoshop and look at digital art type stuff.
Or maybe learn CSS or something like that.
I want to maybe go in to website design, but am also interested in many other things. I mean, even if I do go in to web design, should I learn flash or should I focus my attention on photoshop and HTML?
I'm not really an arty type, I don't want to just be a programmer I want to at least do some design.
I want to look at how easy things are to learn, how fun it would be, if it would be useful in a few years and also the demand for it.
Thoughts?
Cheers!!

It really depends on what you want to do mainly when you start your career.
Personally, I wanted to learn everything to be as valuable as possible in not only a corporate setting, but also personal projects.
I attended Art Institute for Web Development and took classes on all the most popular platforms and applications. The list includes...
XHTML/CSS
Photoshop
Flash
Dreamweaver
AS 3.0
PHP/MySQL
On top of that, we learned about things like Color Theory, Design Theory and other Web Dev concepts.
In the grand scheme of things though, what I learned in school is only a fraction of what I've learned once I graduated and started working. I continue to learn things everyday, it is pretty much endless.
So getting to your question about Flash...
I think it is a valuable skill set to have. I wouldn't stop at Flash though. You still need basic knowledge, if not, advanced knowledge of XHTML/CSS and PHP/MySQL because your Flash projects will most likely require those technologies to implement in real world applications.
It's a crazy journey to say the least and every day, things get crazier with technology evolving so quickly.
The topics I outlined above are things you want to have a strong foundation in.
From there you can really focus on what type of work you want to do. I pretty much do a little bit of everything but like you are wondering, it does limit how far you can master one particular thing. But with time, I believe you can master most if not all of the topics.
Hope that helps.
Dey

If you're new to learning Java ...

Don't waste your money on the Complete Java Technology Web Bundle [http://suned.sun.com/US/catalog/courses/WJB-000-180.html]. Like myself, you might be thinking it's a complete learning package teaching you everything from A-Z and you'd be ready for the Certification Exam. Instead, it's one (expensive) lumping of all the random courses Sun teaches on Java Technology. It has almost no flow between the modules.
I'm not saying that the modules themselves are bad - just be aware that this is not a step-by-step course into Java that I thought it would be.
So, I suppose it wasn't falsely advertised, but I'm frustrated because I spent $1,800 for a course that still requires supplemental reading and research - very disappointing. Of course, the best part, is I can't cancel the course because I've completed just enough of it to figure this stymie out too late.

Hehe. Yah, luckily it wasn't my money. But, even still, I feel bad about it.
The money would, I think, would be worth it if, by completion of the tutorial, you're ready to take the Certification test.
The problem with (most?) programming books is that they follow:
Chapter 1:
This is a keyboard, here is your mouse. When you press keys, characters show up on the screen.
Chapter 2:
Programming is just like learning any language, it's easy!
Chapter 3:
Basic programming, understanding syntax.
Chapter 4:
Loops, arrays and conditional statements.
Chapter 5:
Classes and methods.
Chapter 6:
Now that you've mastered the language, we'll continue on with arcane stuff you'll never figure out, completely skipping 5 chapters in between.
Chapters 7~12:
Way above your head.
So few actually stick to a path. And unfortunately this course (bundle) is exactly the same. I'm going to give Head First Java (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava/) and Beginning Java 2 (http://www.wrox.com/books/0764543652.shtml) a try.
To me, there's three things you should learn well:
1. the concept of OOP
2. java's syntax and its OOP design
3. HOW TO USE THE API DOCUMENTATION
To me, learning a language is mostly about understanding the basics and knowing where to look for answers (be it classes, methods, functions according to the language) and how to understand that source of answers. To a beginner, that API doc might as well be in Swahili.

What is Learning Management System?

Hi Everybody,
I need small help. what is LMS(Learning Management System)
Is this some thing like LSO(Learning Solutions) or PMS(Performance Management System).
thanking you,
giri.

LMS should be able to do the following
1. Centralize an automate administration
2. Use self-service and self-guided services
3. Assemble and deliver learning content rapidly
4. Support portability and standards..
5. Personalize content and enable knowledge reuse
Chk this PDF.
http://www.learningcircuits.org/NR/rdonlyres/BFEC9F41-66C2-42EF-BE9D-E4FA0D3CE1CE/7304/LMS_fieldguide1.pdf.

To learn BI

Hi all,
Iam having XI background, Can anyone tell me what are the basic things needed to learn BI.
thanx,
krish

Hello,
for some discussion regarding this topic look at the thread,
BI and XI
Check the following links,
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/e3/e60138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/3d/5fb13cd0500255e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Regards,
karthik
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To learn MI

Hi all,
Iam having XI background, Can anyone tell me what the basic things needed to learn MI.
thanx,
krish

Hi Krishna,
As you are having a background of netweaver its easy to get into MI.
May be you need to know little bit of ABAP OR JAVA
ABAP--As a backend/middleware developer
JAVA-As a client side developer.
Go through this materials:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/78a5ec90-0201-0010-ddb0-a8e4cb4593b2
SDN:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/mi?rid=/webcontent/uuid/6ba0ba72-0901-0010-e287-d8649ddb6425 [original link is broken]
For the Mobile Dev Kit, you can visit
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/21eba3a7-0601-0010-b982-92f1fca3258a
hELPFUL TO START WITH MI:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/a7/893a5889e08b41b615688b1a93b559/frameset.htm
JO's:
http://jogel.blogspot.com/2006/07/learning-sap-mi.html
Welcome to MI.
Cheers,
Karthick

Suggested Newbie Learning Topics

I am learning Obj-C/XCode/IB on my own in my free time at home. (what little I have). After going at it for a few weeks now, I found that the path of learning could be a bit treacherous if I try something a little "above my pay grade".
This post isn't about my particular situation. Its more for all newbies that wish to get an idea of what they should learn (at least the basics.)
So I know everyone suggests "walk through a few basic walkthroughs that show how to start your project and add your fist Obj-C files (and headers). Start IB and add some controls to your window. and attach them to the main class."
Beyond that, what topics would any of you suggest we newbies should master before heading into the deep end (or even that sloping part of the pool that leads to the deep end.)
for example:
*Adding new Actions and Outlets by hand to your class
(my merge program isn't working and it turned out to help understand the whole outlet/action thing by learning to do it by hand)
*class variables
--instance vs class (forgetting the terminology?)
*Making a new class and using an instance of it in the main class
*NSView
--adding text to
--saving
--loading
*Scrollview interaction (maybe)
--addtext
--set scroll point
*Printing (basics)
*Preferences
--save default set
--retrieve and set your variables/controls
*Controls
--Buttons
--Check boxes
--Radio buttons
--Drop-Downs
--etc...
*sheets
*drawers
What else could any of you suggest? (or take off my list?)
Thanks for any suggestions or comments people can make for us,
Jason

jaxjason wrote:
I am really looking for myself and others to know what they really should understand and learn. What some of the more experienced programmers see as almost simpleton.
I think the best approach is to find a project you want to work on and start it. Some things you will learn really well and some things you'll miss entirely. That is just the nature of programming. There are plenty of open-source projects that need a Mac port.
Controls and views, actions and Outlets, MVC, if they don't get these concepts down REALLY good, they are going to quit before they even got to the cool things you can do with classes like NSString, NSArray, etc... I know, I have wanted to program in OSX for years, but every time I tried to figure it out, I would quit for some time because nobody could explain this kind of thing to me.
You have to stick with it. No one has an inherent knowledge of how this stuff works. There are no classes. You get that knowledge through trial and error - a lot of error. If you get stuck, just hack up a workaround and come back to it later. Sometimes, something will have coalesced in your head since then and it will just magically work.
I come from doing basic stuff in VB personally. And the way I was doing it on Windoze, had nothing to do with the way it worked in XCode. Completely different model, and NOBODY has a VB to XCode web page anywhere!
Actually, these days Cocoa and .NET have a very similar architecture. Some people get hung up on Objective-C, but languages are mostly irrelevant.
So thats what I am looking for here, reach back to when you didn't know what IB stood for, or had never heard of Outlets. Back when Inheritance is what you got from on old lost Rich Uncle.
In that, I may have a distinct advantage that you may never get. I was used to MFC and the old Mac Toolbox. Compared to those, Xcode (né ProjectBuilder) and Interface Builder were the slickest things I had ever seen. Well, not ever, but who could really compare to the old Borland Delphi/C++ Builder? Codewarrior was a nice IDE, but their PowerPlant user interface library was one of the worst disasters I have ever seen. I even learned a thing or two about X11 and Motif before KDE, Gnome, and Qt.
So, unfortunately, for me, Xcode was comparatively a breeze from day one. It takes time. By time I mean years. The only thing that won't help is fear of failure. Failure is nothing but success at learning a method that didn't work.
Thanks again, I really would like to hear why you don't like drawers.
I don't dislike drawers. I just don't like them for one particular application I wrote that uses them. I want to rewrite it with Core Data.
p.s. btw, I neglected to uncheck that this post was a question (oops). any way to uncheck it after posting the original?
Not that I know of.

Learn BCS

Hi BCS experts,
I am planning to enhance my skill set with BCS. Please provide me ur useful suggestions how to start learning BCS concepts.
I am looking into the SAP help. I can see there are lot of stuff.
Can anybody tell me what are the important things need to learn at intial stage.
Please send me some useful documents
And also please send me the some impaortant Tcodes in BCS for consolodation workbench , comnsolidation monitor, Tasks etc.....( like BPS0,UPSPM, RSPLAN in BPS etc..)
Thanks
SAPSEM

Hi Ravi,
Thanks for ur reply. I assigned the points.
I have one doubet regarding integration between SEM and BW veriosns.
Which SEM and BW versions are integrated.
for SEM 4.0 whcih BW version we will use either BW 3.5 or BI 7.0 or both
for SEM 6.0 which BW version we will use either BW 3.5 or BI 7.0 or both
Please give me idea on this.
Thanks
SAPSEM

Can you create a website in DW then upload it to BC for commerce site?

So confusing working from BC in DW. I originally thought that I could take my Muse or Dreamweaver websites, upgrade in order to get the ecommerce features, upload product spreadsheet, figure out how to populate the pages, and publish.
Now it seems BC just complicates and confuses the process with its addition of modules and tags. Why does it have to be so hard? BC Gurus videos show features that don’t show up in my version. Can’t find templates to start from. Waisting hours trying to learn the relationship between the two (BC/DW). Seems like BC commerce is more work than other all-in-one packages. All I want is to take my design and make eCommerce operational.
First mistake: Current project designed in Muse. When I upgraded from basic to commerce3, and BC started throwing in their modules, I got totally lost.
Then, I imported BC site in DW, now I have all the mess from Muse plus BC and don’t have anything that I recognize which I can work with.
All I need is a clear step-by-step list that will walk me through it. There are way too many videos and tutorials that are vague and unhelpful. Personally, videos take too long to sit through and try to take notes without having to pause and play - inefficient.
Ask the question “what’s a module?” and I can’t get a clear definition.
Same with “tag”! What is it, where do they go, I don’t even know what to ask.

Welcome to the web industry, BC makes things a lot easier with how it is produced and the avoidance of a lot of server side development if you was to use other systems. Managing layouts, tags, modules, CSS and HTML and Javascript is kind of basics of the profession to master.
You will find guides showing features not availible to a plan if you are only on say a webasic plan etc as you noted. Muse is really not the best thing to get into not just BC but web design with, it does not teach you anything you need to know to properly create websites, especially even remotely more complex things. There is no clear step by step I am afraid, You have guides provided on these forums, you have the BC knowledgebase and sites like BC Gurus but really its learning what things are, how things are. Learning CSS, HTML, Javascript etc and implementing as you do so.
A module is something that renders output of content in varius forms such as a menu or a web form. It can render a list of items created by a web app and more. A tag is a set of values or rendering content within the modules like web apps or other elments such as eCommerce.
All of this is outline and more on the guide sites such as BC Gurus and the KB:
http://helpx.adobe.com/business-catalyst/kb/modules-quick-reference.html
http://kb.worldsecuresystems.com/134/bc_1342.html

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