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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
posted by Geetesh
 
10:17 AM
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 Andy Pope (pictured to the right) works in London, UK, developing in-house reporting systems. He uses VBA to automate Excel and PowerPoint. In his spare time, he frequents various Excel forums and maintains his own website on Excel charting. His contributions to the Excel community have resulted in him being awarded as Microsoft Excel MVP since 2004.
In this discussion, Andy discusses the Chart Pattern Fills add-in for Excel 2007.
Geetesh: Tell us more about your Chart Pattern Fills add-in for Excel 2007, and what motivated you to create this add-in.
Andy: I developed the add-in in response to posts by users who need the pattern fills feature that was depreciated in Excel 2007. Apparently pattern fills are heavily used by those in academia. I was aware that actually only the user interface for the feature had been removed so I went about reconstructing the Patterns dialog. I enjoyed the challenge of creating a dialog that would dynamically reflect the users color choices, rather than just using static images.
It’s a totally free add in and available on my site.
Geetesh: PowerPoint 2007 users also no longer have access to the pattern fills so will this add-in work for them too?
Andy: Unfortunately not directly within PowerPoint. The porting of the add-in to PowerPoint is not currently possible. This is due to limitations in PowerPoint’s VBA Object Model and how the add-ins function works compared to those in Excel. As and when/if Microsoft make appropriate changes I will attempt to make a PowerPoint version.
In the mean time for those wanting to use the add-in, you can create their chart in Excel, format it as required using the add-in and then insert the saved file as an Object within PowerPoint.
See Also: Pattern Fills Add-in: Conversation with John Wilson
Categories: add-in, charting, excel, powerpointLabels: add-in, charting, excel, powerpoint
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
posted by Geetesh
3:31 PM
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ConceptDraw Office is a business software solution that combines three different applications: ConcepDraw PRO, ConceptDraw MINDMAP, and ConceptDraw PROJECT.
A very important aspect ConceptDraw Office is their new InGyre technology that creates integration and synergies between all the three applications found in ConceptDraw Office. InGyre technology helps these applications cater to all requirements of managing a workflow or project such as capturing ideas, planning and scheduling, organizing the process, arranging communications, and process tracking and management.
Read the review here...
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
posted by Geetesh
2:43 PM
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Blue Pacific Software announced a completely free version of Rich Chart Live, their online charting program that lets you create and share your charts almost anywhere. You can also copy and paste some HTML code from within the online program to insert the charts in blogs and websites. The free version does place a small Rich Chart Live logo on the bottom-right corner of each generated chart.
Manuel Fernandes from Blue Pacific adds that "this new release of Rich Chart Live was specially designed for bloggers: it is very easy to embed a Rich Chart in any blog, not to mention that it is free. Posting a Rich Chart in a blog or website is as easy as copy & pasting HTML".
The paid version of Rich Chart Live is still available -- and there's a significant price reduction on the subscription charge for that service.
Check out more at the Rich Chart Live site...
Related Links:
Rich Chart Live review
Conversation with Manuel Fernandes
Categories: charting, powerpoint_flashLabels: charting, powerpoint_flash
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