It's Official: OneNote is Now Free for Everyone

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Date of Article:  2014-03-17   
Source of Article:  WinSuperSite.com.  
So now it is free for both Windows and Mac users.  The free version is OneNote 2013 and yes there is still a paid version of it too that is more business centric but for individuals and school use the free version is more than adequate.
I've used OneNote for years to keep track of information that I gather in classes and on the Internet.  I haven't tried this version as yet as I am contemplating an Office365 Home subscription for myself (driven by other Office applications) which would include the paid version and the 2010 version is handling my note taking needs for now.

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How to edit a PDF document in Word 2013

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Date of Article:  2014-03-17   
Source of Article:  Tech Republic.  
Susan Harkins gives us a good review of this new and welcome capability of Word 2013.  It's one of the things that has me considering a subscription.
Like her I suspect that importing PDFs into Word will improve with time.  A similar problem exists when converting from Word to Open/Libre Office's format or back.  This too has got better with time as will PDF conversion.  Back in the day when my company was split between Word, Word Perfect, and dedicated word processing machines this was a major problem and conversions were provided by fairly expensive programs that were also not perfect but better than nothing.
I also expect that the PDF format will eventually include a spec to provide an indication if a scanned document has been modified to support using it for document archival purposes.  It already has provisions for making a PDF read only with a password required to modify.

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Microsoft will pay you to stop using Windows XP

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Date of Article:  2014-03-14   
Source of Article:  GEEK.com.  
Interesting offer for those facing replacing/updating their XP machine.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Facebook Privacy Settings

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Date of Article:  2014-03-17   
Source of Article:  Time.  
Good advice for Facebook users.

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Account-hijacking Trojan spreads via Facebook messages

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Date of Article:  2014-03-12   
Source of Article:  Help Net Security.  
Since quite a few of our members are on Facebook this article is of interest.  I don't get on there too often these days but I will keep this one in mind next time I visit.

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A new Windows 8.1 update tries to win back desktop diehards

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Date of Article:  2014-03-10   
Source of Article:  ZDNet.  
I've been reading Ed's articles for a log time and his predictions are usually very accurate.  Right now I am as Ed said many are doing and relying on a third party utility, Classic Shell to give me the desktop that I want.  Hopefully this update won't break it.

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Here's another article on the same subject by another guy who I also use for information.

• Windows 8.1 Update 1 will arrive just in time to woo Windows XP holdouts

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• Source of Article:  Tech Republic

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