July 2007 Edition
Feature Spotlight: Extracting PowerPoint Notes
Q&A with Technical Support: Getting Keywords from XMP
Smart Tip of the Month: Commenting on a PDF with Acrobat Reader
Additional Resources: New Documentation Home
Knowledge Builder: New Articles
Feature Spotlight: Extracting PowerPoint Notes
The ability to extract the text of a PowerPoint file has existed since the inception of the PowerPoint thumbnailing feature in Virtual Ticket. In the most recent release, Virtual Ticket and Digital Storage Manager have been enhanced to extract the notes which the presentation author has entered into the notes field on each frame. The extracted frame notes are placed into the Text Content field and this provides users with the ability to locate the desired PowerPoint file based on any note the author included with the PowerPoint.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16281
Q&A with Technical Support: Getting Keywords from XMP
How can a Virtual Ticket or Digital Storage Manager Find be renamed?
Many different file types contain user defined metadata, referred to as XMP or IPTC data, which has been saved to the file by the creating application. In many cases, this metadata contains keyword information that the user has applied to the file prior to saving. Virtual Ticket and Digital Storage Manager can capture this keyword information for many file types including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and many more. Knowledge Base article 16282 provides instructions for enabling this functionality.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16282
Smart Tip of the Month: Commenting on a PDF with Adobe Reader
Approval Manager users who utilize Adobe Reader to review proofs can annotate within a PDF proof as long as the proof manager has enabled the PDF to be commented on with Adobe Reader. To allow Adobe Reader users to annotate, the proof manager should apply the "Enable for commenting and analysis in Adobe Reader" option, typically found in the Document menu of Acrobat Professional 7, prior to saving the file and uploading it to Approval Manger. When an Adobe Reader user reviews a proof saved with this option, they will be able to make comments to the PDF. Once they have finished commenting, they simply upload the reviewed PDF to Approval Manager for other reviewers to see.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16284
Additional Resources: Centralized Documentation
With the recent update of the MetaCommunications web site, locating a needed piece of documentation has become even easier. Visit http://www.meta-comm.com/documentation and simply check the box for the application(s) which you need documentation and the corresponding documents will be listed below. This documentation window contains the online help for each client application and PDF references for server and developer topics.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/documentation//
Knowledge Builder
New articles this month
16281 - Extracting text information from PowerPoint Notes
This article describes the capability of Virtual Ticket and Digital Storage Manager to extract text information from PowerPoint note fields.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16281
16282 - Enabling Digital Resources for XMP metadata extraction
This article describes how to enable different file types in Virtual Ticket and Digital Storage Manager to extract XMP metadata information.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16282
16283 - Commenting on a PDF with Adobe Reader
This article describes how to configure a PDF file so that it can be commented on with Adobe Reader.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16283
16284 - Estimate and Invoice tabs do not appear in Workgroups Portal after installation
This article describes how to troubleshoot the cause of why the Estimates and Invoices tabs may not appear in the Workgroups Portal after the product is installed.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16284
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