Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 04:54:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Allen Subject: Boston Windows User Group July 23 Meeting Monday, July 23, 2001 --------------------- Office XP ========= Boston Windows User Group ------------------------- 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Speakers at 8:00 p.m. --------------------- Office XP, launched 5/31/01, is the newest version. In a joint meeting with the Office User Group, Microsoft's Will Schoen, a Technology Specialist at Microsoft, shows us the new features, parses the available flavors and demonstrates improvements over earlier versions. Bill also explains what's entailed in the OXP registration wizard, that in the US subscriptions are only for enterprise customers, and why we should spend $XXX to upgrade from O97 or O2K. Come with your questions and Will will try to answer them. (www.microsoft.com/office/xp/) Location: Microsoft's Multipurpose Room 1, 6th floor, 230 Third Ave, Waltham, MA, which has Parking and has Wheelchair access. Directions: Take Route 95/128 to Exit 27A. Go south on Third Ave passing between the northbound 95/128 and the Westin Hotel. Reaching Third Ave requires a U-turn to the right from the northbound 95/128 exit or a "cross the overpass and turn right" from the southbound 95/128 exit. From Third Ave, turn left onto Fourth Ave immediately after the Westin. Go to end, turn right and follow signs for Prospect Place. Bear right at the fork and follow signs to Visitor Parking. Lobby is on second floor. Also see map on http://www.bwug.org/events. ***************************************************************** **** Meet us for Dutch Treat Dinner at Bertucci's at 5:30. **** **** The restaurant is in the small strip mall diagonally **** **** across the 95/128 intersection with Winter St **** **** from the meeting location. Use exit 27B. **** **** From northbound exit take a right at the traffic **** **** light, then bear right to cross 95/128. **** **** Blend with southbound exit traffic, go past **** **** Bertucci's and take a right into the mall. **** ***************************************************************** Pat Ryan is our Ride Coordinator. You can earn double raffle tickets by bringing a person in need of a ride or may obtain a ride if you need one. ****** Next BWUG Meeting ****** Monday, August 27 2001 <- that's a corrected date ----------------------- ScanSoft Products, especially PaperPort Deluxe ============================================== ScanSoft is an evolution of Xerox Imaging Systems, Visioneer, Caere and other previously independent players, and specializes in digital imaging software. Their line includes OmniPage, Pagis, TextBridge, PaperPort and Kai's PhotoFactory. Sebastian Gard, Product Manager for Paper Management, gives us an overview of their product line, history and future strategy. Sebastian also provides an in-depth demo of their PaperPort Deluxe S/W (which includes a TextBridge OCR and photo editing) with two new scanners - showing faster and easier conversion of paper to digital form. (www.scansoft.com) ***** Please notify us, www.bwug.org/join or by email, when your email address changes.