Have you ever set the format in one part of a long document only to find it messed up when you went back to it? The gremlin you’re hunting may be the flipside of a feature known as styles.
Read more →Like the rest of us, freelancers wonder how they’re supposed to navigate this new electronic media world of ours. PWAC Toronto will host a panel at the University of Toronto downtown campus (a few minutes’ walk from the Queen’s Park subway station) to discuss thriving in a
Read more →They are no longer squatters on their own campus. That’s the main reason Ian Hamilton is thankful for Heaslip House, the new home for the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Toronto’s Ryerson University. “The Faculty of Continuing Education at Ryerson was experiencing incredible growth,”
Read more →Styles are neat things. They let you minimize the amount of time you spend fiddling with the formatting in documents. This rarely matters if you only write two- or three-page memos, but try making a 185-page book look consistent – all fonts, headings, margins, graphical elements and
Read more →When businesses sue each other, they commonly need to turn over any relevant documentation to the opposing party. Given the massive increase in electronic documentation, the discovery process can get so complex and potentially expensive that companies will settle otherwise winnable lawsuits to avoid discovery expenses. But
Read more →Tired of having to store install disks, boxes, manuals and other stuff you never need after you install your software? Sick of paying for software and hardware updates just to keep “your” systems running? Then cloud computing may be for you. A new(ish) breed of business hosts the
Read more →Netbooks and laptops seem ever more oversized next to smaller, lightweight smartphones and tablets. That pleases the people who use these devices for more than just email and surfing. Just think about their advantages: increasing numbers of applications made specifically for tablets and smartphones instant-on performance lighter
Read more →originally published in Award Magazine As today’s travelers traverse the second-busiest border crossing in Ontario, the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River, they might get the impression they are passing a massive overturned canoe that resembles, in shape if not in size, the canoes that First Nations
Read more →Originally published in Award Magazine Ever-savvier clients demand better-performing buildings. Interest in green technology continues to rise. Are you having trouble keeping up? Coordination (or lack thereof) within your own firm or with other disciplines working on a project may be to blame. Consider: communications inside your
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