Monthly Archives: July 2008

Managing tags in Benubird

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

Let’s start with the basics. What is a tag? According to Wikipedia: A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). Tags have really taken … Continue reading →

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Send and receive faxes via email

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

I don’t own a fax machine, never have, and never will. But that doesn’t mean I can’t send and receive faxes. For the past few years we’ve been using a service called jConnect Premier to send and receive faxes via … Continue reading →

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Receive bank statements via email

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

For the past few years I have been asking my bank why I couldn’t receive bank statements electronically via email, instead of receiving paper statements through the post. The advantage of doing things the electronic way, were obvious to me, … Continue reading →

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How to keep documents digital from day one…

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Karl De Abrew

Keeping on the “less-paper” theme — we’re constantly on the lookout for ways to keep paper as trees, and not churning out of printers. Which is why we were pleased to see that long-time PDF expert, Shlomo Perets of MicroType, … Continue reading →

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“Paperless offices” an elusive dream?

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Karl De Abrew

A recent report by market intelligence company IDC revealed that 60% of responding Australian businesses produced more paper print-outs today than they had five years ago. This figure makes the eager projections of the early noughties look rather optimistic. The … Continue reading →

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PDF format becomes ISO standard

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

The Portable Document Format (PDF), created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange, officially become an ISO standard last Wednesday morning. The ISO standard (now known as ISO 32000-1:2008) is version 1.7 of the PDF specification and is available … Continue reading →

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