First Software Item, Improving performance I came across this info and link from Saila.com - How to tweak a Slow Acrobat Reader. Apparently, Adobe puts several uneeded(?) plugins in the applicaiton folder which slows down the applicaiton. The very short piece contains tips about moving those extra plugins to another folder speed the beast up. [I wonder if these changes will help to keep PDFs from crashing certain popular web browsers?]
Next Software Tweak, for Standards
If you are one of those people that have tried the Free OpenOffice.org 1.1 solution to replace or give added features that other industry standard office software does not offer, you may be interested in an article by Andreas Bovens over at web-graphics. com:
Converting OpenOffice.org documents to xhtml 1.0 strict with Writer2LaTeX: a quickguide.
Andreas clarifies how to use Henrik Just's Writer2LaTeX utility to export XHTML Strict documents from OpenOffice.org 1.1.
If you have never tried installing or running OpenOffice software before, hop on over to the site to view the OpenOffice.org 1.1 features list and give it a try. The app is available in a variety of languages, it supports many operating systems, it has extra features other software does not have, and it is free to use.
Last Software Item, Extensibility For Homesite users, there are a few places to check out if you would like to extend, customize or tweak your web authoring application.
* PHP4Hs: Homesite: PHP add-ons and Resources
* Marjolein's Help for HomeSite Users
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