Software development and software engineering go hand in hand when it comes to the implementation of software. Software development deals more with the creation of the software and when this is complete, software engineering takes over with the creation of software systems. Both of these disciplines are at times interchangeable and without much difference to the layman. If you just want to have one specific piece of software designed, such as database software that will keep track of your bird watching hobby, then you’ll just need software development. If, however, you want your bird watching database to be able to support multiple functions, such as delivering a report with statistics and results, then you’ll more likely need the expertise of software engineering.
Software engineers will implement and design software applications through the use of many mediums. These software applications will then be used for a variety of purposes that include business practices to entertainment purposes. It is these software applications that allow users to make their time on the computer as functional and productive as possible. Types of software applications include language applications, office applications, entertainment packages, and applications for education.
The cost of hiring a software developer will be significantly less than hiring a software engineer. Before you make your final decision about what you want the software to do you need to plan you budget, your timeline, and determine what you want the end result to be. The industry of software development continues to grow each year as more and more businesses are having their own software developed for them that is specific to what they do and what they want the software to do. Most companies will already be using some type of software application, such as Office Suite, and most likely won’t need another application developed for them. For most intents and purposes you’ll be fine hiring a software developer for you and your business needs.

James Hunt has spent 15 years as a professional writer and researcher covering stories that cover a whole spectrum of interest.
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Buying software online can be tricky, especially if you are new to shopping via the internet. Whether you are upgrading an existing software package or looking for a specific program to install, the process will be a lot less complicated if you know what to look for.
Software Buying Tip # 1
Read customer reviews. Many popular online stores, such as Amazon, allow users to leave their comments about a particular product. Reading other customer reviews may help to make your decision easier because it gives you an idea of others who have experienced the product firsthand.
Software Buying Tip # 2
When considering any type of software, make sure that it is compatible with your computer. Most software requires a specific processor type, such as Pentium or Celeron, and a certain amount of free hard drive space. The reason is because, in order for software to function properly at quickly, the computer must be able to handle the application. By being familiar with your computer’s configuration, you will be able to select the right software.
Software Buying Tip # 3
Become familiar with the software by reading it’s description and capabilities. Before purchasing any type of software, you should make sure that it is exactly what you want or will enjoy learning. Often times, after software is opened, there is no refund policy for buyer’s remorse.
Software Buying Tip # 4
Purchase software from a reputable company. This will ensure customer service, reliability, quality products and timely shipment. By purchasing software from a reliable source, you will also ensure that the title is authentic and not an illegal copy. The best way to check out a business’s reputation is through the Better Business Bureau.
Software Buying Tip # 5
The best part of shopping for software online is the competition. Because there are so many retailers, prices are more competitive than if only one store had the software that you want. Shop around and compare prices before making a final decision.
Software Buying Tip # 6
When making a purchase online, consider using a credit card. Most credit card companies provide a dispute resolution process, which is beneficial if the product is not delivered, is not as advertised or is damaged and the company will not stand behind the transaction.
Software Buying Tip # 7
If purchasing from another individual, such as often the case with online auctions, confirm that the software has all manuals and/or product keys to ensure proper installation.
Software Buying Tip # 8
Learn about the company’s return, refund and/or exchange policy. In many cases, especially with software, the company may refuse to accept the product back for a refund. However, there is always the possibility that a program is damaged or doesn’t function properly, in which case the store should honor the purchase with an exchange for the same title. When buying software online, it’s best to purchase from a store that is reasonable when it comes to exchanges if not refunds.
Software Buying Tip # 9
When purchasing software online, take a moment to look at the company’s shipping costs, methods and availability of a way to track the package following shipment.
Software Buying Tip # 10
Common payment methods include credit cards, checks and/or money orders. If you want to purchase software online, you will need to do so from a company that accepts a convenient payment method. If you do not have a credit card, most companies will accept a mailed payment. Most companies, however, recommend not sending cash.
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A few words about MS Windows stability. To those with home computers this may be less of an issue but for people whose livelihoods depend on their PC’s and the programs that run on them, there are some lessons to be learned. I would like to point out a few of the most important things you can do to keep your computers up and running.
To begin with, there are 3 applications you must have that provide the foundation for a stable Windows system. The first is a virus scanner. Viruses present a threat to just about any device that has software installed on it, including cell phones. Viruses can be transmitted through email, software programs, surfing the Internet, sharing information with other users through diskettes, zip disks, tapes, etc. Many of the early viruses were spread by Eastern Bloc countries and countries behind the now defunct Iron Curtain. Wouldn’t surprise me if this becomes a popular venue for terrorists.
Ever notice your Internet browser slowing down, or strange icons appearing on your desktop, or maybe your browser’s home page has changed and you can’t change it back. These are all indications that you have been the victim of spyware/adware. These are insidious little programs that get installed on your system by hackers and advertising companies through emails, software and music downloads, Instant Messaging and Internet browsing. This is such a big problem that Dell reports that nearly 20% of their tech. support calls involves Spyware/adware.
The third application and your first line of defense is a firewall which can consist of hardware, software or both that sits between your computer and the “outside” world, whether it’s the Internet, Intranet or a network. If you have Windows XP you already have that as an option and it is automatically implemented. (Make sure you have ServicePack 2 installed, which insures it is properly implemented) For those of you with previous versions of Windows there are software programs you can either download for free or purchase that will accomplish the same thing.
The next thing you can do is perform periodic maintenance. This can prevent many problems, especially over time. The good news is that you don’t have to purchase or install anything because Windows comes standard with some of these tools. Go to Accessories > System tools. There you will find Disk Cleanup and Disk defragmenter. These are two applications that can go a long way towards keeping your system healthy. Depending on how you use your system, you should perform these at least once per month.
There is another thing you can do that is even overlooked by many computer “specialists”. DO NOT load an application or program on your Windows system unless you absolutely need it. The more applications you load on your system the more you destabilize Windows. Even if you install a program and then immediately uninstall it, there are still remnants of it that linger on your system and can act like a time bomb. I am a firm believer in the KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) method when it comes to Windows. And this includes those “helpful” desktop utility programs that purport to add, “much needed capability” to your system.
Another thing you can do for your Windows is to periodically update your systems. Microsoft provides updates on their website not only for Windows, but also for their applications as well. You can setup your system to automatically perform updates but this is a double-edged sword. I’ve seen cases where someone sits down in front of their computer in the morning and found their system totally corrupt after having been automatically updated while they slept. Some would argue that this may have been caused by a system that was already marginal to begin with, but I prefer to perform the updates manually. But however you do it, this is a very important process that should not be neglected.
The last point I would like to make concerning Windows stability addresses the hardware that your Windows is installed on. I am a firm believer in keeping your PC on ALL the time. Assuming it is protected from electrical anomalies with surge protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supplies and also assuming that you have the requisite security systems in place, you will find that your hardware lasts longer, including your hard drive if you keep your system on. Some will argue that newer technologies suggest that you should turn them off at night but my experience has proven otherwise. A classic example is a light bulb…it is much more likely to fail when you turn it on rather then when it is being used. This has to do with the initial surge of current your light bulb (system) encounters when power is first applied.

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With version 3.0 MS CRM will be more exposed to end-user tuning, software development, customizations. Microsoft CRM SDK is becoming more sophisticated with post-call-out technology reconsidering, deprecating a lot of 1.2 CRM SDK methods, replacing Crystal Reports Enterprise with MS SQL Server Reporting Services, changing MS CRM Exchange Connector functionality, etc. Microsoft itself has to be very flexible and freed up to change/adjust development standards if required. In such situation end customer should be very knowledgeable and savvy to predict the future, when he needs to deploy custom solutions/modules. In this small article we will consider pros and contras of deploying third parties or just go ahead with customer specific unique customization.
Third Party Product.
• Pros: The cost is normally controllable, because product is already developed and ready to be implemented. Plus it is possible to get references on the reliability of the product from all the kinds of user groups, product reviews, etc. Also – sometimes it is referred as weakness but it might be considered as the plus – if product is developed and supported by the known vendor – you should believe that it will be upgraded and available for future MS CRM releases.
• Contras. The first minus we would like to mention is usually not described in the textbooks – this is the problem when, say product A is purchased by Microsoft itself and inaugurated as from now on ‘official’ solutions, and if you historically selected product B – coming from the competitor – you are in a problem – you will see you software vendor to be weakened and slowly phasing out alternative product B
Unique Customization.
• Pros. You will have so-called source code, if you negotiate it right with the custom developer or custom development company – then you can transfer version upgrade or product modification to the market leader (who will be giving you better price and quality assurance in the future). Other pluses might be cost saving, due to the fact that you are paying for required functionality only, not for something you will never use.
• Contras. Cost might be crossing the budgeted line, because you might not be able to select reliable software developer (all of them might be in the learning curve, because MS CRM is relatively young product) – this is very strong argument, when you have just purchased the CRM and yet not know the players on the customization market.
Production Environment Challenges. When you are already in production – be sure that MS CRM needs testing, if you introduce custom logic. You should try to isolate custom logic, and test it in the isolated space – again MS CRM doesn’t have parallel test company environment – opposite to what you have in ERP system, such as Great Plains/Dynamics GP.
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The most important part of knowing CORBA is, you should know the full form of CORBA, that is Common Object Request Broker Architecture. You dont even have to necessarily understand this full form, if you are only planning to see where it fits in a software solution.
To understand CORBA, let us start with our simple program. Remember the functions which we would have used in our first C program. One such function that every one is familiar is part of the famous “Hello World” Program. The function we used was the ‘printf’ function which takes in a “Hello World” as parameter and does some task of outputting it on to a console.
printf(”Hello World”);
The signature of this function as defined in one of the headers would be
void printf(char* p_strOutput);
Now assume that we want to output this “Hello World” onto another machines console instead of your own machine. Let us see one way to do this.
We could use some sort of mechanisms like RPC(Remote Procedure Call). That is we make this function/procedure a remote procedure, that can be invoked remotely. We will prefix it with RPC and call this function
void RPC_printf(char* p_strOutputFromRemoteMachine);
Now basically we have defined this function and will henceforth call this as an interface. Once we have defined this interface, we need to implement this interface so that it prints onto the console what ever is passed on to the ‘p_strOutputFromRemoteMachine’ parameter. We can as well assume that the implementation of this ‘RPC_printf’ functions is the same as the one used by the normal printf function. Now one question that would come up in mind is. We have jsut copied the same implementation of the function ‘printf’ and renamed it by giving a prefix ‘RPC_’. How will this work remotely? Once we answer this question, we can as well understand what is RPC, and can then go ahead to understand what is CORBA in its basic structure.
First and foremost, the C function printf cannot be accessed across the process or across the machine boundary. Both of the caller, that is our Hello World program and the implementation of the printf function has to be on the same machine and within the same process. But our interface RPC_printf can be accessed across processes and machine boundaries. How do we do that? Once we have created the interface RPC_printf. we now generate some helper methods that will help us put this to the outside world. We could use some tool to generate what is known as the stub/skeleton in CORBA terminology. The stub is what is used on the client side. On the client side, the client will make a call RPC_printf and to the user of this method on the client, it will just be that he has made a call similiar to the printf statement. But since it is a stub onto which the call is made, the stub will take care of passing the information to the relevant skeleton on the other process which can possibly lie on the other machine. The task of identifying and sending it to the remote server machine is done by the stub on the client side.
Now the information has gone to the server side or the server skeleton. It is the reponsbility of the server skeleton to do the task that is required of the function RPC_printf and return back. The skeleton of the server side now delegates it to our implementation of RPC_printf, which can be just the copy of the implementation of the normal printf fucntion. Once this function is completed, the skeleton on the server side will pass information back to the client stub to indicate that he has completed the task sucessfully.
If we have understood the above scenario, then we have already understood RPC. But RPC has some limitations. Let us examine them. Most of the RPC will always work only on the same platforms and with the same set of language interfaces. The C style RPC on solaris will not necessarily work with the C style RPC on windows. Moreover, it could also be tied to a specific language and also a specific network protocols. We cannot call this C style interface from Java(It will give us compiler errors in the first step itself). CORBA indeed solves these 3 problems of platform, operating and network dependencies for a RPC mechanism.
Let us examine how the problems are solved by CORBA. To solve language independence, the interface RPC_printf now renamed as ‘CORBA_printf’ will use its own proprietary language which is defined by the IDL constructs. Using IDL constructs we can construct a CORBA IDL interface. The CORBA IDL constructs defines a type called string. This type can be mapped to char* of a C function or string class of a Java function. And lo, we have solved the problem of language dependency. Now who does this mapping from IDL to a specific language? This is done by the IDL compiler. For each of the language where we want to use CORBA, we will have to use the IDL compiler to generate equivalent interfaces for our language. Now the language problem is solved. What about the platform and network dependency? CORBA solves this, by using specific protocols which have to be implemented by some body called an ORB vendor. CORBA defines something called, as an IIOP which works on TCP/IP. Since this is available with all the Opearting System, we have in effect solved the Operating System and Network dependency. With this CORBA has solved all our problems of language/platform/network dependency. Now what we typically come across as ORB is nothing, but a service or program which does all this stuff for us.
Two other RPC mechanisms, that should be mentioned is COM/DCOM and RMI. As we saw earlier, there are some limitations. COM/DCOM is popular among the windows programmers. But the main problem with this is, this cannot be used with Unix like machines. With Java as a platform independent solution, we can solve this problem of being dependent on Operating System platform by using RMI(Remote Method Invocation). But it fails to solve the problem related to different language. All RMI calls have to be made and written in Java only. This may not be a problem for fresh developement. But if we have legacy systems, we cannot overwrite everything from scratch and move all our huge code base, say for example from ‘C’ language to ‘Java’ language. The following table shows this.

‘Mechanism’ ‘Language’ ‘Operating System’
‘COM/DCOM’ ‘Yes’ ‘No’
‘RMI’ ‘No’ ‘Yes’
‘CORBA’ ‘Yes’ ‘Yes’

Now we can write our function in any language, publish its equivalent IDL, implement the IDL interface. Once this is done, then we can have this function being invoked by any langauge, across any Operating System.
i.e Our ‘CORBA_printf’ can now be written in C language and implemented on solaris Operating System and then we can have this method being called by a Java client from a windows Operating System.

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This is a common problem that occurs on all sites that use the https:// in the web page address. I have seen this problem exclusively on computers that are using Norton Internet Security or Norton Firewall.
The problem stems from corruption in the Norton software. Just uninstall the software and then reinstall. This has fixed my customers problems 100% of the time.
On the Internet, your computer communicates with other computers through ports. Think of a port as a conduit by which computers send information back and forth to each other. In the case of http:// vs https://, the https:// communicates on a different port.
The http:// communications on port 80 which is the default port for all Internet traffic. However, there are specialty sites and pages that need to work more securely such as https:// which communicates on port 443. For whatever reason, the Norton software becomes corrupt and then blocks traffic on port 443. You usually will receive “Page Not Found” error when the port is blocked.
You may also run into this problem when you are using a computer at different locations. Say for instance, you can reach a particular site while surfing at home; however, when you try to reach that same site from a location at work, you get the “Page Not Found” error. The reason for this problem is usually because corporate security has blocked the particular port you are trying to access. All web pages cannot be reached on port 80 even if they are not secure (https://) sites.

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The fax technology was invented on 1948, long before cellular phones and emails. Is this old communication technology still alive and kicking? Well, not really. Actually, it is slowly dying. Find out all about the internet fax – the new metamorphosis of the old fax technology in the next few minutes.
Till now, you had to own a special machine – a fax machine, which was only made to send and receive faxes. Now using internet fax or as some call it email faxing, you need no special device for faxes – You can send and receive faxes via your email.
In fact, think of all the things you needed to maintain and pay for to be able to send and receive faxes: A special fax line, paper, ink cartridges etc. Using internet fax, you need nothing but an internet connection.
Another great advantage of using internet fax is its’ transparency. All your business partners will keep sending you faxes to a fax number. In fact, you can choose a toll free number as your virtual fax number.
The biggest advantage of internet faxing is the ability to manage your time more efficiently. I remember my secretary wandering between her office and the fax machine half a dozen times for a single fax receiving. Not any more, now she receives my faxes through the email service wasting no time. She manages to do more tasks now when running around for faxes have stopped.
More than that, you can check if new faxes have been received from anywhere in the world using the internet fax service. You just have to log on to your web mail service and check for new mails. You will save a lot of precious time by responding a lot faster to any new fax you get. Recently, I have begun reading new faxes using my wireless PDA. I can’t believe that a year ago I still used the big fax machine with all its disadvantages.

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Initially this integration was created for Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 (now Microsoft Dynamics GP), later on Microsoft released the patch, which enables integration between GP 8.0 and MS CRM 1.2 (now Microsoft Dynamics CRM). Integration is created on the BizTalk platform and requires dedicated computer: Windows2003 server with MS SQL instance. You access settings forms via web interface. We will briefly review integration capability and give you some technical insights, based on our experience.
• Customers/Accounts. When you create account in MS CRM – integration automatically creates account in Great Plains Dynamics GP. It is a bit challenging to make all the features and settings work, especially if you plan to use default class, address, etc. At the same time it works as it should if you provide parameters, such as credit amount value in MS CRM – then this number goes seamlessly into GP. Somewhat non-elegant – it is difficult to design automatic increasing numbering for Great Plains customer record. Out of the box – integration generates CUSTNMBR from Account name in CRM – this means that you should take off CUSTNMBR from all the printed forms in Great Plains.
• SOP Sales Order. When you release sales order in CRM – it goes to Great Plains. The most common question is – why Order doesn’t integrate if Customer doesn’t have credit limit setup in Great Plains. You should find procedural way to deal with this problem.
• Historical customers. This is another common problem. When you launch/implement MS CRM – you import your existing customers from Great Plains into CRM. Then you typically want to move sales quote and order generation process to MS CRM, where you have nice mailmerge mechanism to print quote for customer in the form of Microsoft Word contract or quote template. When you import customers via MS CRM import tool – they will be automatically duplicated by MS CRM GP Integration. You need to delete new customer records in Great Plains and then update Integration records in MS GP CRM Integration database. We provide script below (please use this script only if you first analyzed it and if you are very comfortable with SQL scripting for MS GP and MS CRM, GREATPLAINSSERVER is linked server – you create it from GPCRM integration server side):
update IntegrationEntityInstance set EntityKey=b.CUSTNMBR from
IntegrationEntityInstance a
join [GREATPLAINSSERVER].[GPCOMPANYDB].dbo.RM00101 b on left(a.EntityKey,8)=left(replace(CUSTNAME,’ ‘,”),8)
where EntityType=’Customer’

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer at Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) - Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM, Oracle Financials and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving corporate customers in the following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Medical & Healthcare, Distribution & Logistics, Hospitality, Banking & Finance, Wholesale & Retail, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Placement & Recruiting, Advertising & Publishing, Textile, Pharmaceutical, Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables, Manufacturing and having locations in multiple states and internationally.
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Civilizations have always tried to hide secrets from their enemies, allies and even trading partners so they could advance their political will, wealth or power over another, a peoples or an entire world. This should not be all that surprising to people at all. There are numerous examples of this and even to this day we see it in industry, first world nations and with world power brokers, spies, arms dealers, dictators and capitalists. And the hiding of secrets is so pervasive that nations have spies to uncover the truth often hidden in misdirection, deep underground bases and some out in the open to blatant that no one believes it.
Today nations like ours spend huge amounts of time and dollars hiding information using all sorts of tricky little tactics, most are well known. What are some of the ways to hide information, communication and knowledge from others to maintain control. After all knowledge is power and if you control the knowledge well you have all the power. Hiding information in symbols is an interesting idea and it is the same whether it is a book, ancient text or some other fashion if you are hiding it from those who cannot read the language or understand all the symbols you see?
Remember the Twilight Zone “To serve man?” Right now with encryption we hide things in symbols representing numbers; these symbols representing the human world’s definition of units or virtual units of a thing, many things or no thing. Certainly one can hide information in pictures like da Vinci or .pdf (Russian Spies). In recent past periods words like Nursery Rhymes told stories and gave information but it was hidden from the King and sung in the open all in the disguise of children’s stories. We too hide computer data in numbers. Previously we had for decades hidden secret communications and data which used de-coder and decipher readable machines during the cold war. Now we use 64-bit or 132 bit encryption for pass words and data. In the future quantum computing will blow that out. Or in shapes too:
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Shapes and numbers or in light, you can hide information in light, atomic spin, frequency or patterns.
Indeed the best place to hide is in broad daylight, as the saying goes. “Trojan Horse Theory of course.” A lot can be hidden by simplicity and by generally applying Occam’s Razor and allowing your hidden message to be somewhat over glossed and with an alternate answer, which is more readily detectable, thus no one suspects a 13 move chess strategy to get you to your end goal, when there are obvious and normal explanations?
Hiding something in a virtual dimension of a quantum space is not so difficult and no one will find it unless you train your mind to see thru the clutter. And there are ways to do this and with proper training and education this can be overcome, so there is no information, which can ever be hidden, although some humans will not be ready for that, it is still better to move forward and train the human mind to see beyond. Recognizing patterns quickly can help the human mind to decipher codes and or create them, even build algorithms to detect them quickly. Think on the truth, which is hidden from view.

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Microsoft Word is all singing, all dancing. Truly a great product which has made the lives of professional writers and students vastly more productive.
Most of us however are not professional writers. We only use Word to type an occasional missive or and article now and then. We don’t need or use 90% of the bells and whistles. Unfortunately, some of these built in bells and whistles are designed to impose themselves and often like to blow loudly in our ears whether we asked for it or not.
Research shows there are three common pet hate ‘features’ that most average users would rather turn off if only they knew how. This is a cheat sheet for such users.
A. How do I stop Word from helping me type?
Word checks spelling and grammar as you type. When these features are on, spelling and grammar that Word does not recognize are underlined sternly with wavy red and green lines.
To turn off Word’s various automatic checking features:
1. From the Tools menu, pick ‘AutoCorrect’ (or AutoCorrect Options). Then click on the ‘AutoCorrect’ tab.
2. Uncheck the boxes for the AutoCorrect items that you want to disable.
3. Do the same on the ‘AutoFormat As You Type’ tab.
4. On the ‘AutoText’ tab, uncheck the ‘Show AutoComplete tip’ box.
5. From the Tools menu, pick ‘Options’ then click on the tabs and uncheck any boxes for features that you want to disable.
B. How do I tell the Office Assistant to go take a walk?
1. Click on the Office Assistant, then click on ‘Options’.
2. Uncheck the ‘Use Office Assistant’ box.
You can also customize the behavior of the Office Assistant by checking or clearing the checkboxes on the ‘Options’ tab.
If you later decide that you rather miss the lovable Assistant, you can easily bring him back by choosing ‘Show the Office Assistant’ from the Help menu.
C. How do I turn off the automatic URLs?
Word likes to convert all URLs and email addresses in your document into active hyperlinks. If you’d rather not, then here’s how to turn off that feature:
1. From the Tools menu, Choose ‘AutoCorrect’ (or AutoCorrect Options).
2. Click on ‘AutoFormat As You Type’ tab.
3. Under ‘Replace As You Type’, uncheck the ‘Internet and network paths with hyperlink’ box.
Note that this setting only applies to what you subsequently type. If you forgot to turn off AutoCorrect before you started and you end up with a document full of hyperlinks that you don’t want, you can disable them, either one at a time, or all at once. To turn a link off, right-click on the link, select ‘Hyperlink’ from the pop-up menu, and then select ‘Remove Hyperlink’. To remove all links from the document, choose Select All from the Edit menu or press [Ctrl]+[A], and then press [Ctrl]+[6] to remove all hyperlinks.
Most Word features can be turned off or on from the ‘Tools’ menu. From this menu, the ‘Options’ command brings up a screen with several tabs where you can make all sorts of changes to Word’s behavior. The ‘Customize’ command lets you to change Word’s menus and toolbars.
The ‘View’ menu also has some great options for changing the look of the Word screen.

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