Get Creative Video: News for the Week of May 19, 2008

Conduct free online surveys with Google Docs, free cross-platform video conferencing with ooVoo, and take quick screengrabs on a Mac or PC.
Written by Shellie Hall on May 18, 2008



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Here's what you'll see in this week's Get Creative video (video below):

Master in a Minute
There are several ways to quickly capture all or part of your computer screen on a Mac or PC.

News
When Microsoft debuted Office 2008 for the Mac, many people were disappointed that Visual Basic support was missing because Visual Basic is an essential part to many workflows in the creative pro industries. Good news! Microsoft has just announced that the next update of Office 2008 will bring the Visual Basic tools back to the Mac.

The spreadsheet application in Google Docs gives you the ability to create, send, and track surveys for free. The survey results are placed directly into the spreadsheet, with headers that are your survey questions. As more users complete the survey, the spreadsheet is automatically updated.

ooVoo offers free video chat and conferencing on both the Mac and Windows platforms. (iChat Video users can't communicate with the Windows community.)


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