Extract media files from PPT, Word, etc, / Extraire des fichiers multimédia de PPT, Word, etc.

Once in a while, I am send a Word or Excel document with a bunch of pictures in it. Sometimes, I need to get these pictures (usually to modify them, or reduce the file size, etc). There is no really easy way to do this in Office. Of course, you can copy and paste the image from Office to whatever image editor application you want to use, but you never know what format the image was in, etc… It’s usually not a lot of fun.…

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EndNote X2 for Mac OS X

Thomson Reuters just announced the release of EndNote X2 for Mac OS X. EndNote is a bibliography manager that integrates in Word (usually used for complex scientific manuscripts where you have to cite dozens of references in a specific format). The new version has an improved UI (still far from Papers IMHO), supports smart groups, and downloads PDFs automatically for your references. It’s an improvement for sure… Thomson Reuters vient d’annoncer EndNote X2 pour Mac OS X. EndNote est un gestionnaire de bibliographie qui s’intègre…

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