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Something cool: when you copy text from pdf file (not made from pdf maker) to Word, you will have some hard returns. To copy text in a good flow, in Acrobat: Advance menu-->Accessibility-->Add tags to document. It will create tags in PDF file. When you copy and paste again, it works like magic... collaborate: you can reply to somebody else's comments and you can see the thread. We put everybody's file on an internal server. It would be interesting to have students make comments to peer's work in this way. You can also add a streaming video from external url or browse for a flash such as a calculator and make them flow... Word: Acrobat ribbon. Portfolio: put folders, files, and media together and organize them. Use the extended version of Acrobat. More info: http://tinyurl.com/A9inEDUportfolio

Event: BFlex & BFusion 08 Conference September 6, 2008 Place: Kelly Business School Instructor: Matt Boles, Adobe Customer Training I came to the pure Beginner Session. Not sure of my "programming" skills at ALL. The instructor is really nice. Clearly explaining everything and really really patient. So it is easier than I expected, at least till now. That is why I have some extra time to type this blog article... Here are some notes: Introduction tags: cfset cfout cfinclude notes: Manage the DreamWeaver Site: Advanced tab-->Local root: find the local root of the CF administrator folder Edit in the DreamWeaver page: in my old MacroMedia version, choose: Dynamic page, Cold fusion. #sign to put in front of variables to instruct CF to evaluate the value. better practice to scope the variables, such as: #Variables.lastName# is better than #lastName#, although the latter works, too. The CF comment will not make it to the browser, unlike the html comment CF variables are type...