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Adobe Illustrator CS5: When Is a Vector Like a Raster?

Along with its Raster Editor and Page Layout CS5 suite-mates, Photoshop and InDesign, Illustrator (version 15) has a mature appetite for system resources. The application is much speedier than previous iterations, especially on 64-bit systems, but that...

Published 8 Jul 2010 10:28 AM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Applications, Illustrator CS5

Photoshop CS5: Power at a Price

...Just When Did You Buy that Video Card? Adobe continues to raise the bar with its flagship image editor. Photoshop CS5's new features include a number of new and updated tools that open up possibilities for image editing that, just a few years ago...

Published 25 May 2010 3:14 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Applications, Testing, Photoshop CS5

PowerPoint 2010 Beta: What’s New that Will Make a Difference to You

It’s the Little Things that Just Might Make a Big Difference Microsoft’s ubiquitous Office suite is back in a free public beta, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx . PowerPoint 14 continues to evolve...

Published 25 Feb 2010 2:51 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Office 2010 Test File Development, Power Point 2010

Outlook 2010: Formatting an HTML Email for Printing

Formatting an HTML email for printing can provide an interesting challenge in Outlook 2010. HTML nominally formats to fit the width of the display device. There is a significant disparity between the size of a printed page and an open email on a 1280...

Published 22 Feb 2010 11:59 AM by Steve Kang

Filed under: Preview, ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Office 2010 Test File Development, Outlook 2010

Microsoft Outlook 2010 (RC1): Major Changes to Charts

Microsoft made a significant change in how charts are handled in Outlook 2010. Charting in Outlook 2007 saved the charts as an image on completion. This did not allow for any changes to the structure or data of the chart beyond the picture formatting...

Published 12 Feb 2010 1:19 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Testing, Excel 2010, Office 2010 Test File Development

Microsoft Excel 2010 (RC1): Column Size Distortion

Excel in the Beta and RC1 releases has been stable and very functional. One major issue that we have encountered is the distortion in the column size between Normal and Page Layout views. The Excel 2010 ATS IF file EX4TH1C3.xlsx uses absolute measurements...

Published 5 Feb 2010 12:24 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Excel 2010, Office 2010 Test File Development

Microsoft Access 2010: Print Anomolies

Print Anomalies In a previous blog, we reported a black background being displayed on transparent picture controls using an HP Color LaserJet 4700n PCL5 driver. We’ve continued to see a similar anomaly presented in the Pivot Chart printed output...

Published 1 Feb 2010 5:04 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Access 2010, Access 2010 test, Office 2010 Test File Development

Microsoft Excel 2010 (Beta): Expanded Picture Tools

Microsoft has expanded the control and effect the user has on images. The Excel 2010 ATS IF file EX4TG1D3.xlsx explores the many modifications that can be applied to images. Below is an example of the built-in artistic effect available. The selected image...

Published 1 Feb 2010 4:50 PM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Excel 2010, Office 2010 Test File Development

Microsoft Office 2010 Word (Beta): Improvements and New Features

Microsoft’s ubiquitous Office suite is back in a free public beta available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx . Word continues to evolve, and this version 14.0 (13 was skipped due to triskaidekaphobia ) includes...

Published 27 Jan 2010 11:17 AM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Applications, Testing, Microsoft Word 2010, Office 2010 Test File Development

Microsoft Excel 2010 (Beta): Sparklines

The most noticeable charting addition to Excel 2010 is Sparklines. Sparklines is a simple graph that is imbedded in a single cell to provide the user with a quick visual reference to nearby data. A Line, Column, or Win/Loss graph can be added to a cell...

Published 27 Jan 2010 10:43 AM by Steve Kang

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Printer Testing, Applications, Testing, Excel 2010, Office 2010 Test File Development, Sparklines

Free ATS-IF Sample Files Available

Printer, RIP, Printer driver and conversion software manufacturers are primarily concerned about their ability to print, edit or display from applications that their customers will use. So, a major component of their QA process includes the testing of...

Published 4 Feb 2009 4:22 PM by Jim Zuber

Filed under: Product Preview, ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Print Industry, Printer Marketing, Printer Testing, Applications, Printer Industry, Testing

Driver Test Files Available Online

Testing printer drivers for application compatibility is one of the most challenging tasks our customers face. Deciding which applications to test with, developing test pages, then using the test pages to iterate through the huge list of possible driver...

Published 8 Sep 2008 7:35 PM by Jim Zuber

Filed under: ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Storefront

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