Re: PP 2007 Beta on a Mac

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I've read all I can on how to become an MVP, and I've been trying for
a few
years now. What's your secret?
I don't have a secret. I actually didn't picture myself as an MVP until I got an email from Microsoft telling me that I had been nominated. It's an award, meaning that someone thought I was doing interesting/good stuff in the community and nominated me for it.
When I first started to become active in the community, I looked up what an MVP was, because I didn't understand what the little MVP tag behind people's name meant. But that was it. I never had the desire to become an MVP. I just wanted to do what I was doing (helping people in general, becoming an expert on something and then helping people with that). I enjoy doing that, and someone apparently thought I am good at it and deserve recognition. So I became nominated.
How did I pick my "expertise"? I didn't really pick it. During the private phase of the Office beta, there was a lot of discussion about customizing the Ribbon UI. The users were complaining while Microsoft kept pointing at RibbonX and saying that everything can be customized with that. But no user gave RibbonX a shot, because while RibbonX is rather easy, loading it into Office is a pain. Eventually, I figured I'll try it and that's how I became an expert in that.
The same kind of thing happened over and over again. For example, there were a bunch of important issues that came up with B2TR in the first hours, but they were diverse and there wasn't one list for them. Instead, some were only available in the private beta groups. Some of those issues were rather severe, and I felt users should know about them right away and before they install it. So I started a B2TR list on my website. I didn't start the list because I had been told the same day as B2TR was released that I had been nominated for the MVP Award. Rather, I just wanted to make sure users wouldn't get themselves into massive trouble with B2TR. I thought it was the right thing to do, and I did it. Now, more than two weeks later, that particular list is a rather popular site on my website with ~300 page views daily. I would do the same list again, irrespective of MVP or no MVP.

I am huge on Xbox, and would love to be helpful to the community over at
forums.xbox.com.
Would you love to be helpful or are you helpful there?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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http://pschmid.net
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed


"kmillard92" wrote:

> Ok, cool. Thanks!
>
> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > PPT 2003 format. To my knowledge, pptx support for the Mac is not yet
> > available.
> >
> > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
> > --------------
> > http://pschmid.net
> > ***
> > Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
> > http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
> > ***
> > Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
> > OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
> > ***
> > Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed
> >
> > "kmillard92" <kmillard92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:B8480E98-08CB-4BD5-B837-94192BF460A2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I've created a Slide Show in the PP 2007 beta on a XP Home machine, and I
> > > was wondering if i could save this file as a .pptx file and if it would work
> > > on an eMac with Office for Mac at church?
> > >
> > >
> > > Or would I have to save it as a PP 2003 compatiable file and put it on that
> > > way?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Kenny
> >
> >

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