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November 9, 2009

Welcome to Zoho Writer
Your Word Processor on the Web

 

Thank you for signing up with Zoho Writer!

 

Zoho Writer sports a new, refreshing and intuitive user interface. It is the word processor designed for you, the next generation web citizen. Built using AJAX technology, it’s fast and revolutionizes the way you work with documents. Having all your documents online (and offline too! we’ll get back to that later!!), you have access to them from any computer, at home or at work. And no more emailing them back-and-forth to your colleagues, clients or friends for review, thanks to its instant collaboration, inline commenting and chat facilities.

 

It will take a lot more than this short welcome document to list all of Zoho Writer’s features and hence a chosen few of the Zoho Writer’s functionalities are mentioned below :

 

Elegant User Interface

 

Zoho Writer has undergone a makeover with a newly introduced tab-based user interface. The features are categorized under different tabs for easy accessibility. You have the flexibility of navigating around any of the tab features with a single click, thanks to the friendly toolbar. Here is how the new UI looks:

 

Elegant User Interface

 

What’s more, each tab in the toolbar comes with a drop down arrow that lists the features in the form of pull-down menu. Browse through the features and apply them to your document at the same time using the pull-down menu, without having to navigate away from the existing highlighted tab.

 

Use formatting options – Bold, italicize, underline, color your words, set background color, link to a web page, set margins, use cool smileys cool and do much more. Use the same keyboard shortcuts as with any other word processing application for accessing these functions.

 

Enhanced Sidebar

 

The left-side bar, that lists all your documents (personal and shared), has some nice little enhancements in the version.

 

Enhanced Sidebar

 

Filters:
We have added few filtered views – "Shared by me", "My Public Documents" & "All". Look for the View menu in the sidebar.

 

File Info and Actions:
Along side each file in the sidebar, users will find an icon hovering over which will display the file info such as users shared to, public document etc. Users also have an action icon to Trash, Share, Rename or Export the specific file.

 

Page View Editing

 

The most requested and the much-awaited feature is out with Zoho Writer. Switching back-and-forth from edit view to page view will be a thing of the past. Users can edit their documents in "Page View" mode and get to know the print-layout of the document real time.

 

Page View Editing

 

And there’s no restriction on the language direction. Type content in LTR as well as RTL languages and in the same document too.

 

Users can also choose from among the various document page sizes – A4, Letter, Legal & Executive.

 

Document Info and More

 

Document InfoGet document related information both ways – with or without a click of a mouse. With the enhanced status bar, users will get real time info on the word & character count, number of pages, author name and more. Clicking on the "Document Properties" button from the toolbar will display the relevant document info in the form of a pop-up window.

 

Improved Header/Footer

 

Improved Header/Footer

 

Add header/footer in your document on the fly. Choose from among the options of having them in one, two or three columns. There’s an auto-field feature too that lets you insert Page Number, Page Count, Current Date and Author Name into the document’s header and footer directly from the toolbar.

 

Document History – View & Compare Version

 

Messed up the current version of the document? Ever wondered if you could revert to an earlier version of it? With Zoho Writer, you can.

 

Document History

 

We create new versions of the document with each explicit save. At any time, you can view a document's history, seeing those previous versions and, if you want, reverting to an earlier draft.

 

Writer also lets you compare two versions of a document, so you can see specific changes and go back to version of your choice.

 

Spell Check

 

Spell Check

What’s a word processor without a spell checker? Zoho Writer’s does all the dirty spell checking work for you so that you needn’t worry about whether it’s receive or recieve wink

 

Moreover, the spell-check feature is available in more than 75 different languages. So it doesn’t matter whether you are typing your document in French or Swahili.

 

Tags as Folders

 

Tags as Folders

Get the best of both worlds . Tags are the new folders. Not sure whether you want to put a document in the Sales or Marketing folder?

 

That’s where tags-as-folders come in. Make the document available in both the folders! Now, you can click on "Tag Folders" in the Sidebar to view all your tag folders. Isn’t that cool?

 

Post to Your Blog

 

Post to Your Blog Being on the web, you can post to your blog from within Zoho Writer. As you have seen above, Zoho Writer’s WYSIWYG editor is more feature-rich than a typical blog editor’s. Be it Blogger.com, WordPress.com, LiveJournal, TypePad or any blog that supports metaWeblog API, you can make the post from Zoho Writer. You can add tags and optionally make the post as a draft as well.

 

Comments

 

Comments Add inline comments to particular paragraphs/sentences of a document. You & your friends (or your team members & your boss) can add comments in a document you are collaborating on.

Adding contextual comments is very useful for reviewing purposes. And this comes in handy for journalists/editors & teachers/students, in particular.

 

Share your Documents

 

Zoho Writer responds to the basic human need to connect with others – share a document with others & allow them to work on it.

 

When you share a document in Writer, you give others access to that document so that they can view it or, if you prefer, work on it with you. And all in real time — so when someone makes a change, the document gets updated for everyone.

 

Share your Documents

 

What’s more users have the flexibility of sharing the document with individuals on a personal level or share them with multiple users belonging to a personal/organizational group at once.

 

Go Offline

 

Not sure you’ll have internet access all the time? Zoho Writer allows you to take your documents offline. You can view as well as edit your latest 25 documents offline. Changes made during offline editing will be synced with the online version once you switch.

 

Integration With Other Zoho Apps

Integration With Other Apps

 

Zoho Writer comes from the widely diversified stable of Zoho. Signing up with Zoho Writer allows you to access a plethora of Zoho apps – be it our web based spreadsheet tool, Zoho Sheet, the online presentation creator, Zoho Show or the net meeting enabler, Zoho Meeting.

 

The integration doesn’t stop with just single sign-on. You can embed sheets and slideshows. And here’s more – any change done to the sheet/slideshow gets automatically reflected in your Zoho Writer document!

 

Those are just a few things that can be done with Zoho Writer. You will get to discover more as you work with it.

 

We have a very active users forum at http://forums.zohowriter.com/. And your queries, valuable feedback & suggestions are most welcome at feedback@zohowriter.com as well.

 

Again, thanks for signing up with Zoho!

历史上窝囊死的帝王

September 11, 2009

中国人讲究寿终正寝,也就是说人到了一定年纪正常死亡,并且要死在家里,否则就叫歹死,或者叫不得好死。古代历代帝王中就有许多非正常死亡的,除了得病或者被人谋害,有的帝王还死得很窝囊。
掉粪坑淹死。春秋时晋国的国君晋景公姬獳,据《左传•成公十年》记载:“将食,涨,如厕,陷而卒”。晋景公也真是的,堂堂一国之君搞得跟一个没吃过饱饭的丐帮似的,要吃饭了,跑到茅厕去将肚子腾空,打算来一顿海吃,结果一不小心,掉进茅坑里淹死了。估计当时的茅厕建设非常落后,和现在的乡下许多的茅厕一样,也就两块木板搭的,蹲点的时候需要一些的定力。
偷情被射死。《左传•宣公十年 》记载:“陈灵公与孔宁、仪行父饮酒於夏氏。公谓行父曰:‘徵舒似女。’对曰:‘亦似君。’徵舒病之。公出,自其厩射而杀之。”陈灵公本名妫平国,春秋战国时期诸侯国陈国的第十九任国君,在位期间,与当时著名的美女夏姬有一腿。一天,灵公与其臣子孔宁、仪行父在夏姬喝酒。可能是喝高了,三人便当着夏姬的儿子夏徵舒的面开起玩笑来。灵公对说仪行父:“徵舒长得很像们啊。”仪行父也回称:“也很像国君您啊。” 此时刚刚十八岁的夏徵舒,血气方刚,听闻此话,极为愤怒,便在灵公喝完酒离开夏家时,在门外将他射杀了。
被手下打死。《春秋公羊传•庄公十二年》记载:“万尝与庄公战,获乎庄公。庄公归,散舍诸宫中,数月然后归之。归反为大夫于宋。与闵公博,妇人皆在侧。万曰:“甚矣,鲁侯之淑,鲁侯之美也!天下诸侯宜为君者,唯鲁侯尔!”闵公矜此妇人,妒其言,顾曰:“此虏也!尔虏焉故,鲁侯之美恶乎至?”万怒搏闵公,绝其脰。”春秋时期,宋后湣公,又称宋闵公,原名子捷,宋庄公之子。宋闵公在位时与鲁国多次交战,宋闵公八年鲁败宋于乘丘(山东巨野),擒宋大夫南宫长万。九年,宋国报复去年乘丘之役,再攻鲁国,战于鄑邑(山东曲阜南),宋军又败。南宫万后来被释回,有一回宋闵公和南宫长万一起玩赌博的游戏,周围有很多女人观战。南宫长万可能是连输几场,脸上挂不住了,就说宋闵公的贤德不如鲁国国君。宋闵公见南宫长万竟敢在女人面前不尊敬自己,就对女人说:“这个家伙,当了几天鲁国的俘虏,居然嘲笑起自己的主子来了,这都是鲁国国君的贤德造成的。”南宫长万被戳到痛处,就发起飚来,抱住宋闵公狠狠地摔在地上,将他的脖子摔断了,自然也就死了。
被鼎砸死。战国时秦国国君武王赢荡(不是那个淫荡),据《史记•秦本纪》记载 :“武王有力,好戏。”什么戏呢?一种举重的游戏,不过那时举的不是杠铃,而是鼎。当然要举就要举大的重的,没有几百斤,算不得英雄。因此,几个能举鼎的力士,比如任鄙、乌获、孟说都因此得到武王的器重,当了大官。有一次,武王兴致又来了,要和孟说比试比试。不知是准备活动没做好,还是怕输了面子不好看硬撑,结果武王举的时候,鼎掉了下来,将胫骨砸断了,不久就一命呜呼了,据说死因就是因为伤重不治。
被熊拍死。《西京杂记•广陵死力》记载:“广陵王胥有勇力,常於別囿学格熊。后遂能空手搏之,莫不绝脰。后为兽所伤,陷脑而死。”刘胥是汉武帝刘彻的第五个儿子,封广陵王。刘胥天生身强力壮,勇力过人。他修了个动物园,专门养熊。为了表示自己本事大功夫高,没事就和熊打架,经常将熊的脖子打断。可是,终有一天,他自己也被熊拍死,脑袋都差点被拍进身子里去了。
被马踢死。唐僖宗李俨爱好很广泛,尤其喜欢骑马,有事没事就骑着马到处狂奔。元方回《虚谷闲抄》记载:归后称气疾,以绐医。医二十余人,候脉出药,皆言是膀胱之气,并无疗效。胁痛转剧,卧十二日崩。本因马踏也。”唐僖宗有个骑友,叫张浪狗,年纪只有才十六七,却能歌善舞,深得僖宗宠爱。有一天,张浪狗说:“臣无马乘。”僖宗就悄悄地给了他一百两银子让他自己去买,还真的买到了一匹好马。僖宗听说了,就偷偷地溜出宫去看。僖宗一边围着马转,一边赞不绝口:“好马好马。”这匹马虽好,但未经训练,性子很烈。可能不大喜欢别人烦它,就暴跳起来,右脚踢了僖宗的左肋一下,当场昏死过去。张浪狗急忙取来银盂,灌尿给僖宗喝,居然救醒了。僖宗回宫还不好明说,只说叉了气。害得二十多个御医忙乱了一阵都没效果。僖宗痛得不得了,过了十二天就驾崩了。
被女人捂死。唐房玄龄《晋书•帝纪第九》记载,东晋孝武帝司马曜,喜欢喝酒,喝醉了就胡言乱语。有一天,他跟宠妃张贵人喝酒,自然又喝醉了。对张贵人说:“当年就该废了你。”张贵人很气愤。当晚,司马曜就死了,怎么死的?《晋书•卷十一》说“为张贵人所弑”。怎么杀的?近人蔡东藩《两晋演义》七十七回推断:惟张贵人得宠以来,从没有经过这般责罚,此次忽遭斥辱,哪里禁受得起,凤目中坠了无数泪珠儿。转念一想,柳眉双竖,索性将泪珠收起,杀心动了。使侍女撤去残肴,自己洗过了脸,换过了衣,收拾得干干净净。又踌躇了半晌,竟打定主意,召入心腹侍婢,附耳密嘱数语。侍婢却有难色,张贵人大怒道:“汝若不肯依我,便叫你一刀两段!”侍婢无奈,只好依着闺令,趋就御榻,用被蒙住孝武帝面目,更将重物移压孝武帝身上,使他不得动弹。可怜孝武帝无从吐气,活活闷死!
活活饿死。南朝梁武帝萧衍是位一心崇佛、极力倡导发展佛教的皇帝,他曾四次舍身到同泰寺(今南京鸡鸣寺)当和尚。第一次是4天,最后一次长达37天。而每一次都是朝廷用重金将其赎回。可他并未因此得到什么好报。早年无子,过继侄儿萧正德为嗣子做太子。后来萧衍倒是生了个儿子,取名萧统,随即被立为太子,侄子萧正德被改封为西丰侯,自然极其不满。东魏大将侯景因与政敌高欢不合,转投了梁朝。别人都看出侯景为人阴险奸诈,不可重用,可萧衍不听,坚持封他为河南王。侯景勾结萧正德起兵发动政变,答应事成之后让他做皇帝。最后叛军攻进了京城建康,梁武帝被困在宫里。《南史•梁本纪中•武帝》记载: “帝以所求不供,忧愤寝疾”,因为断绝了供应,武帝又饿又气,便得了病。后来“疾久口苦,索蜜不得,再曰:‘荷,荷。’遂崩。”《资治通鉴•梁紀十八•高祖武皇帝十八》亦记载:“上常蔬食,及围城日久,上厨蔬茹皆绝,乃食鸡子。纶因使者暂通,上鸡子数百枚,上手自料简,歔欷哽咽。 ”没菜吃了,好在儿子萧纶通过关系偷偷地送来几百个鸡蛋。武帝一边小心捡拾,一边暗自神伤。“五月,丙辰,上臥淨居殿,口苦,索蜜不得,再曰‘荷!荷!’遂殂。年八十六。”“荷荷”是个象声词,表示怨恨。萧衍身为帝王,最后落到如此境地,他心中能不充满怨恨和悲哀吗?!

1982年:中国农民的伟大创造

September 11, 2009

(共和国的足迹)1982年:中国农民的伟大创造

新华网北京9月11日电 1982年1月1日,中共中央下发一号文件,肯定我国农村正在出现的包产到户、包干到户等各种形式的生产责任制,都是社会主义集体经济的生产责任制。此后,包产到户、包干到户(后称家庭联产承包责任制)这一中国农民的伟大创造得到了普遍推行。

党的十一届三中全会以后,在解放思想、实事求是精神的鼓舞下,我国农村许多地方逐渐突破“不许包产到户”的限制,普遍实行了多种形式的生产责任制。其中包产到户这种生产形式,由于比较适合我国农村的生产力水平和耕作传统,因而在农业实行了合作化、集体化的改造后,农村中的很多干部和群众曾屡次采用,以促进生产,改善生活,克服灾荒。尽管这种做法在长时间里没有得到中央认可,甚至还被当作“资本主义自发倾向”受到批判和压制,但由于能促进生产发展,因此在广大农民中具有普遍的认同感和深厚基础。因此,当十一届三中全会前后党对农村政策进行调整时,一些地区的农村再度恢复了包产到户,其中在安徽凤阳县出现了比包产到户更彻底、更简便的包干到户的形式,即舍去包产到户中将劳动成果转换成“工分”进行分配的环节,农户将收成按规定直接完成上交任务后,剩余部分全部归己。按农民的说法,就是“保证国家的,留足集体的,剩下全是自己的”。由于这种做法把劳动成果和农民的收益直接相联系,因而最受农民欢迎、增产效果也最明显。

然而,无论是包产到户还是包干到户,在当时的中央文件中都还未被允许,因而不少人担心这样做会离开社会主义的原则。对此,党中央采取了不争论、允许试的做法,并逐渐在中央文件中放宽了对包产到户、包干到户的限制,支持农民探索。邓小平对农村出现的改革势头,更是给予了肯定和支持。1980年4月2日,他在同中央负责人谈农业问题时讲道:“要使每家每户都自己想办法,多找门路,增加生产,增加收入。有的可包给组,有的可包给个人。这个不要怕,这不会影响我们制度的社会主义性质。”5月31日,他又在同有关负责同志谈话时明确肯定了安徽包产到户、包干到户的做法,认为这样搞不会影响集体经济,并指出“关键是发展生产力,要在这方面为集体化的进一步发展创造条件。”这些讲话,对于推动农村改革起了重要作用。

同年9月14日至22日,中共中央召开各省、市、自治区党委第一书记会议,着重讨论加强和完善农业生产责任制问题。这次会议的纪要肯定了在生产队领导下实行的包产到户是依存于社会主义经济,而不会脱离社会主义轨道,没有复辟资本主义的危险。从而打破了多年来把包产到户等同于分田单干、等同于资本主义的观念,实现了党在农村政策上的重大突破。

从1982年到1986年,中央连续五年都以“一号文件”的形式,对家庭联产承包责任制给予明确肯定,并在政策上积极引导,有力地促进了农村改革的突破和农业生产的发展。

Top Chinese legislator meets U.S. president

September 11, 2009

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Visiting top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern.

Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress, was the first top Chinese legislator that has visited the United States during the past two decades.

Before meeting with Obama, Wu met U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. Wu will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton later in the day.

On Wednesday, Wu met U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling her that his visit aimed to promote further growth of the China-U.S. relationship, which is, in his words, one of the most important, dynamic and promising bilateral ties in the world.

Wu is here on a week-long official goodwill visit to the United States, the final leg of his three-nation tour to the Americas which also took him to Cuba and the Bahamas.

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