Monthly Archives: April 2012

Reducing the budgetary and environmental burden of print

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Joe Goski

A recent post on ZDNet caught my eye with the question “Better to Print In-House or Outsource?” The main point of the brief article was uncontroversial: The lesson learned is that accurate forecasting of print needs, whether using in-house or … Continue reading →

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Useful text routines in Excel 2007

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Joe Goski

Although we usually think of Excel as an application devoted to working with numbers, users often are called upon to import and format text. While the basic text formatting functions — choosing a font, underlining text, searching or correcting spelling … Continue reading →

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A warm welcome to new colleagues from Dollco

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Joe Goski

Today, we welcome the employees of Dollco Integrated Print Solutions to the Lowe-Martin Group. Dollco is one of the storied companies in the Ottawa region, having received its charter in 1918 as the Dominion Loose Leaf Company. Over the years, … Continue reading →

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Is Google the new scrapbook?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Joe Goski

In my days as a grad student, I spent hour after hour in the Public Archives of Canada, immersed in letters, diaries, memos and official reports composed in western Canada a century earlier by government officials, missionaries, merchants and settlers. The information … Continue reading →

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