While the Ribbon interface is, with time, more intuitive and a better guide to useful new features, complex tasks in PowerPoint, Excel, Word or Access require a combination of training and support throughout the migration process that an internal help desk may not be prepared to offer.

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There is no word on what the cost of a combination treatment will be should it succeed in larger trials.

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It was a combination of style, online buzz coupled with strong word-of-mouth experience, user-friendliness, and innovation that reached across all of the demographic boards and into the everyday lives of millions.

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He would say that his government does have a big idea: to bring excellence and choice to the public services through a combination of increased funding and (New Labour buzz-word meaning competition) contestability.

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The YouTube video shows some of the various standard applications that come with the XO-1: Firefox, an unnamed instant messaging program, a variant of Abiword (word processing), and an application called eToys that looks like a combination of traditional computer games (such as Chinese Checkers) combined with something resembling the children's art program Kid Pix.

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