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  MSDN Office Release Notes — October 2012

  Alex MorrillMicrosoft EmployeeMonday, October 08, 2012 11:42 PM

  The October 2012 release contains updates made to Microsoft Office Protocols documents since the July 2012 refresh. 

                                                                         

  Microsoft Office File Formats links:

  • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation
  • Summary of changes (pdf):  [MS-FFCHGTR]

  Microsoft Office Protocols links:

  • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office Protocols Documentation
  • Summary of changes (pdf):  [MS-OCHGTR]

  SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols links:

  • Full documentation set (zip):  SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols Documentation
  • Summary of changes (pdf):  [MS-SPCHGTR]

  Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support links:

  • Full documentation set (zip):  Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support Documentation
  • Summary of changes (pdf):  [MS-OSTANCHGTR]

  The following new specifications have been added to the Office Protocols documents:

  • None.

  The following Office protocols have been archived:

  • None.

  The following known issues exist in this release:

  Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

  • In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.
  • In the Categories list, click Documents. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

  Additional details on changing the setting are located on the Adobe help site:
  
  http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

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  MSDN Exchange Server Protocols Release Notes — February 2013

  Tom Devey - MSFTMicrosoft EmployeeThursday, November 04, 2010 9:38 PM

  MSDN Exchange Server Protocols Release Notes — February 2013

  The February 2013 release contains updates made to Microsoft Exchange Server Protocols documents and the Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook Standards documents since the October 2012 refresh.

  Exchange Server Protocol Documents links:

  • Full documentation set (ZIP): Microsoft Exchange Server Protocols Documentation
  • Summary of changes (PDF): [MS-OXCHGTR]

  Exchange Server and Outlook Standards links:

  • Full documentation set (ZIP): Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documentation
  • Summary of changes (PDF): [MS-STANOXCHGTR]

  Information for Exchange 2013 and Outlook 2013

  For the October 2012 refresh, the Exchange Server Protocols documents were updated to include applicability and implementation details for Exchange 2013 and Outlook 2013. For information about differences between versions, see the behavior notes that are included in the Product Behavior appendix of each document.

  Information for other Microsoft products

  For the October 2012 refresh, the appropriate documents were updated to include applicability and implementation details for Microsoft® Lync®, Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies, Windows®, Windows® Communication Apps, and Windows Server®. For information about differences between versions, see the behavior notes that are included in the Product Behavior appendix of each document.

  Title changes for all documents that are about Exchange ActiveSync and in the documentation set

  The prefix “Exchange ActiveSync” was added to the title of each document that specifies an Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The new titles better reflect that Exchange ActiveSync is the applicable technology for those documents.

  The following document was removed from the documentation set and added to the Exchange Server Protocols archive:

  • [MS-OXWSAUTID]: Authentication Identification Extension. This extension was implemented but never used by any applicable products.

  The following known issues exist in the February 2013 release:

  1. Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
  2. Information in a table row may split across two pages.
  3. Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
  4. Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.
  5. For optimal readability of the PDF documents, we recommend that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader 10.0.
  6. Links in the PDFs do not resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9.
     To access links, perform the following procedure:
     1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.
     2. In the Categories list, click Documents.
     3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.
     Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site:
     http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html
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  MSDN SQL Release Notes -- March 2013

  Neil Ma - MSFT Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:36 PM

  This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release.

  The following known issues exist in the March 2013 release:

  • Underscore       characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on       the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in       printed versions.
  • Information       in a table row may split across two pages.
  • Table       borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected       by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
  • Cross-protocol       links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the       same folder.

  Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

  • In       Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit       menu and click Preferences.      
  • In       the Categories list,       click Documents.       Under PDF/A       View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents       to Never,       and click OK.      

  Additional details on changing the setting are located on the Adobe help site:
  
  http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html