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Little-Known Setting to Vastly Improve Translation Quality

By Martin Laplante

SharePoint has a machine translation service that can be used to translate certain documents and phrases.  Out of the box, it can be used by Variations to translate pages, and by the Managed Metadata Service to translate terms in the term stores.  Beyond that, it is available through the A...
23.06.17 09:06 AM - Comment(s)
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The Secret Language Setting

By Martin Laplante

In addition to the well-known language settings that were discussed in an earlier post, there is a little-known language setting with a different set of advantages and disadvantages.  We call it User Properties.  To get to it, add "_layouts/15/regionalsetng.aspx?Type=user" t...

06.06.17 11:06 AM - Comment(s)
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Why are PointFire Add-ins SharePoint-hosted?

By Martin Laplante

SharePoint Add-ins can be developed in one of two ways: Provider-hosted and SharePoint-hosted.  In general, Provider-hosted is easier to develop, easier to test, and easier to distribute, and has a more powerful API.  Provider-hosted can use any programming language and has easier access t...

24.05.17 07:05 AM - Comment(s)
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PointFire Translator is out!

By Martin Laplante

One of the components of PointFire 365 v2.0 is being released as a standalone product, available from the Office Store.


Add PointFire Translator, and in your document menu and in your ribbon you can choose a document and have it machine translated in all of your site's languages.  But it doesn't...
19.05.17 04:05 AM - Comment(s)
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Saturday in the Park

By Martin Laplante

OK, it's not in the park, and it's May 20th not the fourth of July, but it is Chicago!

If you're in the Chicago area, come see us at SharePoint/Cloud Saturday in Chicago suburbs on May 20 2017.  IceFire will have a booth to show the latest PointFire features, and Martin Lapla...
17.05.17 01:05 PM - Comment(s)
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