Monday, July 6, 2009

Smart Tags


Provide “…choices for enhancing content and layout…”

Feature of Win XP.

Identified by “purple dashed underlining”.

Similar to hyperlinks but more complex and interactive.

When the cursor hovers over a Smart Tagged word, a drop down list appears with a selection of links related to the word.

A button on the toolbar turns the Smart Tag option on and off.

Callout 11 Smart Tag Actions buttonCallout 22 Smart tag indicator

Each smart tag recognizer identifies a type of data, such as names, dates, or telephone numbers, and contains the logic needed to provide one or more actions for each data type.

When you type text into a new document or open an existing document, the logic in the smart tag looks for words that match the data types in the list. When the smart tag finds a match, it places a smart tag indicator— a dotted purple line— under the term and enables the appropriate actions.

The actions you can take depend on the type of data that Word recognizes and labels with a smart tag.

For example, "Nate Sun" in the previous example is recognized as a "person name" smart tag with actions you can take, such as Open Contact, Schedule a Meeting, Add to Contacts, or Insert Address.

Smart Tags recognize patterns (e.g. a part number) and associate actions within Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). These actions provide a quick way to get information about the part recognized from SAP and AeroPDM.

Smart Tags are indicated by a small purple triangle in Excel or a purple underline in Word/Outlook/PowerPoint

source: Microsoft.

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