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Hello everyone,

As some of you might have noticed the site has been down for that past month or so.  The main reason was that the site needed a major refresh and the platform that I was using to create the site was nearing its end of life.  Unfortunately, the platform had been rewritten since I had created the site so there was no easy upgrade path, that is why it has taken so long as there was lots of trial and errors on my part to get the site up and running with the latest software.

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Here is a round-up of some of the things happening over at IDEA these days.

New IDEA support site

IDEA now has a new web site called CaseWare Analytics. It has lots of resources such as videos, tutorials, etc.  If you haven't found it yet you should check it out.

IDEA v9 was recently released to users for upgrade or purchase.  You can find more details on the IDEA web site. 

I was fortunate enough to be one of the beta testers on the project and enjoyed working with the upgrade.  Here are a few of the new features of the product.

The most obvious is the use of ribbons instead of menus.  IDEA has gone the Microsfot route of using ribbons.  It takes a bit of getting used to after so many years using menus but once you have used it long en