How to Mark as Final 2003 to 2007 in MS Word

Question:-How I can Mark 2003 to 2007 as Final in Ms Word?Answer:-2003 to 2007 Mark as Final To make a Microsoft Office Word 2003 document read-only, you need to close the file, right-click it in Windows Explorer, click Properties, and then select the Read-only check box. If it's a Microsoft Office Word 2007 document, you can save yourself the trouble and change the document to read-only from within the program.1. Click the Office button, and then point to Prepare.2. Click Mark as Final. Not only is the document now read-only, but the editing commands on the Ribbon are unavailable. To enable editing again, follow the same steps to turn the Mark as Final feature o...

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How to Fine-Tuning Objects in Presentations

Question:-How I can Fine-Tune Objects in Presentations?Answe:-Fine-Tuning Objects in Presentations When working with text in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, you can use the F2 key to switch between selecting text in a placeholder and selecting the placeholder itself. So the next time you've edited some text and want to reposition it on the slide, instead of clicking the tiny edges of the box, just press F2. The entire text box will instantly be selected for you, ready for alignme...

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How to Use Search to Find E-Mail Messages?

Question:-How I can Use Search to Find E-Mail Messages?Answer:-Question:-Use Search to Find E-Mail MessagesIn Microsoft Office Outlook, e-mail search helps you locate messages by keyword or phrase. You can also use search folders to find mail by type of message.To locate specific keywords or phrases within e-mail messages:Type a word or phrase in the Search box at the top of your Outlook Inbox. The search starts automatically as soon as you stop typing. Search results will appear in the main window of your Inbox. To return to your normal Inbox, click Clear Search (the green ×) to the right of the Search box.You can enable search folders from the mail pane on the left of your Inbox. To expand the folders tree, click Search Folders. Outlook comes with three default search folders: For Follow...

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How to Customize My Quick Access Toolbar?

Question:-How I can Customize My Quick Access Toolbar?Answer:-Customize Your Quick Access ToolbarIn each 2007 Microsoft Office system program where you see the Ribbon (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and parts of Outlook), you also see a Quick Access Toolbar, which appears by default above the Ribbon, beside the Office button. To add the commands you use most to the Quick Access Toolbar in each program, right-click a command on the Ribbon, and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar. You can also click the arrow that appears at the right edge of the Quick Access Toolbar, and then click More Commands to open the Customize tab of the Options dialog box for the program you are using. In this box you can add commands that don’t appear on the Ribbon, or create a custom Quick Access Toolbar for...

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How to Change File Properties in Vista?

Question:-How I can Changing File Properties in Vista?Answer:-Changing File Properties in VistaFile properties or metadata can be very useful in labeling, organizing, and subsequently finding your files. Most programs add their own properties when saved; however, with Windows Vista, you can augment these attributes.1. Click Organize, click Layout, and then click Details Pane (if necessary; you should see the details pane by default at the bottom of the Explorer).2. Expand the details pane (click and drag the separator above the pane to resize).3. Select the attribute that you want to change, and enter any information that you want to a...

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How to Convert Text to Tables?

Question:-How I can Convert Text to Tables?Answer:-Convert Text to Tables?Sometimes you may find different types of information within the same piece of text, where the only thing separating the information is a space. Microsoft Office Excel makes it easy to redistribute this data by using different columns, and to display the data in a more digestible format.1. Choose delimiters and column separators.a. Select the cells containing the data that you want to separate.b. On the Data ribbon, in the Data Tools section, click the Text to Columns button.c. Select your preferred data type (that is, Delimited or Fixed width) from the options in the first step presented by the wizard.d. In the second step of the wizard, select your preferred delimiters from the Delimiters options, or the column separator...

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MeadMap Announced

The MeadWestvaco Corporation announced today the release of MeadMap a new online collaborative visual mapping application. To those of you who are familiar with CoMapping you will see a real similarity, since MeadMapping is based on the underlying technology found in the CoMapping application. MeadMap has the same feature set from what I can tell and they are offering a free 30 day trial so that you can try it out. Meadmap has lots of collaborative features so that you can invite others to edit and review your visual maps. You can also publish your maps to the internet or a blog by embedding the map within a page. I found Meadmap very easy to use and if you have been using CoMapping then the transition will be minim...

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Keyboard shortcut of the week: Quickly Open Link in New Tab

This tip should be of interest to all the Entrecard chain-droppers out there (you know who you are). It works in Internet Explorer (version 7 and later), Firefox, and Safari.If you hold down the Ctrl key when you click on a link on a website the browser will open the linked page on a new tab, saving you having to right-click on the link and selecting 'Open Link in New Tab' (or 'Open in New Tab' on I...

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[TIPS] 100 top tools - a pdf file

http://www.janeknight.com/downloads/top100S08.pdf This one was posted to Diigo yesterday. An interesting article that lists the top 100 programs for learning. Guess what tops the list: delicious. Interesting, eh? Not Powerpoint. Not Google Docs. Not Word. A social bookmarking site. Check out the list. What do you thi...

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How to Use Conditional Formatting to Highlight Data Trends

Question:-How I can Use Conditional Formatting to Highlight Data Trends?Answer:-Use Conditional Formatting to Highlight Data Trends Conditional formatting can help you highlight trends in your data. First, either open a fully populated Microsoft Office Excel file, or start with an empty document and fill its cells with some values. To apply conditional formatting:1. Click the Conditional Formatting button on the Home tab of the Ribbon.2. On the menu that appears, try selecting Data Bars, Icon Sets, or Color Scales and pause over the options. Your data is partitioned according to the rules you set, and it instantly displays visual cues that will aid understanding of the data.3. If you don't like the options available, you can create your own rules,...

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How to Insert Pictures in NoteOne

Question:-How I can Insert Pictures?Answer:-Insert Pictures To insert a picture in your notes, click Insert, click Pictures, and then click either From Files or From Scanner or Came...

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Posted in: MS OneNote 2007

How to Quickly Switch to Inbox or Outbox

Question:-How I can Quickly Switch to Inbox or Outbox?Answe:-Quickly Switching to Inbox or Outbox To jump to your Inbox, press CTRL+SHIFT+I. To jump to your Outbox, press CTRL+SHIFT...

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How to Generate an Efficient Frontier

Question:-How I can Generate an Efficient Frontier ?Answer:-Generating an Efficient Frontier You can assess your selected project portfolio against the Efficient Frontier. (Note: These steps assume you have already run an optimization scenario.) Here’s how:1. Right-click an optimization scenario, and then click Insight Analysis from the Advanced Analysis commands.2. Wait while the Efficient Frontier is generated.3. Analyze the constraints (in the right panel) that are prohibiting the portfolio from reaching the Efficient Fronti...

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How to use Lookups and Relationships

Question:-How I can Use Lookups and Relationships Answer:-Lookups and Relationships Often you need to add fields that look up data from other tables. For example, you may want to assign a task to someone in your Contacts table. To add such a field:1. In datasheet view, on the Ribbon, in the Fields and Columns group, click Lookup Column.2. If you want to type the lookup values instead of looking up a field from a different table, select I will type in the values; if not, click Next.3. Select the table that you want to look up from, and then click Next.4. Select the fields that you want to include in your lookup, and then click Next.5. Select the sorting method you want, click Next, and then click Next again...

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How to Overprint Watermarks on Documents

Question:-How I can Overprint Watermarks on Documents? Answer:-Overprinting Watermarks on Documents You can easily insert a watermark into your document in Microsoft Office Word 2007. Click Watermark from the Page Layout tab on the Ribb...

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How to Change the Color of Excel Comments

Question:-How I can Changing the Color of Excel Comments?Answer:-Changing the Color of Excel Comments In Microsoft Office Excel, comments appear in little yellow boxes by default. Here’s how you can change the color of a comment:1. Right-click its border, and then click Format Comment from the shortcut menu.2. On the Colors and Lines tab, choose a color from the Color list. Changing the default color for comments is a little more involved; here’s how to do it:1. Right-click any blank area of your Windows desktop, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.2. Click the Appearance tab, and then click the Advanced button.3. Select ToolTip from the Item list.4. Click the arrow next to the Color box, and then choose a color for your comments.5. Click ...

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[TIPS] the iPhone for $199???

MANY thanks to my buddy Barry Sullivan for sharing this one with me via email. How many of you have seen THIS: http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/29/att-to-cut-the-price-of-apples-new-iphone/?section=money_topstories  (http://snipurl.com/26ez4  [techland_blogs_fortune_cnn_com] ) According to this article, ATT plans to offer the iPhone for $199 if you buy into a two year plan. WOW!!! And I'm stuck with my Verizon phone for another year and a half! RATS! "To page this person press 5. To leave a callback number press 9 (Isn't it already on the phone?) When you are finished you may either hang up or press 1 for more options" GET ON WITH IT! You're sucking up my minutes! (David Pogue did a GREAT schtick about this at PETE&C this year) An interesting side note. Today I...

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[TIPS] Moodle tutorials

Wow.. check THIS out: http://www.moodletutorials.org/ If you've got a moodle site and would like some mini tutorials then you've got the check it out. According to my source, this first appeared in the Classroom 2.0 blog. Very nice....

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[TIPS] Quintura - embed cool searches

http://www.quintura.com/ Here's one I picked up from another very cool wiki: http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ I noticed this cool search embedded along the side of the wiki. It led me to the quintura site itself. Here's how it works. You perform a basic search and allow it to do its thing. Then grab the code and embed it in your wiki or blog. I put one on this page: http://gatesworkshop.wikispaces.com/Wikis+to+See What fun. Just hover over a related term to see the other connections. The first three links appear below the terms. Eye candy? Sure. But it's still a fun way to embed searches into your site. And, it's a fun way to talk about how the search terms are related....

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How to Search All Folders in a Mailbox

Question:-How I can Search All Folders in a Mailbox ?Answer:-Search All Folders in a Mailbox You can set Microsoft Office Outlook to automatically search across all your folders at once. Here’s how:In Outlook, click Tools, click Options, and then click Search Options on the Preferences tab. In the Search Options dialog box, if you click All folders, you can search all folders instead of just the selected o...

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How to Use Multiple Level Undo, Change Highlighting, and Task Drivers

Question:-How I can Use Multiple Level Undo, Change Highlighting, and Task Drivers?Answer:-Multiple Level Undo, Change Highlighting, and Task DriversIn Microsoft Office Project Professional, project managers can visualize the effects of changes and trace back their steps. To turn the Change Highlighting feature on or off, click the View menu, and then click Hide Change Highlighting or Show Change Highlighting. While the feature is enabled, all levels of tasks affected as a result of a change are highlighted with a color as a visual indicator. By using this feature together with the Multiple Level Undo feature, project managers can do what-if analyses by trying a set of changes and then reversing unwanted changes.If further analysis of a task’s schedule is needed, the project manager can use...

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How to Make 2003 to 2007 Quick Parts

Question:-How I can make 2003 to 2007 Quick Parts? Answer:- Make 2003 to 2007 Quick PartsIn Microsoft Office Word 2003, you can use AutoText to automate the typing of oft-repeated text like names and addresses. But what if you want to reuse more than text? You can use Quick Parts in Microsoft Office Word 2007 to save any document content—text, pictures, Microsoft SmartArt graphics, headers and footers, and more—to an easily accessed Quick Part Gallery.1. Click the Insert tab, and then select the document content that you want to reuse.2. Click the Quick Parts button in the Text section, and then click Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery.3. Enter a name and description, and then click OK.4. To reuse the content, click the Quick Parts button, and then...

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How to Enter the PowerPoint Slide Show Mode

Question:-How I can Enter the PowerPoint Slide Show Mode Beginning at Any Point?Answer:-Enter the PowerPoint Slide Show Mode Beginning at Any PointPressing F5 in Microsoft Office PowerPoint starts the slide show, but by default, it will open with the first slide in the deck. To start your slide show with the current or selected slide, press SHIFT+F5 inste...

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How to Set Permissions

Question How I can Set Permissions ?Answer:- Set PermissionsEach person you invite to a workspace will have one of three roles: Manager, Participant, or Guest. Each role type is granted specific permissions within the workspace and within each tool. As the Manager, you can adjust tool permissions to help protect the content and control what others can do within the workspace.1. Right-click the Tool tab, click Properties, and then click Permissions. Then select a role from the menu.2. Adjust the permissions by selecting or clearing the check boxes, and then click App...

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How to Know How Many Lines or Words You Have Typed

Question:-How I can Know How Many Lines or Words I Have Typed?Answer:-Quickly Know How Many Lines or Words You Have TypedRight-click the status bar, and then select a parameter. Microsoft Office Word can show you, for example, line details or the number of words typed. This information is useful when you are writing a document that must have a fixed leng...

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Get to IT Sales with Your Elevator Pitch

Elevator pitches can be great tools to get you to IT sales. You need to say something quickly that will be remembered by those that hear it.The general rule of thumb to think about when creating a good elevator speech is the idea of getting into an elevator on the 20th floor with a potential prospect for your computer consulting business and being able to talk about your business and have him/her talk about his/her business by the time you get to the first floor.Your elevator speech should answer the question, “What do you do?”Examples of Elevator Speeches to Get to IT SalesThese elevator speeches can help you effectively get prospects that might need your computer expertise to give you a card and ask further questions.“I work for XXXX, a company that repairs, builds and upgrades computers.”“I’m...

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[TIPS] A summer Course Offering

I'm VERY excited about a class I'm going to teach this summer at Harrisburg University, and I'm hoping you'll forgive this bit of promotion for it. It's a 3 credit graduate level course running from July 21-25, with two follow-up evening (online) sessions, and one final Saturday session in October. The course is designed to be a complete immersion into the new technologies on the web, from blogs and wikis, to Twitter and Diigo, to uStream and Voicethread - and... SO much more. The purpose is to transform those teachers whose understanding of the web might have stopped with a Google search or who stopped raising the bar on tech skills when they managed to animate a powerpoint :-) . We're going to start with what we know and then see examples of how these new tools are being used with excellent...

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[TIPS] inanimate Alice

Thanks to Aly Tapp for sharing this one via the Diigo list. http://www.inanimatealice.com/ This one is hard to explain, but one that elementary and middle school teachers, especially, are going to want to check out. This is a set of ten stories (now just three, so far) which will take Alice on a wild adventure, starting when she is just 8 years old and ending when she is .. well... here is how the site describes itself: "'Inanimate Alice' tells the story of Alice, a young girl growing up in the first half of the 21st century, and her imaginary digital friend, Brad. Over ten episodes, each a self contained story, we see Alice grow from an eight year old living with her parents in a remote region of Northern China to a talented mid-twenties animator and designer with the biggest games...

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How to Fill In the Blanks in Spreadsheets

Question:-How I can Fill In the Blanks in Spreadsheets?Answer:-How I can Fill In the Blanks in Spreadsheets 1. Select all the rows in your Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet data set.2. On the Home tab, in the Editing section, click Find & Select, click Go To, click Special, click Blanks, and then click OK.3. Click the equal sign (=) on the toolbar, select the cell above, and then hold down the CTRL key while you press ENTER. Blanks in the spreadsheet will be filled automatically.4. Copy all the data, click Paste Special, and then click Values. This will overwrite the formulas and enable you to sort the data by filling in each empty cell with the same information as the one above. This tip will work on any size of data s...

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How to Display More on the Screen by Changing Your View

Question:-How I can Display More on the Screen by Changing Your View ?Answer:-Display More on the Screen by Changing Your View You can change the view settings to display more on your screen. In Microsoft Office Outlook, click View, click Navigation Pane, and then click Minimiz...

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How to Save Automatic in MS Office OneNote 2007

Quaestion:-How I can Save Automatic in MS Office OneNote 2007?Answer:-Automatic Save in MS Office OneNote 2007Can’t find the Save button? There isn’t one. Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 automatically saves and backs up your notes as you type them. To customize backup options, click Tools, click Options, and then click Bac...

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How to Sort Documents in SharePoint Libraries

Quaestion:-How I can Sort Documents in SharePoint Libraries?Answer:-Sort Documents in SharePoint Libraries You can change the default settings of your My SharePoint document libraries to sort by latest upload. You can then see at a glance what’s changed and what’s new.1. Open your Microsoft SharePoint document library, and click Modify settings and columns under Actions in the task pane.2. Under Views, click All Documents.3. On the Edit View page, find the Sort section.4. On the First sort by the column menu, click either Modified or Created, depending on whether documents will be uploaded once or changed and then uploaded again.5. Select the Show items in descending order check box, and then click ...

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How to View All the Text in Your Columns

Question:-How I can View All the Text in Your Columns?Answer:-View All the Text in Your ColumnsIn Microsoft Office Excel, you can resize multiple columns to different widths so that you can see all the text in your spreadsheet.1. Select the columns where your text appears by clicking the column headings. Select multiple columns if necessary.2. To resize the columns to fit, double-click in the column heading, exactly on top of the border that divides any of the two columns you selected.All of your selected columns are resized based on the longest text string in each column. In this way, a large and confusing spreadsheet with lots of text that you can't see is converted into a legible spreadsheet with all text showi...

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[TIPS] Twenty five minutes on Twitter

Yes, I had a hard time seeing the value of twitter when I first got on it, and there was a period when I didn't even get on, thinking that it was just a complete waste of time. But then one day I was on and I got a couple good leads from it. Another time I was on and I was able to get some answers to a couple issues. So now, when I get the chance, I'll open it up. I'm using Twitbin  most of the time. Just thought I'd share what I learned in just one 25 minute time period last week. http://www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_hubble - Someone posted this link to some GREAT Hubble images http://www.twhirl.org/ - someone else commented about using a different twitter client and I'm going to be trying that soon. http://searchme.com - Someone pointed us to this cool "eye...

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The Fourth Carnival of Computer Help and Advice

Welcome to the fourth monthly Carnival of Computer Help and Advice. As ever many blog authors contributed their posts, and as ever limitation of space means that some did not make it into the carnival.We start with a carnival regular: Andrew Edgington writes posts on the subject of digital imagery. In Edit Your Digital Photos Andrew says Emailing your photos? A few tips. For those of you who use Photoshop he writes the Learn Photoshop Now blog, which has included the following recent posts: Brightening Dark Shadows; Screen Blending Mode; and, Create an image with a transparent background.Eerik Toom presents more general advice for Windows users...

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Top ten Cyber security tips

For Teens, their teachers and familiesBe a responsible cyber citizen-If you use the Internet, you're a citizen of a global community—a cyber citizen. Just like being a citizen of your local community, being a cyber citizen has responsibilities. Use the Internet to share knowledge that makes people's lives better. Keep safe, use good manners and respect the laws.Use anti-virus softwareA computer virus is a program that can invade your computer and damage or destroy information. Anti-virus software is designed to protect you and your computer against known viruses. But with new viruses emerging daily, anti-virus programs need to be updated regularly. Check with the web site of your anti-virus software company to see some sample descriptions of viruses and to get regular updates for your software....

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How you can add a Shortcut Key to Your Internet Connection?

This basic and common way to dial the internet connection using giving path: Click on Start Button > sittings then click on Network and dial-up connections option, here you can dial your internet connection. Another way to dial your internet connection if you have a shortcut to your internet connection on your desktop. Simply boot your system and dial your internet connection from your desktop shortcut.A new cool tip to dial internet connection with out using the mouse, simply add a shortcut key that will allow you to do this.Just right-click on your Internet connection and go to Properties option. Click in the...

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A Quick way to print a Document

There are many ways to prints a document, but you can print a document quickly if you put a shortcut to the printer on your desktop and drag a document icon to it, no need to open file for printing just drag a file to printer icon and get your print. To do this, first click Start button, Settings, then Printers ( first make sure you installed your printer driver). When the Printers window opens, hold down Ctrl and drag the printer icon to your system desktop. Now you can drag a document icon and drop it in printer icon on your desktop. Here you will get a print quickly and with out open a fi...

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Inserting a YouTube Video into Your Google Presentation

As I reported it is now possible to embed a YouTube video in your Google Presentation by simply using the Insert Video command and then searching for the video you would like to use. It is best to do your search within YouTube since it will help you to sort out which keywords to use to search for the video you will use. Here is a very simple Google Presentation showing you what a YouTube video looks like when it is embedded in your slide. I embedded a YouTube video that I created showing how you can Hide and Show the Ribbon in MindManager 7. Enj...

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Posted in: Google Apps,Google Presentation,MindManager,MindManager Pro 7,YouTube

Computer Tips and Tricks

Computer training is possible through formal education like online Computer tips, Networking Tips , Hardware Tips , Registry Tricks and other computer science programs also.It is no great mystery that major shifts in cultural and societal processes are marked with new advances in technology. This is also true of information technology. The printing press, the camera, the telephone, the computer, the Internet and the cell phone, are all inextricably linked to major changes in human culture. The printing press is linked to the rise of social movements. The photograph and telephone are linked to the birth of the Industrial Revolution. The advent of early computers and television coincides with the first steps towards global consortiums like the League of Nations. Information media changes how...

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Restore Show Desktop on taskbar

It's a common issue when you are dealing with spyware or other software unistallation on Windows XP your favorite Show Desktop icon to disappear from taskbar. Here is one relatively simple way how you can restore this useful icon:Create file named: Show Desktop.scfOpen notepad and paste this content:[Shell]Command=2IconFile=explorer.exe,3[Taskbar]Command=ToggleDesktopSave the fileGo to C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick LaunchPaste the file the...

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The Great Browser Question - Which to use?

What is a browser? Simplest possible terms it's the program that allows you to surf web pages. For most people that use Windows their browser of choice is Internet Explorer, but why? Well, simple answer to that is that it comes built in with your Windows system and it's highly integrated (perhaps too much so) into the Windows operating system. For most people IE is just fine and you don't really need another browser, but did you know that there are other browsers out there? Did you know some of them have really cool features? Well, there is this brave new world of browsers out there and it's time that you take a look and test drive other browsers, after all, just because you have Windows doesn't mean that you have to use IE. Here is the breakdown of what's out there at the momentMozilla...

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Closing Error Reporting (Win XP)

Error reporting, what is it and why does Microsoft want you to have it on? Basically whenever your computer crashes Win XP makes a little report of what went wrong and then sends it to Microsoft so they can improve the Windows Operating System. Generally it sounds like a nice idea, but do you really want to be sending reports about your computer to Microsoft? I personally don't and they allow you to shut off this feature. Here's how you do it:Open your control panelClick on Performance and MaintenanceThen click on SystemGo to the Advance TabClick on the Error Reporting button at the bottomSelect Disable Error ReportingClick the "But notify me when a critical error occurs"Click Ok Twice.You can leave out step 7, but I like my operating system to tell me when its had a major error, mainly...

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Posted in: Windows

Work in On-screen Keyboard

This might seem like a silly tip or even a silly function, but I've already found a use for it once and I'm sure that you'll be able to use it at some point. Windows XP comes with a built in on screen keyboard. Basically a graphic of a keyboard comes up and acts like your keyboard, you can use your mouse to hunt and peck around. What uses does this have and what did I use it for? Well, it's good for people with disabilities, where it would be easier to use a mouse than trying to type or it's great to use when your keyboard goes loco on you. Yes, we've all had our keyboard go nuts. Here is how you launch it:Go to startGo to run and type OSKThen the keyboard comes onIt's just that simple. It's best to make a desktop icon for it or a shortcut, because if your keyboard should go out on...

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Moving The Taskbar

I bet you didn't know that you could move your taskbar if you wanted. Mostly I leave mine at the bottom, like the rest of the population, but occasionally I feel like going wild and have the taskbar at the top of my computer. The Taskbar is that thin bar at the bottom where you can see all your open programs, the start menu, the clock, etc. Now, in WinXP they made it very nice to move it. This is how:* Right Click on the Taskbar* Click, Lock the Taskbar, until there is no check there* Left Click on the task bar and move it to where you want it...it will always rest up against an edge, so top, left or right.* Then click, Lock the Taskbar, again and it won't move from that spot.These are the same instructions for Windows 98, ME, 2k, only you don't have to unlock the taskbar, you just left...

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How to Send Contact Information in Read-Only Format?

Question:-How I Can Send Contact Information in Read-Only Format?Answer:-Send Contact Information in Read-Only Format Sharing contact information is easy in Microsoft Office Outlook.1. Find the contact whose business card details you want to send.2. Right-click the business card, and then click Send as Business Card. Outlook opens an e-mail message with the card attached and also includes the card in the body of the message.3. Address the message and click Se...

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Posted in: MS Outlook 2007

How to Use 2003 to 2007 Presenter View

Question:-How I can use 2003 to 2007 Presenter View?Answer:- 2003 to 2007 Presenter ViewWould you like to have access to your slide notes during a presentation—without printing? Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 features a multiple-monitor view that can display your presentation on one monitor and your notes on another monitor. But your computer must have two video cards, a requirement that only professional presentation computers are likely to possess.With Presenter view in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you can use your notebook computer's dual monitor capability to display the presentation on an external monitor (like a projector) and display your notes, thumbnails of the upcoming slides, and a presentation timer on your local monitor.To enable Presenter view:1. On the Slide Show tab,...

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How to Return to the Last Edit in a Microsoft Office Word

Question:-How I Can Return to the Last Edit in a Microsoft Office Word Document?Answer:-Returning to the Last Edit in a Microsoft Office Word DocumentIf you want to return to where you last made a change in a Word document, press SHIFT+F5, and you will go straight back to the point of the last ed...

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How to fill a selected range with the same data

Question:-How I can fill a selected range with the same data?Answer:-Fill a selected range with the same data Need to enter the same data in a range of cells? Here’s how:1. Select a range of cells.2. Type in some data.3. Use the fill function in Microsoft Office Excel—press CTRL+ENTER, and the range selected will be filled with the same da...

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How to View Emails by conversation

Question:-How I can arrange E mails by Conversation?Answer:-Arrange Your E mails by conversationUsually, you see e-mail messages in the order in which they arrive. But if you need to read the background of a message, switch to Conversation view to see the rest of the thread.In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, click View, click Arrange By, and then click Conversation.In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, click View, and then click Arrange By Conversati...

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Meeting the Visual Strategist- Kyle McFarlin

It was a real treat to have the time to meet with Kyle McFarlin, the Visual Strategist, this weekend in Cleveland, OH. Having spoken a number of times on the phone and on Skype it is always great fun to finally meet Kyle in person. We had a chance to speak about the state of visual mapping and to catch up with one another. Kyle and I spoke about the upcoming visual mapping event on October 1, 2008 and how excited he is to be able to participate in it. The theme for the event is: Intelligent Visual Mapping: graphical information management, solving your real world problems. Join us for this wonderful event on: Wednesday,...

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Google Apps- New Features

I have been a big fan of Google Apps and with each passing day the suite of applications keeps getting better and better. Today Google added two new features which I thought would be of interested to you. Google Presents just added the ability to add Speaker Notes which is certainly a really nice feature. You can access the feature when editing a slide- simply click on the Speaker icon on the bottom right of the slide.This will open up a window where you can type your notes. With the release of this upgrade we will now have the ability to embed a YouTube video right within a Google Presentation. I'm sure this is going to be a big feature and...

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Posted in: Google,Google Apps,Google Presentation,Speaker Notes,YouTube

Adsense tips and tricks

Adsense tips and tricksMany webmasters have made very successful websites by using Google's Adsense and for some, it is now their sole job. When you are running a large site, a small change in the way that the Adsense code is placed on your site can make a substantial difference in your income.The best way to find out where to place your Adsense banner, what colour and what type of banner to use is to try different combinations. Though it does not harm if you start out with the methods that another webmaster find good.Never click your own Adsense BannerIf you can see the Adsense banner, it will work. Do not test if it, as Google is quite against this.Never explicitly encourage Adsense Banner clickingDo not ask friends or family to click your ads. Google not only dislikes it, but it can sometimes...

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Workshop IDS 11.50 (Lisbon 26-28 May)

As the title suggests this post refers to a workshop that will be held in Lisbon on May 26-28 about IDS 11.50 (Cheetah 2).As this will be a local Workshop the rest of the post will be in Portuguese. Information about other locations can be seen at the IIUG siteA IBM irá realizar um workshop para parceiros e clientes dedicado à versão 11.50 do IDS em Lisboa. Ao contrário de outras localizações, onde o workshop será de dois dias, Lisboa terá um evento de três dias, tendo como objectivo rever algumas das funcionalidades da versão 11.10 lançada o ano passado.O workshop servirá para transmitir o posicionamento do produto e as novas funcionalidades desta versão que se encontra nesta altura em fase open beta. Os participantes poderão experimentar o produto e as novas funcionalidades em ambientes...

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Folder types: Music, Pictures, Videos, Documents, etc

Windows Explorer has different looks for different folders depending on the type of files contained within them. The bar down the left hand side of the Explorer window will have different content - as shown below - and the files in the folder will be displayed in different ways.Sometimes Windows selects the wrong folder type, or you may wish to change the style of the folder for some other reason. To do this you can either select 'Customize this folder...' from the 'View' menu, or right-click on some space in the folder and select 'Customize this folder...' from the menu that opens - as in the following image.This will open up the 'Properties'...

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How to use 2003 to 2007 Tri-Pane Review

Question:-How I can use 2003 to 2007 Tri-Pane Review in Microsoft Office?Answer:-Use 2003 to 2007 Tri Pane ReviewIn Microsoft Office Word 2003, you can use the Compare Side-by-Side command to display two documents next to each other so that you can compare them. However, this is only a view and doesn't indicate actual changes to the document. The Compare and Merge command shows document changes but automatically merges the two together, regardless of whether or not you're ready.In Microsoft Office Word 2007, a side-by-side view is still available if you want it, but the Compare feature now offers a tri-pane review: the original document in one pane, the revised document in another pane, and a combined version of the document with changes marked in a third pane. The tri-pane view shows document...

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What are the Different Steps Through Formulas

Question:-How I can perform different steps while using formulas?Answer:- Perform different step through formulas When you're writing complex formulas, a slight difference in brackets, for example, can entirely change the result of the calculation of a formula. Microsoft Office Excel adheres to the standard order of precedence for calculations, with percentages, exponents, multiplication, and division performed in that order before finally calculating addition and subtraction. For example, 7+5*3 = 22, because the 5*3 is calculated first. (7+5)*3 = 36, because the parentheses force the addition to be completed first.If you're unsure how Excel is evaluating a formula:1. Click the cell, click the Formulas ribbon, and then click Evaluate Formula in the...

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Posted in: MS Excel

WriteOnline Demo

I received a comment today from Jim who has been beta testing WriteOnline and he was kind enough to send me a link meets Web 2.0 for to get a better idea of the features and capabilities of WriteOnline. As Tim said- WriteOnlineassistive technology. Crick Software as certainly raised the bar and has found a way to give students access to the tools and supports they need wherever they are as long as they are connected to the w...

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Posted in: Crick Software,Web 2.0,word processor,WriteOnline

[TIPS] webware 100 winners

The top ten sites in ten categories. See there here: http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/winners.html   Think you're pretty web savvy about which sites are hot and which are not? How many on this list did YOU know?   Get your Diigo or Delicious tags ready. You'll be bookmarking a LOT of these, I'll betc...

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Using AutoText in Word

If there are things that you find yourself typing regularly, there is a way of increasing your productivity. By using Word's AutoText feature you only have to start typing a few letters of your name or postal address before it offers an option to fill the rest of the text for you. Word comes with a number of entries already set up. If you start to type the word 'Cordially', you should notice a little box appear like the one pictured below. As it says, just press Enter and Word will insert the rest of the text.If this does not appear, you probably have AutoComplete switched off. To switch this on, and to see a list of all the existing AutoText...

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IT Marketing: Who Are the Decision Makers?

You have to know which decision makers you need to reach before you create a targeted IT marketing plan. How do you choose your decision makers?First of all, if you target by a specific industry with your IT marketing campaign, knowing how to identify the decision makers will be easier than without targeting at all. When you know your niche, you will be able to choose trade groups, find lists, find conferences to go to and figure out major problems of your prospects.So once you decide on your niche, how do you find a decision maker? What will the role and job title be for this type of person with your IT marketing efforts?IT Marketing: Two Likely ContactsIn most cases with small businesses, there will be two types of main contact people. There will be the person you want to reach that...

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Backing Up Your Data - Easy As USB

Why is it that simple steps often are overlooked? A great example is backing up all that data on your hardrive. From flash drives to external USB drives, backing up gigabytes of your most important files, digital photos, mp3 music, etc… has become easy and cost effective thanks to USB.Why USB?Because it's simple to connect and easy to drag and drop directories or files to the USB drive. When you're finished, just unplug the drive and keep it in a safe place. No more excuses NOT to backup your data.You just can't beat the price. From 1GB flash memory to 250GB of storage, prices can range from $20 - $250. A small investment that will pay dividends when you discover your PC hard drive just died.High speed connection. USB 2.0 data transfer speeds are blazing fast, as much as 450Mbps (mega bits...

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Posted in: Windows

Pop-Ups Something To Be Worried About

Pop-ups are the annoying ads and other things on the Internet that open on your monitor as you're surfing the web. Their main goal is to either get you to visit a certain website or to collect your name and email address for marketing purposes.These pop-ups are usually caused by something called Javascript, which is a simple programming language built into the web page you're visiting.Sometimes these pop-ups can be useful. It may ask you for your login information or something else to log you into the website, or it might give you more information on something without taking you away from the page you're looking at. Music sites, for example, often use a pop-up for their players. These reasons are all legitimate uses and are quite a bit more acceptable than some of the advertising pop-ups.The...

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Secure A Home Wireless Network - 10 Tips

Just as you secure your home by locking your doors and windows, you should also take precautions of securing your home wireless network. For the average home user this can be frustrating and confusing to say the least. To help make the process simple, the following 10 tips will help you with securing your home wireless network.Remember no network will be completely secure, but following the recommendations and providing multiple layers of security, will lessen the risk from someone breaking into your network. Some of the tips include technical terms. Always consult your wireless router vendor documentation or website support as needed. Before making any changes, backup the router configuration or write down all configured settings.All tips are for home use. If you are connecting to your Company...

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How to enter a fraction in a cell

Question :- How I can Enter a Fraction in a Cell Answer :- Enter a Fraction in a Cell Microsoft Office Excel can display, and take data entry as, fractions as well as decimal numbers. To enter a fraction, simply prefix it with a zero and a space. So to display the fraction one-third, type 0 1/3. This will display 1/3 but will have an underlying value of 0.33333...

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Posted in: MS Excel

How to set the Format for Pasting in Word 2007

Question :-How I can Set Pre-define the Format for Pasting in Word 2007 Answer :-Pre-define the Format for Pasting in Word 2007In a Microsoft Office Word 2003 document, each time you paste some text or an image, you can select the format (source formatting, destination formatting, or text only) by clicking the clipboard icon. In Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can still do this manually or, more conveniently, set the default paste formatting mode.Here’s how: Go to Advanced Options or click the Set Default Paste option when the clipboard icon appears, and then set your preferences. The pasted text and images will now be formatted automatically according to your settin...

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Posted in: MS Word

John Crick's Comment about WriteOnline

It was a real surprise this morning to wake up to a comment on my blog from John Crick, the CEO of Crick Software whom I have known for quite sometime who commented on WriteOnline. You can read my original post about WriteOnline by clicking here. I thought that it was important for everyone to see his comment in a post rather than have it buried in a Comment. So here it is. And John thanks for taking the time to write a comment."Brian is the first person in the US to write anything about WriteOnline! We are currently in beta with the UK version and we have orders from hundreds of UK schools and a number of whole districts. We've just gone live...

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Posted in: clicker 5,Crick Software,John Crick,WriteOnline

Pulse Smartpen Update

Many of my readers have asked me to post some of the audio recordings from my Pulse Smartpen and I just wanted to let you know that it is in the works. I hope to be to do this by the end of the week. I had the opportunity to use the Pulse Smartpen last week in a large lecture hall and the audio recording using the 3D recording headset was exceptional.The quality is surreal! I hope to be able to share the page and audio very so...

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Posted in: livescribe,pulse digital pen,smartpen