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Multi-Tab Startup for Internet Explorer
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Create Icons to Open and Close Your CD Rom Drive
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Here is a short tutorial on how you can eject or close your CD ROM using desktop shortcuts. Opening or closing the CD tray using these shortcuts can help you out if you have a faulty eject button on your CD ROM drive. You will never need to open windows explorer and right-click the CD ROM drive and then press eject. These two shortcuts will make your tasks
How To Email Your Favorites To Others In Internet Explorer
Thursday, August 26th, 2010You’ve just found out that your buddy has discovered digital photography, the same hobby you’re passionate about. You have amassed a large collection of websites and would like to share the links. Here’s an easy way to email your Favorites files.
From the File menu, select Import and Export.
The Import/Export Settings dialog
Keep The Taskbar Behind For The True Full Screen Effect
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Thomas J. says:
Sometimes when I’m browsing the internet, I like to do it in full screen mode. That’s great, but is there some way to get rid of the taskbar so that it can be completely full screen?
Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Say you’re having a problem with your PC and no matter what you do you can’t seem to get the point across to tech support as to what exactly is happening. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an all-encompassing screen capture/problem recorder you could use?
Wait. There is! It’s called the Problem Steps Recorder and it comes with Windows 7!
The Problem Steps Recorder was… Continue reading
Add Pictures to the Open Office gallery
Monday, August 9th, 2010Previously we discussed the Gallery, the place where where OpenOffice keeps it’s pictures. Today we’re going to look at how to add your own collection to the Gallery.
After all, it’s much easier to grab a picture from the Gallery then it is to repeatedly use the Insert menu, Picture, From File over and over again. I have no desire to keep locating the pictures each time… Continue reading
Why does Outlook Synchronize Folders?
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Ben from Columbus asks:
Why does Microsoft constantly synchronize folders in Outlook?
You may one day be in Outlook working away when all of a sudden a two envelope icon appears on your taskbar. When you put your mouse over it, it will say something along the lines of “Outlook is synchronizing
Finding Templates At Openoffice.org
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Many of us love to use templates when we work.
I mean, what could be better than opening a file and having the setup right there ready to go?
So the first question you may ask with OpenOffice is, where in the program do I access them?
Good first question, and
OpenOffice: Help With A Bit More Contrast
Monday, July 26th, 2010OpenOffice: Help With A Bit More Contrast
Previously we took a look at the OpenOffice Help Agent and what he could do to make our days a bit easier.
One of the great things it does is to take us directly to the program’s help window and show
Disable User Logon In Windows XP
Monday, July 26th, 2010Tired of logging into your Windows XP computer? Wish there was an easy way to turn this off? Don’t do anything rash until you’ve read this super-helpful article. It’s far easier than you think! Continue reading
Open Office Help Agent
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010So, have you seen this pop up from the corner of your eye yet?
That’s your friendly neighborhood Help Agent, compliments of the people at OpenOffice.org.
He’s a crafty little guy whose only purpose in life is to help you out – specifically, he’ll appear when he thinks that you’re completing a task where you may need some assistance.… Continue reading
Secure Your Wireless Network
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Many would like to have a secured network, however most have no inclination as to how they would accomplish such a goal. What they may not be aware of, is that there is two major layers of security to a network that protect computers against attacks. Each individual layer adds additional protection to stop people from gaining access to your network. More importantly, it prevents them from having access to… Continue reading
Open Office: Switching From One to Another
Monday, July 12th, 2010Here’s a handy little trick I stumbled across during my OpenOffice explorations…
When you use the OpenOffice icon to start the programs, you get the main screen where you choose which type of file to work with.
But what if you’re already working on a file in Writer, but also want to start a new Impress file?… Continue reading
Turn Off Windows Aero for Performance
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Windows 7 is certainly pretty, and Aero makes those open desktop windows look even better. But all that pretty takes up computing resources.
If you’ve installed Windows 7 on an older machine, or if you just want your computer to run more efficiently, there are two ways that you can reduce your graphics features. If you combine these methods, you can free up your graphics card to… Continue reading
Enable Your Guest Account in Windows 7
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Carl from Columbus asks:
I had a guest account set up in Windows XP. Is there any way to do this in Windows 7?
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A:
Good question, Carl! Are you expecting any house guests this summer? Well, what if they want to use your computer and you’re a little paranoid of any… Continue reading
Open Office: Make a Custom Toolbar
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010The other day we looked at a few quick ways to alter the toolbars found in the OpenOffice Suite of programs.
Well today I’d like to take that a bit further… all the way to creating a custom toolbar that contains any combination of commands of your choosing.
If you’ve ever wondered why the programmers didn’t just put a button on your toolbar… Continue reading
Alphabetize Your Favorites
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Donna, from California, asks:
I would like to alphabetize my Favorites. Is there a way to do that?
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A:
Yes, there is, it’s really
What’s included with Open Office
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Since we regularly discuss OpenOffice and why you might want to use it, today I thought that it might be a good idea to go over what comes with your free OpenOffice download.
Once you’ve run the setup wizard and launched OpenOffice, you should bump into this:
From this
All About Open Office
Monday, June 28th, 2010Well, with this being the first day of our OpenOffice Tips (found right here every Tuesday and Thursday) I figured that it was a good idea to go over the most important basics about the OpenOffice Suite.
First, the word “Suite” should clue you in that it’s
Windows 7 Action Center
Monday, May 10th, 2010The Windows 7 Action Center is responsible for letting you know what’s going on behind the scenes, but it can get a little invasive at times. I mean, how much work is one expected to get done if there are little windows constantly popping up in the corner to let you know about various security and maintenance happenings?
So let’s turn ‘em
Windows 7 Calculator Extras
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Yeah, you read that right – turns out that the Windows 7 calculator has done a lot of growing up and now carries a host of features aside from the usual “add, subtract, multiply, etc.” we’re used to.
So type CALC into your Windows 7 Search Bar (located above the Start Menu) and hit Enter to bring it up.
Favorites Menu in Windows XP
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Q:
Is there any way to include my favorites on my Windows XP Start menu?
A:
I don’t know about you, but I have about a billion favorites and go to my list quite frequently. To do this, I very obviously open my browser (Internet Explorer) and go from there.
I forgot that there is another quicker way to get your favorites without even opening your browser.… Continue reading
Number your Lines in MS Word
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Sometimes it’s just a good plan to have the lines of your Word documents numbered.
They could come in handy if you’re trying to communicate with someone about specific portions of the document or maybe they would be useful for your own editing notes.
Whatever the reason, sometimes it’s just a good idea to have them and that makes it an even better idea… Continue reading
Drag and Drop to Open in Windows 7
Monday, April 5th, 2010Sometimes you might want to open a file with a specific program, but you don’t necessarily want it to open with that program every time. So what do you do?
Follow me, Windows 7′ers!
Just Right-Click on the program you’d like to use for limited file viewing (Notepad, in my case) and choose “Pin to Taskbar”.
