Have you ever been working in MS PowerPoint and wish you could select more than one of the slides at a time? Maybe you have several slides for which you’re going to set the slide transition the same? Wouldn’t it be nice to set these things all at once instead of over and over again, one slide at a time?
Of course it would, who wouldn’t want to save the… Continue reading
Paste Options?
You just completed a copy / paste in MS Word XP and you happen to notice this little button appear at the end of you pasted text.
What’s that you ask? Hmmm…
Good question.
And here’s a good answer.
The little button offers you the Paste Options.
(Now I know a few of you just had the Paste Special thing pop into your mind, but just keep… Continue reading
Next Text Please
Ever find yourself frustrated while working in MS PowerPoint as you jump back and forth between the keyboard and the mouse to move from text box to text box?
Let me clarify… you’re working on a slide with a couple of text boxes and a title box and you’re tired of jumping between the mouse and the keyboard every time you want to move to the next… Continue reading
ME & XP Screen Saver Fun
So, while we’re in the Display Properties window, let’s mess around with your boring screen saver!
Just select the Screen Saver tab from the Display Properties window (you can obtain this by right-clicking on your desktop and selecting Properties ).
From there, you can select a screen saver and configure it exactly how you want it.
One of my favorites is the “My… Continue reading
Cut vs. Copy in MS Excel
So we all know the difference between a cut / paste and a copy / paste.
I mean, it’s pretty obvious, one actually moves the cell contents and the other makes a duplicates.
But, did you know that there’s a difference in the way each of them treats formulas with relative cell references?
(Relative Cell References are formula references to other cells based on… Continue reading
Q:
I love the new monthly wallpaper, but what if I want to change it?
A:
Just right-click an area on your desktop and choose “Properties“. Select “Desktop” and you’ll find a list of images to use for wallpaper. Click the background you want from the list and it will appear in the preview screen. You can choose to Center, Tile, or Stretch the image to fit the… Continue reading
The Word Font Window On Demand
OK, so when working in MS Word we all know about the usual toolbar buttons and lists that allow us quick access to things like font type, size, bold, Italics, underline, color, etc.
But did you know that there are even more aspects of your fonts that can be manipulated?
There are things like character spacing and text effects to be explored along with… Continue reading
I got a question the other day from a reader wanting to know what the difference between a worm and a virus. So, without further adieu, here we go!
Viruses are self-replicating programs that embed themselves into other programs, or even the operating system , and use the host to carry out its function. Unless it attaches itself to an email, a virus… Continue reading
Changing Directions
Have you ever wished that you could change the direction of text? I mean literally have it read in another direction.
Maybe you want to change the look of the documents or maybe you need to maximize the space you have to work with in the horizontal direction. (Change direction, get more space… If only that would work in my living room. Change the direction of the couch… Continue reading
Have you ever been playing a game and it seems like your computer is having a hard time reading the CD? You can hear it speed up, slow down, speed up… you know what I mean.
This can be caused by several different problems.
First off, if it only does it with one CD, you may want to check
