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  Monday, May 31, 2010 – Permalink –

Background Sound

All the way through

In some circumstances you may want music to play throughout the presentation.

Indezine.com




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  Sunday, May 30, 2010 – Permalink –

Lines Next to Response

Choose your mark

Don’t like those vertical lines next to an e mail response?

AskLeo.com




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  Saturday, May 29, 2010 – Permalink –

Blog Control

Scripts

Using CSS on Blogs is not difficult. Here is a site that shows how to do many things including using different background images for different times of day.
BloggerBuster.com





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  Friday, May 28, 2010 – Permalink –

Print Excel

Page Layout


"Anyone who has ever done any Excel troubleshooting knows that one of the areas that causes people the most problems is printing, because Excel spreadsheets are often not only too long for one page, but also too wide for one page and therefore, Excel inserts both horizontal and vertical pages breaks which can make your data print in all kinds of strange ways if you don't understand how it works."

Controlling Printer Output




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  Thursday, May 27, 2010 – Permalink –

Need a Doctor?

Look up site



”Celebrating its 14th Anniversary in 2010, the AIM DocFinder was the only online physician directory of its kind when it was launched in 1996. The DocFinder is still recognized for its easy to use search engine. DocFinder remains the only combined database of all licensing jurisdictions that has its direct source of data from and controlled by state licensing boards and remains free of charge to the public.”


DocBoard.org




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  Wednesday, May 26, 2010 – Permalink –

Auto Space Controls

Even it out


Access' automatic control spacing feature easily adjusts the horizontal or vertical distance between controls. Learn more in this tip.

TechRepublic.com




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  Tuesday, May 25, 2010 – Permalink –

Line Numbers

Count them all


  1. In Word, click Page Layout (File > Page Setup).

  2. Click Line Numbers.

  3. Choose Line Numbering Options.

  4. Click Line Numbering . . . .

  5. Put a check in the box labeled "Add line numbering."

  6. Set "Start at" to 1, "From text" to "Auto," and "Count by" to 1.

  7. Under "Numbering" select "Restart each page."

  8. Click OK.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Make sure you're looking at Print Layout.

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  Monday, May 24, 2010 – Permalink –

Edit Control Panel

Add items

”Have you ever wondered where the Display Settings icon or Network Connections folder went in the Control Panel’s Classic View? For that matter, why can’t you search for them using the start menu search? Because they are prohibited from loading in the registry - that’s why.”

HowToGeek.com




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  Sunday, May 23, 2010 – Permalink –

PPT Photo Album

Tutorial


Joyce Cox and Joan Preppernau teach how to use PowerPoint to create a photo album.
In this article:

Step 1 – start a photo album
Step 2 – insert pictures
Step 3 – create the album layout
Step 4 – create titles and subtitles
Step 5 – format pictures
Step 6 – edit the photo album

Create a photo album in PowerPoint 2007 in 6 steps



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  Saturday, May 22, 2010 – Permalink –

Increase DLs

More bits

This is a registry hack that controls the number of downloads you can have at one time.

HowToGeek.com


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  Friday, May 21, 2010 – Permalink –

Mail a Range

Combine Excel and Outlook

"The subs will send a newly created workbook with just the visible cells in the selection or range.
The cells will be PasteSpecial as values in the workbook you send.
It is saves the workbook before mailing it with a date/time stamp.
After the file is sent, the workbook will be deleted from your hard disk."
RondeBruin.nl


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  Thursday, May 20, 2010 – Permalink –

How to Lace Shoes

A trillion

Forget about Velcro. Here are 33 illustrated ways to lace your shoes.

Fieggen.com/Shoelace




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  Wednesday, May 19, 2010 – Permalink –

Change Splash

Make it your own

A splash screen appears when you start Access. Here is how to customize what is displayed.

Adding Splash




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  Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – Permalink –

Barcodes in Word

Print your own


Printing bar codes in Microsoft Word documents.

Barcodes

CIAX.Com




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  Monday, May 17, 2010 – Permalink –

Live Messenger Help

Information

Need help with Windows Live Messenger? Try here:

IMzers.com





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  Sunday, May 16, 2010 – Permalink –

Time to Dump PowerPoint?

Presentation questions


"One of the findings mentioned in the article: it is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you both verbally and in written form at the same time."

PresentationZen.com




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  Saturday, May 15, 2010 – Permalink –

Hold Back the Mail

Timing is everything

Outlook allows you to choose when your mail is sent. For instance, set up a birthday greeting ahead of time so you will not forget it.
Office-Watch.com




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  Friday, May 14, 2010 – Permalink –

CSS Templates

Free samples and suggestions


"Solucija offers a selection of some of the most popular web templates available today. Whether you're looking for a free web template, premium one, or an inspiration - you'll find it here. All our templates are hand coded, standards compliant and can be easily used as a standalone templates or in combination with CMS to create a fully dynamic site."

Solucija.com




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  Thursday, May 13, 2010 – Permalink –

Spreadsheets in Education

Samples and papers


"SIE is an electronic journal devoted to the publication of quality refereed articles concerned with studies of the role that spreadsheets can play in education. Our aim is to provide a focus for advances in our understanding of the role that spreadsheets can play in constructivist educational contexts.

Spreadsheets in Education (eJSiE) is a free facility for authors to publish suitable, peer reviewed articles and for anyone to view and download articles."


SIE.Bond.Edu.AU




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  Wednesday, May 12, 2010 – Permalink –

Sgt Pepper

If you're old enough

The Oxford Dictionary presents an interactive version of the cover.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography


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  Tuesday, May 11, 2010 – Permalink –

Package Up Runtime

Runtime solutions

"The Package Solution Wizard provides a simple way to bundle and deploy Office Access 2007 database applications. The wizard guides you through the steps that are required to bundle stand-alone Access 2007 applications into deployment packages. You can use the Package Solution Wizard to include the Access 2007 Runtime in your packages and to create shortcuts that start the appropriate Access file. The output of the Package Solution Wizard is a Windows Installer (.msi) Setup file that guides users through the installation of your Access application."

Msdn2.Microsoft.com




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  Monday, May 10, 2010 – Permalink –

Autofit Tables

Fit to page

Select the table and right-click.
Scroll to Autofit and then select AutoFit to Window.

Word will automatically adjust the table width to any margin or page orientation changes.
Here are some more table fit suggestions:
TechRepublic.com



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  Sunday, May 09, 2010 – Permalink –

Resize Alt-Tab

Registry hack

Here are the instructions about how to size the thumbnails in Vista/Win7 to fit your screens resolution.

CybernetNews.com




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  Saturday, May 08, 2010 – Permalink –

Office 2010 is Loose

It’s been loosed on the world

More news about the latest version.

Office-Watch.com


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  Friday, May 07, 2010 – Permalink –

Who's to Blame?

The hammer or the carpenter?

Farhad Manjoo places the blame where it belongs, the show's producer, not the software.

No More Bullet Points




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  Thursday, May 06, 2010 – Permalink –

Excel to Outlook

Concatenate Excel Outlook

A common task is to bring a contact list into Outlook from Excel. Ususlly Excel will have names separated into columns. Other information, such as addresses may also be divided.
Here’s how to format the Excel file for a seamless import.

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  Wednesday, May 05, 2010 – Permalink –

Ribbon Guide

FluidUserInterface


”These interactive guides show you where your favorite menu and toolbar commands are located in Office 2010. Just click the command or button that you want to find and the guide will show you its location in the 2010 version of the program.”
Office2010.Microsoft.com




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  Tuesday, May 04, 2010 – Permalink –

Versionista

Web monitor


Versionista monitors web sites and alerts you by email of any changes. It also displays the changes visually on the page.
Here's one mention from the news:

Rachel Maddow

Versionista.com




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  Monday, May 03, 2010 – Permalink –

Window Split

Easy trick

Here's how to split the open window and/or create new windows.

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  Sunday, May 02, 2010 – Permalink –

Office 2010

Preview review


Ed Bott has been writing about Office since 1996. Here is his take on the latest version.
EdBott

Office 2010: Product Guides




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  Saturday, May 01, 2010 – Permalink –

Runtime is Free

No need for Access


"If no end-user customization is required (including report modifications), you may choose to distribute those Access 2007 solutions so that they run without requiring a full installation of Access 2007."

MSDN.Microsoft.com




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