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  Wednesday, June 30, 2010 – Permalink –

CSS Menus

For the coder

Alan Gresley from Australia has an interesting site that includes the CSS code to create menus. One of the styles is caled "Sons of Ursidae Menus".
CSS-Class.com



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  Tuesday, June 29, 2010 – Permalink –

Add-in Tools

And other stuff

A collection of add-ins and explanations. Some free, some for sale.


Books and Add-ins




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  Monday, June 28, 2010 – Permalink –

Thai Recipes

Videos

How to cook Thai dishes with videos and ingredients.

ThaiFoodTonight.com




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  Sunday, June 27, 2010 – Permalink –

Color in Access

Not dull

You can now use more than 16 colors in your datasheets.
You can pick any colors you want for gridlines, background and alternate background.
New themes and more color control in 2007+.
MSDN.com




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  Saturday, June 26, 2010 – Permalink –

Language Formatting

Spell Check

When you use another language in your document, the spell checker will find errors in the text.
To avoid that, format the words with a language style.

TechRepublic.com



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  Friday, June 25, 2010 – Permalink –

Memory Diagnostic

Test download

"The Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard. Windows Memory Diagnostic is designed to be easy and fast. On most configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation, run the test and complete the first test pass in less than 30 minutes."
OCA.Microsoft.com




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  Thursday, June 24, 2010 – Permalink –

Excel to PPT

And Access

This example shows how to place the VBA code in PowerPoint, retrieve data from Excel and or Access and display it in a PowerPoint table.
PPTFAQ.com




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  Wednesday, June 23, 2010 – Permalink –

Link Live Accounts

Live mail

One of the best feature that is available in Live Mail but not in Yahoo or Gmail is to link all your Live accounts into one.
LyteByte.com






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  Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – Permalink –

YouTube Time Link

To the second

You can link directly to a specific time in a YouTube video. All you have to do is add a #t= anchor to the end of the URL that indicates the time position in minutes and seconds.

Here are the instructions:

Cadenhead.org




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  Monday, June 21, 2010 – Permalink –

More Tips

How tos

A list of tips for Excel.

AHInc.com




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  Sunday, June 20, 2010 – Permalink –

World Wide Web Cams

Peek around the planet

Links to over 500 free webcam.
Opentopia.com


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  Saturday, June 19, 2010 – Permalink –

Add a Switchboard

Simplify access

A How to YouTube.





TechRepublic.com




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  Friday, June 18, 2010 – Permalink –

Template Blog

Office apps

An up-to-date template blog for Office templates.

Blogs.Office.com




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  Thursday, June 17, 2010 – Permalink –

Cut the Shortcut Arrow

Clean icons

If little things bother you, try this suggestion to remove the arrow that appears on shortcut icons.

HowToGeek.com




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  Wednesday, June 16, 2010 – Permalink –

YouTube on a Slide

Good trick

YouTube is a treasure chest of material. This link shows how to add a YouTube video to your PowerPoint presentation.

JakeLudington.com




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  Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – Permalink –

Storage Option

Alternate method

Sent mail can be stored with original message.

TechRepublic.com




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  Monday, June 14, 2010 – Permalink –

Animated Signs

Move it

A free collection of animated GIFs.



AnimationLibrary.com




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  Sunday, June 13, 2010 – Permalink –

Code Copy

Excel to Word

You can select, copy, and paste to put Excel data into a Word document, but this piece of VBA automates to process.


VBAExpress.com




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  Saturday, June 12, 2010 – Permalink –

Tag a Collection

Basic naming and tagging protocol

Here are some suggestions about indexing a collection. In this case pictures on Flickr.

Deciding on classifications and inputting the tags is the hard part. Once all of the tags are in place your collection is searchable, and you can make sets based on any of the criteria used.


EvilMadScientist.com




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  Friday, June 11, 2010 – Permalink –

Drag Query to Word

Drop in

Rather than duplicate the effort, an Access query can be dragged into a Word document.
TechRepublic.com




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  Thursday, June 10, 2010 – Permalink –

Quick Parts

Reusable

Word 2007+ uses the term Quick Parts for Building Blocks.
You can use any kind of content, including pictures, tables, document properties, hyperlinks, and more to create a building block.

Blogs.MSDN.com




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  Wednesday, June 09, 2010 – Permalink –

Hidden Tricks Uncovered

Vista - W7

Here are some adjustments you can make to Vista. Most of them also work with Windows 7.

TechRepublic.com




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  Tuesday, June 08, 2010 – Permalink –

AutoShapes to Pictures

Convert


You can, sometimes, do more with AutoShapes if you change them into Pictures.
Scaling and formatting choices are different with pictures.
EllenFinklstein.com




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  Monday, June 07, 2010 – Permalink –

Exclude Words

Not every one

Outlook 2007+ uses Word as a Spell Checker. Here’s how to omit certain words from the process. One reason might be to exclude words that are spelled correctly, but are really typos. One example might be Public and Pubic.

WindowsITPro.com




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  Sunday, June 06, 2010 – Permalink –

Short History of the Internet

8 minutes






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  Saturday, June 05, 2010 – Permalink –

Custom Functions

Write your own

Excel allows you to create your own functions. If =SUM() is not enough for you, look at this link:

Custom Functions - User Defined Functions




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  Friday, June 04, 2010 – Permalink –

Healthy Computing

10 tips

Neck hurt? Wrists ache? Back pain?
Here are some suggestions.

Blogs.MSDN.com




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  Thursday, June 03, 2010 – Permalink –

Access FAQ

What's to know

Some interesting questions answered. Links are included for more detail.

AccessJunkie.Com




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  Wednesday, June 02, 2010 – Permalink –

Make Templates

How to

These links tell what you need to know to create templates for your own or organizational use.
Templates Guidelines
Office.Microsoft.com



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  Tuesday, June 01, 2010 – Permalink –

Memory Check

What is going on?

"RAMMap is a memory analyzer, a lightweight tool that gives you a very detailed look at exactly what is your system’s memory is up to right now. It presents its report in a tabbed dialog box whose opening page is a colorful, well-organized bar graph."
EdBott.com




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