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Ask-Leo.com

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Search Google

Top 10

Tip #1 Fine-Tune Your Query with More Keywords
Tip #2 Search for Either One Word or Another
Tip #3 Include Stop Words
Tip #4 Exclude Irrelevant Words
Tip #5 Search for Similar Words
Tip #6 Search for Similar Pages
Tip #7 Search for exact Phrase
Tip #8 Use Google's Advanced Search Page
Tip #9 Search within Your Search Results
Tip #10 Search Google's Other Sites

Informit.com



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Is it Christmas Yet?

Ideas to consider

All right, when this was posted, November was just put to bed. Still if you are going to do something for the holidays, you might want to start now.

37signals.com has a good selection of suggestions, tutorials, and links the will help you decorate your site. Elves are extra.

37signals is here to help. In these pages you'll find dozens of ideas for improving the holiday customer experience at your site. Each idea is accompanied by examples taken from top retail sites (we've visited hundreds of sites over the past two holiday seasons seeking smart techniques).

Is your Site Ready?



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Spreadsheets for Schools

Classroom samples

"The purpose of LT Technologies, Inc. is to link technology with teaching in order to maximize student achievement in the classroom."

Spreadsheets



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Picture Contols

How to

Pictures can add interest and understanding to Forms and Reports.
This article covers the pertinent details you'll need to know.

Use images in your Access forms, reports, and controls



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Long Bar

So far to go

Here's how to inset an overbar or macron, Ā, in Word.

Overbar



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Cap on

A note

Here's how to have Windows notify you if the Cap Lock key is struck.
HowtoGeek.com



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PPT Blog

Neat site

Tony Ramos has a neat presentation, PowerPoint blog.
He recently featured this PPT clip:

It's Hard to Believe This is PowerPoint

TonyRamos.com



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Stuck Attachment

When it has to go through

What to do when attachments won't get through.
By David Gewirtz

OutlookPower



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Wireless Security Myths

How to

A bit techy, but it may come in handy

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN:
George Ou



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Free Stuff

Sound bites and more

This is a collection of historical material including Edward R Murrow’s response to Joseph McCarthy.

Edward R Murrow

FreeInfoSociety



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Sparklines 2013

Hail Tufte

New for Excel 2010-13





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Deletion Warning

Reinforce

After a while, the warning that a record will be deleted becomes routine.
Here’s the code to create your own notice:

1. Open the database, and click Macros under Objects.
2. Click New.
3. Right-click the macro title bar and select Conditions. (In Access 2002+, click the Conditions button in the Macro toolbar.)
4. Click in the first Conditions cell and enter the following:
   MsgBox("Do you really want to delete the record?"273,"Delete")<>1
5. Click in the Action cell and enter CancelEvent.
6. Click in the next Condition cell.
7. Enter an ellipsis (...).
8. Press [Tab].
9. Enter StopMacro.
10. Click in the next Action cell.
11. Enter Keystrokes.
12. Under Action Arguments, click in the Keystrokes box and click [Enter].
13. Close and save the macro as ConfirmDelete.
14. Open the form in design view, then right-click the form and select Properties.
15. On the Event tab, click in the On Delete property box and select ConfirmDelete

Create a new warning for Access record deletion



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Auto Backup

Beep, beep

Automatically creates backups on every save.


AutoHistory: Every time you save your document (and something has changed), a backup (of the history) is created.

AutoHistory



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Stop Logging In

Just stop

If you work in a secure environment, you can stop Windows from asking for your password.

Stop Asking



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Launch Apps on Slide Click

Simple VBA

". . . did you know that when you set a shape's action setting to launch a program, you can pass command line switches to that program?"

Launching Other Applications with Command Line Switches



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Direct Replies To

Someone else

Instructions about how to send out a message, but have the responses go to somebody else to answer.

HowtoGeek.com



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Head Blog

How to

Some instructions about how to make a header for a Blog or web page.
It talks about Photoshop, but other editors can do the same thing.

PaulStamatiou.com



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Short Menu Change

In context

Right clicking an object can display a shortcut menu.
Here are some instructions about how to write a macro that will edit that menu.

Right Click



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Typing Games

Keyboard action

Improve your typing speed. A geek video game.

CognitiveLabs.com



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Database Phobia

Fear of the unknown

What's a database? What's Access? What's what.
A basic description and explanation.
Access Basics



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Sources

Citations, Bibliographies, Equations, References

When putting together a research paper, one is expected to quote authorities.
Word can make it possible:

Final Paper Time



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Type Design

Basic ideas

Sketches explaining some basic issues in type design.



TypeWorkshop.com



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Crop in PowerPoint

Do it in house

"Sometimes, you want to crop around an image with a complex shape. Most people do this in Adobe Photoshop or another image-editing program, but you can do it in PowerPoint if you don't have or know another program"

Read more:
EllenFinkelstein.com



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Command Outlook

From the Run line

Create custom shortcuts as desktop icons or run line commands.
(updated through 2016)

HowtoOutlook



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Ticker Tracker

Free Code

Create your own tracker graphic. It updates automatically.



TickerFactory



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Conditional Formatting II

If, then

Jon Peltier offers a number of ways to format conditional charts.
PeltierTech.com



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Better Text

How we read

BookofJoe discusses a better way to read text on a computer screen.
A Better Way



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Certification

Get your paper

"Discover the only worldwide, performance-based certification program that validates the skills needed to get the most out of Microsoft Office and Windows Vista. Whether you want to stand out in the job market, improve your performance, or better prepare your students to enter the workforce, the Microsoft Certification program can help you attain the valuable expertise you need—and businesses rely on—to succeed."

Microsoft Certification



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Hidden Data

Secrets revealed

Ed Bott has a discussion on Metadata. That information, such as names and notes, which is hidden in Word documents.

MrBLaw



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