Archive for the ‘Computer Advice’ Category
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
This time of year, many people are beginning to develop their budgets so I thought an Excel Quick Tip might be useful. Getting your spreadsheet to "look right" and also print correctly is often the most difficult part of using Excel. Here is a tip to help you ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
In September of last year, I recommended using a Firefox add-on, Addictive Typing Lessons, to help you learn to "touch type" or to build up you typing skills. You can check out my previous blog article, "Time To Learn To Type", for several free on-line typing tutorials.
The only problem ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Some of us more "life experienced" folks have trouble reading small print without reading glasses. I can't help you if you are reading a document, book or newspaper but I can hook you up if you need to read from a computer monitor. If you find that the ...
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Computers are wonderful tools . . . when they work correctly. The trick is keeping them running correctly despite the legions of hackers and electronic gremlins that can conspire to slow or even stop your computer. In order to save yourself the time, frustration and repair costs of ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
So you're finally going to break down and buy a new computer for the family - maybe one of those new, dual core hot rods. If you have never bought a new PC before, you may be in for a surprise when you boot it up the first time. ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
I have written about various "add-ins" in the past. They are small programs that "add-in" features to programs like the Firefox browser, Excel, Word or others.
If you have made the move to Office 2007, I have a great little add-in that gives you the ability to save your Office ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Every cop knows that he has to stay current with the vernacular of the street. Most of us are pretty good with the various street drug names but how well versed are you on electronic lingo? Oh sure, you probably can identify lol (laugh out loud) or c ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Why won't you listen to me on this? Just quit using Internet Explorer - download Firefox and start getting the most out of your internet experience with add-ons. I told you about Foxmarks in yesterday's article but if being able to synchronize your bookmarks didn't convince you ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
People ask me for computer buying advice all the time. Things like "Where should I buy a computer?" or "How much RAM do I really need?." Regardless of the initial question they ask, I always try to work in my number one computer-related recommendation - back up, back ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files.
Rename Master is a utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks. It will easily add, remove, or replace parts of the ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
If you spend much time surfing the web, you probably have learned to bookmark the websites that interest you so you don't have to hunt them down a second time. Unfortunately, after a period of time your Favorites and Bookmarks lists can become bloated with duplicate links or useless ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
At the academy, we use an "electronic grade-book" which is really nothing more than a spreadsheet. Like most agencies, we also use a spreadsheet to develop our budget. When a spreadsheet is used for these purposes, normally more than one staff member is given editing privileges for the ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
If you tend to repeatedly use use the same phrases of text or graphics, you have probably used figured out that the AutoText feature in Word can be a real time saver. Word 2007 takes the same concept a step further with a graphical gallery that is a lot ...
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007
So you think you know your way around the web? Do you spend most of your spare time surfing the deepest corners of the web? Well then you should be able to answer the following question without much effort.
What do folksonomy, blogosphere, netiquette, blook, webinar, vlog, social networking, ...
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