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Friday, June 3rd, 2005
Google supports several advanced operators, which are query words that have special meaning to Google. Typically these operators modify the search in some way, or even tell Google to do a totally different type of search. For instance, "link:" is a special operator, and the query [link:www.google.com] doesn't do a ...
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Friday, June 3rd, 2005
Any good backup solution should have three key properties: it should be used regularly, it should be reliable, and it should make recovery easy. Check out this article for the full story on developing an effective backup strategy.
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Best Backup Practices
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Sunday, May 29th, 2005
This is a really nice feature to add to your "right click" short menu. Remember, messing with your registry requires extreme care. Back up the registry before you make the change. If you don't know what a registry is, don't try this at home (or at work).
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Clicking and dragging the Select Objects pointer in a big rectangle over your slide selects everything within that area. But you can accomplish the same task by pressing [Ctrl]A ([command]A in v. X). This trick works not only for selecting everything on a slide in the Slides tab in ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
Security researchers warn that a one-letter typo in Google's domain name could lead to a massive virus- and spyware-infection attack.
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Google Spelling Error
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
For those who don't know, the menu bar is at the top of the window. It includes the words File, Edit, View and so on. Each of these includes a long list of items, some of which have submenus.
You can create a custom list, which would include only those items ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2005
You can change the background color or fill for multiple slides at once using the Slide Sorter. Simpley switch to Slide Sorter View and hold down [Ctrl] ([Shift] in PowerPoint 97 and 2001) as you click on each slide you wish to modify. Then, choose Format |Background to open the ...
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Monday, April 18th, 2005
Versions 97/2000/2002/2003
If you use a scrollwheel mouse, you automatically have additional ways of navigating through your slides on a Windows system. If you scroll the center mouse wheel up or down while you're in Normal view, you can move through all of your slides sequentially.
To zoom in on a certain ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
By now you probably know that I am big on keyboard shortcuts. Here are some ways to delete rows and columns in Excel without having to use the menus. This works for Excel 97 and later.
To select a row or column, click on the grey box at the far ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2005
When you import a graphic from the web or your own stash of pics, many of the images have a white or colored background around it on your slide. To get rid of the image background, insert the picture on your slide, select it, and then click the Set Transparent ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2005
Sometimes you may not want a header to appear on the first page of a Word document. For example, the title page of a report should not have a page number. In addition, you may want to place a different header on a page. You can use ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
1. The Mac...It Just Works
2. It Doesn?t Crash
3. It?s a Digital Jukebox
4. Delivers The Promise Of Digital Photography
5. Best Solution, In Fact, For All Things Digital
6. Built To Go Everywhere ? Because That?s Where You?ll Want It
7. The Internet Is Integrated
8. Office is Office and then Some
9. It Works Effortlessly ...
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Friday, March 25th, 2005
Many folks don't seem to realize the importance of selecting a secure password. Instead they use passwords that are easy for them to remembers like a birthdate, the name of a pet or child or some other personal data. Unfortunately, this also makes it easy for someone else ...
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Thursday, March 24th, 2005
Here is a convenient tip for those of you who are using a flash memory usb drive (jump, thumb etc.). When you install the drive (plug it in) Windows XP assigns it a drives letter. Here's how to reassign drive letters:
1. Right-click My Computer.
2. Choose Manage.
3. Click Disk ...
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