Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category
Saturday, August 13th, 2005
Word has a lot of great features but there are a few that cause you to just pause and ask, "Why?". For instance, when you copy and paste something, Word displays the Paste Options button. This gives you the option of changing the formatting. I don't want to change ...
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Monday, August 8th, 2005
ASAP Utilities is probably one of the world's most popular FREE add-ins for MS Excel 97/2000/2002/XP/2003. ASAP Utilities contains over 300 useful and powerful utilities to fill the gaps in Excel, and automate frequently used tasks. This free program is guaranteed to save you many hours of time!
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Sunday, August 7th, 2005
Is it a nuisance to have Word automatically assume that you want "bullets" or numbers? If you know how to create bullets/numbers when you need them, you can permanently turn off the automatic feature.
Turning off bullets and numbering is easy. Use the Tools/AutoCorrect Options in Word 2002 or ...
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
I know you will only use this site responsibly and not waste time at work playing video games...right? Miniclip has over 100 games that you can either play on-line or download to your own computer. If you are a nostalgic gamer, try Flashman (Pac Man) and see if ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2005
MarineParents.com is uniting parents whose children are deployed in Iraq. The site is a gathering place mainly for mothers of Marines.
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MarineParents.com
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Saturday, July 30th, 2005
Want your children to have the best education possible? Here is a website that you can use to evaluate your local schools. The Standard & Poor's School Matters site is a great resource.
Search the site by school, district or city and then sort the results by reading, math ...
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2005
The Identity Theft Resource Center is a nonprofit, nationally respected program dedicated exclusively to identity theft It provides consumer and victim support and advises governmental agencies, legislators and companies about this evolving and growing crime.
Identity theft is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of information such as ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
Want to save some money on your next on-line purchase? There are a bunch of web sites that list promotional codes to use when shopping online. You can find codes by category or by the online retailer's website name. Although there are sometimes more than one code is listed for ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2005
NewsVoyager.com is the ultimate "newspaper portal," a comprehensive gateway to newspaper websites around the world. Newspapers are the leading providers of local information online, including news, classifieds, arts and entertainment guides, community information, sports, shopping and much more. If you need information about a local community, newspaper online services are ...
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Friday, July 15th, 2005
This is a fantastic site that features literally hundreds of historic speeches. These speeches are like a walk through American history. I took the opportunity to listen to King's entire "I Have a Dream Speech" for the first time. The best place to start is to take a look ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2005
Criminal justice personnel spend a great amount of time, energy and resources trying to locate wanted persons or doing background investigations. Oftentimes we would have better success by working "smart" instead of working "hard". Why not save your shoe leather and begin your search using the internet.
First, try ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2005
The Federal Trade Commission manages the Consumer Sentinel that provides a wealth of information on frauds and identity theft. The site includes statistics and tips to protect yourself from identity theft and other on-line scams.
If you fall victim to fraud or identity theft, you can file a complaint on ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
Are you or your spouse an "over packer" - a person who packs a weeks worth of clothes for an overnight trip? Well check out this site for help. It gives you a list of what to bring for a two week trip. It even provides both a ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
If you are tire of paying the high costs for Microsoft Office, it may be time to look into the Open Office suite. Open Office is an open source project which means it it FREE. It is compatible with Microsoft Office files (it can read and write them). ...
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