Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category
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 25th, 2005
You may have heard that the government's food pyramid has changed. The new pyramid is really great because it is individualized based on your age, sex and physical activity. When I put in my information, I was permitted to eat up to 2400 calories per day including 6.5 ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2005
The Old Car Manual Project is a compilation of classic car manuals. The scanned pages are clear and easy to read. Plus, you can zoom in for more detail. You?ll also want to check out the brochures. Some of them date to the 1930s. And it?s fascinating to ...
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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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Sunday, April 3rd, 2005
You did it again, didn't you? Tax time is a few days away and you still haven't gotten around to doing your taxes. However, this year, since you are an internet geek, you can get all the help that you need.
The IRS maintains "The" tax related website. ...
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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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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
If you design a good PowerPoint slide presentation, using a your agency badge or patch, you can save it as a template for future use. Fonts, graphics, images, and backgrounds can all be saved in one neat package that you can reuse over again when you create new presentations. ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2005
One of the things that will shorten the life of your computer is excessive heat build up. When the inside components of your computer become coated with dust, it acts as a layer of insulation and increases the inside temperature. The following link provides an excellent explanation of ...
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Saturday, March 12th, 2005
We have all tried to do a Google search and ended up with hits listing millions of pages. Then we try to refine the search and we get nothing. Well here are a couple of hints to help with the search.
Google will ignore common words, single letters and ...
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