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USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update.BASIC COMPUTING
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Basic Computing, Blog, Office Apps, Tips, Word. Documents consist of words. They also consist of spaces and it is the spaces that make our words readable. Because of that, it’s worth paying attention to how you use spacing in all your documents. There are all sorts of BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder DATABASICS IV: STREAMLINING DATA ENTRY Table 1. The Members table structure (* the asterisk denotes a key field). Note: This table structure was created for Australian use. Increase the size of the PostalCode field if you live in the US or another country which uses more than four characters for postal/zip codes, or if your membership table needs to accommodate members from more than one country. FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case WINDOWS XP CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS Step-by-step: Roll your own Control Panel. 1. It’s easy to create a Control Panel which contains only your most frequently used applets. Start by right-clicking the Start button and choosing Open. This opens the \Documents and Settings\ username \Start Menu folder (where username is your Windows logon name). 2.EMAILING PHOTOS
Method 1: Load up your email program, create a new message, attach the photos and then send the message with the photos as attachments. Method 2: Use the photo emailing tools built right into Windows. In this second method, you’re essentially doing the same thing as in Method 1, but you let Windows take care of some of the details. INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update.BASIC COMPUTING
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Basic Computing, Blog, Office Apps, Tips, Word. Documents consist of words. They also consist of spaces and it is the spaces that make our words readable. Because of that, it’s worth paying attention to how you use spacing in all your documents. There are all sorts of BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder DATABASICS IV: STREAMLINING DATA ENTRY Table 1. The Members table structure (* the asterisk denotes a key field). Note: This table structure was created for Australian use. Increase the size of the PostalCode field if you live in the US or another country which uses more than four characters for postal/zip codes, or if your membership table needs to accommodate members from more than one country. FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case WINDOWS XP CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS Step-by-step: Roll your own Control Panel. 1. It’s easy to create a Control Panel which contains only your most frequently used applets. Start by right-clicking the Start button and choosing Open. This opens the \Documents and Settings\ username \Start Menu folder (where username is your Windows logon name). 2.EMAILING PHOTOS
Method 1: Load up your email program, create a new message, attach the photos and then send the message with the photos as attachments. Method 2: Use the photo emailing tools built right into Windows. In this second method, you’re essentially doing the same thing as in Method 1, but you let Windows take care of some of the details. INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tellsABOUT | GEEKGIRL'S
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Using the spike to rearrange text in Microsoft Word. Word. Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering a choice of ways to perform a particular task. For example, in Word, you’ll find a smorgasbord of methods for cutting, copying and DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databasics II: Creating your first database. Databases. This tutorial guides you through building a simple, single-file database. In a single-file database, also known as a flat-file database, you put all your information into a single table. This is the simplest form of database to create, but it has some serious SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a home network. SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
DATABASES FROM SCRATCH II: SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN Testing your design. The way to see if your database design works is to test it with some sample data, so feed the following records into your hypothetical table: J. T. Apples, 100 Megalong Dr, Haberfield, 4992122. B. York, 2/53 Alice St, Leichhardt, 5050011. M. R. Sullivan, 9 Jay St, Leichhardt, 4893892. HOW TO FORMAT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN WORD Click the Format Painter. If you want to apply the formatting to more than one element, double-click the Format Painter instead of single-clicking it. Click and drag over the item (s) you wish to “paint” with the formatting. If you double-clicked the FormatPainter in step
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tellsABOUT | GEEKGIRL'S
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Using the spike to rearrange text in Microsoft Word. Word. Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering a choice of ways to perform a particular task. For example, in Word, you’ll find a smorgasbord of methods for cutting, copying and DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databasics II: Creating your first database. Databases. This tutorial guides you through building a simple, single-file database. In a single-file database, also known as a flat-file database, you put all your information into a single table. This is the simplest form of database to create, but it has some serious SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a home network. SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
DATABASES FROM SCRATCH II: SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN Testing your design. The way to see if your database design works is to test it with some sample data, so feed the following records into your hypothetical table: J. T. Apples, 100 Megalong Dr, Haberfield, 4992122. B. York, 2/53 Alice St, Leichhardt, 5050011. M. R. Sullivan, 9 Jay St, Leichhardt, 4893892. HOW TO FORMAT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN WORD Click the Format Painter. If you want to apply the formatting to more than one element, double-click the Format Painter instead of single-clicking it. Click and drag over the item (s) you wish to “paint” with the formatting. If you double-clicked the FormatPainter in step
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tellsABOUT | GEEKGIRL'S
Who is the geekgirl of Geekgirl’s Plain English Computing? The site is a solo effort – created, produced, directed and maintained in its entirety by Rose Vines (that’s me). I’m an award-winning computer journalist and long-time social activist. I’m also a firm believer in the thoughtful use of technology. Part of that “thoughtfulBASIC COMPUTING
Basic Computing, Excel, Featured, Office Apps. Creating a budget is of one the simplest and most useful tasks you can do using a spreadsheet. By using a spreadsheet, any changes you make to your budget are instantly updated across the whole budget, with totals calculated foryou.
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Using the spike to rearrange text in Microsoft Word. Word. Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering a choice of ways to perform a particular task. For example, in Word, you’ll find a smorgasbord of methods for cutting, copying and DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databasics II: Creating your first database. Databases. This tutorial guides you through building a simple, single-file database. In a single-file database, also known as a flat-file database, you put all your information into a single table. This is the simplest form of database to create, but it has some serious SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a home network. SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
DATABASES FROM SCRATCH II: SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN Testing your design. The way to see if your database design works is to test it with some sample data, so feed the following records into your hypothetical table: J. T. Apples, 100 Megalong Dr, Haberfield, 4992122. B. York, 2/53 Alice St, Leichhardt, 5050011. M. R. Sullivan, 9 Jay St, Leichhardt, 4893892. HOW TO FORMAT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN WORD Click the Format Painter. If you want to apply the formatting to more than one element, double-click the Format Painter instead of single-clicking it. Click and drag over the item (s) you wish to “paint” with the formatting. If you double-clicked the FormatPainter in step
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update. DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databases from scratch III: The Design Process. Databases, Office Apps. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. One of the best ways to understand the importance of good database design is to start with an all-in-one, flat-file table design and then toss in somesample
DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW Click the File tab -> Options (if you’re using Office 2007, click the Office button then click Options). Click Advanced. Scroll down to the Display section and tick ‘Show all windows in the taskbar’. From now on, each document will be displayed in its own window andyou’ll see a
USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog. In the Categories list click Tools and in the Commands list scroll to Tools Calculate. Click and drag the Tools Calculate command onto any of your toolbars. To display a more compact icon, right-click the Tools Calculate button on the toolbar, select Change Button Image and pick the calculator OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD Method 1: De-link the final section. If you’re using Word 2003: Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu -> Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE To make a hidden app visible: Create a place to display the app by either deleting another (visible) app, or by dragging an app into a new or existing folder. Switch your device off completely by holding the power button for a few seconds and swiping Slide to Power Off. Turn your device back on. Your app will now appear in the slot youprovided
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY To my surprise, not only did she not use Ctrl-S, but not one person in the group knew that that’s all it takes to save your work. Ctrl-S. Hold down the Control key and tap the S key. On a Mac, the equivalent is Command-S. I’ve always assumed that everyone knows this shortcut, but clearly that’s not the case; and if it wasn’t the case FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Find where a file is stored. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databasics VII: Parameter Queries. Databases, Office Apps. Note: I’m working on updating this series of articles. This article is really showing its age. All the examples are for Microsoft Access 2000/2003, and things have changed a lot since then. DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOW If you have a document open in Word 2007 or Word 2010 and you open another document, that second document is displayed in the same windowas the first.
BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE shift+click: Hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse. Shift+clicking lets you select a series of contiguous files. For example, if you want to select a dozen files listed one after another in a folder, instead of Ctrl+clicking each file, do this: Click thefirst file
OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Microsoft Outlook comes with a collection of command-line switches which let you determine how the program starts. By default, Outlook opens to either your Inbox or the Outlook Today page, using a command-line that looks something like this: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /recycle The /recycle at the end of that line is a switch which tells USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOR You’ve probably heard the stats: 80% of Microsoft Word users make use of only 20% of its features. My guess is that only about 0.1% of Word users use the handy calculator built right into the program. A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY I was sitting around a fire with a bunch of friends on the weekend and one of them was doing some work on her notebook. All of a sudden she cried out – her battery had died and she hadn’t saved her work. FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the displayed results to open the file. OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORD How do you omit the page number on the final page of a Word document? I was asked this recently by someone who is using Lulu.com’s self-publishing service. SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP In the olden days – about 15 years ago when Windows 95 first arrived on the scene – creating a home network was a fearsome task reserved for the knowledgeable or the courageous. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLE The iPhone and the iPad can house a fair number of apps across their multiple home screens. Given that you can create 11 pages of apps on the iPhone with each screen capable of displaying 16 apps, you can showcase 176 individual apps in full iconic glory.ABOUT | GEEKGIRL'S
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Basic Computing, Excel, Featured, Office Apps. Creating a budget is of one the simplest and most useful tasks you can do using a spreadsheet. By using a spreadsheet, any changes you make to your budget are instantly updated across the whole budget, with totals calculated foryou.
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Using the spike to rearrange text in Microsoft Word. Word. Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering a choice of ways to perform a particular task. For example, in Word, you’ll find a smorgasbord of methods for cutting, copying and DATABASES | GEEKGIRL'S Databasics II: Creating your first database. Databases. This tutorial guides you through building a simple, single-file database. In a single-file database, also known as a flat-file database, you put all your information into a single table. This is the simplest form of database to create, but it has some serious SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP To run the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host, click Start -> Control Panel -> Network And Internet Connections -> Setup Or Change Your Home Or Small Office Network. Follow the instructions in each screen and press Next to continue. XP's Network Setup Wizard takes much of the pain out of setting up a home network. SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORD Office Apps, Word. Use Alt to select columns of text. Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in handy whensomeone sends
DATABASES FROM SCRATCH II: SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN Testing your design. The way to see if your database design works is to test it with some sample data, so feed the following records into your hypothetical table: J. T. Apples, 100 Megalong Dr, Haberfield, 4992122. B. York, 2/53 Alice St, Leichhardt, 5050011. M. R. Sullivan, 9 Jay St, Leichhardt, 4893892. HOW TO FORMAT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN WORD Click the Format Painter. If you want to apply the formatting to more than one element, double-click the Format Painter instead of single-clicking it. Click and drag over the item (s) you wish to “paint” with the formatting. If you double-clicked the FormatPainter in step
USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMAND In Vista you’ll have to dig deep to find the SendTo folder: 1. Click Start then click your log-on name to open your user folder. 2. Click down through AppData -> Roaming -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SendTo. So on your XP machine, open the Documents and Settings folder INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 This week, Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. A service pack is like a giant first-aid kit for an operating system: Microsoft rolls up hundreds of bug fixes, patches and plugs for security holes into a single package, tosses in some new features, and delivers it in a multi-megabyte update.* About
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GEEKGIRL'S PLAIN ENGLISH COMPUTING Computer tips and techniques you can understand WELCOME TO GEEKGIRL’S PLAIN ENGLISH COMPUTING. Here you’ll find articles on (mostly arcane) computer topics ranging from Windows 7 to Microsoft Office to security tips. I don’t get much time to update this site these days, but I have plans to do so when retirement comes my way. 🙂 So go ahead and browse the articles below, or use the Article Index or Search in the menu to dig around. OPEN OUTLOOK CALENDAR IN ITS OWN WINDOW Internet , Office Apps, Outlook
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Using Office 365 Home Premium? The method described below doesn't work in Office 365 Home Premium. You'll need to follow a different route, which I describe at the end of this article. Also note that these instructions are for those using Windows 7 or before, although... CREATING A WELL-SPACED DOCUMENT Basic Computing , Blog, Office Apps
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Become familiar with Microsoft Word’s ruler, tabs, tables and basic spacing techniques and you’ll find it easy to produce any type of document, from a résumé to a report. HOW TO USE A SPREADSHEET TO CREATE A SIMPLE BUDGET Basic Computing , Excel, Featured
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Creating a budget is of one the simplest and most useful tasks you can do using a spreadsheet. Here’s a step-by-step guide to simple budgetcreation in Excel.
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Windows | 0 Comments Although search in Windows 7 is pretty good, it’s geared towards finding documents. So if you’re searching for a program file or a library file (.dll) or some other non-document file, it’s not much help. Windows Search also searches file contents as well as filenames, which is useful but slow. To find any file fast, try Everything. WHICH DATABASE SERIES SHOULD I READ?Databases , Office
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Not sure which series of database tutorials on Geekgirl’s Plain English Computing is right for you, Databasics or Databases from Scratch? Here’s a quick description of their contents. DATABASES FROM SCRATCH I: INTRODUCTIONDatabases , Office
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The first in a series of articles on choosing, designing and using adatabase program.
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Some people love the iPhone’s ‘soft’ keyboard, others loathe it. Whichever camp you belong to, you can make your keyboarding life far more efficient by taking advantage of all the hidden tricks lurking beneath the keyboard’s apparently simple exterior. MAC TIP: A SHORTCUT THROUGH ENCLOSING FOLDERSApple , Mac
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When you dig down through folder within folder within folder to find a file, there are a variety of ways to navigate back up through those layers of folders, including one not-so-obvious shortcut. FIVE FREE ONLINE OFFICE TOOLSBlog , Office Apps
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Here are five useful tools and services to ease your work tasks, from handling PDFs to creating charts to replacing Microsoft Office in itsentirety.
FEED YOUR WALLPAPER
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Windows 7 lets you download your wallpaper from an RSS feed. That means you can get a stream of wallpapers from any photo blog or website with a feed. HOW BACKUPBUDDY SAVED MY BACONBlog , Commentary
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WordPress delights and terrifies me. This open-source blogging platform is a wonder to use. Not easy, but easy enough, and filled with such endless possibilities. But…it’s scary as all get out,too.
A DOZEN QUICK WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DESKTOPBlog , Tips
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, Windows 7
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Windows 7 includes all sorts of small improvements that will make your computing life more enjoyable. These tips will help you make the most of your desktop working environment. DISTRACTION-FREE WEB READINGBlog , Commentary
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Apple has just released a new version of its web browser, Safari. Apple claims it's the fastest browser around, but then Opera makes that claim, too, and Google's Chrome 5 is certainly a contender for the title. Whether Safari is the fastest browser is not...STAYING SAFE ONLINE
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One of the most wildly successful attacks on the Internet ever was the Sapphire worm. When this nasty little piece of code was released onto the Net, it spread from computer to computer with extraordinary speed. During its first minute on the Net, its rate of spread... VIEWING AND ORGANISING FILES Basic Computing , Windows, Windows 7
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With Windows 7, Microsoft has made substantial changes to the way you view and manage files within folders, building upon the dramatic improvements introduced in Vista. Compared to Windows XP, Windows 7’s file management is more powerful, more flexible and far more visually appealing. Find out how to take advantage of these newfeatures.
QUICKLY COPY A FOLDER’S CONTENTSPre-7 Windows ,
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To quickly copy all the files in a folder in Windows 7 or Vista: Open the folder. Right-click the breadcrumb bar and select Copy Address. Minimise the open folder, right-click within another folder or on the desktop and choose Paste from the pop-up menu. A copy of the... USING THE HANDY SENDTO COMMANDPre-7 Windows ,
Tips , Windows
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The Send To option has always been one of Windows’ handiest shortcuts. It lets you copy a file - or a folder full of files - to another folder without having to navigate your way to that destination folder. Send To also lets you quickly upload, email or open a... DATABASICS III: DATA ENTRY DESIGNDatabases | 12
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It's staggering how many shareware and commercial database applications have appalling data entry screens. Many developers seem to think that well-oiled inner workings are all that's needed to sell an application, when any user knows that, when you get down to it,the...
EASY HOME NETWORKING Networking , Windows| 3 Comments
These days, almost every home is a candidate for a network. Most people have at least one older computer hanging around and families with children or two working adults are likely to have multiple desktop and notebook machines. While networking computers used tobe...
INSTALLING WINDOWS 7 ONTO A DISC-LESS COMPUTERWindows , Windows 7
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Although the usual way to install Windows 7 is from a DVD, it’s possible to copy the contents of your installation DVD to a USB flash drive and install the operating system from there. This is particularly handy for optical-disc-less notebooks and for netbooks,which...
DATABASICS II: CREATING YOUR FIRST DATABASEDatabases | 20
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This tutorial guides you through building a simple, single-file database. In a single-file database, also known as a flat-file database, you put all your information into a single table. This is the simplest form of database to create, but it has some serious...CUSTOMISING WINDOWS
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Windows is malleable. It’s designed to be tinkered with, adjusted, customised. When you first run Windows - whether it's Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP or even an earlier version - what you see is Microsoft’s idea of how the operating system should work and look.You...
WORRY-FREE WINDOWS 7 INSTALLATIONWindows , Windows 7
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Are you ready for Windows 7? It doesn’t take much to qualify. Pudgy old Vista’s slender successor requires nothing more from your PC than a gigabyte of RAM, a processor running at 1GHz, 16 gigabytes of hard drive space and a video card with support for DirectX 9 and... HANDY DANDY COMPUTER JARGON DECODER Basic Computing | 0 Comments Can't tell your hardware from your software? This plain English computer glossary introduces all the terms you need to get started with computers and the Internet. A access To gain entry to or connect to. Access (Capital "A"). Microsoft's database management program,... DELETING AN OPEN DOCUMENT IN MICROSOFT WORDOffice Apps , Word
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Have you ever wanted to delete the document currently open in Word? I find I often want to do this when I’m trying to clean out a whole bunch of old documents: I open each one, check the contents and, if I no longer need it, delete it on the spot. Word won’t normally... UNDERSTANDING EXCEL REFERENCESExcel , Office Apps
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When you refer to a cell in an Excel formula, you can use any of three different ways of referring to that cell, known as relative, absolute and mixed references. Relative cell references are the most commonly used. A relative cell reference in a formula is based on... HELP! MY KINDLE WON’T CONNECT TO THE WHISPERNET!Blog , Internet
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Two of the Kindle’s most appealing features are its wireless connection, which lets you download new books any time of the day from most places in the US, and the rapidly expanding treasure trove of ebooks available on Amazon. So it’s a sad, sad day when you switchon...
KINDLE AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE WHISPERNETInternet , Reviews
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I’ve been away for a week in the wilds of Wyoming. For the trip, my suitcase was jam packed as usual, so I was delighted that instead of loading up further with a handful of books, all the reading matter I took was in my Kindle. On the road is where the Kindle really...SEARCHING BY IMAGE
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, Tips
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No doubt you’ve used Google Image Search to find images, but did you know you can do the reverse: feed an image to Google Image Search and it will let you know the where, the what, the who and/or the when ofthe photo?
SOLVING THE PASSWORD DILEMMA Basic Computing , Blog, Internet
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How do you create a password that’s both secure and memorable? Here’s a foolproof method (or two)… SYNC, SHARE, BACKUP WITH DROPBOX Basic Computing , Blog, Reviews
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One hundred million people have a Dropbox account. Discover why youshould join them.
DATABASICS VII: PARAMETER QUERIESDatabases , Office
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Interactive, on-the-fly parameter queries add a huge amount of flexibility and power to run-of-the-mill static queries. Learn how to create your own using Microsoft Access. DATABASES FROM SCRATCH III: THE DESIGN PROCESSDatabases , Office
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This third article in the Databases from Scratch series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design. HOW TO MAKE HIDDEN IPHONE APPS VISIBLEApple , Blog
, iPhone
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Once your idevice’s screens are stuffed with apps, there’s no need to uninstall an app before adding a new one to your collection. Just go ahead and install it. The app will be on your device, but hiddenfrom view.
A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO SAVE YOUR SANITY Basic Computing , Blog, Mac
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I was sitting around a fire with a bunch of friends on the weekend and one of them was doing some work on her notebook. All of a sudden she cried out – her battery had died and she hadn’t saved her work. FIND WHERE A FILE IS STORED Tips , Tools and techniques, Windows
, Windows 7
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Windows file search is a handy feature, but it doesn’t always get you what you need. Here’s a simple tip to help you uncover a filewithin its context.
VIRGIN MOBILE MIFI – AFFORDABLE WIRELESS ON THE GOBlog , Internet
, Networking
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Virgin Mobile may not have been the first company to deliver a mobile wireless hotspot wrapped up in a tiny device called a MiFi, but it is the first to make that little piece of portable magic affordable.BREADCRUMBING
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, Windows 7
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The breadcrumb bar, originally introduced in Vista, has brought an entirely new way of navigating in Windows. It replaces the plodding, sub-folder-based, dig-down method of yore with shortcut jumps. RENAMING FILES AND FILE EXTENSIONS Tools and techniques, Windows
, Windows 7
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It’s easier to change filenames in Vista and Windows 7 than in previous versions of Windows. Unfortunately, the improved file renaming method has one drawback: it makes it harder to change thefile extension.
DISPLAY EACH WORD DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN WINDOWBlog , Office Apps
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If you have a document open in Word 2007 or Word 2010 and you open another document, that second document is displayed in the same window as the first. To view the now-hidden first document, you can’t, as you might expect, swap between the two documents by pressingAlt+Tab…
GET YOURSELF A BETTER BROWSER Basic Computing , Blog, Internet
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For years, Microsoft has been including a web browser known as Internet Explorer with Windows. Windows 7 shipped with version 8 of Internet Explorer, better known as IE 8. Many people settle for using Internet Explorer simply because it’s supplied with Windows, butit...
EMAILING PHOTOS
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The real joy in taking photos is in sharing. Whether it's a cute snap of your daughter playing with her first set of Lego blocks or a dazzling shot of Saturn's rings taken through a telescope-mounted camera, your photos cry out to be handed around. With yourcomputer,...
SPREADSHEETING I: BASIC CONCEPTS Basic Computing , Excel, Office Apps
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While word processing programs are the most commonly used office application and browsers are probably the most commonly used application of all, much of the success of personal computers is due to spreadsheets. In 1979, two blokes – Dan Bricklin and BobFrankston –...
GOOGLE: THE WHOLE SHEBANG Internet | 2 Comments There are plenty of web search engines, but to most of us Google is web search. The company has so successfully redefined the search market that its name has become synonymous with searching. Although most people use Google, few use it really effectively. Here’s a... SHADING EVERY OTHER ROW IN EXCELExcel , Office Apps
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I sometimes wonder whether Microsoft spends so much on its programming budget it has little left over to spend on designers. This thought often crosses my mind when working with Office sample files, templates and styles. Take, for example, the auto-formats supplied... WINDOWS XP CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTSPre-7 Windows ,
Windows | 51 Comments The Control Panel centralises access to Windows' multitudinous settings. From the Control Panel you can adjust and tweak Windows' appearance, performance, network connections, hardware settings and a whole lot more. While many of the settings in the Control Panel are... SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS XP Networking , Pre-7 Windows, Windows
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In the olden days – about 15 years ago when Windows 95 first arrived on the scene – creating a home network was a fearsome task reserved for the knowledgeable or the courageous. That's no longer the case. Windows XP makes setting up a network easy. The toughest part... RECOVERING DELETED FILESPre-7 Windows ,
Windows , Windows 7
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We all know cats have nine lives, but did you know files have three? When you create a file, it has its first bite at existence, an existence which continues until you, in your casual god-like manner, delete it. Deleting the file isn't the end, though. All you need to... DATABASICS I: RECORDS & QUERIES & KEYS, OH MY!Databases | 29
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What's a database? If you think of word processors as… well… processors of words, and spreadsheets as number processors, then you can think of databases as processors of unstructured information, aka "data". Feed a database data in any sort of guise – as numbers,... THE JOY OF JUMP LISTSWindows , Windows 7
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The Recent Documents list has been a feature of Windows for many years. It provides a quick way to access the files you’ve used most recently. In Windows 7, you’ll find Recent Documents has been tucked away out of sight and is only available by customizing the Start... WHICH WINDOWS 7 FOR ME?Windows , Windows 7
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When you buy a copy of Windows 7 to install on an existing computer, there are three key questions you need to ask yourself: Which edition of 7 do I want? Can I buy an upgrade version or do I need to pay for the more expensive full version? Should I choose a 32-bit or... SELECTING A COLUMN OF TEXT IN WORDOffice Apps , Word
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Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in... OMITTING PAGE NUMBERS IN MICROSOFT WORDOffice Apps , Word
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How do you omit the page number on the final page of a Word document? I was asked this recently by someone who is using Lulu.com’s self-publishing service. Lulu had asked her to resubmit her book with a completely blank final page – no page number, nothing. Finding... AUTOMATE EMAIL HANDLING WITH GMAIL’S FILTERSBlog , Internet
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The Gmail team has been adding features to Google’s web-based email program at a gallop. A quick click of Gmail’s Settings link unveils an impressive array. By clicking the Labs tab and enabling some of Gmail’s experimental features, you’ll find yourself with even... SELECTING COLUMNS OF TEXT IN WORDOffice Apps , Tips
, Word
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Most text selection in Word involves selecting horizontally – selecting a line or a paragraph of text. Sometimes, though, you need to select a vertical slab of text. To do that, hold down the Alt key while you click and drag your mouse over the text. This comes in... THE YEAR OF THE DATABASEBlog , Commentary
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I’ve put the Kindle and the Sony Reader aside for a day to finish writing my latest comparative review of database software for Australian PC User magazine. I’ve been writing such reviews since the early 1980s, when dBASE was top dog in the database stakes. It wasa...
HEARTBLEED: WHICH PASSWORDS SHOULD I CHANGE?Blog , Internet
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Here’s a handy list of major services that were affected by the Heartbleed bug and which require a password change, plus Geekgirl’s recommendation for a password manager to ease the burden of changingyour passwords.
SPREADSHEETING II: GOOD SPREADSHEET DESIGN Basic Computing , Excel, Office Apps
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What makes a good spreadsheet? Two things: good design and good data. WINDOWS 7 VS WINDOWS 8Blog , Commentary
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, Windows 7
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Windows 8 is not for everyone. Should you upgrade, or should you stick with Windows 7? Here are 10 reasons to stay with 7, 10 reasons to takethe leap to 8.
DATABASICS VI: EXPLORING QUERY TYPESBlog , Databases
, Office Apps
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Learn how to start building more complex database queries, such as comparative and action queries, using Microsoft Access. DATABASES FROM SCRATCH II: SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGNDatabases , Office
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The second in a series of articles on choosing, designing and using a database program. This one covers simple table design. DIALOG BOX SHORTCUTSBlog , Featured
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, Windows XP
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One of less than obvious tools Windows offers is the right-click menu within file dialog boxes. Give it a try: open an application and then press Ctrl-O or click the Open icon to display the Open dialog box. Right-click any of the files or folders displayed in that dialog and you’ll see a context menu pop open. INSTALLING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1Windows , Windows 7
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Usually, I advise people to wait a while before installing a service pack, just in case the service pack delivers its own set of problems. But SP1 for Windows 7 is unlike any previous service pack in one significant way: it’s almost a non-event. BETTER STICKY NOTES FOR YOUR COMPUTER Basic Computing , Blog, Reviews
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Sticky notes for your computer are a wonderful idea. These digital alternatives to Post-It Notes save paper, won’t come unstuck, prompt you with audible and visual reminders, and are a lifesaver for anyone whose memory is not one hundred percent. (Include me in!) HOW TO FORMAT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN WORDBlog , Office Apps
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, Word
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When you need to apply the same formatting to multiple parts of a Microsoft Word document, there’s no need to go through the same motions repeatedly. Word provides a smogasbord of techniques for formatting a bunch of elements in a document quickly and efficiently. PREPARING FOR YOUR INEVITABLE COMPUTER DISASTER Tips , Tools and techniques, Windows
, Windows 7
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Backing up your data is preparation for the blow that will strike. With a recent backup in hand, even a distressing event such as a hard disk failure may prove to be no more than a blip in your routine. PORTABLE SMTP: TAKE YOUR EMAIL WITH YOU Internet | 22 Comments There are all sorts of ways to access your email while on the road and most have distinct disadvantages. The ideal method lets you take your regular email with you: the same email program, same address, same configuration and same mail store no matter where you are. Enterportable SMTP.
SHOULD YOU INSTALL THE 64-BIT VERSION OF MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010?Office Apps , Tips
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The latest version of Microsoft Office comes in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. It’d be natural to assume that if you have a 64-bit computer running a 64-bit version of Windows then you should install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. Not so. You’re almost certainly better off using the 32-bit version. That’s because Microsoft has included little in the 64-bit version that you won’t find in the 32-bit version, with two exceptions… DATABASICS IV: STREAMLINING DATA ENTRYDatabases , Office
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In the previous tutorial I discussed some guidelines for creating data entry screens that are easy to use. In this tutorial, we'll put those guidelines into action by refining the membership database we introduced in part two of this series. I'll step through the... SORTING OUTLOOK CONTACTS AND MESSAGES BY MULTIPLE CRITERIABlog , Office Apps
, Outlook
, Tips
| 9 Comments
It's a trivial task to sort your Outlook contacts: simply display them in List view and click any of the column headers. So, to sort by category, click the Category column header; to sort by name, click the Full Name column header. It's an equally trivial task to sort... RESIZE AND RESTORE YOUR DESKTOP ICONSPre-7 Windows ,
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, Windows 7
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There’s no need to squint to view the icons on your desktop, you can resize them on the fly: Click an empty space on the desktop then hold down the Ctrl key and roll your mouse wheel forward to increase the icon size, backwards to decrease the size. This doesn’t... TROUBLESHOOTING INTERNET PROBLEMS Internet | 0 Comments Troubleshooting communications problems can be a frustrating pastime. There are so many parts to any computer connection it’s often hard to isolate where the problem is located, let alone pin down exactly what’s wrong. The trouble could be with your hardware: modem,... BASIC MOUSING TECHNIQUE Basic Computing | 6 Comments Most of your interaction with your computer will be via the mouse, keyboard and screen. If you're a poor typist, do yourself a very big favour and buy a typing tutor program for your computer. You can pick up a good one for under 20 bucks, either from a computer store...WHY DEFRAG?
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Windows | 24 Comments Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows XP come with a collection of house cleaning tools, including ScanDisk, Disk Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup, to help keep your disk in peak working order. Why should you bother with the housework? A couple of reasons. First, disks are... LEARNING TO LOVE THE NEW TASKBARWindows , Windows 7
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Once you get past the initial unfamiliarity, you’ll find the new taskbar has a lot to offer. Microsoft has given the taskbar a complete makeover. If you’re an old hand with Windows, you’ll need to invest some time in getting acquainted with the new layout. Atfirst,...
USING THE SPIKE TO REARRANGE TEXT IN MICROSOFT WORDWord | 0 Comments
Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering a choice of ways to perform a particular task. For example, in Word, you’ll find a smorgasbord of methods for cutting, copying and pasting text. There’s the usual cut, copy and paste via... A DATABASE DICTIONARYDatabases | 34
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Can’t tell your first normal form from your third? Untangle basic database jargon with this easy-to-understand dictionary of terms. UNDERSTANDING LIBRARIESWindows , Windows 7
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Windows 7 contains plenty of new features, but there’s only one truly new concept you’ll need to wrap your head around: libraries. Libraries provide a new way of managing, viewing and finding your files, toppling the old (My) Documents folder from its central... WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WINDOWS 7Windows , Windows 7
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There’s a theory that Microsoft gets it right with every other version of Windows. Those who subscribe to this school of thought give Windows 95, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows XP the plaudits; Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows Vista are relegated to the... AUTOMATICALLY OPEN THE LAST EDITED DOCUMENT IN WORDOffice Apps , Word
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If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create a shortcut which does just this, using a command-line switch. Here’s how: Right-click an empty spot on your desktop and choose New -> Shortcut... USING MICROSOFT WORD’S HIDDEN CALCULATOROffice Apps , Word
| 1 Comment
You’ve probably heard the stats: 80% of Microsoft Word users make use of only 20% of its features. My guess is that only about 0.1% of Word users use the handy calculator built right into the program. I’m not talking about the SUM() and AVERAGE() fields or any ofthe...
REMOVING CLUTTER FROM A NEW COMPUTER Basic Computing , Blog, Tips
| 5 Comments
Computer manufacturers love to load up new systems with “helpful” utilities and features. Of course, what they regard as helpful, you may regard as rubbish. Whenever I set up a new computer for myself or someone else, I go through a routine to eliminate... GENERATING CONTENT AUTOMATICALLY IN WORDOffice Apps , Tips
, Word
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One of Word’s quirky, tucked-away features is the rand() function. It lets you quickly insert a block of text in a document. To use the function in pre-2007 versions of Word, at the beginning of a line type =rand() and press Enter. Word inserts three paragraphs, each... All content copyright 2017 by Rose Vines and Geekgirl's Plain EnglishComputing.
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