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7 Firefox shortcuts 2007-08-05 20:02:59 You actually don’t need to type the www or .com in web addresses, simple type the middle portion of the domain and hit Ctrl+Enter (this also works with Internet Explorer 7)
Instead of using the browsers back button, you can simply hit backspace to go back a page
To view the browser window in full screen mode [...] Read more:Firefox
6 ways to make use of the Windows key 2007-08-03 07:46:50 Here’s a few quick tips for making use of that Windows
key (start button). These will work with Windows Vista and XP.
Show desktop - Windows key + D
Launch Windows Explorer - Windows key + E
Open the run dialog box - Windows key + R
Minmize all windows - Windows key + M
Open search window - [...]
Turning AutoComplete off or on in Internet Explorer 2007-08-02 20:57:11 If your like me and get sick of InternetExplorer
’s AutoComplete constantly trying to complete web addresses, forms and so forth for you then keep reading. (If you’d like to turn in it on, keep reading aswell!)
To turn AutoComplete on or off, follow the steps listed below:
From the “Tools” menu select “Internet Options”
Click the “Content” [...] Read more:Internet Explorer
Zooming in and out with your web browser 2007-08-01 21:16:27 If your finding something on a webpage too small to read or too big, using Internet Explorer or Firefox, you can quickly zoom in and out by pressing the ctrl key and the minus or plus sign. To restore the page’s original size, just click ctrl+0. Read more:Zooming
, browser
, web browser
Setting new window links to open in a new tab 2007-08-01 06:50:58 If your using Firefox and you’d like links
that open up in a new window to open in a new tab instead, simple follow these instructions
From the “Tools” menu select “Options”
Click the “Tabs” button at the top of the dialog box
Where it says “New pages should open in” select “a new tab”
Your done! Read more:Setting
Disabling thumbnail previews in Explorer 2007-08-01 05:10:31 Click the organize button on any folder
Select “Folder and search options”
Click the “View” tab
Check the “Always show icons, never show thumbnails” box
Click OK Read more:Explorer
Enabling Quick Search in Folders 2007-08-01 05:08:59 Click the “Organize” button in any folder
Select “Folder and Search
Options” from the menu
Click the “View” tab
Scroll down to the bottom and select “Automatically type into the Search Box”
Click OK Read more:Quick
, Folders
How to disable Windows sidebar 2007-08-01 05:08:21 Right click on the sidebar or the sidebar icon and select properties
Deselect “Start Sidebar when Windows
starts”
Right click on the sidebar icon and select “Exit”
Add more time zones to your clock 2007-08-01 05:07:51 Open up the data and time control panel
Click the “additional clocks” tab
From here you can configure two more clocks from different time zones which will appear in the tooltip when you hover the clock on the taskbar.
Creating your own keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-08-01 00:02:59 In this post I’m going to show you how to create your own keyboard
shortcuts in Microsoft
Word. This one comes in very handy! First, for Word 2007:
Click the Microsoft Office button and choose Word Options
Click Customize
Click Keyboard Shortcuts at the bottom
From here, select the category and command you’d like to create a keyboard shortcut [...] Read more:Creating
, Microsoft Word
Multiple home pages 2007-08-08 04:08:16 Heres a quick tip for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Did you know that you can actually have more then one home page? Heres how: Read more:Multiple
Working with bookmarks in Word 2007 2007-08-07 23:56:11 If your working on a big document (a school paper for example), navigate it can be a pain. This is where the bookmarks feature of Word 2007 comes in handy. To add a bookmark, simply follow these steps:
Select the portion of the document you’d like to bookmark
Click the insert tab on the ribbon
Click bookmark in [...]
Disabling Microsoft Error Reporting 2007-08-06 23:05:04 If your computer has ever crashed, you would have seen one of those annoying boxes asking if you’d like to send an error report to Microsoft
. It’s more then likely they don’t do anything useful with the data you send, so heres how to disable it. Read more:Reporting
Increase Firefox’s download limit 2007-08-06 03:50:25 Zepy.net has reported on a way to increase the number of maximum simultaneous downloads with Firefox
. By default it is set at 2. Here how to increase that limit:
Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
Search through the list for ‘network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server‘ (you can do this quickly by typing it in to the filter field)
Right click [...]
Microsoft Office Add-in: Save as PDF or XPS 2007-08-06 03:26:13 Heres a great little add-in for Microsoft
Office 2007. It allows you to directly export your documents or spreadsheets or any other office document to a PDF or XPS (XML Paper Specification) file.
Click here to download it from Microsoft.com.
Once you’ve downloaded and installed the plugin you should see an option to save as PDF or [...] Read more:Microsoft Office
Creating keyboard shortcuts to open programs 2007-08-05 23:58:12 To set up a keybaord shortcut to open any program, all you have to do is hit start and then go to the program you’d like to add the shortcut to. Right click it and select properties. If not already selected, select the shortcut tab. Click in the shortcut key box and press any letter. [...] Read more:Creating
, keyboard
Stopping Windows Live Today from opening on sign in 2007-08-05 23:40:19 How annoying is that Windows
Live Today
window opening everytime you sign in to Messenger?! Thankfully, it can be turned off! Here’s how:
From the tools menu select options
Click the general tab and uncheck Show Windows Live Today after I sign in to Messenger
No more Windows Live Today!
5 cool Add-ons for Firefox 2007-08-10 00:11:26 We all know Firefox
is a great browser. But how about adding some extra functions to it? In this article were going to take a look at five add-ons to give your copy of Firefox an extra boost!
Viewing hidden menus 2007-08-15 23:44:21 Many Windows Vista applications and even some applications dating back to XP (later versions of Windows Media Player) hide their menus, which can be quite annoying. Now, if you don’t want to fuss about in the settings trying to enable menus in various programs, you can use this handy shortcut: whenever you need to bring [...] Read more:Viewing
Adding more columns to Windows Explorer 2007-08-20 19:00:19 Usually WindowsExplorer
just displays the standard columns
(Name, Size, Type, Date Modified). To add more columns, follow these steps:
Right click on any of the columns
From here you can either check or uncheck columns you’d like to add, or alternatively, click on the more option down the bottom.
You’ll now be presented with a large array [...] Read more:Windows Explorer
Changing Vista Desktop Icon Size 2007-08-20 18:55:17 The default desktop icons in Windows Vista
are quite large, to change this; right click on the desktop, select View and set to classic icons. Read more:Changing
, Desktop
Automatically Delete Temporary Internet Files 2007-08-20 18:48:22 To have Internet
Explorer automatically delete temporary internet files when you close the browser follow these steps:
From the tools menu, select Internet Options
Click the advanced tab
Scroll down to security
Check the box labelled Empty Temporary
Internet Files folder when browser is closed Read more:Automatically
Advanced tweaking of Firefox with about:config 2007-08-23 22:41:43 You might not know but Firefox
can actually be tweaked beyond the standard settings found in the Tools > Options menu, through the about:config file. To gain access to this file simply type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and hit enter. Got it? Alright, now on to some tweaks!
Automatically spell check your email with Outlook 2007 2007-08-23 04:11:49 Don’t you hate it when you send an email only to realise moments later that their was a spell
ing mistake right in front of your eyes. Well, with Outlook
2007, you can have the program automatically check your spelling as you type your email. Heres how. Read more:Automatically
How to take a screen capture/screenshot 2007-08-30 00:42:49 This is really quite simple, you don’t need fancy software to take screen
shots. Read on and you’ll be taking screenshots in no time! Read more:capture
Hide/change recent document list in Office 2007 2007-09-23 00:58:12 If you’d like to hide the recent document
s list in Microsoft Office programs to avoid people viewing files you’ve recently worked on, or you’d simply like to change the amount of documents dispalyed in the list, follow these steps:
Click the Office button at the top left of the program
Click “Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. options” in [...]
Refreshing/Reloading all tabs at once 2007-09-17 05:51:39 Both Internet Explorer and Firefox both provide a handy right click shortcut so you can refresh all pages at once. This could be useful when your connection has dropped out whilst you had more then one page loading or something similar.
Inserting watermarks with Word 2007 2007-09-02 23:11:50 One of the great new features of Microsoft Word 2007 is the ability to ‘watermark’ your documents. For example, you can mark a document as confidential or not to be copied. Here’s how you do it:
Select files using check boxes 2007-09-26 23:54:53 With Windows Vista you can now select files
using check boxes, so you don’t have to rely on the ctrl key and accidently losing the selection midway through. Read more:Select
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