Taking Screenshots with Screen Capture in Mac OS X Panther
Screen Capture is part of the Mac OS X Panther operating system, which means that it is available with every application that works with OS X. You can trigger Screen Capture via several keyboard shortcuts [more…]
How to Create a PC Network Workgroup
A workgroup is nothing more than a collection of computers on a network. By isolating larger networks into workgroups, you can more easily access other computers. Your computer must belong to a workgroup [more…]
Understanding VBA Functions and Their Uses
A function performs a calculation and returns a single value. The SUM function adds the sum of a range of values. The same holds true for functions used in your VBA expressions: Each function does its [more…]
How to Edit a Picture in Paint Using Windows XP
Although the Windows XP version of Paint is usually used to create simple drawings, you can also use it to edit picture files. In Paint, you can crop your pictures, edit their colors, draw objects on them [more…]
Make Windows Vista Look Like Windows XP
If you’ve worked with Windows XP and like its appearance, you can make Windows Vista look like Windows XP. To make Vista look like XP, follow these steps: [more…]
Getting to Know the OSI Model for the CCNA Exam
The CCNA exam asks you to provide at least three reasons that the "industry" uses layered interconnection models. Examples of layered networking models include the seven-layer OSI model [more…]
The Essentials of Buying a Laptop and Accessories
It is important to consider all the essentials of buying a laptop and accessories before you start spending money. When it comes to purchasing a laptop, you need to consider hardware, software, and accessories [more…]
How to Access a Wireless Network on Your PC
Wireless networking is all the rage. As long as your PC is equipped with a wireless networking adapter and a broadcast-networking signal is available, you too can do the wireless networking thing. Follow [more…]
JavaScript and HTML
You can think of JavaScript as an extension to HTML; an add-on, if you will.
Here's how it works. HTML tags create objects; JavaScript lets you manipulate those objects. For example, you use the HTML <BODY> [more…]
Free Software: Migrating Your Mail to Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a great (and free!) e-mail program that offers you much better security than programs like Microsoft Outlook. Because Thunderbird doesn't allow scripts to run automatically, attachments [more…]
Change Windows Update Settings
Windows Update allows Microsoft to automatically send you patches for Windows Vista. Patches fix things like security holes and theoretically make Vista run more smoothly. You can change the Windows Update [more…]
How to Enable the Windows Firewall and Windows Defender
You can easily increase Windows Vista security by turning on Windows Firewall and Windows Defender, which come free with Windows Vista. Enabling this free software can give you the relief of knowing that [more…]
Formatting the X-axis and Y-axis in Excel 2007 Charts
When charting values, Excel 2007 isn’t always careful how it formats the values that appear on the y-axis (or the x-axis when using some chart types, such as the 3-D Column chart or the XY Scatter chart [more…]
The Essentials of Working with Charts in Excel 2007
The essentials of creating and working with charts in Excel 2007 will show you everything you need to know to convert your numbers into charts that can help your audience understand the meaning behind [more…]
Opening, Closing, and Hiding Forms with Visual Basic .NET
Having multiple forms as part of your Visual Basic .NET program may be nice, but when your Visual Basic .NET program runs, it normally displays one form. To make the other forms of your program appear [more…]
Securing Your Access 2003 Database as an MDE File
If you make an Access 2003 database for other people — especially people who may be a teeny bit clueless about Access — you may want to lock up your database to prevent other users from making changes [more…]
How to Access Another Computer's Disk Drives from Your Laptop
You can use your laptop to access another computer's disk drives over a network. To be more specific, however, you don't really access the entire disk drive. No, only specific folders on the drive are [more…]
How to Set Up a Daily Disk Cleanup
Scheduling an automatic daily disk cleanup makes your computer run faster. PC or laptop, the Windows Vista scheduler runs almost any hard disk cleanup utility, even if the download was free. This video [more…]Outlook 2007 E-Mail Formats: HTML, Plain Text, and Rich Text
Microsoft Outlook 2007 offers three formats for sending e-mail messages: HTML, plain text, and rich text. Here's a look at the pros and cons of the different Outlook e-mail formats, and some easy ways [more…]
How to Draw a Table Line by Line in Word 2007
The Draw Table command lets you draw complicated tables in your Word 2007 documents by using a simple set of drawing tools. This command is ideal for creating tables that aren’t a simple grid of rows and [more…]
The Essentials of Creating a Mail Merge with Word 2007
Merging your mailing lists with documents you want to send via e-mail is easier with essential steps clearly described. The mail merge tool in Word can streamline the process of getting the word out to [more…]
Building Your First DataSet in Visual Basic .NET
A DataSet can contain all the basic elements of a database: tables, keys, indexes, and even relations between tables. So by creating a DataSet, you'll be discovering the structure of a database at the [more…]
Create a Pivot Table in Excel 2007
A pivot table is a special type of summary table that’s totally unique to Excel 2007. Pivot tables are great for summarizing values in a table because they do their magic without making you create formulas [more…]
Create Greeting Cards in Microsoft Word 2003
If you want to create something in Word that will just dazzle someone, try your hand at customized greeting cards. To set up Word to create a greeting card from a single sheet of standard letter-size paper [more…]
Creating a Report with Crystal Reports 10
When you start Crystal Reports 10, generally you want to do one of three things: create a report, modify a report, or run a report against the data in your database. Reports take data from a database, [more…]
