Getting to Know Views in Outlook 2007
In Outlook 2007, every Outlook module has its own selection of views. Each type of view is organized to make a particular feature of your information obvious at first glance. You can change the way that [more…]
Naming a Cell or Range in Excel 2007
Assign a descriptive name to a cell or range in Excel 2007 to help make formulas in your worksheets much easier to understand and maintain. Range names make it easier for you to remember the purpose of [more…]
How to Shut Down Windows on Your PC
You can turn your computer off by shutting it down. If you want to shut down your computer, rather than making it sleep or hibernate, you can. Be in charge! Shut down your PC whenever you please. [more…]
Sharing ACT! 2005 and Outlook Address Books
A common misconception among potential ACT! users is that they don't need ACT! because they're using Outlook. You might snicker at that suggestion if you realize that Outlook is a PIM [more…]
Creating a Visual Report in Microsoft Project 2007
If you just love the capabilities that PivotTable reports in Excel and Visio offer, you'll be glad to know that the same capability has come to Microsoft Project 2007 in the form of Visual Reports. Pivot [more…]
Paragraph Alignment and Justification in Word 2007
In Word 2007, paragraph alignment refers to how the left and right edges of a paragraph align on a page. You can left-align, center, right-align, and justify a paragraph. The paragraph formatting commands [more…]
How to Blur a Digital Photo in Your Image Editor
You can blur parts of a digital image in most image-editing programs. Blurring reduces the color and brightness differences between pixels to make them similar. You might want to apply a blur to the background [more…]
How to Clean Inkjet Printer Cartridges
You need to clean your inkjet cartridge nozzles about once every three months or whenever the output from your printer suddenly starts streaking. You don’t need a scrub brush to clean your printer cartridges [more…]
How to Remove RAM from Your Laptop
To remove memory modules, or RAM, from a laptop, you follow very similar steps from one brand to another; today, nearly every laptop design places an access panel on the bottom of the laptop and uses similarly [more…]
How to Connect Your Laptop to an Unknown SSID in Windows XP
For security reasons, some wireless networks don’t broadcast their SSIDs. A wireless network not broadcasting its SSID doesn’t show up in your list of networks. [more…]
Securing a Wireless Network on Your Laptop
If you set up a wireless network on your laptop, you need to make it secure. You don’t want anyone within reach of your wireless signal to be able to use the network, or worse, eavesdrop on the electronic [more…]
Playing with Active Text in Flash
Static text gets the job done, giving information to your Web site visitors. But Flash can do so much more with text. Sometimes you don't want your text to be text at all, but rather prefer a bunch of [more…]
The Types of PC Expansion Slots
You can expand your PC internally by adding additional circuitry boards. Those boards, or expansion cards, plug directly into expansion slots on the motherboard [more…]
Place an Icon on the Quick Launch Bar
Place an icon on the Quick Launch bar so that you have easy access to it. You can place virtually any desktop icon on the Quick Launch bar.
The easiest way to put a program icon on the Quick Launch bar [more…]
Understanding Access Rights and Privileges in Mac OS X (Jaguar)
Before you can share your Mac with other users or share files over a network, you need to tell your Mac who is allowed to do what.
Macintosh file sharing [more…]
Powers and Roots in Excel 2007: The POWER and SQRT Functions
In Excel 2007, you use the POWER function to raise a number to a certain power, and SQRT to find the square root of a number. These functions are located with the Math & Trig functions on the Ribbon’s [more…]
Planning Ahead with Excel 2007's TODAY, DATE, and DATEVALUE Functions
Excel 2007 contains a number of built-in date functions that you can use in your worksheets. Three common date functions are TODAY, DATE, and DATEVALUE, and they can come in very handy when you're trying [more…]
Importing Word-Processor Text into an InDesign CS3 Frame
You can import text from a word processor file (Word 97/98 or later, RTF, text-only/ASCII, or InDesign Tagged Text files) into an InDesign text frame by using the Place dialog box. You can also import [more…]
Shortcuts for Moving the Cell Cursor in Excel 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 offers a variety of keyboard shortcuts for selecting a new cell. When you use one of these keystrokes, the program automatically scrolls a new part of the worksheet into view [more…]
How to Make an Application Start Automatically in Windows Vista
Having programs automatically open when you start Windows Vista is handy. It's nice to turn on your computer and have applications, such as e-mail, open while you're busy pouring your first cup of coffee [more…]
PowerPoint 2007 Line Spacing and Alignment
Efficient use of line spacing is one of the most neglected options in PowerPoint 2007 presentations, but it's one of the easiest to manage. (Line spacing [more…]
How to Add Text or Pictures to AutoShapes in Word 2007
You can use certain AutoShapes as frames to enclose a picture or even some text, which can spruce up a boring Word 2007 document. When creating your AutoShape, choose a shape that can be used as a frame [more…]
Creating Source Code in C
When you create a program, you tell the computer what to do. Because the computer can't understand speech and because hitting it — no matter what emotional value that has for you — does little to the PC [more…]
Word 2007 Mail Merge — Step 3: Building Records
After defining the fields you need for your Word 2007 mail merge, the next step is to complete the address list. To do that, you create a list of records, by entering the data for each field in each record [more…]
Printing Gridlines and Row and Column Headings in Excel 2007
In Excel 2007, you can print gridlines or row numbers and column letters on the page. Selecting these options results in a printout that closely resembles what you see on-screen. This feature is useful [more…]
