Archive for the ‘Windows Resources/Tips’ Category


Postcard Marketing Resources

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

VistaPrint.com – VistaPrint offers high-quality printing in small or large quantities at very affordable prices (and they usually have some sort of special going on). I have been using Vista Print for a number of years and have never been disappointed by their quality and timeliness in receiving the [...]

Bonus Tip: Save All Command

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

You have a stack of documents open on your desktop and know there must be a better way to save them than one by one. Where is the Save All command when you need it? Well it’s hiding. Shift-click the File menu and then click Save All. Do not press Alt-Shift-F to display the File [...]

Outlook Tip: Attach Documents With Ease

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to attach documents to email, follow these simple steps:

Open the folder containing the file you want to attach
Make sure your inbox is open in Outlook
Drag the file from Windows Explorer (folder you have open) with your mouse and drop it on your open [...]

Tips/Links of the Month: Capturing Screen Shots

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Do you ever ask yourself why when you hit the Print Screen key it does not print the image displayed on your screen to your printer? To enable the Print Screen function, you have to save the image to the clipboard and paste it into a document.
Sometimes abbreviated as PRTSC or Prt Scr, the print [...]

Tips/Links of the Month: Hodgepodge of Website Links

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Because it is the end of the summer, and many are on vacation, we are keeping the newsletter rather short this month. We have included some information below that you might find useful. Take a look and see what you think.
Microsoft Outlook – Add Holidays to your Calendar
Did you know that you can have [...]

Tips/Links of the Month: Software Tips/Troubleshooting

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

This month I will share with you some websites that can assist you with troubleshooting your software or help you with a particular shortcut that can make your life a bit easier.
Microsoft Office – Microsoft’s official web site for MS Office products. Here you will find a product knowledge base, [...]

Tips/Links of the Month: Windows/IE Shortcuts

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Alphabetize Favorites in Internet Explorer: To start, open Internet Explorer; click Favorites in the main menu (the menu that also includes File, Edit and View); right-click any one of your Favorites in the list and select “Sort by Name.” Internet Explorer will then alphabetize the Favorites, listing folders first.
Unfortunately, IE [...]

Software Tip of the Month: Microsoft Word Annoyance

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Microsoft Word Annoyance – To change MSWord’s default folder for saving documents – Word always saves your documents in the “My Documents” folder. I suppose this folder makes sense for some users, but not for me.

The fix – you can change the default folder easily. Select Tools – Options, click the File Locations tab, select [...]

Software Tip of the Month: Microsoft Word Annoyances

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Microsoft Word Annoyance – Most of us use Word on a daily basis and there are just a few things that just annoy us about this program. Like when you type (c) in a document and it automatically converts it to a copyright symbol. Here’s the fix: There is a built-in AutoCorrect entry intended to [...]

Speed Tips: Keystrokes for Excel

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

F4 – Repeat Last Command
Ctrl + ‘ – Copy Formula above Cell
Ctrl + F – Find
Ctrl + Y – Redo
Ctrl + Z – Undo
Ctrl + Shift + $ – Apply Currency Formula
Ctrl + Shift + # – Apply Date Format
Ctrl + ; – Insert Current Date
Ctrl + Home – Move to cell A1
Shift + Spacebar [...]

Excel Spreadsheet Printing Tip

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Spreadsheets can get fairly large and wide on your screen, making printing on standard 8.5 x 11 paper a long and frustrating experience. You can, however, make your spreadsheet print to the width of your paper.

Click the worksheet
On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Page tab
Click Fit to
In the first [...]