Here’s a tip for Outlook users on editing e-mail messages you receive. Just open an e-mail, select the Edit menu, and choose “Edit Message.” Once you have edited the message, select “Save” from the File menu, and you’re done.
Help Desk
Tip of the Day
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Want to archive your Outlook or Outlook Express files so they don’t clog up your e-mail program? It’s really a snap. Just create an empty folder on your computer, or within your CD-R drive — name it whatever you want. Then navigate to the e-mails you want to archive. If you want to archive selected…
Tip of the Day
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I wish MS Word were more intuitive in detecting when I’m typing a foreign word — it’s pretty good with some words, but usually it doesn’t add the required character. Here are a few shortcuts to get the foreign characters you need:
Ctrl+’+letter = acute accent
Ctrl+`+letter = grave accent
Ctrl+Shift+~+letter = puts a tilde…
Tip of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
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From time to time, I mention helpful keyboard shortcuts for Word, Internet Explorer and other applications. Remembering all those shortcuts is tough! Here’s how you can remind yourself of those shortcuts in Microsoft Word:
- Select Tools, then Customize, then the Options tab. Check the “Show Shortcut Keys in Screen Tips” box. Now when
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Tip of the Day
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If you have Windows XP installed on your computer, you may know that it loads all kinds of things you don’t need when it starts up. How do you get rid of these services? Here’s one way: select Start, then Run, then type services.msc, and press Enter. Click on the Extended tab to see…
Tip of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Help Desk
If you read the newsletter, you have no doubt seen my “Help Desk” feature, where I offer tips on using your computer. I have so many tips to share with you, I won’t possibly get around to mentioning them all. So today I’m debuting “Tip of the Day” — hopefully you’ll find it helpful!…
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part V
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And on the last day of 2002, tips #9 and #10 from PC World’s 10 Top Resolutions for Your PC:
- Stay on Top of Fraud — the PC World Article mentions CardCops, a site I mentioned a few months ago. There you can check to see if your credit card is being used
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PC Resolutions for 2003, Part IV
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Continuing with PC World’s Top 10 PC Resolutions for 2003, here are #7 and #8:
- Want to be Spam Free? — the bad news is, it’s tough to completely eliminate spam. There are certain tips you can follow — check out this article from PC World for a good start. If it’s a spam
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PC Resolutions for 2003, Part II
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Today we continue a review of PC World’s PC Resolutions for 2003, with #3 and #4:
- Protect your Network — this resolution really has two parts — the first part on wireless networks you’ll have to read about on the PC World site, ’cause I’m just not a networking kind of guy. The second
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PC Resolutions for 2003, Part I
By Tom Mighell on
There’s an article in PC World this week on the Top 10 Resolutions for Your PC. If you want to read the whole article, head to the link above, but I thought I would comment on a few of the resolutions, with ideas for improving your computing experience:
- Banish Junk from Your Hard Drive
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