If it weren’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all. No, seriously. Murphy’s Law was designed with me in mind. If a stray bird is going to hit any car on the freeway, it will be mine. If the hotel was going
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My very first computer was a real beauty. It was, well, to use the technical term, a mechanical paperweight. This was back in the days when Windows 95, AOL, and the Internet as we know it was first being born. I had overclocked my computer
I want a Droid. That’s right, I said I want a Droid. I ignored the iPhone hype because it was an Apple product on AT&T. Since AT&T barely works on my front porch and not at all in my house, it was relatively simple to
Every 3000 miles, my truck needs an oil change. I’ve accepted this. In fact, I make reminders to myself to get the truck into the shop so that the oil is changed on a regular schedule. Tune ups, tire inflation, oil changes, this is all
Unlike some of the other Microsoft Office applications, the main Outlook 2007 window uses a familiar menu bar and toolbar combination to give you access to commands, options and tools in Outlook 2007. Other applications, such as MS Word, us a new feature called the
Several folks have written to me inquiring about this topic. I have to preface my article by saying that this latest version of MS Word is only slightly less confusing than it was in 2003. Having said that, it is possible to create multilevel lists
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The numbering in Word 2007 is only slightly less confusing that it has been in previous versions and it still gives lots of folks heartburn when they use it. Following the steps below should clarify the process and make it a bit easier for you.
I have had quite a few inquiries regarding this latest version of MS Word and so I thought I would write an article covering some of the cool ways that this version of Word has changed and how it makes life easier for those of
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If you find that your documents need reformatting every time you paste an item, you can save considerable time by having Word 2007 take over some of those formatting chores for you. After you delete a single word, does MS Word leave an extra space
Once you’ve finished drafting, editing and formatting your document, you most likely will want to print a hard copy. Word allows you to print a selection, the current page, a range of pages, or the entire document, depending on your requirements. You can print one
I remember a time when I had "Googled" how to create a bulleted list in MS Excel and was very disappointed when all I found was articles telling me that it couldn’t be done. Perhaps you have searched as well and been dead-ended in the
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Most folks think of the Microsoft Office Suite as something you you have to use at work and perhaps they use it for personal correspondence at home as well. Of course, there are some savvy computer enthusiasts who also use it for myriad purposes, as
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There are a number of predefined watermarks that ship with MS Word 2007 that you can add to your document without any additional formatting. When you want to distribute draft copies of the document you are working on, you can add the draft watermark to
I’ve written on this subject several times, but the message bears repeating. Email is the main source of all virus and Trojan horse infections on the Internet. This was true in 1996 when email was not nearly as widespread as it is today and it’s
