Fake Email Generator
How often are we required to enter an email address before getting into a site or maybe to download a white paper or an ebook? We think nothing of it, just a door to go through to obtain what we were going after. Then we …
How To Make Pages Fit In Word
How many times have you typed your document in Microsoft Word and had it continue on a new page for just a few lines? There is an easy way to make it fit on one. To demonstrate, we will create a document that is a …
How To Extract Images From PowerPoint
I had a PowerPoint file that contained over 200 images and I needed the images for another project. I could have right-clicked each picture and downloaded them one at a time, but I thought there should be a better way. Then I remembered that the …
Word – The Three Nevers And More
I have been teaching word processing for decades. WordPerfect was what I used and taught for years. Then the college I taught at entered into an agreement with Microsoft and I learned Word and the rest of the Office suite. Now, most of my work …
How To Make Your Own Icons
Last month I wrote about creating a shortcut to websites so one can go directly to the site from the desktop. Some of those shortcuts have icons with images and others are just plain squares. Then we saw how to assign an icon image from …
How To Save A Web Page
The first question might be, “Why should I save a web page?”. Sometimes I see something I might want at one of the big box stores and think I can get it next week. When I go back and look for it, they no longer …
Online PDF Annotator – DocHub
Have you ever received a form attached to an email or downloaded from the internet that needs to be filled out? Unless it was built to be filled out online, you have to print a copy. Then you fill it out by hand, sign it, …
Windows 7 Death Knell – Thoughts?
I have read a number of articles about Windows 7 being unsupported come January 2020. Some seem to think that it will be the end of their dependable Windows 7 PC. Not true. There are plenty of XP and Vista and Windows 8 machines out …
How To Set Browser Home Page
Many users find themselves with the starting page for the browser they are using changed by some unknown source. Some have just left the defaults that came with the browser and have to manually open their favorite website each time they open the browser. When …
How To Use The Bookmarks Bar
I am frequently questioned about the favorites or bookmark bar on a browser. They want to know where it is, how can they make it show, and how to place things on it. Displaying The Bar This is what my bookmarks bar looks like. It …
How To Add Images To Shortcuts And Icons
We saw how to create an icon for a single web page in my Elderly Computing article. Sometimes the icon that is created is an empty square– no picture. Let’s take a look at changing the icon to something else. Open your browser and locate …
How To Easily Create Excel Charts
Charting data entered into an Excel spreadsheet does not have to be a complicated procedure. This article shows you step-by-step how to make that happen. First, we will create a simple worksheet and add some random data. Then we will create a quick chart of …
How To Parse Names In Excel
Columns of names in a spreadsheet are often entered as full names (first and last). This works great for mailing labels where the complete name is used. It is not convenient when only the first or last name is needed, like when you need to …
Elderly Computing Tip
Computers are all around us no matter what age we are– from young to old. In my experience, many elderly users find it confusing but there’s a way to set up the Desktop and remove a lot of that confusion. Instead of placing a shortcut …