I have a subscriber who regularly adds lines and arrows to flowcharts that she has created in Excel. She inquired whether there is a way to set a default line weight, color, and arrow because it is very tiresome changing the attributes all the time. As it turns out, it really is not all that […]
Storage Sense There are many third-party utilities you can use to keep all those temporary files, log files, etc, from cluttering up your drive. Left to its own devices, Windows will happily create more and more cruft until you begin to notice that your drive isn’t as big as you once thought it was. Windows […]
One of my subscribers has a document that contains labels with names on them. The document is intended to be printed using Avery 5162 labels, but she wants to change the document so it uses Avery 5163 labels. She would like to do this without having to recreate her entire document. There are a couple […]
I wanted to print some information from a web page without printing the entire page. It’s a simple procedure, but results may vary depending on the browser. Just highlight the text you want to print and then right-click on it. Click on Print. Carry on from there. I wanted to print part of a much […]
“There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.” Process Scheduling Windows 10 manages CPU prioritization pretty darn good. That doesn’t mean that you don’t have some control over it, and that in turn means you can tweak its behavior to better serve your usage patterns. This […]
Learn Outlook’s Keyboard Shortcuts Like Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office apps, Outlook has unique keyboard shortcuts so you don’t have to waste time moving your mouse around or drilling down through menus. Learn the ones you use most and you’ll speed through your Outlook tasks. Some you may find useful: Ctrl + R: reply […]
I recently purchased a little web cam from Wish. It’s supposed to be HD quality, but there’s no way this thing can pump out HD quality video; in the same breath, if you wanted a half decent camera image for something like Facebook chat, it’s not too bad. If you want to produce HD quality […]
Guess who’s back with another customize job for you to learn? ME! That is right. I have been in the seasonal spirit and I’m looking to redecorate my web browser. If you know me, I love changing the look of things and this article is no different. As in my article, “How To Change Themes […]
Audacity I recently had to put together a DVD for my Uncle using his pictures, videos and music. I had too many MP3 files to deal with and decided to merge them into one file to make it easier to manage. I used Audacity to do this but had an issue with the final result– […]
I believe it is a truism that whenever you add something, you will later want to delete it. When you have finished with a project or you do not have a need for a particular view, you will want to get rid of it. Follow the steps below to learn how: On your Ribbon, display […]
Task Manager The Task Manager has been around for a very long time now. As far back as Windows 3.x, there was a bundled utility called Windows Task List which was able to view and kill running tasks and start new tasks. The current Task Manager has come a long way since those olden days. […]
YouTube is a magical world where a kid’s dreams of becoming famous can happen, at least that is what my boys tell me. I have three boys who have been hounding– I mean, talking — to me for over a year about having a YouTube channel with them. Since I’m an awesome Dad I said […]