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Turn Off The Drawing Canvas In Word 2002
When you insert an object into a Word document, the drawing canvas is automatically placed around it. It is designed to make it easier for you to move objects around in your document. However, some people find that drawing canvas difficult to work with. If this is the case, you do have the option of [...]
Identify The Type Of Page Breaks
Page breaks mark the end of one page and the beginning of another. There are two different types of page breaks: automatic page breaks (also called soft page breaks) and manual page breaks (also called hard page breaks). As you move onto another page in a document, Word automatically inserts a page break. If you [...]
Degunking Your PC
Paraglyph Press announces the publication of the fifth major book in its bestselling Degunking series, Degunking Your PC. Bestselling authors Joli Ballew and Jeff Duntemann co-authored last year’s bestselling and highly-acclaimed Degunking Windows, which topped the bestseller lists for months and generated responses from readers such as, “This book really saved my butt!” In their [...]
A Really Neat Use Of The Internet: MyDollarBill.com
OK, now this is a really cute use of the Internet. It’s kind of like WheresGeorge meets Linked In. You register on the site, and then you write your name (just a first name is fine) and the Web site address on the margin of a dollar bill (yes, it’s legal – here are the [...]
InFormEnter v0.2
InFormEnter is a handy add-on for Firefox that adds a small, clickable icon next to every input field in a Web form, from where you can select the item to be inserted – no typing required. You can configure it to display your frequently used information such as name, e-mail, address, and whatever else you [...]
BetaNews
A bug free software world would be great to live in, but unfortunately, that’s a farfetched dream at this point in time. Software developers test their programs under many different configurations and usage patterns, but when it’s all said and done, no matter how hard they work at creating a technically perfect application, bugs will [...]
Cassette To Computer
Q: I have a number of cassette tapes that I’d like to transfer onto my computer. I have good recording software and a CD burner, so my only question is, how do I get the audio from the portable tape player to the computer?
YES! Lockergnome Has Readers. And They Have Buttons To Push That Elicit Ideas!
First, allow me to apologize for the long period between this article and my last article. That previous article was ‘Gripes about Operating System Gripes.’ I am still in the process of removing poison darts from my typing implements. Some medical issues have prevented me from writing, but I have returned. Let me also state [...]
Adding A Watermark In Word 2002
One way you can spice up a document is to add a watermark. A watermark is simply a very faint image that appears behind your text. For example, it may be a company logo or name. You may have seen documents before that have the word confidential behind the text. Yes, this is a watermark! [...]
Enable Dynamic Update (2k/03)
Dynamic update was first introduced with Windows 2000 DNS. It enabled clients running Windows 2000 (and later versions) to update their own resource records with a DNS server. This make administering zone files much more efficient. What about pre-Windows 2000 clients such as Windows 95? This is where a DHCP server becomes even more important. [...]
