Experience Builds Confidence

To give my clients a sense of control over their computers, I like to help them add or change features to meet their needs. The value of the exercise is increased if they learn how to download something, install it, and use it in a way that enhances their computing experience, but that is not [...]

Combine Lists In A Document In Word 2003

Word makes it very easy for you to combine multiple lists (bulleted or numbered) into one. Once you append one list to another, Word should take care of applying all the formatting to the second list so it matches the format of the first one. If this does not happen, it is likely because the [...]

Sort Table Columns In Word 2003

Word lets you sort data, such as text, numbers and dates, in a table column or cell. You can have Word sort the data for you automatically using instead of doing it manually. This can save you a lot of time, especially if you are working with a large amount of data. To sort data [...]

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Is OpenOffice Open Enough For You?

This afternoon, Ponzi asked me to install Office on one of our laptops so that we could use Excel and Word on it. Easy enough to do, right? All I had to do was find the CD, right? Well, I couldn’t find it – and I’m pretty certain all of my Office activations have been [...]

Hot Corners

I really love finding neat programs that are simple in nature and just do a job really well. One program I ran across the other day that fits that description is Hot Corners. What is Hot Corners all about? Well, it allows you to set specific actions depending on which part of the screen your [...]

MySpeed PC Advanced

MySpeed PC Advanced edition is an Internet speed test program that accurately measures your connection bandwidth, and provides an easy to understand report of your download, upload speeds, and connection quality. You can test your Internet connection on-demand, or schedule speed tests to run automatically and view results of all tests to see how your [...]

Alexa

Statistics seem to make the Internet tick. People are always wondering which blog has the most traffic, who makes the most advertising revenue, who’s the most popular, and so on. Some of these statistics are important for business reasons, but a lot of people take certain statistics too far and use them as the basis [...]

Scan Dog II

After my Scan Dog article ran in Windows Fanatics, I heard from some of you out there that were in the same boat as I was and had older Epson scanners that did not, and would NEVER have, drivers to use the scanner while using Windows Vista as the operating system. One comment that could [...]