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Turn Off AutoFit Text In PowerPoint
As you type text into a placeholder, PowerPoint will automatically shrink the text to fit the placeholder. Given that one of the most common complaints people have with presentations is that there is too much text and the font is too small, you may want to turn this feature off. To turn AutoFit off in [...]
Set Up Your PowerPoint 2002 Presentation To Run Unattended
PowerPoint lets you set up a presentation without requiring any user interaction – meaning you don’t have to be standing there clicking the mouse to advance through the slides. This is particularly useful of you want a presentation to run on a kiosk. To have a presentation run unattended, you need to set up automatic [...]
Snipd
Bookmarking Web pages on the Internet is something that we’re all used to. At this very moment, I have so many pages bookmarked that I don’t even know what I’m going to do with all of them. In addition to the pages that I have bookmarked, I also send URLs to people and receive them [...]
Storytlr
Everyone has a story to tell, and sometimes we don’t even realize that we’re telling a story when we really are. The online content revolution has enabled us to post our thoughts and experiences on a large number of social services, and when you combine all of that information, a story begins to emerge. Due [...]
Pictid
I enjoy looking at pictures of places around the world. Since I don’t get a chance to travel very often, I rely on these images to satisfy my sense of adventure. They aren’t a perfect replacement for the real thing, but they do provide a little bit of escapism. For the most part, you’ll find [...]
New Geek Rising
If you’re looking for geeks, we’ve got just the place for you! Our community site, which just broke the 13,000 member mark, is looking forward to meeting you! Join us! Here’s some of the stuff being talked about there today: Blog Posts “It’s peanut butter and salmonella time!” People are making new stuff for the [...]
Windows 7 – A View From Across The Sea
Gnomie Kyle “The Scottish Long-Hair Geek” Allan writes: Hi, Chris! Fist of all, I’m a new subscriber to your channel, and I’m really impressed by your work and views! All good! Now, Windows 7. I have to admit that I am a Vista hater! I built myself a nice big system back in early 2007 [...]
Clear All Formatting In Word 2003
Microsoft Word, along with other Microsoft Office applications, lets you easily clear all formatting (such as bold, underline, italics, color, superscript, subscript) from your text and return to the default formatting styles. You can accomplish this using the Clear Formatting command. To clear the formatting of text in your document: Select the text in your [...]
Shoeboxed
As a freelancer, I’m all too familiar with what it’s like to have to keep up with receipts in preparation for tax time. Although I have good intentions throughout the year when it comes to doing this, somehow I always end up having to play catch-up before taxes are due. No matter how you look [...]
Geek At Last!
If you’re looking for geeks, we’ve got just the place for you! Our community site, which just broke the 13,000 member mark, is looking forward to meeting you! Join us! Here’s some of the stuff being talked about there today: Blog Posts Nothing beats the coolness of being able to say “I made that!” With [...]
