Last week I posted a video link that showed you how to use the “Fluent User Interface” of Office 2007. This week I have another video link for you that covers the entire Office 2007 Suite tips and tricks for beginner users. It’s goes for a while, but I think you’ll end up with some good tip and tricks at the end of it.
Click here http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT102584591033&CTT=5&Origin=HA102584511033
Have a good weekend!
If you use the Microsoft Office 2007 suite then this video tip is for you. I had a look at it and found it easy to understand. Highly recommended if you want to increase you Office 2007 skills. This tips is directly from the Microsoft Office site.
Remember you can always call elscomm for your all your computer needs.
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Gee! Has it been a while since I last posted an article. Lots have been happening and unfortunately the computer help blog suffered from it. Well it’s time to get back into it.
Microsoft Windows XP lets you show the contents of folders in a variety of ways, such as a simple or detailed list of the files, or as thumbnail images. Each folder in My Computer or My Documents can have its own view. That’s useful for folders like My Music or My Pictures, because you can look at your digital photos in Thumbnails or Filmstrip view, and see your song titles in Tiles view. But changing the view for every folder can be time-consuming. Read more here
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Every so often I get a briefing from our operations staff on data center statistics. Last week, I learned one number that startled even me: as of Jan 20th, we had restored over 2 billion files for our customers. I assume that most of these files would have been lost if they had not had Carbonite. Also, Carbonite’s restore process has been extremely reliable. You’d think with that many files being restored that there would be some that are lost or corrupt. While these kinds of problems occurred once in a while when we were young, it doesn’t seem to happen anymore. The RAID disk arrays that we use to store your data are 36 million times more reliable than the hard drive in your computer. That’s one reason that online backup is far more reliable than a cheap external hard drive.
- David Friend, CEO Carbonite
Read full article here http://winzip.carbonite.com/blog/post/2009/02/Can-you-believe-2-billion-files-restored!.aspx
Here is a simple tip to make a copy of all your Favorites in Internet Explorer 7. The benefits of doing this is that you can make a backup copy of your favorites and save it somewhere else. You could also save a copy of your Favorites to a USB flash drive and take it with you. With this you can plug the flash drive into another computer and have all your favorites wherever you go.
Here is how you do it.
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Press the Alt key on your keyboard.
3. Notice at the top of Internet Explorer you have File, click on it.
4. Select Import and Export…
5. This will initiate a wizard. Click on Next
6. Select Export Favorites and click Next.
7. Following screen will show all you Favorties. I would recommend you export all your Favorites, so leave it highlighted on the top folder called Favorties. Click Next.
8. You will now need to select the destination where you want to export the favorites to. Click on the Browse button. I would recommend that you save it directly to you USB flash drive or you save it to your desktop for now and copy it later. Select either and click Save.
9. You are now back at the destination screen, click Next.
10. Click Finish and you will receive a message that the export was successful.
11. You can now view the exported Favorites by going to the location where you saved them.
That’s this week’s tip.
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If you use Microsoft Word 2007 and want to convert your documents into PDF files you can do so in a couple of simple steps.
button then select Save As follwed by PDF or XPS (see below)
Word 2007 Menu
Now you can select where to save this PDF. Simply select a location and press Save. You now have you newly created PDF file.Article written by Dave Friend from Carbonite.
Think you’re safe backing up to an external hard drive or second computer?
Here are a couple of keyboard shortcut tips from one of the elscomm technicians - Russell.
Example of how-to use:
Pressing the Windows Logo + (plus) the D key: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop.
Note: Windows Logo is the keyboard button that has the windows logo on it. 
Shortcuts:
Here’s a keyboard shortcut that will make switching between programs much easier.
On your keyboard press and hold the Alt button.
Now press the Tab button… see a small box appear in the middle of your screen? You can now while holding the Alt button tap on the Tab button to the program you want to switch to and then let go of Alt.
Easy!
So you have the latest internet security for your computer - anti-virus, firewall, spyware protection, privacy protection, the whole kit and caboodle. Nothing is going to get to your computer network now….. or have you just overlooked one of the most easiest ways to access your computer network.
Wireless networks that have no security enabled is more open than you leaving all your doors and windows open to burglars to get in your house… it’s like opening all your doors and windows and then standing in the middle of the street yelling out that all your doors and windows are open for anyone to come in - good or bad.
On the other hand you might have been told that you have security on your wireless network. But to your lack of knowledge and your technician’s lack of knowledge he might have only setup WEP security on your wireless router. It might protect you from novice users that try to access your network, but to any hacker that knows a bit more, cracking your WEP security on your wireless router is not a big task at all.
As a home user you might be less of a target but you can still be in the firing line of some hackers that can plant key loggers onto your computer and then record any information you type, including passwords and credit card information. Realistically you’ll need to have a person come into range of your wireless network to attempt this, but it’s not a hard task - have you ever turned on your laptop and searched and found many networks in your vicinity. You probably found some unsecured network and could connect to those.
As a minimum other people will use your internet connection for surfing the net and downloading who knows what - at your expense!
If you run a business or you have friends or family that run one - it’s a very good ideas to send this on!…
If you are not sure if your wireless network is secure (running WPA/WPA2) you can have some one from elscomm come out and make sure that you have the correct security protection for your wireless network. Contact us on (02) 9572 7571 or 0402 936 861 or create a support ticket here
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