You are eligible to receive one free report each year from each of these 3 credit bureaus so you may want to stagger this eligibility by ordering a report from each of the bureaus every four months. To order your free report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com.

The new rates:

• Letters – 1 cent increase to .45 cents.
• Additional ounce rate remains at .20 cents
• Postcards – 3 cent increase to .32 cents
• Letters to Canada and Mexico – increase 5 cents to .85 cents
• Priority Mal Flat Rate envelope increases to $5.15 from $4.95
• Priority Mail small box increases to $5.35 from $5.20

Certainly a good time to have those forever stamps on hand.

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1. Log in to your Gmail account
2. Alongside the Search the Web button you will see Create a filter
3. In the ‘Has the words’ field, type before:2010/12/31, or any date in this format. The command will then archive all existing messages that you received prior to that date
4. Click Next Step
5. Check the box Skip the Inbox (Archive It)
6. Check the box for “Also apply filter to ## conversations below”
7. Click Create Filter

Here is a neat feature I just learned. You can easily create a checklist in Evernote. If you open up a note or simply create a new note, click on the Edit button. You will see a little checkbox in the menu bar – click on the button and where your cursor is placed, a checkbox will appear. This will work with the iPhone and Android apps as well as the Web and desktop version of Evernote.

I see this feature being used if you are leading a seminar, you can create a quick checklist of pending tasks that need to be completed, upcoming business trip – create a checklist to be sure nothing is left behind, or simply your grocery list. Unfortunately, it does not integrate into your task manager, but it is still a neat function for those simple to do lists.

• Under Reports, select Customer and Receivables
• Select Transaction List by Customer
• Select Modify Report which shows in the upper left hand corner and enter in the date range
• While in Modify Report, select the Filters tab and then choose Transaction Type as your filter
• In the dropdown menu of Transaction Types, select Invoice
• Select OKAY and your report will be generated

1. Right click on a toolbar and select the WordArt toolbar
2. On the WordArt toolbar, select insert WordArt icon
3. From the WordArt gallery, select your choice of format and select OK
4. In the WordArt Edit Text box, type “Confidential” or whatever phrase you would like to appear, select the font and size and then OK
5. Right click the WordArt, select Format WordArt from the shortcut menu and then select the Colors or Lines Tab
6. In fill, select No Fill from the color dropdown box
7. In the line section adjust the color and line format to black, select OK
8. Right click WordArt, select Order from the shortcut menu, and then Send to Back so the text appears behind your text
9. Adjust the WordArt to suite the page and you’re all set

In Word 2010, it’s even easier than that:

1. Go to the Page Layout tab
2. Click the Watermark drop down and choose which watermark you want.  All done.

A few features of Google +:

• Circles: Circles are your group of friends. You can create individual circles for your family, friends and business colleagues
• Hangouts: Just hanging around? You can “hang out” with up to 10 friends in real time video
• Sparks: Interested in a particular topic? Sparks streams content related to your interests including video so you always have something to watch, read or share
• Instant Upload: All photo’s and video’s you take can be uploaded automatically to your private album allowing you to share with those in your Circle
• Huddle: Huddle is a group messaging feature allowing everyone in a particular Circle to share what is going on in real time

Will Google + give Facebook a run for its money? Only time will tell but over 20 million have already signed up in their first 3 weeks of launch.

A side note, Google + is only open to individuals and the business version is to be released later this year.

To remove ALL spaces from a cell (as the TRIM function leaves one space in the middle) using Find and Replace.

1. Select the range of cells you would like to remove the space from
2. Press Ctrl + H
3. Click on the Find What box and press the space bar once
4. Ensure the Replace with box has nothing in it
5. Select Replace all

If you receive data in one column and need to extract the data into different columns, you can use the “Text to Column” feature

1. Select the cells that contain the text
2. On the Menu bar, select Data, Text to Columns, Next
3. Select the Delimiter that separates the items (space, comma)
4. Select Finish.

The data should now be separated into different columns.