MS Word Tip: Strip Hyperlinks from Pasted Text

Posted on 08. Sep, 2010 by in VirtualConnections Newsletter, Windows Resources/Tips

If you often copy text from email messages or other online sources into a Word document, all the hyperlinks from those web pages and email addresses will carry over. You could go through each link one by one, right click and choose Remove Hyperlink but that will certainly take some time if you have many [...]

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Website of the Month: LetterMeLater.com

Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by in VirtualConnections Newsletter, Windows Resources/Tips

LetterMeLater.com allows you to send emails to anyone you wish, with the ability to have them sent at any future date and time you choose. A feature missing from every email service is the ability to schedule when an email gets sent – you must click the “send” button at the exact moment of delivery. [...]

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MS PowerPoint Tip: Compressing Images

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by in Windows Resources/Tips

Emailing PowerPoint presentations can create problems with file too large error messages from your ISP, especially those that are graphic intensive. There is a way that you can compress the images in your presentation to help on the file size. Right click on any picture or graphic in the presentation and choose Format Picture from [...]

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MS Excel Tip: Delete Duplicate Rows from a List in Excel

Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by in VirtualConnections Newsletter, Windows Resources/Tips

A duplicate row (also called a record) in a list is one where all values in the row are an exact maatch of all the values in another row. To delete duplicate rows, you need to filter a list for unique rows, delete the original list, and then replace it with the filtered list. The [...]

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Website of the Month: ConnectNow

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by in VirtualConnections Newsletter, Windows Resources/Tips

Adobe® ConnectNow, one of the Adobe.com services, is a great way to share ideas, discuss details, and complete work with others – all online. Reduce travel costs, save time, and increase productivity with a web conferencing solution that’s easy to access and simple to use. Built on the Adobe Flash® Platform, ConnectNow operates inside a [...]

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MS Word Tip: Putting Document Names in Headers or Footers

Posted on 03. May, 2010 by in Windows Resources/Tips

You found a document that you printed some time ago and need to update with some new resources. You have spent half an hour trying to find it on your computer because you can’t remember what you named the file. Follow these steps to add the document name to either the header or footer of [...]

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Tool of the Month: GMail Notifier

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by in Windows Resources/Tips

GMail Notifier is a handy tool that sits in your system tray and alerts you when you have new messages in your GMail account. When you see the icon in your system tray, new messages have arrived. Just right click on the envelope, go to “View Inbox” and you will be taken directly to your [...]

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MS Excel Tip: Transpose Rows and Columns

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by in Windows Resources/Tips

You just spent time setting up a new worksheet and realized that you want the columns to be rows and the rows to be columns. Well don’t fret, you do not need to start from scratch. Just highlight the table, click Copy, then go to another area of the worksheet and select Paste Special. On [...]

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Time to Rethink Your Passwords

Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by in Windows Resources/Tips

It’s a good idea from time to time to change some of your website passwords. Instead of picking your pet’s name or street address, perhaps something to inspire you in 2010 such as L00$e15lbs or succe$$2010. What are your goals for 2010? Nothing like reinforcing that goal each time you need to type it.

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MSWord Annoyance: How Can I Remove This Line?

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by in Windows Resources/Tips

You just typed three hyphens in a row (—) , hit the enter key and now you have a long horizontal line on the page. This can be a very handy shortcut but have you ever had trouble deleting the line? Sometimes you can back space over it and it will go away, other times, [...]

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