To create a copy of the data you’ve put on Facebook, click the cog icon at the top right of your profile page. Select Account Settings. At the bottom of this page locate Download a copy of your Facebook data. Click Start My Archive. A pop up notification will advise that it could take some time. […]
Close all open messages in Outlook
Do you want to be able to close all the message windows in one fell swoop, but leave the main Outlook application running? In Outlook 2010 click on the View tab and select Close All Items. (In earlier versions of Outlook, Close All Items is usually found under the File menu).
Moving around in your Browser
When browsing the Internet pressing the Space bar will move the page down one page at a time in your browser. If you press Shift+Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.
Quick Drop-down List in Excel
Do you want to repeat data that’s already been used in the column? To enter Yellow in a new cell in the column Excel will bring it up anyway when simply typing Y – this is because there is only one data entry starting with the letter Y. Conversely if you need to enter Blueish, […]
Pin Files and Folders
To pin files to the Recent List in 2010 click on the File tab, Recent. Click on a stickpin, next to a Recent Document that you want to anchor to the top of the list. On the right hand side in Recent Places you can now also pin entire folders permanently to the top of […]
Clipboard
The Clipboard is handy to use when you want to Copy and Paste something but you don’t necessarily want to do the pasting immediately after you’ve done the copy. The Clipboard will also hold items you’ve copied from various programs, not just Word. To use open the Clipboard by clicking on the Clipboard button. Position your insertion […]
Quickest way to review a Sum or Average
A quick way to find the sum and average of cells in Excel 2010 is to select adjacent or non-adjacent cells and look in the status bar. Excel displays the average of the numbers, a count of the cells, and the sum.
Check Disk in Windows 7
Check Disk will scan thorough your entire hard drive and find errors. It’s probably worth doing every month or two. Start > Computer. Right click on the drive you want to check and choose Properties. Select the Tools tab and click the Check now button Check both options in the dialog box if you want […]
Crop to a Shape
First we need a picture in our Word document (Insert tab – Picture). The Picture Tools format ribbon should now be active. If not, click on the image. In the Size group click on the Crop down triangle. Select Crop to Shape and choose any of the available shapes.
Cropping Pictures Word 2010
First we need a picture in our Word document (Insert tab – Picture). The Picture Tools format ribbon should now be active. If not, click on the image. Click on Crop. Click and drag inward any of the four corners to crop from any one side. You can still see the area to be cropped […]
