It’s not a good idea to switch your PC off by pressing the power switch or pulling the plug while it’s still running as the results can be disastrous. Give your computer the time it needs to flush caches, close files, and save configuration data. To turn off Windows properly, click on Start, Shut Down, […]
Tab key
Use the Tab key to line up your text. Never use spaces. In most cases you will be using proportional fonts – the characters have varying widths. Therefore using spaces will not be an accurate way to line up text.
Excel Spell Check
Spell check all worksheets in an Excel file. Right-click on one of the worksheet tabs. This will open a quick menu from which you can choose ‘Select All Sheets’. Press the function key F7 to begin the spell check.
Insert a horizontal line quickly
Quickly insert a horizontal line in Word. Type 3 dashes — and hit your ‘Enter’ key immediately after. Try three asterisks***, three underscores___, three equal signs ===, three number signs ###, and three tildes ~~~ to change the type of line.
Blind Carbon Copy
What is To, CC & BCC in emails? To: if it’s for their attention and action, each recipient on the To list will see the other email addresses and anyone also included in the CC list. CC: (Carbon Copy) if you are sending interested parties a copy for their information – though they are not […]
Move document sections
Word 2010 Tip: Navigation Pane. Word’s navigation pane (which was the Document Map) has changed. You can now move sections of a document to a different place in the file simply by dragging their headings up and down the pane. You can also right-click the heading and choose other actions from the quick menu.
Highlight All Cells Referenced by a Formula
Excel 2010. To highlight all the cells referenced by a formula press Ctrl+[ (that’s Ctrl and open-square-bracket). The current selection will also move to the first of the referenced cells. Press Enter, and the selection moves to the next referenced cell, continue to press Enter to move though the rest of the referenced cells.
Reduce mailbox size
Outlook 2010: Reduce your mailbox size by going to File > Info > Cleanup Tools. Two quick options to actually reduce your mailbox size are: Find items by size and\or age and delete Find items older than ?90? daysFind items larger than ?250? kilboytes. You can amend and enter an appropriate figure into the given […]
Test how your website displays
Want to see how your website looks in various devices, try http://quirktools.com/screenfly/ just type your URL in and click Go.
Parental controls in Internet Explorer
Parental controls – how to restrict Web Browsing using IE. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools > Internet options or click the cog in the upper right-hand corner. Click on the Content tab and select the Enable button. Select a filter category. Use the slider to adjust the how much content is to be seen, […]
