Show the desktop
The keyboard shortcut for "Minimize All" is [Windows logo] + M and the keyboard shortcut for "Show Desktop" is [Windows logo] + D. How are they different? "Minimize All" is easier to describe. It...
View ArticleRSS Extended Attributes
I blogged here and here about my ideas for the future of RSS and similar XML based technologies and how I use them myself. I then came across some stuff on RSS extended attributes, and the support for...
View ArticleAnyone planning a migration to Access 2003, needs to take a look at this when...
Joe reports:We announced this week the Microsoft Office Access 2003 Conversion Toolkit which will be available around the time that Office 2003 SP1 is released this summer. In marketing-speak: the...
View ArticlePreview slide show whilst editing
For a quick preview of a slide show while you're editing a presentation, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on View Show in the Slide Show menu. Instead of launching in full-screen mode, the...
View ArticleMoving paragraphs
Do you need to swap the second and third paragraphs in the document you're working on? Don't waste time dragging text around within your document using the mouse. Just click on the paragraph you'd like...
View ArticleZoom in and out with your scroll wheel
You can use the scroll button on your mouse to zoom in and out of documents quickly. Just hold down the Ctrl key and roll the scroll wheel forward to get a closer view of the document, or roll it back...
View ArticleLines in word
You can create a line across the page of your Word or Outlook document with just a few keystrokes. Type three consecutive hyphens and press Enter to get a normal line. Type three underscores and Enter,...
View ArticleCalculator in Word
Did you know you can add a calculator to Word's toolbars or menus? Go to View | Toolbars | Customize and choose the Commands tab. In the list of categories, go to Tools, select Tools Calculate in the...
View ArticleCompare documents
In Word 2003, you can compare documents side by side. Open two documents. Then, from the Window menu of one of them, select the Compare Side By Side command. If you have only two documents open, the...
View ArticleSplit window in Word
Are you worried about the consistency of your introduction and conclusion? A spectacular yet underused feature is Word's ability to display two different parts of a document at the same time. To do...
View ArticleLists in Excel
In earlier versions of Excel, it was difficult to create a chart that expands when data is added to the end of one or more of the series. Excel 2003's List feature solves this problem. To designate a...
View ArticleSorting in Excel
Sorting by a single column in Outlook is a simple matter of clicking on the column head. Sorting by multiple columns, however, is not so obvious. But it's actually quite easy. First, sort by the first...
View ArticleTips for using Lotus Notes and GTD methodology
I recently read Getting Things Done, and wanted to apply it using Lotus Notes. I struggled a bit and to tell the truth I have not fully implemented it even after a month of playing around. I am...
View ArticlePowerPoint, putting the audience in control
One of my friend's posts pointed me to beyond bullets a blog about communications. It was strange because a few minutes later I came across another link in another feed I was reading so I decided to...
View ArticleMore on PowerPoint
Powerpoint seems to be cropping up all over in my blogs at the moment. I am a big user of PowerPoint. I recently checked my local machine using X1 and I have 669 PP files at the moment. Anyway I was...
View ArticleYet More on PowerPoint
More PowerPoint posts continue to catch my eye. The first is from Brad Fled, a venture capitalist who has recently invested in NewsGator, Brad writes:I've looked at thousands (tens of thousands?)...
View ArticleThis site has moved, subscribe here!
I have a new blog so this blog is now closed down! Wait a sec and you should redirected automatically, if not click below http://steves.businessblog.com/Subscribe...
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