Even for a seasoned Word expert, inserting a checkmark is not an intuitive task. Thankfully it’s not difficult once you get the hang of it.
Just follow the instructions for your version of Word, and you’ll never need to use a square root symbol again. Continue reading
Saving a Microsoft Word document as a PDF can be a great way to ensure that your document looks exactly the same no matter who’s viewing it and to ensure that your document can be viewed by as many computer users as possible (thanks to the ubiquity of Adobe Reader).
To export your Word document to PDF format, just follow the instructions for your version of Word: Continue reading
A “drive letter” is the letter that precedes paths to files on that drive. For example, C:\, D:\, E:\, etc. Windows lets you change the drive letter of hard drives, USB flash drives, DVD drives, or other drives attached to your system if so desired. These instructions work on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7: Continue reading
If you update an Outlook contact but the old email address keeps showing up in Outlook’s autofill, just follow these steps:
The “zoom” command can be tricky to find in Outlook. Just follow the instructions for your version: Continue reading
Sometimes you’re working on a Word document and you want to disable spell check for just that one particular document. Just follow the instructions for your version of Microsoft Word: Continue reading
Let’s say you’re writing an email in Microsoft Outlook and you have your font size set to 12, but the font looks like it’s size 6 or size 24! Or say you’re reading an email, and the font size is similarly unreadable or otherwise out-of-whack.
This is usually just caused by incorrect zoom settings. (When working on laptops, it’s often easy to inadvertently trigger a zoom action with the trackpad.)
Thankfully, it’s an easy fix. Just follow the instructions for Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010 in my How to Zoom Emails in Outlook post to reset the zoom level to 100%.
Often I’ll find that either the title bar of a window, or the whole window itself, is somehow “located” off the edge of the screen. This often happens when changing between my built-in laptop monitor and my larger external monitor.
Thankfully, this problem is easy to fix. Just follow these four simple steps:
Still didn’t work? Or found another solution? Let us know in the comments.
Recently when coding in PHP I got this error:
Fatal error: fatal flex scanner internal error–end of buffer missed in [file] on [line number]
Turns out it was because I forgot to close a comment block (forgot the */). Thought I’d post it here in case it helps someone. 
Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash competitor, is out of beta as of today! According to a PCWorld article:
The 1.0 version of Silverlight, which is being released to the Web, is geared to providing video. Accessible at the Silverlight Web page, it has been available in a beta release. A more potent successor, Silverlight 1.1, will provide for more interactive content, including support for .Net development and transactional capabilities. It remains only available in an early alpha release format.
While Silverlight currently works with Windows and Macintosh, Microsoft is endorsing Novell’s plan to make Silverlight run on Linux clients via the Moonlight project.
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Microsoft cites several differentiators between Silverlight and Flash. Silverlight, Deshpande said, offers high-definition video at a lower cost and functions with Microsoft’s developer tools. The company also is offering a SaaS-based component, Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live.
Whether or not Silverlight will pose a threat to Macromedia’s ubiquitous Flash player remains to be seen, although Microsoft could have the advantage of being able to push Silverlight to Windows users through Microsoft Update (assuming such a move wouldn’t cause antitrust concerns).