I have never been one to make resolutions, so don’t let the title fool you into thinking that I have made one for this year. Rather, it’s just that the new year gave me a nice, clean, date-certain going forward from which I have decided to make my office and home as paperless as possible, […]
TinEye is a reverse image search engine that lets you find out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. It is the first image search engine on the Web to use image identification technology rather than keywords. To use […]
The next time you need to email a group of people asking whether they prefer Monday, Tuesday, or Friday for a meeting, or whether they want to be on a publication routing list, try using the voting buttons feature. Set up Outlook to Process Voting Responses Open Outlook On the Tools menu, select Options Select […]
To move around quickly in Microsoft Word documents, double-click on the bar at the bottom left-hand of the screen that contains the page numbers, select the page you want, and you’ll jump right to it! You can see this tip and others, on topics ranging from Outlook and Word help to App reviews and online […]
Many of us are shopping online during this holiday season. One of my favorite websites for online shopping is Amazon.com. I like it because it features honest reviews written by real people, allows users to view pictures of an item, peruse a book (read the table of contents, etc.), create a wish list, and much […]
We all know how distracting it can be to start Outlook in the morning and be put into the Inbox. It’s difficult to be disciplined and not look through new emails immediately. Trying changing the default so Outlook opens to show your Calendar (or Task List) instead. Here’s how in Outlook 2007: Open Outlook Click […]
Most of the documents we generate are single-spaced, but it’s nice to print out a copy in double spacing if you want to easily read it or make notes or corrections. It’s a hassle to change the spacing in the format just to print out one copy. Here’s the answer: Have the document open. Save […]
We all receive emails with attachments. As you know, you can save the attachment to your hard drive and access it later. But what about the email message that transmitted the document? A message such as, “This is the version that was approved by Bill,” can be critical information to have and it would be […]
Sometimes, ISPs will be a bit “misleading” about the download/upload speed of their service. Really. Perhaps a little variance is not an issue if you have a cable link, but for rural or home offices that have to depend on satellite or an Internet stick service this can be frustrating. It is even more frustrating […]
Regardless of your practice area, there are times when you want to compare two documents and see the changes made. There is software that does this, but it can be expensive. The next time you want to compare two documents, try the built-in functionality in Word 2007 or 2010. Here’s how: Open Word and select Review (in […]