Tag Archive | "Microsoft"
How To Solve The Problem Of Always Having To Log On To A Network Drive In Windows
If you try to map a network drive in Windows, and use different user credentials, you’ll realise that you’ll need to always type in the username and password every single session. If you shut down your computer everyday, that means you’ll need to do this on a daily basis. This is horrible too, if you [...]
Continue reading...How To Get Back The Classic WinXP Alt-Tab in Windows 7
Friday, November 5, 2010
If you have migrated to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you’ll realise that a lot has changed, including the alt-tab functionality. In the default Windows 7 behaviour, alt-tab shows thumbnails, but looks messy and cluttered, not to mention slow. Thankfully, you can still get back the Windows XP alt-tab functionality. Just follow these steps: Go [...]
Continue reading...Video Preview of Windows Phone 7
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Microsoft has just recently released its latest phone OS, named Windows Phone 7. What’s interesting is how the multitude of phone OSes such as the iPhone OS, the Blackberry OS, and the Google Android OS has created this environment of competition and innovation. Ultimately though, the winner will be the consumer because of all the [...]
Continue reading...How To Enable Macros With A Password-Protected Workbook in Microsoft Excel 2007
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Well, guess what, you can’t. Microsoft Office 2007. A brand new way to create frustration in your life. I was trying to create a macro in Microsoft Excel 2007 and nearly tore out my hair. The thing with macros in Excel 2003 was that it was relatively easy to accomplish, but it’s a whole different [...]
Continue reading...Insert a Tick or Check in Excel / Word
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Quick tip! You can insert a check or a tick in Excel or any other application with any keyboard by switching to the Webdings font and typing “a”. Tags: alt, check, checkmark, Excel, Microsoft, office, powerpoint, Tick, unicode, Windows, Word
Continue reading...How To Insert a Tick in Excel, Word, Etc
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sometimes in programs like Excel when you can’t find a shape that you want, a possible workaround is to use a font. Webdings and Wingdings offer shape-based fonts, so you get shapes instead of the usual characters. For instance, if you want to get a tick in Excel, you can use the “a” character of [...]
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
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