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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters August 3rd

Posted August 3, 2008

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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This week’s online newsletter includes:

* Another Look at Optimize 2.0 - Five Months Later

I got Optimize 2.0 and was very impressed with the cleanup and speedup changes it made on my computer. Now, five months later, is it still a worthwhile tool?

* What if Scotty Barks - Has WinPatrol Found Something?
I recommend that everyone use the free system-monitoring and system-control program WinPatrol. Scotty is its mascot — and watch dog…

* My Security Software Recommendations

My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

* Making Word, Excel and Powerpoint Documents Open in Microsoft Office
How can you fix it, if the files open in the wrong program?

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters July 6th

Posted July 6, 2008

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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters July 6th

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
* free weekly Terry”s Computer Tips email newsletter
* weekly on-line Terry”s Computer Tips newsletter

This week’s online newsletter includes:

* A Look at Acronis True Image Home 11
I’ve written that I use and recommend Acronis True Image for backing up my computer system. Let’s take a look at how to use it…

* Zooming in Microsoft Word, followup
Office guru Carol Bratt wrote to explain Word’s default document zoom…

* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

* Using Unlocker Safely
In last week’s online issue, I wrote about an experiment with Unlocker, which several readers had recommended. This week, longtime subscriber Dan points out some danger…

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Filed under: Backup, HowTo, Microsoft Office, Newsletters, Software, Terry's Computer Tips, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Microsoft Excel - Navigating with Scroll Lock

Posted June 27, 2008

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If there’s ever been a program feature that made no sense whatsoever to me, it is the impact that the scroll lock key has on navigation in Microsoft Excel.

Hummmm… Did I say that strongly enough? Probably not, but I’m not going to write those words…

We all know about the Num Lock key and how it locks the keyboard’s keypad into number mode. If you have a keyboard with an attached numeric keypad, the keys default to scroll mode (arrow up, left, down, right, Home, End, etc.). If you press the NumLock key, the keypad locks into numeric mode.

The Scroll Lock key (Scroll Lk) works differently. According to Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), the Scroll Lock key is left over from the DOS days. It’s functionality is set by the program your using — and most programs don’t even acknowledge the existance of the Scroll Lock key.

Excel, unfortunately, is one of the few that do.

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Filed under: Computers - misc, Excel, HowTo, Microsoft Office, Newsletters, Software, Terry's Computer Tips, Tips & Tricks

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters March 30th

Posted March 30, 2008

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This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
* free weekly Terry”s Computer Tips email newsletter
* weekly on-line Terry”s Computer Tips newsletter

This week’s online articles include:

* Choosing to Send Plain Text or HTML in Outlook Emails
Fonts, colors and special formatting are sometimes appreciated in emails. However, often, recipients don’t want them. It’s easy to change the default settings and the setting for an individual email…

* Updates Last Week
I watch a few operating systems and programs for updates — mainly because these are the ones that I use or in which I am interested. What updates or versions were new last week?

* Backing Up Your Files
A subscriber asks me what I use to back up my files…