Enable gridlines with this quick shortcut (Illustrator CS/CS2/CS3/CS4)

Gridlines serve as a great visual guide to make sure objects in your image are aligned properly. But they’re also a nuisance, obstructing a clear image preview. Don’t let the fact that gridlines are sometimes cumbersome prevent you from using them completely. Get in the habit of turning them on and off as quickly as you need them. To get gridlines simply press [command]’ ([Ctrl]’ in Windows.) Then, repeat to turn them off again.

Getting the Most out of Microsoft Excel 2010 (online seminar) – TODAY

Explore how Excel 2010 takes advantage of a new, results-oriented user interface that provides easy access to powerful productivity tools, offers a larger workspace, and delivers faster performance. This presentation will demonstrate useful tips and tricks about new features and timesavers to help in your day-to-day work with Microsoft Excel.

Saving some space in Mac OS X

If you've installed Mac OS X and are looking for a little extra hard drive space, look no further than the OS itself. Unless you spënd a lot of time switching between different languages, you can savë quite a bit of space by deleting the extra language resources for the Classic.app. To delete them, [control]-click on the Classic application and choose Show Package Contents. A window will then open, showing all the various resources for the application. There you'll find eight language folders, most of which you can delete. Each language resource folder is 8.6 MB, so you'll free more space with each folder you delete. Make sure, however, you don't delete them all, since doing so could cause the system to crash when you reboot.

Show two time zones in your Outlook calendar

When you work with people in another time zone, it's a good thing to keep track of what time it is there. But, it's easy to forget how many hours ahead or behind they are. A simple way to keep track of this is by adding a second time zone to your Outlook calendar. To do this, first display your Calendar in either Day or Work Week view so you can see the time bar that displays the hours in your calendar. Then, right-click above the time bar and choose Change Time Zone from the shortcut menu. Alternately, you can choose Tools | Options from the menu bar, click the Calendar Options button, and then click the Time Zone button.

Use the Move tool to duplicate your image (Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3/CS4)

As you’ve probably discovered, there are many ways to accomplish the same task in Photoshop. For example, there are numerous tools and methods you can use to select portions of your image, such as the Magíc Wand and Rectangular Marquee, as well as with commands, such as Select > Color Range and Select > All. Sometimes, however, you’ll need to select and duplicate an object multiple times within the same document. So, what's the best way to do it?

Creating Complex Documents with Microsoft Word 2010 (online seminar) – TODAY

Get informative tips for Microsoft Word 2010 documents. It is now easier than ever before to save time and simplify your work while working together and doings so from more locations. Witness how Microsoft Word 2010 facilitates the collaborative process, handles large documents, and provides easier building blocks for more clearly defined content. This session is for individuals who spend significant time writing and creating documents and have some familiarity with Microsoft Word.

Troubleshoot network problems with tracerout/tracert

You're probably familiar with using the ping command to see if you can access a particular node on the network. This is useful in ruling out the cause of your network problem. For example, you might initially think the Cisco router is at fault, but the machine you're trying to access may not even be turned on. However, ping only tells you a few things: Whether you can access the machine, its current IP address (if you know the computer name but not the IP), and if connections are slow (if the ping takes an unusually long time to come back).

Identify colors in PDF files easily for cross-application use (CS/CS2/CS3)

If it’s a spot color, there’s a really simple way to identify it. You can identify process colors, too, but it’s a bit more complicated.

Creating simple executable files (Mac OS X)

If you routinely use the Terminal utility to make ssh connections, you might want to speed things up a bit. Sure, you can type the required ssh username@domain.com but why not create a file that you can simply double-click on to do the same.

Keep your customers happy by protecting their prívacy (web)

With the concern for online prívacy these days, it's important that your customers feel comfortable visiting your site. Without that comfortable feeling, they may only be one-time customers instead of repeat customers. When establishing a customer database, it's important to consider the following:

Don’t get stuck with plain text—pick the email reply format of your choice (2003/2007)

When you receive a plain-text email, you probably just hit reply and send a plain-text reply. But, you don’t have to stick to the simple formatting if you usually use rich text or HTML. Simply select a different format option from the Message Format dropdown list on the main menu of the email. Keep in mind, though, that your recipient may not be able to see all the extra formatting if he can’t view rich text or HTML mail.

Create sticky notes in Outlook

The easiest way to keep an Outlook note displayed in the background is to leave it open after you create it (or open an existing note), and then simply minimize Outlook and go about your business. Until you close Outlook, the note will remain displayed and you can bring it to the forefront or minimize it just like any other application or document window.

Quick way to force quit (Mac OS X)

Looking for a quicker way to force quit an application than pressing [command][option][esc]? Just hold down the [option] key and click on the application's icon in the Dock. When you do, a pop-up window appears, with the option to Force Quit.

Four ways to quickly access the Go To dialog box (Word 2003/2007/2010)

The Go To dialog box allows you to immediately move to any page, section, line, bookmark, comment, footnote, endnote, field, table, graphic, equation, object, or heading in your document. You can use any of the following four methods to access this dialog box:

The Modern Ecosystem: Migrating from Windows XP is Just the Beginning (online seminar) – TODAY

With the end of support for Windows XP comes the necessity to migrate to a current Windows OS as well as the programs that run on that platform which are critical to your business. Office, Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL and other new products such as System Center and Lync have all realized significant innovations in the last 10 years. Upgrading to the modern ecosystem will enable your organization to take advantage of the latest technology trends such as virtualization and the cloud.

Gain quick access to the registry keys you use most

In Windows 98 and up, you can use the Registry Editor’s Find dialog box to locate keys, subkeys, and values. Unfortunately, you’ll have to type the name correctly and may find multiple matches to skip through if you only type a partial name. With Windows 2000, XP, and Vista, you can make finding these deeply nested keys much easier — as easy as bringing up your most frequently browsed websites. All you need to do is bookmark them with the Favorites menu for accelerated access.

Save a reference to opened processes so you can destroy them later

To start a process in Visual Basic .NET, you use the Start() method of the System.Diagnostics.Process class, like so: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("someapp"). However, when you start a process in this manner, it’s up to the user to shut it down when she’s done. If you’d like to control the life of the spawned process, declare a global Process object and save a reference to the new process when you execute it.

Gestalt rules of design

Let's take a look at the gestalt theory of design to see how it relates to the way designers work today. The study of gestalt originated in Germany in the 1920s. Much of the theory stems from psychology and higher order cognitive processes, but we'll focus on the gestalt theory of visual perception.