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Monday, December 30, 2013

Make your own keyboard-shortcut cheat sheet (Word 2003/2007)

We've all wracked our brains trying to remember shortcuts to rarely used — but important — Word applications. Here's how to make you an instant Word power-user by mastering keyboard shortcuts. There's a predefined macro in Word that you can run to print a list of all the shortcut keys.


Monday, December 23, 2013

Combat bounced email with these troubleshooting tips

Although your company higher-ups can read your email and block it, most likely, you've run into a different problem. While we strongly caution against sending personal email from your work account, the bottom line is that your email system isn't working as it should. We'll go through the most common culprits behind returned, or bounced, email.


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Change the ruler's measurement units for comfortable form and report design (2003/2007)

The ruler is a great way to ensure that your reports print accurately or your form controls are right where you want them. However, you may not know exactly what measurement units Access' ruler indicates. If you're more comfortable with the metric system (centimeters instead of inches), you can adjust your ruler permanently. Or, if you have Access 2003, you can simply input measurements in your preferred unit.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

TODAY: Getting the Most out of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (online seminar)

Discover the advantages of working with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 to present and deliver information to your audience. You will learn about new features and timesavers to help in your day-to-day work. Discover methods for creating consistent slide decks, sharing presentations and communicating your content with attention grabbing pizazz. This session is good for beginner, intermediate, or advanced users – everyone will learn something!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Apply a CSS Stylesheet to your XML files

CSS is not just for HTML. When you need a quick glimpse of your XML in a more "format-friendly" presentation, you can easily use Cascading Style Sheets to view the XML. CSS is a simple stylesheet mechanism that allows you to attach styles to XML-based content. Listing A shows an XML file that contains information about a purchase order. The xml-stylesheet processing instruction applies the CSS Stylesheet called po.css to the XML.

Monday, December 16, 2013

New Horizons Provides Authorized IBM Software and Systems Training

New Horizons is excited to provide authorized IBM software and systems training. Through a partnership with Arrow Electronics, New Horizons will be delivering training for the design, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of IBM technology, hardware and storage. Organizations utilizing IBM will be able leverage New Horizons’ award-winning technical training content to optimize your IBM investment.




Thursday, December 12, 2013

Read from a text file using the FileStream StreamReader class (ASP.NET)

If you're writing to text files in .NET, chances are there will come a time when you want to read from those text files as well. To accomplish this task, you'll need to use the StreamReader class. The StreamReader class is a member of the FileStream class, which provides all the functionality you need to read and write data to text files.


Wednesday, December 11, 2013

TODAY: Getting the Most out of Microsoft Excel 2013 (online seminar)

Explore the new features of Microsoft Excel 2013 and learn how to take advantage of the results-oriented user interface that provides easy access to powerful productivity tools, offers a larger workspace, and delivers faster performance. You will learn useful tips and tricks about new 2013 features and timesavers to help in your day-to-day work with Microsoft Excel.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Stop forgetting to respond to that email: Flag it for follow-up

Outlook lets you flag messages and Contacts, but you can't flag other types of Outlook items, such as calendar items and tasks (which have their own reminder behaviors you can set). You can't flag notes or journal items either. To flag a message for follow-up, display your Inbox and open a message that you need to respond to or one that's asking you to perform some kind of action. Usually, such an email message contains precisely the information you need to have on hand when you respond or when you get around to acting. Outlook users typically might create a task or appointment (appointments aren't just for meetings, you know) by copying information from the email message into the other Outlook item they create.

Monday, December 9, 2013

The simple thing to check when network traffic is blocked

If inbound or outbound traffic is blocked, it can be very frustrating figuring out what's wrong. However, often the actual problem is very simple. One of the most common problems is forgetting to open the correct port. For example, suppose you're Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) for VPN. This protocol uses TCP port 1723 to establish a connection. If that's closed, your VPN isn't going to go anywhere. So next time traffic is mysteriously blocked, check the ports.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Join the VOIP Security Alliance to combat security threats

As Voice Over IP (VOIP) gains momentum, security is a growing concern. The VOIP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) was created as a collaborative organization of VOIP providers, security providers, vendors, and experts in the field. The organization sponsors VOIP security projects, tools, and disseminates documentation and resources to the public. VOIPSA is an open organization that welcomes the contributions, participation, and support of anyone for whom VOIP security is a concern. To learn more or join, point your browser to http://www.voipsa.org.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Set a default Outlook profile and avoid the login screen (2003/2007)

Yes, you can avoid having to select a profile each time you start Outlook by enabling a single setting. We’ll show you how to set your default Outlook profile — whether you use Exchange Server or not.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Apply a fill color and preserve transparency (Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3/CS4)

When filling an object with color, you can select the object and then choose Edit > Fill, or you can accomplish this task more quickly with keyboard shortcuts. Here are two shortcuts that will enablë you to fill any object or layer with the color of your choice.