Using Headers and Footers
In both Microsoft Excel as well as Word there is an option to add headers and footers to your documents. Both headers and footers are used to displayed repeated text or graphics like date, your name, the name of your company or a logo of your company. The purpose of headers and footers is to save you time that you would otherwise spend by putting manually text or graphics on each page of your document. Additionally, thanks to headers and footers you can number the pages. To insert a header or a footer, go to View menu from the upper menu bar. Then select Header and Footer option. The window will appear here. Choose whatever options you prefer and do not forget to input the text that you would like to appear either in a footer or a header.
October 3rd, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
System Restore and its Advantages
System Restore is a feature which allows for the rolling back of system information such as files, registry or installed programs. System Restore is very useful, because in case of experiencing problems with your computer related to your operating system, you can simply use System Restore and everything should be back to normal. It is recommended to do System Restore before installing any programs, especially those which appear to be dangerous or not compatible with your operating system. If you will not restore your system, the only other solution would be format which is time consuming and there is a danger of losing any data on disc “C”. System Restore might not fix all of the problems, but it is an extremely useful feature.
October 2nd, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
Ways to Insert a Picture Into Your Presentations
Naturally PowerPoint offers many ways to enrich our presentations with pictures. There are two places from which you can take your picture in order to insert it: Clip Art or any file stored on your disk. If you wish to insert an image from Clip Art, follow these steps:
1. First, make sure that you are in a slide where you want to insert a picture.
2. Go to the Insert menu and select there Picture. Next select Clip Art and watch how a dialog box pops up. Choose a clip and insert it.
3. Alternatively you can insert a picture from Clip Art By going to drawing tool bar and clicking on Insert Clip Art button. Next, select the category of your picture and then your picture that you wish to insert. Right click on it and from the scrolling menu select Insert command.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so it is important to know how to use pictures effectively to convey your message, especially when it comes to PowerPoint presentations. Never estimate the value of pictures.
September 29th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
How to Sort Your Emails
You can sort your emails in MS Outlook in many different ways. This tip will only include MS Outlook, however other email programs have similar features. Here it is how you can sort your incoming messages:
1. Open your Inbox and localize the bar at the top of it.
2. On this bar you will see categories like From, Subject, Received and Size.
3. Click on Size for example and your messages will be sorted from smallest to the largest.
4. Click on Subject, and your messages will be sorted in alphabetical order according to the first letter in the subject.
5. Click on From, and the messages will be arranged alphabetically according to the name of a sender.
6. Click on Received and the messages will appear in the order you received them.
I hope this will be useful, as organizing emails might often not seem that easy, especially if you are receiving a lot of them.
September 29th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Internet, Programs | | 0 Comments
Know Your Extensions
Every time you save a file the computer will add an extension to it. Very often it will ask you what the extension you would like it to be. It is important to know at least a few basic file extensions as choosing the right one to save your file will tell your computer what program to use when opening it the next time. Let me here give you a few most basic and common extensions: .doc pertains to MS Word, .xls pertains to MS Excel, .pub pertains to MS Publisher and .ppt to MS PowerPoint. Among the programs used on the internet, here are some of the most common used ones: .mp3 = a sound or music file, .pdf = a portable document file, .mpg = a movie or animation, .png = photograph or image, .jpg = also photograph or image,
.gif = a graphic or animation and finally .htm = a web page file.
September 19th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
Having Fast Access to Your Favorite Programs
You can access most of your programs from Start menu, then by going to All Programs. From there you can choose whichever program you need. However, if there are some programs that you use more often, you might want to create a shortcut like I have for my Calculator or Paint for example.
To do this, open Start menu again and All Programs. Select your chosen program and drag it above the recently opened programs. This is the area where shortcuts to your favorite programs are located. Just make sure that you are dragging a program, not a folder. To remove a program from the list just right click on it and select Remove from The List. This is an easy and convenient way to access programs.
September 19th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
Making Your Word Document More Organized
Your MS Word document does not have to consist of plain text only. There are many nice ways to make it organized and easier for a reader to read. Usually in the literature you will encounter roman numerals for the main topic, capital letters for the subtopic, numbers for the details and lower case letters for the sub-details. Word documents have a feature that will allow you to automate the process of inserting numerals and letters so that you will not have to worry about doing it yourself.
1. From the top menu bar select Format, then choose Bullets and Numbering.
2. From the Numbered tab choose the basic numerals and letters.
3. For more advanced numerals and letters go to Outline Numbered tab. This option is usually more practical as it will enable you to successfully organize your dissertation. I found those to be more useful than the numerals and letters presented by me in point 2.
September 19th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
Changing Your Homepage in Internet Explorer
The homepage is the page that opens automatically when you enter Internet Explorer or any other browser that has this feature. The tips I am going to share with you today are valid for Internet Explorer only. Also if you are working in a computer network in a company for example, sometimes you might not be able to change your homepage at all.
1. First, go to a webpage that you would like to set as your home page.
2. Copy the address of that website.
3. At the top of your browser you will see a tool bar. Go to Tools and select Internet Options.
4. In Internet Options look for Home Page. Replace the previous address with the one that you wish to paste.
5. Close the Internet Options by clicking OK button.
You should choose a homepage which you visit often, but it would be better if it wasn’t a page which takes a long time to load.
September 17th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Internet, Programs | | 1 Comments
Saving Money While Printing
If you know how to use your computer and printer wisely you will be able to save tons of paper that otherwise would be unnecessarily wasted. I have seen so many times how people did not prepare their documents for printing and then were disappointed with the results. The best thing you can do before printing a document is to preview it. Go to “File” menu in the upper menu bar and select “Print Preview”. You will be able to see your whole document as well as separate pages. You will be able to zoom in and out and adjust margins manually (in some programs only like MS Publisher). After you are done with your preview, click on “Close” that is located on your toolbar.
September 15th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
Removing Red-Eye from Digital Pictures
Let’s say that you have a great picture, which features your loved one in the perfect angle, lighting, but unfortunately with the dreaded "red-eye". This can be really frustrating, but fortunately there is a solution for this challenge. This can be easily fixed using Picasa and other types of software. I think that using Picasa is convenient, so I am going to present this solution, but keep in mind there are other programs capable to do this as well.
September 13th, 2008 - Posted in Deep Coverage, Programs | | 0 Comments
