I ran across a question today that could not be explained verbally or in writing. It is so visual, that a video was warranted. The question was how to adjust or restore the default toolbars in Internet Explorer. Here’s a 49 second video demonstrating the skills you need to get this done. Take a look!
Bullets, in Microsoft Word and other word processors, allow users to bring attention to a list of items as seen here:
Unlike my boring ‘dot’ bullets above, you can use this week’s tip to customize your Microsoft Word bullets to suit your style and document’s purpose.
First, to create a bulleted list follow these steps:
1. Type your first list item
2. Press Enter on your keyboard
3. Type your second item
4. Press Enter on your keyboard
5. Continue these steps for as many bullets as you need.
6. Select all the items with your mouse and click the bullet button from the Word toolbar.
Now to customize your bulleted list
1. Select the bullet list again
2. Click Format –> Bullets and Numbering from the menus
3. Choose one of the alternate bullets or click the customize button and really have some fun with your bullets. You can even use a photograph to represent a bullet
This tip falls in the category of “wow, that’s easy to do, I wish I would have known about it long ago!”
When you are on a particularly long web page and need to find a term or phrase, click on Edit from your menus, then Find (or Find in page on some browsers). The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + F. You will be presented with a small window that allows you to enter a word or phrase and then the computer will look for that word on the page and bring you right to it.
As with many other features, Mozilla Firefox’s implementation of this feature is superior to all other browsers, as it gives you helpful extras like find the next or previous occurrence of the word or phrase you are looking for and even has an option to highlight all the occurrences on the page. (See the accompanying picture).
This tip is especially helpful for genealogy researchers. Sometimes your eyes can become crossed looking for a surname in a sea of text. Use the find function instead and cut your work and eye strain in half!
If you need to look for the same term again on the same page, you will notice that the function gives you the option to find again without retyping.
This type of search works best with single words, but you can experiment with phrases as well.
You can also use the Find function in Word Processing documents, email, spreadsheets, and PDF files as well.
Watch the short video below to see this tip in action in both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
We launched this new version of HelpMeRick.com almost two years ago. In addition to the more consistent design, easier management for us, awesome search capabilities and a host of other features that work great, there are three features that we hope you all use and use often.
Remember to click the “Read more” link at the bottom of many of our front page stories. If you aren’t clicking that link, not only are you missing the meat of the article, but you are also missing the ability to use the next two features.
Clicking this link pulls up a new web page showing only our logo and the article you were reading in a format that will fit on your printed page without any of the sidebar information on our site. It’s fast and works much better than just printing from within the site.
Adam and I love to use the “Stumble Upon” toolbar. Seeing that someone developed this wonderful tool for our content management system, we installed it. When you click “Stumble” at the bottom of any of our tips or entries, you will be instantly transported to a random tip or entry on our site. Give it a try…not only is it fun, but you just might learn something along the way.
To see these features in action, watch the short 2 minute video below:
HelpMeRick.com started as a monthly tip site for beginners in 1996, and now supports our popular call-in computer show, and hosts thousands of useful computer tips and links.
Even if you are an experienced computer user, use our site as a resource to provide help to the friends, family members and co-workers you provide tech support for every day.
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