It’s a busy time of the year, but we finally have two podcasts to share with you. The first is from last week. The second in this twofer is from a few weeks ago. We are confident you will enjoy both of them, and appreciate you listening!
For some unknown reason (to me), Microsoft has decided to make paragraph spacing in Word 2007, 2010 and Start Edition double-space by default. In all previous version of Word, you need to press the Enter key twice to double-space. When formatting street addresses, for example, a user typically wants them to be single spaced, but that doesn’t happen in the… Read More »Making Single Space the Default in Microsoft Word 2007 & 2010
Disclosure: I am in no way being paid or have been paid to write this article from Waterfield Bags, SFBags.com or any other entity. This article simply outlines my dealings with this extraordinary company. I love gadgets…no surprise. My budget for gadgets is quite low, so I treat every gadget I purchase with the utmost care. Part of that care… Read More »Incredible Customer Service from SFBags.com
I was flying solo today and had just a few callers, but made it through talking about tablets, talking with Tedi from KAFM about her MacBook woes, soap boxed a little about passwords and backup, and more. Look forward to having Adam back for the next show!
Microsoft Outlook’s time is up…actually it has been up for many years. The interface gets worse and worse. The fact that very few of us work solely on one device makes it more irrelevant. And the fact that transferring of data gets more and more complex is absolutely unconscionable in this day and age of technology. Case in point: Today,… Read More »How to fix Microsoft Outlook email address lookup when composing email
Spring has sprung and along with your other spring cleaning chores add these five computer cleaning techniques to keep your computer clean, cool, and happy.
Unfortunately, Google has not updated Picasa for Linux in almost 18 months. However, it remains a solid product for Linux users who want to easily manage their photos. I’ve tried F-Spot, but it just doesn’t seem intuitive or robust enough for everyday use. Anyway, I was helping one of my many clients using Linux Mint as their only operating system,… Read More »Burning CDs with Picasa for Linux
We were not hitting on all cylinders during this show, but there always tidbits of information, humor, and/or tips that make every show we do worth listening. Give it a try…just click Play or download!
In the past month, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 (Vista and Windows 7 only) and Mozilla released Firefox 4. Both browsers ratcheted up the speed and rendering of web pages, but both still contain some bugs that you don’t want to deal with yet. As with all major upgrades to any program, I always recommend sitting out on the hoopla… Read More »Major browser updates from Microsoft & Mozilla
When I meet a client’s computer for the first time, I go through a little routine to check for problems, improve performance, and speed up boot times. You can do it to your own computer too.