Customizing Your Quick Access Toolbar
Last week, you learned how to use the Save As… feature in Office 2013. This week you can find out how to add the Save As… command and many others to your Quick Access Toolbar in Office programs. This handy …
Category: Computer Tips
“Save as” Shortcut for Office 2013
Tech Tip Tuesday – Office 2013 Shortcut As a new feature in Office 2013, the “Save As” function has an additional step. Unlike previous Office versions and virtually every other Windows program, File | Save As takes the user to …
Summer Break – Let People Know You’re Not in the Office
Out of Office Notices Phone Alternate Greeting Alert callers you are away from the office. Record and enable an alternate greeting, set an expiration date. Step by Step Directions Forward Calls to Voice Mail Send calls directly to your voice …
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Heartbleed Bug
The Heartbleed Bug is not just last week’s concern and may still be affecting your favorite sites. Just changing your passwords may not be enough if the bug is still affecting a site. Find out for yourself which most visited …
Word Keyboard Shortcuts
Perhaps you know about using a keyboard shortcut to copy (CONTROL + C) and then paste (CONTROL + V). But there are lots more keyboard shortcuts that will increase your efficiency. Here are some of my favorites: Shortcut What it …
10 Awesome Tech Tricks
More productive technology use? I’ll take it! This post, originally posted on the Edudemic blog, highlights a TED Talk (http://www.ted.com/talks) that showcases some useful technology tips from which everyone can benefit. http://www.edudemic.com/tech-tricks-david-pogue/
Macs – How to Save to Network Drives
Mac Computers can save to network drives such as your Private folder. This Knowledgebase article explains how.
Word – Select a Vertical Block of Text
How does one select a vertical column of text in Word without selecting anything else on each line? PC In this example, point your mouse at the beginning of FAPA then hold down the ALT key and drag across and …
Clear Hyperlinks and Formatting in Excel
Type an email address or website address in Excel and it automatically turns into a hyperlink. Click on that cell to select it and a blank email message appears. All you wanted to do was copy that cell or range. …
Uh oh, I shouldn’t have sent that message!
Uh oh! Have you ever sent a message and immediately afterwards thought, “I entered the wrong information, the writing was too casual or formal or oops, shouldn’t have sent that?” Outlook 2010 can try to recall the message. This …
Personalize Your Copy of Microsoft Office
If you share documents and track changes in Office programs or work in OneNote, you will often see what looks like initials, EC. When Microsoft Office is installed on college computers, the user’s name is Elizabethtown College and the initials …
Outlook Web App – No More Error with Internet Explorer 11
Outlook Web App (OWA), the program you may use with your college email, now works correctly with Internet Explorer 11. There is no need to use Compatibility View in order to un-check “Use light version”. If you have turned on …
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Prepare for Winter Break – Faculty and Staff
Prepare for Winter Break Change your password, set your office phone’s Alternate Greeting, learn how to check voice mail and forward messages, set Outlook’s Out of Office notice and make sure VPN works. Subscribe to the ITS Blog to get …
Prepare for Winter Break – Students
Prepare for Winter Break Change your password, set Outlook’s Out of Office notice and make sure VPN works. Subscribe to the ITS Blog to get the latest tips. Then enjoy winter break with no computer worries! Password Change Your Network/Email …
Enlarge or Shrink Text in a Window
It may be hard to read a web page, email message, Word or Excel document because everything looks too small. Instead of squinting, try this trick with a keyboard-mouse combination. Note: The font size will remain the same for printing. …