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Ways To Improve Your PC!
I think this is the
most useful package we've ever offered and I'm sure it's going to be an
all-time best seller for this newsletter (it has been one of the most
popular titles in our Computer Tips newsletter)! Oh, and wait till you
see the great price!
What is it?
It's the Gizmos Mega
Pak and it's loaded with all kinds of useful programs. Take a look at
just some of its features:
The Vault
- Securely encrypt and store your confidential files. You set the password
and its 128 bit encryption insures that only YOU get access!
Organize Photos
- It includes one of the best photo viewers I've ever seen. You tell it
where the photos are (or have it search) and it displays a thumbnail of
each. Just double-click an image to see it enlarged.
Cool Calendars
- If you need the help of a calendar to keep track of appointments,
look no further. This program includes a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly
calendar - all extremely well done and good looking.
These aren't the regular boring calendars that come with other software!
Fun Games
- This software also includes 8 really well done card games (solitaire,
free cell, etc). In addition, it also has a really cool puzzle game that
gets progressively harder as you play. Oh, you can even listen to your
own CDs while you play!
Awesome Clocks
- Need to be somewhere at a certain time? Just set the alarm clock! This
program includes a number of really cool desktop clocks that beat the
heck out of the one included with Windows. If you're connected to the
internet, you can even set the time with an atomic clock!
Really Delete
Files - Did you know that there is software out there that can
recover files that have been removed from your recycle bin? If you need
to be sure that a file is history, you can use the built-in file shredder
to *really* remove it.
Make Presentations
- Forget MS PowerPoint, here's a solution that everyone can afford! You
can create your own slide / video shows, complete with narration if you
like (you'll need a microphone if you want to narrate). Making presentations
is as easy as dragging and dropping! As for compatibility, if the person
who is viewing the show doesn't have Gizmos on their computer, you can
send them a player!
OK, sorry that was
so long, but this software includes a lot of stuff. It's easily one of
the most useful, well done pieces of software I've ever seen. I can not
describe how impressed I am with this package. I'm already using it on
a daily basis and will never give my copy up!
Now for the price.
We have this program for only $14.95 with FREE US SHIPPING! It's one of
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PS - I want to stress
that this is really something you should look at. We only have a limited
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get to the website ASAP!
MS
Office 101
Excel
- Highlighting Columns and Rows. Oh, my!
Have you ever wanted
to highlight an entire row or column in MS Excel? Perhaps for formatting
the font or other such adjustments.
I bet some of you
found yourself trying to highlight multiple cells, the ones that currently
contain data, to make your changes. Then I bet you found more data to
add to the row or column. So now you have to repeat the same process to
format the new cells that you're using.
Sound familiar? Pain
in the neck? A time waster to keep repeating the process?
Yep - I agree.
So, let's highlight
an entire row or column and make the changes just once.
To highlight an entire
row simply click on the row number to the left of the cells in the worksheet.
Need many rows? Click,
hold, and drag, just like highlighting text.
Need to format many
separated rows? Hold down the Control key while you click and you'll
be allowed to highlight non-adjacent rows.
I can hear it already
- what about the columns?
Happily, it works
the same way. You'll need to click on the column letter. Click,
hold, and drag will highlight adjacent columns and the Control
key will allow non-adjacent highlighting.
Well - there you go.
Trust me, this one can save you lots of time, and isn't that what we're
all aiming for?
Office
Tip of the Day
Excel:
Column and Row AutoFit
Have you ever been
working in MS Excel and found yourself spending all kinds of extra time
trying to manually adjust column width or row heights? Or are you one
of the many people who simply skip a column whenever text gets too long?
Well - here's one
of the many solutions to these time-consuming problems.
AutoFit.
What's AutoFit, you
ask?
Well, it's exactly
what it sounds like. It's a tool in MS Excel that will automatically adjust
a column width or row height to accommodate the longest piece of data.
(Now if I could just get my closet or dresser drawers to automatically
adjust when I'm out of room...)
Next question: How
do I accomplish this little feat?
Answer: The first
thing you need to do is to figure out which area(s) you need to AutoFit.
Notice how the text in the picture below goes beyond the boundaries of
the cell.
If I know I will need
to adjust several columns or rows then I try to enter as much of the data
as possible before AutoFitting. Why do I do this, you ask? Because it
drives me crazy when I have to repeatedly use menus to accomplish the
same task over and over again. If I wait, then I can highlight all rows
or columns to be affected and complete the menu work only once or twice.
Once your decision(s)
have been made you're ready to begin by highlighting the data to be accommodated.
You really have some options here.
First, highlight the
entire column(s) or row(s) (see the MS Office 101 tip above) or the specific
cell(s) you want to adjust.
(I've highlighted column B because the cell with the text
is in column B.)
Now you're ready to
AutoFit.
From the Format
menu, you need to choose either column or row, depending on what
you're trying to AutoFit.
Slide your mouse pointer
over your choice and you'll find a submenu pops up. The second choice
on each submenu is AutoFit or AutoFit Selection. Select
AutoFit and your row height or column width will increase
to fit the largest piece of highlighted data, depending on which submenu
you went into.
That's it. You should
now notice that all the data you selected in your highlight fits within
one cell.
Obviously it isn't
a great time saver if you've got a small worksheet or small data. However,
for those of you who have large worksheets, this is truly an awesome trick
when you're working with long text (such as column titles).
Now, if I could just
AutoFit my jeans that have become a bit too snug
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