August 11, 2011
Being a somewhat geeky person, you've probably had at least a few people ask you how to do something using their computer. When this happens, you really need a quick way to collect and annotate a bunch of screenshots so that you can show them exactly how it's done and they can keep the email saved for the next time they forget how it's done.
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August 5, 2011
The Quick Access Toolbar has been a part of MS Office since the 2003 version, but it has come to the forefront since the introduction of MS Office 2007 and more prominently with MS Office 2010. You can enhance your productivity with two quick and easy changes to the Quick Access Toolbar.
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July 29, 2011
The Mac backup tool Time Machine is popular but has some limitations. But in the new OS X release of Lion, Apple integrates a Time Machine-like feature called AutoSave, which automatically saves and backs up versions of documents in supporting applications. It is fairly easy to use, but it has some hidden options you should know about.
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July 25, 2011
As every day users we usually treat MS Office in a rather half-baked way. It’s only later that we realize we could cook up so much more with tools available under MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint etc. This is a very basic tutorial on how to easily put together an interactive form with the help of Microsoft Word 2010. The feature of MS Word forms has been a constant feature from the early days. Most of us missed it because either we don’t need it or we found it too difficult to wrap our heads around it.
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July 21, 2011
Another player in the online document collaboration field is Google Cloud Connect. Google Cloud Connect is a plugin for MS Office that connects your Office documents to your Google Docs. It serves both as a backup for your documents, and as a means to share, get feedback and collaborate on a document.
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July 13, 2011
Charts, as an illustrated way of showing boring facts and figures, has always helped to embellish professional Word documents. Charts help readers compare data and understand trends with a glance. But how do you create that impact with a well-designed chart? Let MS Word 2010 and its Chart tools show you the way.
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June 27, 2011
The web has seen its fair share of research-friendly tools grow over the past years. Let's discuss some tools that help you keep your PDF article library neat and catalogued for use when you have to compose your research paper. So read on to find out which services stand out in this category.
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June 27, 2011
With so many online and software solutions for creating managing, and reading documents, there’s little reason these days— especially in computer-centered environments—to use paper and ink. The website, SignNow and the ad-supported version of Sign-N-Send are two examples of how important documents can be signed and emailed without the need for ink and paper.
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June 24, 2011
Tabs are something which the guys at Redmond woke up late to. So far, it has escaped an introduction in MS Office; a feature I am sure many of you out there would want as a default. Microsoft Office plug-in Office Tab adds tabbed document support to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
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June 21, 2011
PDFs are great, there's no argument there. But reading and editing PDFs can get quite cumbersome, especially when the main contender out there is Adobe Acrobat, which you might need to sell your house in order to buy. Nitro PDF Reader is an awesome free option which we've covered here in the past, and today, Nitro is getting a younger brother in the form of Nitro PDF Reader 2.
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June 17, 2011
The notorious Windows system crash or your house power on the blink could cause you to lose your work before you can click on save. Lot of times we also tend to close an unsaved document after taking a printout. So, how can you recover that unsaved MS Office document and restore your work?
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June 14, 2011
The PDF and DOC file formats are the bread-and-butter of modern documents. Chances are good that any specific document, be it an eBook, a study guide or a user manual, will be available in one of these options. Sometimes however, the format you’d hoped would be available isn’t. Fortunately, some free utilities have stepped in to help with this issue.
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June 6, 2011
If Microsoft 2007 covered all that you could think of doing with a document, think again. Two new features (among the ten or so) introduced in Microsoft Word 2010 help to reduce your dependency on a third-party screenshot tool and a photo editor by just a smidgen. The latest version of Microsoft Office Suite gives you an 'inbuilt' screenshot tool and a slew of artistic effects.
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May 20, 2011
These days, you can use the Internet for just about everything. Except when companies want you to sign forms and send them back in. Then you're left printing a document, signing and scanning the paper and sending it off. It totally ruins your aim to be as paperless as possible. HelloFax lets you upload the document and add a digital signature, then it will fax the file or email it to your destination.
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May 14, 2011
Get a lightweight but not underpowered word processor. If you need a program compatible with a wide variety of file formats, Abiword might be the right fit for you. It's not as powerful as Microsoft Word or Libre Office's Writer, but it does have most of the features the average user needs. It's still the best compromise between a bloated word processor and underpowered text editors.
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