Need to get up to speed fast with the Eclipse IDE? In this entry, I’m going to share my top 10 list of basic Eclipse tips. These are very simple tips, but I’ve noticed that for some reason many people using Eclipse for the first time end up learning these tips the hard way (through […]
You can save all the pictures in a Word document to individual image files using the Save as Web page option (Word 2000, Word 2002/XP, and Word 2003) or by unzipping the .docx file (Word 2007).
For manually adding pictures to a Microsoft Office Word document is a simple process. Saving pictures already embedded in a […]
Are you familiar with the Name Box in Excel? It’s the box right above the first column. Normally it shows you what cell or range of cells you have selected. But have you ever noticed what the Name Box shows you when you enter an equal sign in the formula bar? Check it out. When […]
If you’ve ever run the Microsoft Windows XP’s Disk Cleanup utility, you probably discovered that your temporary files occupy a significant amount of space. You might select the Temporary Files check box in order to allow the Disk Cleanup utility to delete the files in the Temp folder, but the Disk Cleanup utility will not […]
Confronting a pop-up is one of those times when your gut reaction might lead you down the path of frustration and tears. If the “X” is spring-loaded with malware, anywhere you click on the pop-up could trigger that virus.
This is the path less traveled–the majority of pop-ups truly are the ads they appear to be–but […]
Faster is almost always better, at least when it comes to computers. So what’s the fastest way to open a word processor?
You can create a keyboard shortcut to open Notepad, WordPad, Word, or any other word processor on your PC by right-clicking the program’s shortcut on the Start menu, choosing Properties > Shortcut > Shortcut […]