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Microsoft Word 2010 : W0rds w8th Numbers Pass the S0ellchecker!
Prevent potentially embarrassing mistakes by turning off a Microsoft Word spell check "feature"
April 20, 2012, at 9:07 A.M. EDT
5his s3ntence c0mpletely pass3s the sp3llchecker in M8crosoft W0rd...
That's right - type the above sentence in Microsoft Word 2010 and note that none of the 'words' contain red squiggles underneath. That's because Word's spell checker, by default, ignores any words containing numbers. ...
Google Gmail : Automatically Archive a Conversation you Respond to
Respond to a lot of email in Gmail and need to keep your Inbox clean? Send your e-mail and archive the conversation in one step.
April 19, 2012, at 9:33 P.M. EDT
Are you a very popular individual or work a job such as customer service that requires sending a lot of e-mail via Gmail? Or are you just looking for another way to keep your Inbox clean? If so, you may often find yourself replying to e-mail conversations and then immediately archiving them.
With the "Send & Archive" feature in Gmail Labs you can do both in just one step by adding a "Send & Archive" button below your composed messages....
[MODIFIED] Digital Photography : Did Someone Get in the Way While Taking a Photo?
Don't immediately delete digital camera photos if an unwanted element or person got in your picture - here's why.
April 19, 2012, at 9:03 P.M. EDT
This tip is geared towards beginners. While reviewing vacation or other pictures, if you find images where an undesired subject moved barely into your digital camera's viewfinder, don't fret - these photos might not be a total loss!
Most of today's digital cameras take photos containing more than enough megapixels needed for high-quality printouts. Depending on the image subject and location of the unwanted element, you can crop (digitally cut) out what you don't need and still have a great image. This is done by creating a selection rectangle inside your photo; everything outside of this rectangle gets removed....
Google Chrome : View Kittens and Pandas Everywhere!
Replace ugly images on webpages viewed in Google Chrome with pandas and kitties.
April 19, 2012, at 8:52 A.M. EDT
Have you visited a website inside Google Chrome and found that the images got you down? Wish you saw something cute instead?
The Cutify extension lets you replace photos on webpages with images of baby goats, bunnies, kittens, red pandas, and sloths. That's right - if you'd rather not see an image of a reality TV star, political figure, or arrogant athlete you can right-click on their photo and choose "Cutify" - "Cutify to Cute Kittens". It's that simple....
Mozilla Firefox - Plugins and Extensions : Automatically Store Selected Text in the Clipboard
The AutoCopy plugin for Mozilla Firefox automatically places selected webpage text into the clipboard without you having to do anything.
April 18, 2012, at 1:23 P.M. EDT
Let's face it - most of the time when you select text inside a webpage viewed via Firefox, your next step is to copy it to the clipboard for pasting inside another web page, word processing document, e-mail message, etc.
If you copy a lot of text, why not skip the copy step? Automatically have Firefox place selected text in the clipboard without you having to do anything with the "AutoCopy" plugin....
Google Maps : Map of the Dead, so You can be Prepared for the Zombie Invasion
Find food, weaponry, pharmaceuticals, hardware, and other essentials to help ward off the coming zombie invasion.
April 18, 2012, at 1:11 P.M. EDT
There are many interesting uses of Google Maps available online. This one may actually save your life.
... when a horde of flesh-eating zombies is on your tail and you've got to find food and ammo, that is. The "Map of the Dead" bills itself as a "Zombie Survival Map". Enter your location (or let the map find you), and quickly see if doctors and pharmacies, police and military installations, or shopping facilities are nearby. Turn on the "Danger Zones" map to look for areas containing "man-made structures" that may hide a greater number of zombies....
Microsoft Word 2010 : Allow the Insert Key to Overwrite Existing Text
Overwrite existing text in Word 2010 documents simply by pressing the Insert key.
April 17, 2012, at 6:53 P.M. EDT
Normally when you type inside pre-existing text in a Microsoft Word 2010 document, your new text pushes existing text to the right. This "insert" mode is the default and lets you easily add text to pre-existing paragraphs.
In some cases, however, you may want your text to overwrite what is already in the document. Perhaps you have written a word and transposed a couple of characters. You could carefully highlight the offending characters and then type the correct order. Or, move your cursor to the right of the offending characters, press Backspace twice, then type the correct characters. However, with an "overwrite" or "overtype" mode you can move your cursor directly on top of the first offending character, press the Insert key, and then start typing - your new characters will overwrite the existing text....
[MODIFIED] Digital Night Photography : Reduce Camera Shake with Special Lens
A special lens may help you take better night photos by reducing 'camera-shake'.
April 17, 2012, at 9:03 A.M. EDT
Obviously a tripod or other stabilizing device makes taking digital photographs at nighttime much easier. With a stabile digital camera you can take longer exposures that make up for the reduced lighting, and these photos should not suffer from the dreaded "camera shake". The built-in or a shoe mount flash can also help in some situations.
However, there are times where your subject is too far away and too large to be affected by flash. Perhaps you are shooting panoramic photos on top of a skyscraper, and your flash unit is simply not going to illuminate buildings miles away. Or, you may be taking photos in an urban environment and tripods may be bulky or simply not allowed. ...
Google Chrome : Major League Baseball Scores Instantly from the Source
Can't watch baseball at the office? Grab the MLB.com Scoreboard Extension for Google Chrome and keep up with your favorite team.
April 16, 2012, at 1:37 P.M. EDT
You're toiling away at the office on another bright, sunny picture-perfect day while the Yankees / Red Sox / Braves / Cubs / your team of choice is playing a nine-inning slugfest or pitcher's duel. First place is on the line; you need the latest scores and you need them now!
With the "MLB.com Scoreboard" extension for Google Chrome, baseball info is just a click away. Click the MLB logo in the toolbar for instant access to scores; click on a game to open up more information in a new tab. And if you do have a MLB.TV subscription and are at home (or have a very forgiving boss)* there are quick access links to listen to or watch the game as well....
Google Gmail : Stop Automatically Adding New Addresses to Autocomplete List
Prevent Gmail from remembering everyone you send e-mail to and displaying them in the autocomplete list.
April 16, 2012, at 8:20 A.M. EDT
Gmail assumes that if you e-mail someone once, you're likely to do so again. Thus it adds new addresses to your "Other Contacts" list, and if you start typing their e-mail address into a "To" or related field, Gmail will helpfully offer the address in a popup list so you don't have to type it in completely.
Helpfully, however, may be subjective. Perhaps you work customer service or IT support and receive a lot of e-mails every day with quick requests and you do not plan on e-mailing people back over and over again? If you fall in this category, having Gmail automatically add all these addresses can be a nuisance. Thus, this feature can be disabled....
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