MalekTips: 09-08-2006
 
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We have 30 new tips found below in the latest issue of MalekTips. Just scroll down this web page to view and click on the tips!
 
* Unique websites - purchase colorful candies customized with your own messages, view newspaper front pages from around the world, learn where the locals dine, visit New York City locations from a popular TV series, and lounge around in baseball glove-shaped chairs
 
* Windows XP and DOS tips - download the equivalent to UNIX's "less" command, change DOS prompt window titles, and benchmark process speeds
 
* Tweak Mozilla Firefox settings including pop-up window hyperlinks
 
* Change RealPlayer's skin, diagnose video display issues, and automatically add multimedia files to its Library
 
* Diagnose a specific Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 printing issue, add tables to slideshows, and prevent text from being converted into lists
 
* Display international stories on Google News, fine-tune your searches, and display articles from a 200 year-old archive of stories
 
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Google News : Search for News Items Published within a Particular Range of Dates
Limit your Google News results to newer articles or those published within a particular timeframe.
 
Google News : Search Archive of Older News Articles
Query the Google News archive of links to news sources covering the past 200 years.
 
Google News : View Most Popular Stories
View the Google News stories deemed most popular by the service.
 
Google News : Refine Searches by Querying Only Headlines
Search for news articles with Google News and only find stories with matching headlines.
 
Google News : Display International News
Display news stories from around the world on a targeted Google News page.
 
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 : Some Characters/Fonts Fail to Print Correctly
Diagnose a particular Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 slideshow printing error.
 
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 : Change How Standard and Formatting Toolbars are Shown
Configure whether or not toolbars in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 should be spread out or bunched together.
 
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 : Display Information in a Table
Add tabular information inside a slide in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 presentation.
 
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 : Force All Opened Documents to Display in a Particular View
Configure how Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 presentations will display when opened.
 
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 : Toggle Automatically Converting Text to Lists
Prevent Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 from formatting text containing asterisks, numbers, and other characters into lists.
 
Mozilla Firefox : Change How Links That Request to Open in New Windows Will Appear
Some webpage hyperlinks automatically open up in new windows. Configure how Mozilla Firefox handles this issue.
 
Mozilla Firefox : Ignore SSL 2.0
Prevent Mozilla Firefox from securely communicating with sites using an old protocol.
 
Mozilla Firefox : See Who Worked to Create Mozilla Firefox
Display the Mozilla Firefox credits screen.
 
Mozilla Firefox : Firefox Help for Internet Explorer Users
Terminology, keyboard, and functionality help for Internet Explorer users transitioning to Firefox.
 
Mozilla Firefox : Toggle Syntax Highlighting When Viewing Source
When viewing HTML source code, prevent Mozilla Firefox from coloring the text.
 
RealPlayer : Adjust Video Color and Sharpness
Tweak how videos played in RealPlayer 10.5 will appear.
 
RealPlayer : Automatically Add Items to My Library
RealPlayer 10.5 can scan selected folders on your hard drive, automatically adding multimedia items found to My Library.
 
RealPlayer : Show Movies in a Larger Size
Display movies played inside RealPlayer 10.5 in double-size or full-screen mode.
 
RealPlayer : Tweaks to Fix Video Playback Issues
Options you can take if RealPlayer 10.5 fails to play movies correctly.
 
RealPlayer : Change the RealPlayer Skin
Change the RealPlayer 10.5 look-and-feel with downloadable skins.
 
Sites to Browse : Newspaper Front Pages
View what's making headlines around the world.
 
Sites to Browse : Take a Trip to Monks Diner
Visit New York City locations mentioned in one of TV's most popular shows, Seinfeld.
 
Sites to Browse : Floating Baseball Glove Chair
Lounge around in a glove chair while watching a baseball game.
 
Sites to Browse : Custom Printed M&M's
Print customized messages on the famous candies.
 
Sites to Browse : Restaurants for the Locals
Eat at some of the more unique locations around the US.
 
Windows XP and DOS : UNIX Style Less Command
Scroll through text files inside the Windows XP DOS prompt with a command similar to UNIX's less command.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Change Title of a DOS Prompt Window
Since "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" isn't very descriptive, you can change the title of DOS prompt windows running in Windows XP.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Pause Batch Files with a User-Defined Message
Pause a Windows XP batch file with a prompt other than "Press any key to continue."
 
Windows XP and DOS : Use NTimer to Display How Long a Program Takes to Execute
Benchmark how long it takes a process to run under Windows XP from the DOS prompt.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Batch File to Determine Operating System Version
Inside a batch file determine if the operating system is Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003.
 
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