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Search Microsoft's TechNet Knowledge Base like a pro with these tips
Insight The Microsoft Knowledge Base contains so much information that it can be difficult to find the exact bit of knowledge you need. Use this article's tips to perform quicker, more accurate searches in the TechNet Knowledge Base.
New Mozilla Ubiquity spec brings mashups to the desktop
News Mozilla's Ubiquity project gets a shot in the arm with the road map specifications for version 0.2--something that could bring its shortcut features outside the browser and onto the desktop.
Tags: Software, Web browsers, Ubiquity, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail, mashup, News.com, desktop
Clear an Access combo box for entering the next record
Techguide Have Access clear the selection from a combo box in a data entry form so that you start fresh with each new record. See how to make this user-friendly tweak.
Tags: Microsoft Office, C, keyboard shortcut, Clear, Microsoft Excel 2007, e-mail, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office
Use Wingdings to add graphics to Access forms and reports
Techguide You can insert a symbol or picture into a form or report, but embedded graphics consume a lot of resources.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Error, Microsoft Corp., Code, MsgBox, keyboard shortcut, Graphics, vbOKOnly, Alan Wood, Insert
My favourite Vista keyboard shortcuts
Blogs People who see me working on my notebook are often amazed with the speed at which I perform tasks by using the keyboard ...
10+ keyboard shortcuts for entering special characters in a Word document
Techguide If you prefer to enter special characters yourself on a case-by-case basis, it's handy to know a few keyboard shortcuts.
Tags: Microsoft Office, keyboard shortcut, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, dialog box, technique, window, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
10+ lesser-known shortcuts for formatting Word text
Techguide Some common Word formatting tasks don't come with handy built-in toolbar buttons--that's when knowing a few shortcuts can be a real timesaver.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., keyboard shortcut, font, Figure C, Ctrl, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, toolbar, Microsoft Access
Add sounds to your Access form events
Techguide Access lets you play a sound for any form event. Find out how to do it in this step-by-step guide.
Tags: Microsoft Office, keyboard shortcut, shortcut menu, Mouse, Microsoft Excel, toolbar, Microsoft Access, dialog box, window, Microsoft Office
Build related tables with the Access 2007 Lookup Wizard
Techguide The Access 2007 Lookup Wizard makes it easy to create a related table. This walkthrough demonstrates how it works.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Table, C, job title, keyboard shortcut, Strikethrough, AVERAGEA, keyboard, Microsoft Word 2007
Quick sort for Word lists
Techguide Sorting lists with text, numbers or dates in Word isn't exactly intuitive, but here's what you need to know to get it done quickly.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Tools Menu, Microsoft Excel 2007, e-mail, Microsoft Excel, dialog box, window, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Assign Word shortcut keys to frequently used styles
Techguide Do you frequently assign custom styles to paragraphs in your Word documents? If so, you probably spend a lot of time scrolling through the Style box on the formatting toolbar. Learn how you can eliminate a lot of that scrolling.
Firefox beta out of the foxhole
News Browser's test version offers such features as automatic updates and improvements designed to speed browser navigation.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Web browsers, Open source
Select text with the Extend Selection keyboard shortcut
Techguide While clicking and dragging is useful for selecting blocks of text, it can be cumbersome for finer selections, such as selecting individual characters or text that extends across multiple screens. Word's Extend Selection keyboard shortcut can help you make these selections more efficiently.
Blinkx offers automatic search on desktop
News Free Pico tool searches for news, blogs, video and other content related to what's on a user's screen.
Tags: Desktops, Web logs, Search
