My New Book Is Almost Ready! Are You Still Using Vista?

Posted on November 18, 2009
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I’m not making this a long sales pitch or try to convince you into buying this. I’m going to be straight to the point; this is what I have for you.

If you are a regular visitor of The World of Office you might know this, but in case you’re not; I wrote a +80 page book with Step by Step Tutorials and Tips and Tricks for getting the most out Vista. Plus I’ll show you were to download more than 20 FREE applications to super-charge your computers’ performance.

PDF Converter Review: How To Convert your PDF’s to Word, Powerpoint, HTML and Text Files.

Posted on December 3, 2009
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Recently I read somewhere that Adobe estimates that there are currently 300 million PDF’s in circulation which of course already an amazing number and the use of PDF’s is still growing exponential. If I look at my own business; not using PDF’s is simply not an option. Whether they are contracts, invoices or any other documents, everything is send as a PDF via email. I can’t even remember the last time that I used our fax.

I recently started using a nifty little application called AnyBizSoft PDF Converter. AnyBizSoft PDF Converter is a very easy to use small conversion tool for converting your PDF’s to Word, Powerpoint, HTML and Text Files. AnyBizSoft PDF Converter has 2 conversion modes which are batch (up to 200 PDF’s) and partial conversions.

How To Create a Desktop Shortcut for Fast User Switching.

Posted on November 20, 2009
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Today’s XP Tip and Trick is a pretty cool trick for Multi-User computers. I want to show you with this XP Tweak to create a desktop shortcut for fast user switching. This will able you to quickly access a second or third account while having the other session’s active in the background.

It’s real easy; for creating a Desktop Shortcut for fast user switching you have to follow the next few steps.

First you’ll need to right click somewhere on your desktop.
And select new and create shortcut.
Now you need to give the shortcut a new location and you can do that by copy and paste this location “c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe”.

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Microsoft Word 2007 File Formats

Posted on November 13, 2009
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by Mark Matthews

Microsoft Word 2007 is capable of working with documents in three file formats. The native format uses the file extension ".docx". Files saved in this format can use the full range of features found in Word 2007, with the exception of macros. Any Word 2007 document which contains macros must be saved in a separate file format using the file extension ".docm".

In addition to these two native formats, Word 2007 is also capable of both opening and creating documents using the ".doc" file extension, the file extension found in previous versions of Word. Word 2007 files saved with this file extension will not have access to the full range of features found with in Word 2007. Features which have been introduced in 2007, such as Themes, will not be available in documents saved with the file extension ".doc".

A Tutorial for Hiding your Recent Items in Vista.

Posted on November 6, 2009
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This next Microsoft Office Trick and Tip is especially handy when you work at a “public” computer at the office. This probably isn’t necessary at home unless you’re working with multiple users at one computer. The problem is that when you leave your computer for one minute, willing people might check what your doing and the recent items is the first thing they’ll check. Here is a Windows Tutorial for leaving this field empty.

Office Tip Trick

How to Hide the Recent Documents and Programs in Vista

Right click the Start
Select Properties from the menu

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Than go to the Start Menu tab if it isn’t open already.

Handy Backup Review: How to Make a Backup the Right Way.

Posted on October 31, 2009
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The number of invites, we receive for writing software reviews is pretty amazing. Most products will change the world or they pretend to even solve the world hunger problem. They are all incredible… Not. Most of the request we receive will land in the bin immediately, especially if they write in the first paragraph that they are unmatched and the best in the field. This wasn’t the case a couple of weeks ago. I received a short, friendly email from a company called Novosoft, it was a nice lady asking me if I could check out her backup software.

Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

Posted on October 30, 2009
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Today I have another cool trick for you and it’s a Tip and Trick for Windows XP. Whether it’s real useful is debatable but its fun to know anyway. Today I want to show you how easy it is to create a icon on your desktop that closes down your system without any confirmations.

To create a XP shutdown button on your desktop you’ll need to follow the next simple steps.

· Right click on an empty space on your desktop.

· Select new and shortcut.

· Now type in the window shutdown -s -t 0 (the last character is a zero.)

Computer Tips, Tricks, Tweaks and Tutorials Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.