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Problem: To use a USB drive as the backup drive for “One Care”, it must be in NTFS format. Most USB drives come in Fat32 format, so you must make some changes. However, you can't simply "Format" the USB drive because the default format options are FAT and FAT32. In order to format the USB drive as NTFS, you must first make the following changes:

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Highlight USB Drive
3. Right Click "Properties"
4. Click on "Hardware" tab
5. Highlight the name of USB drive below if more than one drive is listed
6. Click "Properties" button, then "Policies" tab.
7. Click the radio button that says "Optimize for Performance"
8. OK

The USB drive can now be formated as a NTFS drive and used with Windows OneCare backup.

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. find and highlight the USB drive
3. Right Click "Format"
4. select NTFS option.

After the format is complete, it will appear as one of the options in the Windows OneCare backup settings.

Labels: Tools

(Firefox Shorts - here ) IE keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl-D - Adds current page to the Favorites list with no further prompts.
• Alt-D - Selects the URL in the Address bar.
• Ctrl-Left Arrow or Ctrl-Right Arrow - In the Address bar, moves the cursor to the nearest dot, forward slash, or paired forward slash.
• Ctrl-Enter - In the Address bar, adds www. to the front and .com to the end of text you've typed and loads the URL.
• Escape - Stops downloading a page.
• Alt-Home - Jumps to your Home Page.
• Ctrl-F5 - Refreshes the current page unconditionally (even if the time stamp for your locally stored version and the Web version are the same).
• Ctrl-W - Closes the current Internet Explorer window (useful when a site opens a new window).
• Ctrl-A - Selects all content on the current page or frame. Backspace or Alt-Left Arrow - Jumps to the previous page you viewed.
• Alt-Right Arrow - Jumps to the next page (after having viewed a previous page).
• Ctrl-Home - Jumps to the top of the current page.
• Ctrl-End - Jumps to the bottom of the current page.

Source: PC World - Essential IE Shortcuts

Alt-G - If you have Google Toolbar install, Ctrl-G will jump focus to search box on the Google Toolbar

Labels: Tools

This list of keyword searches and this Firefox Custom Keywords Directory can also be used for Yahoo Open Shortcuts.

Here are a few examples that we use:

• b http://www.google.com/bookmarks/find?q=%s
• d http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/%s
• del http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=%s&type=user
• g http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Google+Search
• m http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=%s
• q http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s
  

Labels: Tools, Yahoo

By default, the print settings in OpenOffice Calc will print every page in an entire workbook. You can change the print settings to only print one page (the currently viewed page/worksheet) as follows:

1. Tools
2. Options...
3. +OpenOffice.org Calc
4. Print
5. Select "Print only selected Sheets" checkbox

See: Plan-B How to make 'print only selected sheets' the DEFAULT print setting in openoffice calc.

See also: Printing Only the Sheets and Pages You Want, in OpenOffice.org Calc

Labels: Openoffice, Tools

1. Format
2. Page...
3. Click Landscape radio button (by Orientation).

Labels: Openoffice, Tools

In OO 2.2 Calc, there’s a built-in function:

Go to the Insert menu / Sheet From File / select your text file.

Check the options to choose delimiters and column types, etc.

Or, you can copy text file, then "paste special" into Calc to get to the same menu.

Labels: Openoffice, Tools

Homesite 4.0 is my favorite editor. It's faster than Homesite 5.0 on older PCs and isn't bloated with features that I normally don't use.

However, there's a "Design Tab" included that's sometimes buggy and will cause your system to freeze if you accidentally click on it while you're editing with Homesite.

To disable 'Design' tab, click on Options / Settings... / Design - and check the "disable (hide) design box.

Labels: Tools

You can insert a (Google) blogger search box onto your blog or website. I'm not sure if it returns the same results as the blue blog search bar that you find at the top of many blogger blogs. However, this code for a blogger search box seems to work.

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Like OpenOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony is a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation set of apps. Symphony supports the Open Document Format (ODF), is free and can be downloaded here.

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Perhaps, the "Web 2.0 Style Reflection" image trick is already obsolete. Most tutorials use Photoshop. However, here's a "Master the Web 2.0 Style Reflection" tutorial that uses Macromedia (Adobe) Fireworks.

Labels: Tools

The Techcrunch article, "Another Tool To Map Website Visitors" pointed to Maps.amung.us, a widget that allows website creators to see where their visitors are located. It's live and the maps update themselves on your site without having to reload the whole page.

Here's an example.

Labels: Tools

Problem: When I try to print a document, the URL and other unwanted browser information gets printed. How do I get rid of it?

From Google Docs & Spreadsheets Help Center:

You can remove the URL, and the other unwanted information added to your printed documents, by following these browser-specific instructions:

In IE:

1. Click on "File" > "Page Setup."
2. Delete the info that you see in the "Header" and "Footer" fields.
3. Click "OK."

In Firefox

1. File / Page Setup... / Margin & Header/Footer
   
2. Set all to "-blank-"
   

More....

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