Microsoft Publisher 2010 - Disable Hyphenation in New Text Boxes

SUMMARY: Prevent Publisher 2010 from automatically hyphenating text inside new text boxes.

Tired of seeing automatic hyphenation in every text box you add to Microsoft Publisher 2010 documents? While hyphenation is useful in that you can fit more text inside a smaller amount of space, some document designers dislike this practice and would rather choose if and when hyphenation should occur depending on the document type and intended audience.

To prevent Publisher 2010 from auto-hyphenating words inside every new text box created, make the following tweak:

1. Select the "File" tab in the Ribbon.

2. The Microsoft Office Backstage View appears. Click the "Options" button.

(Or instead of steps 1 and 2, press Alt + F, then the letter T.)

3. The "Publisher Options" dialog box appears. Click "Advanced" in the left pane.

4. Underneath "Editing options", uncheck "Automatically hyphenate in new text boxes".

Preventing Publisher 2010 from forcing hyphenation to occur in all new text boxes

5. Click "OK" on the bottom-right of the dialog box to close it.

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Miscellaneous Software - View Local Times Around the World

SUMMARY: EarthTime offers a graphical display of local times around the world.

EarthTime is a shareware Windows application that displays local times for selected cities around the world. A flattened globe of Earth is presented with sections lit up or darkened depending on the current local time. Clouds can be shown over the continents, and a subscription allows for downloading cloud data over the Internet.

The software comes built-in with 50,000 cities and more may be added. You can define alarms based on a city's time and date, playing sounds and/or displaying messages. Other options include choosing application colors, altering the map update interval (increase it for slower computers), and starting EarthTime when Windows boots.

Viewing the local time in several countries with EarthTime

A 30-day trial of EarthTime can be downloaded at the following site. The software runs on Windows XP and above:

* EarthTime

This tip was written regarding EarthTime v3.15 running on a Windows XP system. Features, information, and screenshots for other versions / operating systems may vary.

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Windows Live Mail 2011 - Uppercased Words Are Not Being Spell Checked

SUMMARY: If Windows Live Mail 2011 is ignoring uppercased words while performing the spell check, perform this quick tweak.

Depending on your configuration, when composing e-mail and other items via Windows Live Mail 2011, words that are written in all caps may not get spell checked. If you find this a problem, a quick configuration change should do the trick:

1. From the main Windows Live Mail 2011 window, click the menu button in the Ribbon.

2. Select "Options", then "Mail" from the pop-up menu.

Accessing Mail Options in Windows Live Mail 2011

(OR, instead of steps 1-2, press ALT+F, O, M.)

3. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "Spelling" tab.

4. Underneath "When checking spelling, always ignore", uncheck "Words in UPPERCASE".

Preventing Windows Live Mail 2011's spell checker from ignoring uppercased words

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

You may need to close and re-open windows for any e-mail or other items you are currently editing for this change to be reflected.

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Mozilla Firefox - Plugins and Extensions - Keep Tabs From Closing

SUMMARY: The "PermaTabs Mod" extension for Firefox can help keep important tabs to services such as Twitter and Gmail from accidentally being closed.

While browsing the web in Mozilla Firefox, do you often keep tabs open for sites and services such as Twitter and Gmail? If so, you may find it irritating when you accidentally close these tabs by clicking the wrong "X" button, clicking the "Close Other Tabs" menu item, etc.

With the "Permatabs Mod" add-on you can designate certain tabs as permanent so they should never close. These tabs will be marked in a different color, will not display an "X", and even the context menu will be modified so that right-clicking such a tab will show "Close tab" grayed out.

Twitter and Gmail marked via the "PermaTabs Mod" add-on in Firefox

1. Visit the following page from within Firefox:

* "PermaTabs Mod" Extension for Firefox

2. Click the "Add to Firefox" button.

3. The "Software Installation" dialog box will eventually appear. Click "Install Now" as soon as the button is enabled.

Installing the "PermaTabs Mod" extension for Firefox

4. Once the add-on has installed, click the "Restart Firefox" button. Depending on your configuration, Firefox may note that it will try to restart your windows and tabs.

Once Firefox restarts, you should notice a couple of tabs open up with different colors - these cannot be closed until you disable their permanence. Just click on a tab and press Ctrl + P to toggle its permanent state.

Several options can be configured; select "Tools" - "Add-ons", and then click the "Options" button underneath "PermaTabs Mod". These include prompting before removing a PermaTab, loading PermaTab pages on startup, altering the PermaTab color, and changing keyboard shortcuts. Note that some changes may require restarting Firefox.

Configuring the "PermaTabs Mod" extension for Firefox

This tip was written for Mozilla Firefox v3.6.13 and the "PermaTabs Mod" extension v1.9.3. Screenshots, instructions, and features for other versions may vary.

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Microsoft Word 2010 - Gain a Few Extra Pixels; Disable the Vertical Scroll Bar

SUMMARY: Turning off Word 2010's vertical scroll bar may make it easier to view/edit documents without having to scroll horizontally.

If you have a smaller monitor or zoom past 100% to view and edit your Microsoft Word 2010 documents, you may be forced to scroll horizontally as the entire page width cannot be viewed onscreen.

If you need just a few more pixels to keep from having to scroll through your documents horizontally, how about removing the vertical scroll bar? If you don't need it to navigate through your documents via the mouse (remember Page Up and Page Down work as well as your cursor keys), hide it by doing the following:

1. Select the "File" tab in the Ribbon.

2. The Microsoft Office Backstage View appears. Click the "Options" button.

(Or instead of steps 1 and 2, press Alt + T, then the letter O.)

3. The "Word Options" dialog box appears. Click "Advanced" in the left pane.

4. In the right pane, underneath "Display" (you may have to scroll down), uncheck "Show vertical scroll bar".

5. Click "OK" on the bottom-right of the dialog box to close it.

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Microsoft Excel 2010 - Working on a Wide Worksheet? Make ENTER Move to the Right

SUMMARY: If you're editing a wide worksheet with the 10-key, you might find it more convenient to have the ENTER key move the cursor to the cell to the right.

By default, when editing a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010, you can press the Tab key to move the selection cursor to the cell to the right, and Enter moves to the below cell.

If you're editing a wide worksheet with a 10-key, you might find it more convenient to have the Enter key move to the cell to the right, just like the Tab key. The following shows you how to make this change. In fact, you can have Enter move up or to the left, if desired:

1. Select the "File" tab in the Ribbon.

2. The Microsoft Office Backstage View appears. Click the "Options" button.

(Or instead of steps 1 and 2, press Alt + T, then the letter O.)

3. The "Excel Options" dialog box appears. Click "Advanced" in the left pane.

4. In the right pane, underneath "Editing Options", make sure "After pressing Enter, move selection" is checked.

5. Underneath, click the pull-down next to "Direction" and choose the desired direction the cell selection should move after pressing Enter.

Changing the cell selection direction when pressing the Enter key

6. Click "OK" on the bottom-right of the dialog box to close it.

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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Download Updates Via Your Proxy Server

SUMMARY: Configure Malwarebytes for your proxy server IP address/domain and port, and if required add the authentication username and password.

If you use a proxy server to access the Internet, you may have difficulty downloading updates for Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. While a forum topic lists a way to download updates over the web, they recommend obtaining updates through the software as the web updates may not be up-to-date.

By changing a few configuration settings you can configure the software to access a proxy server to obtain updates. While this tip provides basic information on changing these settings, further proxy setting questions may need to be referred to your proxy server administrator.

1. From Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, click the "Settings" tab.

2. Click the "Updater Settings" sub-tab.

3. Check "Use proxy server to download updates".

Configuring Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to use a proxy server to obtain updates

4. Next to "Proxy server", enter your proxy server IP address / domain name.

5. Next to "Port", enter the proxy server port number.

6. If your proxy server requires authentication, check "Use authentication". Underneath, next to "Username" and "Password" enter the required information.

This tip was written regarding Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware v1.50.1.1100 running on a Windows Vista machine. Features, information, and screenshots are subject to change between versions and operating systems.

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Mozilla Firefox - Misc - View More Details on Downloaded Files

SUMMARY: FirefoxDownloadsView shows additional details about the most recent files downloaded from the Firefox web browser.

FirefoxDownloadsView is a Windows utility from NirSoft that displays additional information about the latest files downloaded via Mozilla Firefox. Details include (when available) each filename, original file and referrer URLs, full path to the download, MIME type, downloaded and total bytes, start / end / duration times, and an estimate of the average download speed (note that the latter may be influenced by hard drive speed, compression, and by your antivirus software scanning downloads).

As with other NirSoft tools, details can be saved to text, CSV, XML, or HTML files, or HTML reports may be generated from the results. Other features include right-click shortcuts to open the selected URL or filename and a "Find" feature in case you are wading through hundreds or more downloads. The software can be run via a batch file, for example to generate automated HTML reports.

Using FirefoxDownloadsView to display details for files downloaded from Firefox

Windows 2000, Windows XP, and higher are supported. Firefox 3.x and 4.x are supported. Translations are available in other languages including French, German, and Russian. More information and download links are available at the following site:

* FirefoxDownloadsView

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iPhone - iPod Touch - Turn Keyboard Clicking Sound On or Off

SUMMARY: Toggle the sound made when pressing keys on the iPod / iPod Touch virtual keyboard.

Many people like the clicking sound the iPod Touch and iPhone devices make when pressing a key on the virtual keyboard, especially if they have difficulty typing on the small device and need to be assured their key presses were registered. However, when typing a large amount of text in public this sound may annoy others. Luckily it can be easily turned on or off:

1. Access the "Settings" utility / app.

2. From the main "Settings" screen, click "Sounds".

3. When the "Sounds" screen appears, swipe down and click the toggle switch next to "Keyboard Clicks" to turn these sounds on or off.

Note this tip was written on an iPod Touch (4th Generation) with iOS 4.2.1. Features, information, and screenshots are subject to change between operating system versions and devices.

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Google Chrome - Dodge the Falling Icicles in your Browser

SUMMARY: Avalanche!! is an icicle-dodging game that can be added to Google Chrome and available just a click away.

If you want to take a quick break for a few minutes and don't want to visit a casual game site, consider Avalanche!!, a simple game for Google Chrome. Guide your character back and forth in front of a mountain scene, dodging the never-ending falling icicles. Since this game comes as an extension, you don't even need an Internet connection to play unless you want to submit your high score.

To install:

Playing Avalanche!! inside Google Chrome

1. From Google Chrome, visit the "Avalanche!!" extension page.

2. Click the "Install" button.

Installing the "Avalanche!!" extension

3. To play, just click the new "Avalanche!!" button that appears in your toolbar.

This tip was written regarding Google Chrome v9.0.597.94 and the "Avalanche!!" extension v1.42 running on a Windows XP machine. Features, information, and screenshots are subject to change between versions and operating systems.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - Give a Picture a Reflection

SUMMARY: Make a picture in a PowerPoint 2010 presentation appear to cause a reflection on a glossy surface.

One commonly-used graphics design technique that adds depth to an image is to have it look like a picture is causing a reflection on a glossy surface. Such a feature is easy to implement in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 as several built-in reflection types are available. Dedicated tweakers can go a step further and configure the exact reflection size, offset distance, transparency, and blur.

1. Select a desired picture.

2. Click the "Format (Picture Tools)" tab that appears.

3. In the "Picture Styles" group, click the "Picture Effects" button / pull-down.

4. Select "Reflection" from the pop-up menu that appears.

5. A secondary pop-up menu appears where you can choose from nine default reflection types.

Adding a reflection to a picture in a PowerPoint 2010 presentation

If you're detail-oriented and want to fine-tune the reflection effect, click the "Reflection Options" menu item instead. From here you may modify:

* Reflection transparency (0% opaque, 100% fully transparent)

* Reflection size (as a percentage of the original image, from 0% to 100%)

* Reflection distance (how far the reflection should appear from the original image)

* Blur (the greater the number, the more "out-of-focus" the reflection will appear)

Click "OK" on the dialog box to close it.

Tweaking advanced Picture Reflection options in PowerPoint 2010

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Screen Capture - Screen Capture Supporting Editing Features, Text Capture

SUMMARY: HyperSnap supports a wide variety of screen capture modes, image editing post-capture, and capturing text.

HyperSnap, a screen capture application for Windows, supports a variety of screen capture types including full screen, active window, free hand, and "Entire Page with Scrolling", allowing you to capture an entire webpage including elements "below the fold" in a web browser such as Firefox.

"TextSnap" allows you to capture a window or region and convert the capture to text that is placed in the Windows Clipboard. A variety of drawing tools are available to edit captured screenshots, such as shapes, freehand draw, stamps, flood fill, and text. Several image effects can be used such as emboss, sharpen or blur, frame, and shear. Other features include uploading screen captures via FTP, sending captures via e-mail, printing all screen captures, and special features to capture screens from games.

Editing a screen capture in HyperSnap

Customization options include altering the application skin, changing keyboard shortcuts, modifying toolbar icons, and capture settings including automatically saving each capture to a file, playing sounds on each capture, and setting the background color for non-rectangle captures.

HyperSnap runs on Windows 98 or above. An evaluation copy can be downloaded at the following site. Note that screenshots taken from the evaluation version will have stamps placed on them.

* HyperSnap

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Windows Live Mail 2011 - Add to or Edit Safe Senders List

SUMMARY: Add to or edit the list of e-mail addresses in Windows Live Mail 2011 from which received e-mail will not be marked as Junk.

Nowadays with the large amounts of junk electronic mail filling our Inboxes, it is imperative to use at least some anti-spam features to avoid getting deluged with this menace.

Unfortunately, even the most intelligent junk e-mail filters can mark some legitimate messages as spam. Thus to help avoid missing important information, you can mark certain address in Windows Live Mail 2011 as "safe". E-mail from this whitelist of addresses will not be marked as Junk.

1. While viewing e-mail, click the "Home" tab in the Ribbon.

2. In the "Delete" section of the Ribbon, click the "Junk" button.

3. Select "Safety options" from the pull-down menu.

Accessing e-mail Safety Options in Windows Live Mail 2011

4. The "Safety Options" dialog box appears.

To add an address / domain to this list:

1. Click the "Add" button.

Choosing to add an address to Windows Live Mail 2011's "Safe Senders" list

2. The "Add address or domain" dialog box appears. Either enter a full domain or a specific e-mail address to mark as safe.

Adding an address to the Safe Senders list in Windows Live Mail 2011

3. Click "OK" to add the address / domain.

To edit an address / domain on the list:

1. Click on an address / domain in the list.

2. Click the "Edit" buttn.

3. The "Edit address or domain" dialog box appears (similar to the "Add address or domain" dialog as shown above). Edit the address or domain as needed.

4. Click "OK" to apply the edit.

To delete an address / domain from the list:

1. Click on an address / domain in the list.

2. Click the "Remove" button.

When done with your edits:

Click "OK" to close the "Safety Options" dialog box.

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Jobs for Felons in Information Technology - Find Out If You Are a Fit for These Felon Friendly Jobs

Information technology job opportunities for felons pay well and offer fast career advancement. IT jobs for felons do require extensive technical knowledge but the main advantage to IT jobs for felons is that demand for IT skills is high compared to other industries even during the current economic downturn.

According to the most recent study by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, IT jobs are expected to grow more than twice as fast as the average for all other occupations. This report takes into account the recent dot-com bust and recovery as well as outsourcing trends. In other words, even with the off shoring of IT jobs and the economic slump, the IT industry is still one of the leading growth industries in the U.S. today.

So what IT jobs for felons are available?

Information Technology is the study, design, implementation and management of computer-based information systems, chiefly software applications and computer hardware.

The IT jobs for felons that are in high demand include computer software engineers, network systems and data communications analysts, systems analysts, and network and systems administrators, again according to the Department of Labor's report.

Since the IT field is quite large, there is no one personality type that is needed to succeed. There is room for introverted, both technical IT people and extroverted business or sales-oriented IT people.

However, the one quality that all IT people must have is a willingness to keep on learning. The software programs and computer hardware of today will be outdated in a few years so IT professionals must study new technologies constantly.

Jobs for Felons: Information Technology

Information technology is one of those career paths that are suitable for ex-felons because there are a lot of IT jobs for felons available due to the industry's high growth rate.

If you apply for regular employment then you will definitely have to go through a background check. This can be a problem if the IT job involves handling a lot of sensitive information. Whether you will be able to land a job after the employer finds out about your past will depend on the type of felony, recency and evidence of rehabilitation.

One option you can look into is working freelance. No background checks will be involved since you will not be employed by any company or organization. Freelance IT jobs for felons simply entail looking for clients and working as an independent contractor. This has become very popular among felons because the internet has made it easier than ever before to find freelance IT job opportunities for felons online. You can even work from the comfort of your own home. This is a great option for people who want to spend more time with their families as well as those who have disabilities.

Jobs for Felons: Information Technology

Almost all colleges and universities in the U.S. have IT programs so you will not have any problems finding the right certification, diploma or degree program for you. You can choose to either study on campus or online.

The best high-paying IT jobs for felons do require a bachelor's degree in information technology and/or certification so keep that in mine if you want to work for the top IT companies.

On the other hand, there are a few companies that offer on-the-job training although this is mostly for entry-level jobs.

For freelance work, you will need at least some certifications and probably an associate degree. Clients who hire freelancers will look at both qualifications and experience so once you have established a good IT work history you will be able to choose from among the better-paying IT jobs for felons.

Information Technology Jobs for Felons: Summary

Information technology jobs for felons are a good choice for ex-offenders because they pay well. IT is also a fast-growing industry with many job opportunities for felons. Information technology is a large field and people of all personality types can succeed in this type of work but you should be willing to learn and master constantly evolving technologies. In addition, you will need to finish a diploma or degree course in information technology to get the best jobs for felons available.

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Windows Live Mail 2011 - Force Email, RSS Feeds, etc. to Display as Plain Text

SUMMARY: Tired of viewing ugly e-mail with jarring colors and backgrounds? Or worried about security issues rending HTML? Force all messages viewed in Windows Live Mail 2011 to be rendered as plain text.

For various reasons you may rather display messages such as e-mail viewed in Windows Live Mail 2011 as plain text instead of supporting HTML elements. Perhaps you're afraid of accidentally clicking a phishing link. Maybe you're concerned about a bug in the software when rendering HTML messages causing a program crash or worse. Or maybe you're tired of messages with huge or tiny fonts, garish colors, complex backgrounds, etc.

1. From the main Windows Live Mail 2011 window, click the menu button in the Ribbon.

2. Select "Options", then "Mail" from the pop-up menu.

Accessing Mail Options in Windows Live Mail 2011

(OR, instead of steps 1-2, press ALT+F, O, M.

3. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "Read" tab.

4. Underneath "Reading Messages", check "Read all messages in plain text".

Read messages in Windows Live Mail 2011 in plain text

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog box and save your changes.

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