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Have a table in MS Excel 2007? Do you need to calculate information, such as an average or sum for each column in the table?
If so, what did you do?
Did you set up the row by hand and then create the needed [...]

Excellent question! All you need to do is group it! If you usually send the same e-mails to the same group of people, you can make it easier by creating a group for them. With group e-mailing, you don’t have to search again and again for each person you want to send an e-mail to. [...]

I’m going to take a guess and bet that most of you who have upgraded to Windows Vista are having a little trouble getting your older programs to work. Am I right? You know, programs that worked fine for you with Windows XP (or even older versions of Windows) just don’t work so well anymore. [...]

Another reader asks: I started up my computer this morning and all of my icons were gone! What could have happened? How [...]

So, here’s a quick tip for those of you who usually don’t print an entire file. Maybe you only print certain pages, slides, etc. and you prefer to use key combinations whenever possible.
If that sounds like you, here are a few ideas for printing only what you need, quickly and without the mouse!
First, I’m sure [...]

Do you use a laptop as your main computer? If so, do you ever get tired of the small keyboard that comes with it or do you struggle with the touchpad mouse? I know both of those things have really hindered my laptop experience. That is, until I found out there was a way to [...]

How often do you order something online or sign up for something on a Web site? I’m guessing you do either of those quite often, because it’s just the way of the world these days. Almost every Web site you visit either has something you need to register for or they’re trying to get you [...]

Have you ever wondered if there is a limit for the amount of power one of your USB ports can handle? I mean, it makes sense that one of those little ports can only take care of so much. But how much is too much? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to find out today! [...]

Do you print custom envelopes from MS Word?
Do you have a custom logo, picture or return address set up that you really wish would just show up every time you print an envelope?
That sure would be nice. I mean, no messing with [...]

Oh, what a great question! After receiving it, I immediately went and did a search in our archives, because I thought for sure we had done a tip on this before. But, much to my surprise, there was nothing to be found. I couldn’t believe we hadn’t covered this topic before. I mean, it’s definitely [...]