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We recommend turning on Smart Guides (View > Smart Guides) as you work with a gradient mesh. Smart Guides will help you visualize the relationships between your meshes as you draw them. To renew the mesh for additional color information when using Smart Guides, you must click the Direct Selection tool on a path–not an intersection, which gives you the opportunity to remove the white diamonds or squares, which is necessary to apply color.
Windows:
The ability to remotely administer your servers isn’t just a convenience; in some cases, it’s essential. But, when a system can be accessed remotely — especially a domain controller or other critical server — there’s a chance that it will be accessed by the wrong person, for the wrong reasons.
You can control access in a number of ways. For example, you can restrict access to specific ports (such as 3389, used by terminal services) so that the ports can be access only from specific computers. You can also configure User Rights to control who can and can’t log on through terminal services. Create a group and place those users in it who should be able to access the server’s desktop through terminal services/Remote Desktop, then add the group to the Log On Through Terminal Services user right.
It’s also a good idea to ensure that solicited remote assistance is disabled through the Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Remote Assistance | Solicited Remote Assistance entry in Group Policy.
When you insert a worksheet using the Insert | Worksheet menu command, Excel automatically bases the new sheet on the default template. However, you may not want to insert just a blank worksheet. For instance, say your company uses a special Project Tracking template. A workbook is dedicated to each client and there could be several project worksheets in each workbook. Instead of inserting a blank sheet, you want to insert a blank Project Tracking form. Fortunately, you can select what template Excel uses to create a new worksheet. Instead of using the menu command, right-click on a worksheet tab (or [control]-click on a Mac) and then choose Insert from the shortcut menu. The Insert dialog box appears, displaying your PC’s templates. Simply select the appropriate one and click OK.
Missing a Title Master? Insert one in a snap (PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004)
Some presentations lack a Title Master when you choose View | Master from the menu bar, so the option is unavailable (either grayed out or not displayed at all). When this happens, you can simply insert a new Title Master.
To do so, choose View | Master | Slide Master to open the Slide Master view. Now choose Insert | New Title Master to insert a new Title Master. From now on, you can access the Title Master in the Slide Master view.
If you’re attached to the Run command, you may have been dissapointed when you noticed it’s missing from the Windows Vista Start Menu. While the Start Search command performs the same functions as the Run command, (allowing you to find and open files, folders, even web site urls quickly) you can get the Run command back into the Start menu if you want it.
To put the RUN command into the Start menu:
1. Right-click on the Taskbar and choose Properties > Start Menu Properties.
2. Select the Start Menu tab, and click Customize.
3. In the next window, scroll down and select Run Command.
4. Click OK to apply changes.
Using digital sticky notes on your files (Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3/CS4)
Did you know that you can attach notes to your Photoshop files without exiting the application? Well, you can.
The next time you have a file that’s going to be modified by another designer or reviewed by someone else, and you want to include a note, just attach a digital annotation to it. To do so, select the Notes tool from the Tools panel and click on your document where you want the note to appear. It’s that easy! Also, keep in mind that these notes are compatible with Adobe Acrobat.
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If you’re a speed freak and feeling adventurous in squeezing every second to make your Windows PC start faster, then this is for you.
The “Windows” boot process is a complex set of processes usually governed by a few config files.
Let’s examine Boot.ini:
Boot.ini is a configuration file usually located at the root/base directory of your boot disk (usually C:\). This can be edited via a text editor such as Notepad.
In this tip, we will try to speed up the boot process by removing the unnecessary portions of the process. The examples we will use here are applicable to Windows XP.
For other versions of Windows, you can refer to this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791511.aspx.
To speed up the boot process:
1. Open Notepad, then open the BOOT.INI file (usually located at C:\). As a best practice, always back-up your boot.ini file before doing anything, in case you want to revert back to the original settings.
2. Remove the /bootlog parameter. The /bootlog parameter records drivers being loaded during the boot time. It helps to determine in which driver has an issue. But if you are not diagnosing, you might as well remove this.
3. Add the /noguiboot parameter. The /noguiboot parameter disables the basic graphic video support during boot time. Once added, the graphic splash screen before the login screen is skipped. This is also handy if you want to diagnose video problems when you load Windows.
Your config line should look something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional”
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect /noguiboot
If you are not comfortable editing the boot.ini configuration file, you can use Microsoft’s standard configuration tool, msconfig.
Simply go to Start > Run, and type msconfig in the Run text box. Then go to the boot.ini tab. This should speed up the Boot time significantly.
Require that a hyphenated word remains on one line (Word 2000/2002/v. X/2003)
You may want to keep certain hyphenated terms from breaking at the end of a line. For example, if you’d prefer that the phone number 555-4312 not break to the next line between 5 and 4, you can insert a non-breaking hyphen. This way, if the phone number is too long to fit on one line, Word moves the entire phone number to the next line.
To insert a non-breaking hyphen:
1. Type the first three numbers (555).
2. In place of the regular hyphen, press [Ctrl][Shift][-] ([command][shift][-] in v. X).
3. Type the final four numbers (4312).
You’ll notice that although the non-breaking hyphen performs a slightly different function than the regular hyphen, the two marks look the same. If you show the formatting marks in your document, the non-breaking hyphen appears longer than the regular hyphen.
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