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Tiny flash memory drives that fit on a keychain (sometimes called thumb drives) are inexpensive and convenient for transferring files between computers that aren’t on the same network– but they can also present a security risk for your organization. They can be used to bring viruses and unauthorized software in, or to smuggle sensitive information [...]
In this article, we offer you, in no particular order, seven tips to help you capture the best scan possible when restoring your old photos:
• Clean the scanner. Make sure your scanner bed is free of dust and lint. Your old pictures have their own dust and scratches—no need to introduce more during the scanning [...]
When you encounter JavaScript errors in Internet Explorer, they’ll be in your face (as long as you select the Display A Notification About Every Script Error check box which is located in the Browsing section on the Advanced tab under Tools | Internet Options). That’s good for catching them in the first place (in Netscape, [...]
Balance row and column sizes in 3 clicks
Working with tables can mean a lot of tweaking and fine-tuning while you adjust the look and fit of your rows and columns. To balance your table’s appearance, click on the table and then select the rows or columns you want to adjust. Select the Layout tab from [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor
When working with any kind of code, you may come to a point where you need to label certain lines. You may want to stop and come back to work on the code another time and leave yourself a note so you don’t have to read through each line [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Susan Strandberg, Instructor
PowerPoint is such a wonderfully useful tool when we want to present information to a group of people. We work hard to create interesting and inventive presentations that will grab and hold our audiences attention. Many times, if we have to create a presentation quickly we try to reuse [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor
If you have ever worked with HTML, you know the frustrations that come with setting up each page and making sure they all link together. I am going to show you how to understand how the pages link, and we will break down the line of code to understand [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor
When designing a website, one of the most important things to keep in mind is, “Is this site easy to use?” There are a few ways to make sure your site will be easy to use for your target audience. First, you need to know your target audience. Who [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor
Adding a blending mode to a layer can add a quick effect to a photo or logo design in just a few simple clicks of the mouse. Think of it as blending two layers into each other.
The two most commonly used blend modes are Multiply and Screen. They darken [...]
GUEST BLOGGER: Steve Chase, Applications Instructor. MOS, MCT
Sparklines are a cool, new charting feature in Excel 2010. Basically they are charts contained within a single cell range.
There are three types of sparklines (line, column, and win/loss). Make sure that you have a contiguous series of numerical data before you [...]
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