More important than merely the financial success of Microsoft was their ability to put new technologies into homes. Love or hate their products and policies, Microsoft is a computing juggernaut. This week in Geek History: Have an interesting bit of geek trivia to share?
It’s for an earlier version of Excel, but the interface really hasn’t changed much. That guide talks about formatting specific cells based on their content. For example, say you use a spreadsheet to track hours that employees have worked. But what if you wanted to use a cell’s value to highlight other cells? We’re going to use conditional formatting to highlight all the rows with movies made before 1980. The data doesn’t have to be text-only; you’re able to use formulas freely....
Progress Bars in Excel 2010 Bar-pop in conditional formatting has been around since Excel 2007. Excel 2010 addresses this by adding Solid Fill bars that maintain one color all throughout. These are ideal for creating progress bars. it’s possible for you to either enter the value directly or use a formula. In our case Ill just bang out it in. Now click Conditional Formatting, select Data Bars and click More Rules....
Max wrote in with his simple solution. He wasnt as interested in refilling his cartridges as he was in getting all the ink out of them. If the print smears the ink is obviously water soluble. The top of the printer cartridge generally has the manufacturers label attached. It covers tiny holes through which the ink was injected into the cartridge during manufacture. Each of the ink chambers contains a small sponge which holds a miserably tiny quantity of ink....
It has much prettier GUI and it supports themes and customizations. Installing BURG First, start by adding the PPA. You’ll find it in System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Use the search box to search for “burg” and mark it for installation then click apply. Note: Use Synaptic Package Manager to install Burg instead of the terminal as you may face problems. While installation is in progress you’ll be faced by Burg controls window....
Getting The Script First of all, here’s the script itself. As for the other three lines: preserves the original functionality of the right click. Without this line, right clicking would have no effect across your system. The remaining two lines emulate the back and forward buttons. Extending The Script [Photo:iwd]
Quick Links Chances are you have at least one creative friend whos a Mac advocate. Surely, computers cant make you creative, can they? The Xerox Alto was the inspiration behind the first Apple computers with GUI-based operating systems. The idea of Personal Computers was, at one time, completely alien. Lisa was a disastrous product, despite being Apples brave first foray into Graphic Interfaces. OS X focused in even more on Apples core market of design-appreciating and art-friendly crowd....
Read on to see how. The script were going to be using goes by the shockingly original nameAutoCorrect. For starters, simply nudge the link and save it somewhere handy. Thats all the setup you need. This will work across all applications in your system – browsers, games, what have you. Note: If you downloaded AutoHotkey_L, you’re going to need a Unicode version of the script. One is included in the ZIP at the end of this post....
The first isMouse Speed Switcher, a simple utility that allows for multiple input devices and multiple prefs. Mouse Speed Switcher supports hotkeys, too. On the other hand, its free and doesnt nag you. Personally, I use Autosensitivity and Ive had no real issues. AutoHotKey Script What if youve only got one gear but want to switch between two sensitivities quickly? Sounds like a job for AHK! Heres a simple script that will do what you want quickly....
Read on to see how you might make one. Were going to be using an excellent (and free) tool called Stickies. If you dont have it yet, go to theStickies homepage, download it, and install it. With Stickies running, hit Win+S. You should see a blank sticky note, much like the one below. Next, set the title for your sticky by clicking it and pressing Ctrl+Shift+T. you could also right-tap the caption and select Set Title from the context menu....
Read on to see what tools can help adjust your image in each of these three major graphics programs. Repairing Inaccurate Color Not every scene is going to come out looking stellar. Stylizing Images With Color: How Much is Too Much? In other words, be careful when you edit your images. However, there’s nothing wrong with attempting unnatural color to stylize an image. For most beginners in photo editing, simply trying to recreate true color will be quite a challenge....
Related Over the years, some of us accumulate lots and lots of music files. Since these come from a variety of sources, theyre not always as neat as they could be. MusicBrainz is an online database that uses audio fingerprints to identify music tracks even when theyre incorrectly labelled. So first thing, head on over to Picardsdownload pageand get the installer. If you use Linux, you could install Picard using your package manager....
In the XMB go to game -> trophy collection and push triangle on your controller. The menu will open and you’re free to select sync with server. Next you should deactivate your system. Next go to the parameters menu and check for updates. Now to avoid errors during the transfer, scroll down to online grid connections and disable media server connection. Then disable internet connection. Finally scroll up in the system menu to the data transfer utility....
