With all the hype about the Ribbon, one of the more overlooked new features in Office 2007 is the Quick Access toolbar, which can be tremendously useful if you just take the time to customize it. Customizing it is extremely simple, just right-click an open area on the Ribbon and choose “Customize Quick Access Toolbar”. Now you’ll be given a dialog where you’re free to customize the commands that are listed on the toolbar....

Thankfully I found a keyboard shortcut replacement. Note: These screenshots are from Vista, but it works the same in Windows 7. Let’s say I’m in my x:\wpmu\wp-content directory. This window is 600px wide, shouldn’t I have an easier way to go Up? Other interesting keyboard shortcuts for Explorer: Enjoy!

(Or better yet, don’t install questionable applications! select “Create a restore point” and then poke the Next button. Use something memorable if possible. Note that System Restore is going to reboot your machine to get to restore. tap on the date, and then click a restore point in the right hand side. You’ll get a confirmation screen asking if you really want to do this. We’ll assume that there’s a problem requiring you to restore, so go ahead....

This isn’t a permanent fix, but it does solve the problem on a temporary basis. My first test was to restart DWM, which didn’t seem to do anything. Next, I opened up Task Manager and hit End Process on the explorer.exe process. Your taskbar previews should be back to normal, although you are probably slightly irritated that this was required. After a few more times of encountering this, I’m going to do it myself....

Here is a quick way to freeze the labels in place for fast and easy viewing of your data. punch View on the Ribbon and select Freeze Panes. Now click Freeze Top Row. If you want to Freeze other rows as well just highlight them before choosing Freeze Panes.

In Word 2007 it’s possible for you to use the smart tags to easily continue the numbered list. Within your document, you’ll see the smart tag. Now your numbering will continue from the previous point. This feature saved me quite a few times when writing documents for work.

grab the background color you want and you are done.

The Keyboard Ninja uses shortcut keys to accomplish tasks in less time than using the mouse. Look for more keyboard ninja articles in the future. Windows Vista Web Browsing Linux Miscellaneous Enjoy!

Here’s what happens after you press the enter key.

Fortunately, every major operating system now offers a way to do this easily and quickly. The start menu should pop-up and the search field will get the keyboard focus. In the screenshot, I typed “vmware” and the selected result is “VMware Workstation”. Hitting Enter launches the system. This, I think, is one of the few features which really makes Vista worth the upgrade. As would have any pictures in iPhoto, any songs in iTunes, and so on....

By Default Excel does not print out gridlines with your Excel data. Here is how to make Excel print out the gridlines for easier document readability. Place a checkmark next to Gridlines and click OK. When you print your document you will now have the gridlines appear with your data!

First you’ll need to open gadget Manager. when you land it open, browse down to the problem rig, right-click and choose Properties. Now press the Driver tab, and then poke the Roll Back Driver button. you might always smack the Update Driver button to get the latest version again.

grab the beginning of the paragraph you want to emphasize. Then nudge the Insert tab on the Ribbon and choose Drop Cap. By default it will drop by three lines. However, us geeks are never satisfied with default prefs. You will notice in the screen above there is a choice for Drop Cap Options. Here is the result after choosing the stylish Old English font. Used sparingly however, I think it’s a nice creative touch!...