Quickly Add Captions to Your Graphics in Word 2007

pick the picture or graphic you want to add your caption to. Click OK one more time. Word applies the caption to the image which I highlighted in green. you’re free to use this for any bang out of image in your Word document.

June 23, 2007 · 1 min · 44 words · Vincent Allen

Why is Amarok's "Burn This Album" Disabled in Ubuntu?

You might want to turn off the completely obnoxious trumpet sound that K3b makes when it’s done burning. Just go to options \ Configure K3b, and then hit Notifications.

June 23, 2007 · 1 min · 29 words · Candice Miller

Convert Older Excel Documents to Excel 2007 Format

You should be prompted to save the converted document to a new filename. Thankfully there’s a ridiculously wide dialog window that will let you do that automatically.

June 22, 2007 · 1 min · 27 words · Andrew Fuller

Linux QuickTip: Downloading and Un-tarring in One Step

In short, a highly compact, efficient command. This can get in the way of curl’s nice, ncurses output showing download status.

June 22, 2007 · 1 min · 21 words · Ann Rose

Create a Restore Point for Windows 7 or Vista's System Restore

Open up the Start Menu and right-tap on “Computer”, and then select “Properties”. This will take you into the System area of Control Panel. punch the “System Protection” link on the left hand side. Now snag the “System Protection” tab to get to the System Restore section. smack the “Create” button to create a new restore point. smack the Create button, and then the system will create the restore point....

June 20, 2007 · 1 min · 96 words · Tyler Hines

Fixing "Visual Studio 2005 SP1 requires an update for Windows Vista"

Overall, Visual Studio 2005 is just not very compatible with Vista. It’s frustrating, but that’s life.

June 20, 2007 · 1 min · 16 words · Timothy Green

Quick Tip: Align Cells in Excel 2007

Here is the quick and easy way to line it up. Now right-tap on the highlighted fields and from the sub menu choose Format Cells. This is especially handy when you are printing out the reports.

June 20, 2007 · 1 min · 36 words · Michael James

Tune Your ClearType Font Settings in Windows Vista

You might want to create a restore point if you are really worried. Just tap the Run Program button to start the install. After the install completed, it immediately launched the wizard for me. You should see ClearType Tuning near the bottom of the window. At the end of the wizard, it will change the configs and then close. If you decided to smack the Advanced tab instead, you could directly change the options....

June 20, 2007 · 1 min · 79 words · Carl Hodge

Using Ubuntu: What Package Did This File Come From?

you’re free to see that there are a lot of filenames that partially match. Better to pass the full path to the filename. Just verify you pass the full path of the file to either utility and you should get good results.

June 19, 2007 · 1 min · 42 words · Francis Howard

View Hidden 3D Benchmarks in Windows Vista

There’s really nothing useful about this tip, but it’s still pretty cool. There’s a utility built into Windows Vista used for benchmarking your system called the System Assessment Tool. (right-click and choose Run as Administrator). Here’s some mini screenshot examples for your enjoyment, the real thing will run fullscreen. Try the command right above each one to see it on your own computer.

June 18, 2007 · 1 min · 63 words · Elizabeth Nguyen

Add "My Computer" to Your Windows 7 / Vista Taskbar

You could also use this tip for any folder you want. Now you’re able to see the Computer folder right there on the taskbar. If you hit the little arrows it will pop up and let you browse through all your drives. I always add the Desktop to the toolbar as well. The same thing works on Windows 7 as well.

June 16, 2007 · 1 min · 61 words · Elizabeth Wallace

Bookmark RSS Feeds In Safari

The new Safari web client has a very nice RSS reader built right in. To bookmark an RSS feed, browse to the page you want to get your RSS feed from. punch the RSS button on the right side of the address bar. This will pop up the RSS Feed site on that particular web page. Notice the difference in the RSS icon. Next, nudge the Add (+) button on the navigation bar....

June 14, 2007 · 1 min · 73 words · Matthew Bird

Disable Flip3D in Windows Vista or Windows 7

Flip3D is pretty much the most useless feature in Windows Vista (and 7). It’s slower than Alt+Tab and pretty much completely worthless in every way. Run these commands, which will restart the desktop window manager service. net stop uxsms net start uxsms

June 14, 2007 · 1 min · 42 words · Robert Byrd