When you're working with Microsoft Office 2007 SmartArt graphics do you ever think to yourself how nice it would be if all the shapes in the graphic didn't have to be the same?
For whatever reason you have you can customize your SmartArt shapes individually with just a couple of clicks.
The first step is to right-click on a single shape in the diagram.
From the menu choose Change Shape.
The shape palette will open allowing you to choose any shape you like.
You can change one shape, two shapes, all shapes… this one really makes the already powerful SmartArt tool even more versatile and useful.
Give it a try - you just may find a whole new set of uses for SmartArt.
Every day I get email asking how to print just part of a web page or e-mail. With this much demand, I just have to show ya how it's done!
First, you need to know that this does not work with every system out there . This tip only works if both your printer driver and the software application you're using supports this little trick. So, take this for what it's worth.
Here's how it usually works:
1. First, select the area you would like to print.
2. Next, from the file menu , select Print...
3. When the printer dialog box comes up, look for an option for " Selection ", in a " Print Range " frame. Again, not all printers / software support this.
4. Click Print.
Oh, one more thing. If you can't print a selection, you can always copy and paste the stuff you want into a word processor and print it from there. Sure, it's not nearly as much fun, but it's better than printing out eight pages of junk just to get a small section of text.
Gmail NotifierIf you are on a website and click on an email address does Gmail open for you? Would you like for it to? If so then help has arrived. Today I am going to show you how to set Gmail as your default email. After you do the following steps when you click on an email link using any browser a Gmail compose window will open automatically.
You will need to download Gmail Notifier here. This is an application that will alert you when you have new Gmail messages. You will have an icon in your system tray that will let you know when you have unread Gmail messages. It also shows who the sender is, the subject and snippets of the message without having to open a web browser.
When Gmail Notifier finishes downloading click on the installation file and choose Run. Accept the license agreement by clicking on I Agree.
During the installation, be sure to select the option Use for outgoing mail. This allows Gmail to send mail from links on the web, which means when you are on a website and click on a link to email someone a Gmail compose window will come up. Click Next.
Choose the install location and click Next. There will already be a path in the Destination Folder field. You can choose this or if you want to install it to another location click Browse and choose the location. Click Next.
Choose the Start Menu folder. It will be set to Gmail Notifier as default, but if you would like to change this choose another option. Click Install.
The program will now install. After the installation is finished click the close button.
There will be an icon for Gmail Notifier in your system tray. Right click on this icon and choose Options. Check to make sure the Use Gmail for internet mailto:links is checked, and under Web browser it should be set to system default. Click OK.
When you have new mail the Notifier will show you a portion of the message. If you want to open your Gmail just double-click on the Notifier icon in the system tray. It may ask you for your username and password to your Gmail account the first time you use it.
If you only use Firefox do these steps to set Gmail as your default email.
Go to Tools and select Options
Click on the Applications tab and type “Mail” in the search field. Under Action choose Use Gmail and Click OK.
A Different Kind of Underline
For years we've all used Microsoft Word and have come to rely upon our handy little underline button.
Assuming that you've made the transition to Word 2007, then I'm sure you were happy to see the Underline button safe and sound (not to mention easy to find) on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
the 2007 version has a down arrow indicating some choices.
So let's click the down arrow and take a look, shall we? As you can see there's several underline choices readily available… the same choices you've always had (and still do) in the Font dialog box…
With that one little addition to the Underline button your choices are now at your fingertips without extra dialog boxes and all the hassles that can go along with using them.
This tip is for our fans of folder customization. Take a look at one of the folder icons on your desktop and you'll notice that there's a picture sticking out of it.
It would appear that this is just a random picture, chosen by Windows, but we all know better – we know that there's gotta be a way to change it.
And there is!
Just Right-Click the folder and choose Properties. From here, make sure the Customize tab is selected and under Folder Pictures, choose Choose File... (Might be “Choose Picture” under Windows XP)
Now simply browse to a location on your hard drive that's got a picture you want to use, select it and choose Open. Click OK.
Refresh Firefox Tabs Automatically
"Is there a way to have Firefox refresh automatically, without hitting the refresh button? It would be very nice when Woot.com is having a 'Woot off' or when watching an item on eBay."
Once you've installed it and restarted Firefox, just head to Woot (or whatever page you want to auto-refresh), then click the little arrow next to the Refresh button and choose your desired interval.
Alternately, you can right-click anywhere on the page and choose ReloadEvery. The extension works on a per-tab basis, meaning you can choose different refresh rates for different sites.
Just be careful not to use it with Web-based e-mail, forms, blog tools, and the like--otherwise you could lose some work in progress.
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