Hey everybody! I hope you had a wonderful
holiday season. I know I sure did. Unfortunately, becuz I was
having such a good time, I didn't add a lot of new stuff to my website.
But I did manage to add one REALLY cool thing -- FREE COMPUTER GREETING
CARDS!! So, now when one of your friends is whining about their
hard drive biting the dust or getting the blue screen of death, you can send
them a *not so sympathetic* e-card ... LOLYou can customize them with
your choice of background colors or designs, choose music for them, and
enter your own text.
Why not go there now and send ME a card? I'd love to hear how you
like them.
Linda's Computer Cards
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/cards/index.htm
Thanks so much to Tori and Robert, of
Omniana, for
designing and producing these cards for me. I think they did a
wonderful job, don't you? I highly recommend that you visit Omniana
and see the other goodies they have. It's a great website.
"Omniana - Award winning graphic
design - Competitive prices and personalized service for all your design
needs. We do logos, letterheads, business cards, slogans, website design,
book covers, custom screensavers, regular screensavers, buttons, banners,
DVD & CD Covers, editing and more. We can even design awards for your site
to give away."
They also designed the new logo for ABC and Linda's Computer Stop.
You can see the new "computer on wheels" at the top of every issue of ABC
and the full logo at my homepage:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/
And, if you visit Omniana, tell them Linda sent you!
I also wrote a new article for
TechTrax this month. It's all about Custom Cell Formatting
in Excel.
Read it at TechTrax:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=146
or at my website:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/articles.htm
Of course, I've also added some new links to my favorite links
page, so go there and check out the revolving Ns:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/internet.htm
Well...that's about it for this month. Please come back to my site
often to see what else I've added and drop me a line if you have any
suggestions.
Linda
linda@personal-computer-tutor.com
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Subscribers' Exclusive Tip
Command Line Switches for the Office ProgramsSome people don't know
that all of the Office programs have command line switches you can use to
perform unique tasks. Command line switches are run from the
Run box (Start button>click on "Run") and can be used to troubleshoot
problems, fix problems, or as shortcuts. You can use a command line
switch to see if Word has a corrupt global template and that's why it won't
start for you. You can use a command line switch to restore corrupted
toolbars in Outlook. You can even use a command line switch to print a
PowerPoint presentation. Microsoft has pages that tell all about the
command line switches and, a long time ago, Vic Ferri was kind enough to
compile them for me, so I thought I would share this list with you. I
recommend you read them and see if there's any you don't know about or could
use.
Access Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q209/2/07.ASP
Excel Startup Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q211/4/81.ASP
Outlook Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q197/1/80.ASP
PowerPoint Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q254/0/11.ASP
Word Startup Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q210/5/65.ASP
Office Setup Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q202/9/46.ASP
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