Published by Ian McKenzie July 3rd, 2007
in Computer Tips and Technology.
Quick-Start Your PowerPoint Slide Show
Want a quick and easy way to launch a PowerPoint presentation? Save it as a PowerPoint slide show file, and when you double-click it, it opens right up in slide show view. No need to fumble around inside PowerPoint when you just want to give a presentation, not create one.
To […]
Published by Ian McKenzie June 21st, 2007
in Freeware and Technology.
If your note-taking style tends to branch into or include visual and pictorial elements; or when brainstorming, you use a lot of diagrams, you may find mind-mapping is suited to the way you work. (If you are not familiar with mind-mapping, you can read about it at Wikipedia.)
There’s lots of software available for mind mapping […]
Published by Ian McKenzie May 15th, 2007
in Computer Tips and Technology.
Internet hoaxes hurt. Sometimes when real worms hit, so much e-mail traffic is generated from warning people to avoid the worm that the well-intentioned watchdogs do more damage than the worm itself! Strange but true.
Do yourself a favor. (And your friends, too.) If somebody sends you a message that contains any of the following examples, […]
Published by Ian McKenzie April 5th, 2007
in Technology.
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You can now create your own maps using Google Maps. When you open the Google Maps page you will see a new tab on the left labelled My Maps. Click the tab, create a new map, choose whether to make it public or private (the former makes it available in searches), […]
Published by Ian McKenzie March 27th, 2007
in Computer Tips and Technology.
How safe are your Internet surfing practices? Would you be able to identify a secure web site? Have you ever clicked through a link in a phishing e-mail message? Get Safe Online has put together a Flash-based quiz that tests your safety level.
You’ll find the quiz here Get Safe Online :: Just how safe are […]
Published by Ian McKenzie March 15th, 2007
in Web, Technology and links.
LibriVox offers hundreds of free MP3s of books in the public domain. With RSS feeds available for new releases, and podcasts of new chapters as they’re available, it’s the best source for free, public domain audiobooks on the internet.
Tags: audiobooks, free, download, MP3, public+domain
Published by Ian McKenzie March 1st, 2007
in Technology.
Trying to capture a round world on a flat piece of paper involves compromise. What works for navigation doesn’t work for relative land mass. The Worldmapper project is a collection of maps which shows territory size based on subject matter: total population, military spending, land area, wealth, and much more.
Worldmapper is a collection of […]
Published by Ian McKenzie February 15th, 2007
in Freeware and Technology.
While Adobe Reader is the standard for reading PDF files, it is a chunk of bloatware. By the time all the plugins load and the splash screen disappears, you could have gone to the store and bought a hard-copy of the book you were trying to open.
Foxit Reader 2.0 for Windows is a small and […]
Published by Ian McKenzie February 8th, 2007
in Freeware, Technology and links.
UrbanFont.com has a larger collection of fonts and ding bats for download. Many of them are available for free.
Download Free Fonts | Urban Fonts.com
Tags: free+download, fonts, UrbanFonts.com
Published by Ian McKenzie January 23rd, 2007
in Computer Tips and Technology.
From ACE Training and Development in New Zealand.
Adobe PageMaker (17) IBM Lotus Notes (31) Microsoft Excel (71) Microsoft Office Upgrade (2) Microsoft PowerPoint (23) Microsoft Publisher (19) Microsoft Windows (9)
Adobe Photoshop (18) Microsoft Access (29) Microsoft FrontPage (23) Microsoft Outlook (19) Microsoft […]