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Show the Super Hidden Files in MS Vista.
2008-02-08 06:30:00
Earlier this week I showed you how to view all your hidden files in Microsoft Vista . In today’s Vista Tip and Trick I want to show you how to take this a step further. This Vista Tip and Trick is for the truly brave among us;). If you don’t know what you’re doing I wouldn’t ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Show the Super Hidden Files in MS Vista.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/show-the-super-hidden-files-in- ms-vista/" } );
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Create a Screensaver of Favourite Photo?s and Pictures.
2008-02-07 06:42:00
This XP Tip and Trick is a pretty cool one and it’s quite easy too. It’s very easy to set up your own slideshow screensaver with the transition effects in Windows XP   Follow this small Windows XP tutorial to set up your own personal Slideshow Screensaver .   •      0;  Right click on your desktop. •      0;  Click on Properties. •      0;  And select ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Create a Screensaver of Favourite Photo ?s and Pictures .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/xp-tips- tricks/create-a-screensaver-of-favourite- photos-and-pictures/" } );
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Change The Folder Where E-Mail Messages and Attachments are Saved.
2008-02-06 06:30:00
The next Tip and Trick can be a great one and a very valuable one. This Outlook Tip and Trick is for the heavy user among us.  This is Tip is here for the once that use MS Outlook for sending lots of e-mails and often with large attachments.   I am one of those users; I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Change The Folder Where E-Mail Messages and Attachments are Saved.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/outlook/ change-the-folder-where-e-mail-messages-a nd-attachments-are-saved/" } );
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Show Your Hidden Files in Microsoft Vista.
2008-02-05 06:34:00
With the next Vista Tip and Trick you have to be somewhat careful. There are lots of files hidden in Microsoft Vista (and XP) and it can be useful to see them. But do be careful; the hidden system and program files aren’t hidden for nothing;).   To show all the hidden files in MS Vista ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Show Your Hidden Files in Microsoft Vista.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/show-your-hidden-files-in-micro soft-vista/" } );
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Adjust Your Scroll Wheel Settings in MS Vista.
2008-02-04 07:07:00
Hi guys, I hope you all had a great weekend. I did! Hehehe I want to start of this week with a handy Microsoft Vista Tip and Trick.   Nowadays most of the computers have a mouse with a scroll wheel on it. I couldn’t live without it anymore. The standard Vista settings for the scroll ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Adjust Your Scroll Wheel Settings in MS Vista.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/adjust-your-scroll-wheel-settin gs-in-ms-vista/" } );
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Customizing the Bullets in the earlier versions of Microsoft Word.
2008-02-01 08:04:00
You are all paying attention!! Yesterday I published an article about changing or customizing the bullets in Microsoft Word . Within the time span of 4 hours I received 3 e-mails with the question if I could write as normal an additional tutorial for the earlier MS Word versions instead of only for Word 2007. I’m ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Customizing the Bullets in the earlier versions of Microsoft Word .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/word-tip s-tricks/customizing-the-bullets-in-the-e arlier-versions-of-microsoft-word/" } );
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Are You Using Bullets in MS Word, Change Them To The Ones You Really Want.
2008-01-31 06:12:00
Okay guys, the next Tip and Trick is one Cool Word Tip and Trick. Most of us know how to use the Bullets in Microsoft Word but did you know that you could change them in any type you want?   ·       ;   The bullets look ·       ;   great in a ·       ;   Word document.   But as you can see these ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Are You Using Bullets in MS Word, Change Them To The Ones You Really Want.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/word-tip s-tricks/are-you-using-bullets-in-ms-word -change-them-to-the-ones-you-really-want/ " } );
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An Excel Formula To Count all the Cells with Data in It.
2008-01-30 06:00:00
The next Excel Tip and Trick is another very useful one. As I was saying last week to one of our loyal readers (Hi Sandie) that Microsoft Excel is really a great program and I use it for practically anything.   The only possible problem is that it might have too many options. And because of this it ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "An Excel Formula To Count all the Cells with Data in It.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/an-excel-formula-to-count-all-t he-cells-with-data-in-it/" } );
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Insert a (YouTube) Video in Your PowerPoint Presentation.
2008-01-29 12:00:00
This Power Point Tip and Trick is sent in by a great guy called Alexander Smith and he’s from ppt-to-video.com and it is pretty cool Tip and Trick.   In fact there are two tricks; the first is a very simple way to download a YouTube Video and how to convert this YouTube video in all kinds ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Insert a (YouTube) Video in Your PowerPoint Presentation.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/powerpoi nt/insert-a-youtube-video-in-your-powerpo int-presentation/" } );
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Use the Same Formatting for Multiple Cells, the Easy Way. ? Part 2
2008-01-29 06:00:00
This next Excel Tip and Trick is a follow-up of the article that I wrote last week about using the same formatting for multiple excel cells. I’m now using also using the Format Painter Tool. In the first article I explained how to copy the format to the second cell and how we can drag ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Use the Same Formatting for Multiple Cells, the Easy Way. ? Part 2", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/use-the-same-formatting-for-mul tiple-cells-the-easy-way-%e2%80%93-part-2 /" } );
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Stop Websites From Resizing Firefox When you Visit Them.
2008-01-28 08:00:00
And it’s Monday again, I hope you all had a great weekend!! Today’s Tip and Trick might seem what unusual for someone who writes about Microsoft Software. The readers that are a bit longer around have read in the articles about creating a transparent text field for your desktop icons and in the article with ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Stop Websites From Resizing Firefox When you Visit Them.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/other-ti ps-tricks/stop-websites-from-resizing-fir efox-when-you-visit-them/" } );
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A Picture and Video Preview of the New Windows 7 Operating System.
2008-01-28 03:57:00
Whether it’s leaked or not, I don’t know but the rumor is that several Microsoft engineers have confirmed it, here are the first pictures and video previews of new Microsoft Windows Operating System called Windows 7. I don’t know if you’ve seen them already because there were some pictures online for a while now but ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "A Picture and Video Preview of the New Windows 7 Operating System .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/news/a-p icture-and-video-preview-of-the-new-windo ws-7-operating-system/" } );
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Resize Partitions with Vista Disk Management.
2008-01-25 06:00:00
This next Vista Tip and Trick is sort of a follow up on the article about the free Windows Vista partition Software that we wrote earlier. In this article I want to explain a little about the use of the Vista Disk Manager.   It is possible to resize a Vista partition without loosing any data and ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Resize Partitions with Vista Disk Management .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/resize-partitions-with-vista-di sk-management/" } );
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Pause Your Presentation With a Black or White Screen.
2008-01-24 12:09:00
This morning I gave a Power Point presentation to a customer of Promedia Blogging and I thought it would be nice to fit this one in as a second tip of the day. So I hope you’ll enjoy this PowerPoint Tip and Trick.   During a presentation it frequently happens that you are hindered in your presentation. This ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Pause Your Presentation With a Black or White Screen .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/powerpoi nt/pause-your-presentation-with-a-black-o r-white-screen/" } );

An Excel Formula to Generate a Column with Unique Data/Entries.
2008-01-24 06:00:00
This article is a very valuable for when you are sorting your data in Microsoft Excel. It frequently happens that people (like me) have huge lists of entries that we need to sort out. And this can be a nasty job if you don’t know what you’re doing.     In today’s Microsoft Excel Tip and Trick ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "An Excel Formula to Generate a Column with Unique Data /Entries.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/an-excel-formula-to-generate-a- column-with-unique-dataentries/" } );
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Use the Same Formatting for Multiple Cells, the Easy Way.
2008-01-23 06:00:00
This next Excel Tip and Trick is a pretty cool one and can save you a lot of time. If you are working in a Excel spreadsheet you want it to look nice. But making it nice looking can be a time consuming operation if you don’t do it right. The best and most easy ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Use the Same Formatting for Multiple Cells, the Easy Way.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/use-the-same-formatting-for-mul tiple-cells-the-easy-way/" } );
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Personalize or Customize your Command Prompt.
2008-01-22 06:00:00
We already covered quite a few useful and cool Vista Tips and Tricks like changing the Windows Explorer start directory, changing the function of the Vista shut down button and a Vista Tutorial for adding a button or icon to your quick launch bar. This next Vista Tip and Trick is for the somewhat advanced ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Personalize or Customize your Command Prompt .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/personalize-or-customize-your-c ommand-prompt/" } );

Hide All The Icons from Your System Tray Permanently.
2008-01-21 06:00:00
If you want to clean up your system tray there are several ways to do this. The simple and easy way to do this is to right click on the system tray and disable or hide them temporary.  Ill explain all these options in the next few weeks, stay tuned;).   If you would like to ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Hide All The Icons from Your System Tray Permanently.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/hide-all-the-icons-from-your-sy stem-tray-permanently/" } );
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Customize your Outlook 2007 To Do Bar.
2008-01-18 07:00:00
After we personalized Microsoft Outlook Today and changed the way we display our mail folders its now time for the next Outlook Tip and Trick where we personalize the Outlook To Do bar.   The view on the Outlook To Do bar can be customized using any of the customization options available for Task views, including the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Customize your Outlook 2007 To Do Bar.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/outlook/ customize-your-outlook-2007-to-do-bar/" } );

Limit the Number of Rotating Flip 3D Windows.
2008-01-17 02:00:00
There are several cool new features on Microsoft’s latest Operating System. One of them is the rotating 3D Windows to choose a new program window. If you want to use this action you need to hold down TAB and the Windows button at the same time. It performs the same action as ALT+TAB but now ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Limit the Number of Rotating Flip 3D Windows.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/limit-the-number-of-rotating-fl ip-3d-windows/" } );
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Highlight the Days of the Week With This Tutorial.
2008-01-16 08:00:00
I wrote yesterday about a formula to automatically display the weekends in a column. Pretty soon after I published the article I received an e-mail with a very good question from a guy from my birth city Rotterdam named Michel. So what else could I have done than to fit this reader question right in;). ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Highlight the Days of the Week With This Tutorial .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/highlight-the-days-of-the-week- with-this-tutorial/" } );
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A Function to Automatically Display the Weekends in a Column.
2008-01-15 12:24:00
I’ve already showed you how you can automatically display the weekdays in MS Excel and with this next Excel Tip and Trick I want to show you how you can use a formula to display or determine the weekdays in a spreadsheet.   If you want to know if a given day is a weekday or not ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "A Function to Automatically Display the Weekends in a Column .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/a-function-to-automatically-dis play-the-weekends-in-a-column/" } );
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Create a Nicer Looking Boot Screen in Windows Vista.
2008-01-14 07:00:00
So far we’ve covered some very cool Vista Tips and Tricks . Some of them were for a better user experience like how to disable User Account Control – UAC, some were for handy Vista tools like the free Partition Software for MS Vista and other Vista Tips and Tricks we’ve published are for disabling some ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Create a Nicer Looking Boot Screen in Windows Vista.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/create-a-nicer-looking-boot-scr een-in-windows-vista/" } );
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I have a Sound Problem in My PowerPoint Presentation, its Gone!
2008-01-12 18:34:00
It’s weekend and it’s time for a Power Point Tip and Trick. We don’t talk much here at the World of Office Tips and Tricks about PowerPoint since Word, Excel, Outlook,  XP and Vista Tips and Tricks are more our thing. If you have PowerPoint Tips and Tricks that you want to share with the “world” ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "I have a Sound Problem in My PowerPoint Presentation, its Gone!", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/powerpoi nt/i-have-a-sound-problem-in-my-powerpoin t-presentation-its-gone/" } );
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Customize Windows XP; display your name in the taskbar.
2008-01-11 23:23:00
This next cool little XP Trick was sent in by Dan who was customizing his XP operating system.   This XP trick proves that not all XP tweaks have to be difficult. If you want to personalize your Operating System it can be often done by simple things.   If you want to to show your name, ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Customize Windows XP; display your name in the taskbar.", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/submit-a -tip-trick/customize-windows-xp-display-y our-name-in-the-taskbar/" } );
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Create a Shortcut to Open Microsoft Word With Out a Blank Page.
2008-01-11 08:00:00
The next Word Tip and Trick was submitted a while ago in the article about Microsoft Word’s 30 most used keyboard combinations/shortcuts and hotkeys . Steve Roberts asked me here if I knew an option for opening Microsoft 2007 without a blank page. I didn’t know a solution immediately but Steve found a solution for ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Create a Shortcut to Open Microsoft Word With Out a Blank Page .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/word-tip s-tricks/create-a-shortcut-to-open-micros oft-word-with-out-a-blank-page/" } );
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Check your input; MS Excel Speaks - He Will Tell You Your Input!
2008-01-10 08:00:00
You always need to check the data that you put in Microsoft Excel . This isn’t any differ than when you are working with an other program. Unfortunately with MS Excel we are almost always working with lots of data which is most of the time numeric and most of the time it’s a lot of ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Check your input; MS Excel Speaks - He Will Tell You Your Input !", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/excel-ti ps-tricks/check-your-input-ms-excel-speak s-he-will-tell-you-your-input/" } );
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Disable, Remove or change the Shortcut Icon Arrow in Windows Vista
2008-01-09 08:00:00
Yesterday I showed you how to remove the shortcut arrow from your Windows XP desktop icons. The desktop icons arrows are even bigger in Windows Vista than the ones in Windows XP. This next Vista Tip and Trick is about removing the arrows from your desktop icons or changing them into other icon arrows.   This ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Disable, Remove or change the Shortcut Icon Arrow in Windows Vista", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/vista-ti ps-tricks/disable-remove-or-change-the-sh ortcut-icon-arrow-in-windows-vista/" } );
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Remove / Disable the Shortcut Arrow From Your Desktop Icons.
2008-01-08 01:59:00
If you have a great looking wallpaper and a nice theme to work with than you probably don’t want to see the arrows on your desktop shortcuts. They are just not the most pretty looking things to look at on your desktop.   This Tutorial is for Windows XP; ill post tomorrow how to do this ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Remove / Disable the Shortcut Arrow From Your Desktop Icons .", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/xp-tips- tricks/remove-disable-the-shortcut-arrow- from-your-desktop-icons/" } );
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Hyperlink problem: don?t display the code!
2008-01-07 09:30:00
Today I would like to talk about a Microsoft Word Tip and Trick. This question was send to me this weekend by Renate. She has a problem with the Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word. I also needed it once and I was desperate for a solution that I then couldn’t find. It can happen that you ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Hyperlink problem: don?t display the code!", url: "http://www.theworldofoffice.com/word-tip s-tricks/hyperlink-problem-dont-display-t he-code/" } );
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