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Mozilla Firefox – Tabbed Browsing – Completely Disable the New Tab Page

14 Jun

Completely disable Firefox’s New Tab Page, including the top-right button.

Newer versions of Mozilla Firefox show a “New Tab” page whenever you open a new tab. This shows the top sites accessed with the browser so you can frequently get back to them.

While many people like this feature, others would rather have a clean page when opening a new tab, not needing to see their most-visited sites. Plus, depending on their security / privacy configuration, they may not see any sites on this page, only nine blank rectangles. Thus, you can click the button at the top-right of the page to hide the sites / rectangles. However, that button still exists, and some people want a completely clean new tab page……

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Clear Cell Formatting

14 Jun

A few mouse clicks or a keyboard shortcut are all it take to clear formatting from a cell or group of cells.

Have you ever had a cell or group of cells in a Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet that contain a lot of formatting applied, such as combinations of different fonts, colors, underline styles, effects, etc.? If you need to remove formatting from these cells try the following:

1. Select the cell or group of cells from where you want to remove formatting, or press Ctrl +A to affect the entire worksheet….

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[MODIFIED] Google Chrome – Prompt Where to Save Downloaded Files

10 Jun

Have Google Chrome ask you where to save downloaded files instead of placing them in a default location.

By default, Google Chrome places all downloaded files in a “Downloads” directory underneath your main user folder. For example, if your username is “John” and you are running Windows 7, downloads are placed in the folder: C:\Users\John\Downloads.

While many people may find this location acceptable and appreciate Google Chrome downloading files immediately without an added dialog box, power users may wish to be prompted every time a file is to be downloaded. This way you can choose where to place each file, putting movies in one folder, games in another, and utilities in yet another folder, for example….

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Google Chrome – Google’s Own Screen Capture Tool Supports Full Page Capture, Editing, and Sharing

07 Jun

Take screen captures of entire web pages viewed in Google Chrome, then add highlights to focus on important elements and share the captures via Facebook.

Looking to capture screenshots while browsing the web in Google Chrome, and want to print and share them with friends and coworkers? While many screen capture extensions exist, you may wish to consider Google’s own Screen Capture tool.

Features include visible web tab or freeform region capture, plus the ability on many pages to capture the entire page with the screen capture tool handling horizontal and vertical scrolling (the author tested this on a couple of pages with good results – your mileage may vary with especially large pages)….

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Google Chrome – Major League Baseball Scores Instantly from the Source

05 Jun

Can’t watch baseball at the office? Grab the MLB.com Scoreboard Extension for Google Chrome and keep up with your favorite team.

You’re toiling away at the office on another bright, sunny picture-perfect day while the Yankees / Red Sox / Braves / Cubs / your team of choice is playing a nine-inning slugfest or pitcher’s duel. First place is on the line; you need the latest scores and you need them now!

With the “MLB.com Scoreboard” extension for Google Chrome, baseball info is just a click away. Click the MLB logo in the toolbar for instant access to scores; click on a game to open up more information in a new tab. And if you do have a MLB.TV subscription and are at home (or have a very forgiving boss)* there are quick access links to listen to or watch the game as well….

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[MODIFIED] Digital Night Photography – Reduce Camera Shake with Special Lens

04 Jun

A special lens may help you take better night photos by reducing ‘camera-shake’.

Obviously a tripod or other stabilizing device makes taking digital photographs at nighttime much easier. With a stabile digital camera you can take longer exposures that make up for the reduced lighting, and these photos should not suffer from the dreaded “camera shake”. The built-in or a shoe mount flash can also help in some situations.

However, there are times where your subject is too far away and too large to be affected by flash. Perhaps you are shooting panoramic photos on top of a skyscraper, and your flash unit is simply not going to illuminate buildings miles away. Or, you may be taking photos in an urban environment and tripods may be bulky or simply not allowed. …

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Allow the Insert Key to Overwrite Existing Text

25 May

Overwrite existing text in Word 2010 documents simply by pressing the Insert key.

Normally when you type inside pre-existing text in a Microsoft Word 2010 document, your new text pushes existing text to the right. This “insert” mode is the default and lets you easily add text to pre-existing paragraphs.

In some cases, however, you may want your text to overwrite what is already in the document. Perhaps you have written a word and transposed a couple of characters. You could carefully highlight the offending characters and then type the correct order. Or, move your cursor to the right of the offending characters, press Backspace twice, then type the correct characters. However, with an “overwrite” or “overtype” mode you can move your cursor directly on top of the first offending character, press the Insert key, and then start typing – your new characters will overwrite the existing text….

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Google Maps – Map of the Dead, so You can be Prepared for the Zombie Invasion

20 May

Find food, weaponry, pharmaceuticals, hardware, and other essentials to help ward off the coming zombie invasion.

There are many interesting uses of Google Maps available online. This one may actually save your life.

… when a horde of flesh-eating zombies is on your tail and you’ve got to find food and ammo, that is. The “Map of the Dead” bills itself as a “Zombie Survival Map”. Enter your location (or let the map find you), and quickly see if doctors and pharmacies, police and military installations, or shopping facilities are nearby. Turn on the “Danger Zones” map to look for areas containing “man-made structures” that may hide a greater number of zombies….

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Automatically Store Selected Text in the Clipboard

20 May

The AutoCopy plugin for Mozilla Firefox automatically places selected webpage text into the clipboard without you having to do anything.

Let’s face it – most of the time when you select text inside a webpage viewed via Firefox, your next step is to copy it to the clipboard for pasting inside another web page, word processing document, e-mail message, etc.

If you copy a lot of text, why not skip the copy step? Automatically have Firefox place selected text in the clipboard without you having to do anything with the “AutoCopy” plugin….

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Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Mozilla Firefox – Tabbed Browsing – Completely Disable the New Tab Page

Microsoft Excel 2010 – Clear Cell Formatting

[MODIFIED] Google Chrome – Prompt Where to Save Downloaded Files

Google Chrome – Major League Baseball Scores Instantly from the Source

[MODIFIED] Digital Night Photography – Reduce Camera Shake with Special Lens

Microsoft Word 2010 – Allow the Insert Key to Overwrite Existing Text

Google Maps – Map of the Dead, so You can be Prepared for the Zombie Invasion

Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Automatically Store Selected Text in the Clipboard

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