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[MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox – Misc – Start Mozilla Firefox with Multiple Home Pages

23 Sep

Automatically open several webpages simultaneously when starting Mozilla Firefox.

Do you often open the same set of web pages every day when first starting Mozilla Firefox such as a search engine, your social networking sites, and your favorite computer tips site? <grin>

Instead of manually opening these pages, wish you could have them all visible every time you launch Firefox, each displayed in a separate tab? Here’s how!…

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iGoogle – Search by US Area Code, Zip Code, and Reverse Search

23 Sep

The Area / Zip Code lookup gadget lets you perform a variety of searches involving US area and zip codes, including reverse searches.

Were you recently called and you don’t recognize the number’s area code? Do you have a US address but don’t know its zip code? While you can run these and other types of searches directly via Google, if you perform such queries regularly you may prefer the iGoogle gadget “Area/Zip Code Lookup”.

Various types of searches are available. Search by a phone number to find its city and county. Enter an address to find its zip and area codes, county, and time zone. Type in a city and state to find zip codes, area codes, counties, and the time zone. Key in a zip code to display the city and state, county, time zone, and area codes. Or, search for an area code to display the region, cities and states, counties, and local time. Plus, quick links to Google Maps are available….

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Filtering Data in a Worksheet, with an Example

22 Sep

Instructions on how to filter data in an Excel 2010 worksheet, with screenshots showing filters performed on an example worksheet.

When viewing a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010 with a large series of data, it might prove useful to only display a subset matching desired criteria. Examples may include only showing salespeople with over $ 25,000 in monthly sales, budget items costing $ 5,000 or more, or students scoring at least an 80 on a test.

To display this subset you can use Excel 2010’s Filter tool. …

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Google Chrome – Create Placeholder Lorem Ipsum Text

22 Sep

Graphics designers – generate placeholder Lorem Ipsum text via a button inside Google Chrome while designing layouts of publications and web pages.

If you often design documents and web pages, if you do not have content ready for the various elements you might resort to dummy placeholder text such as the famous Lorem Ipsum placeholders. While some software packages and web pages can generate this text, you may find the “Lorem Ipsum Generator” for Google Chrome convenient. This extension adds a button directly to the toolbar allowing you to generate paragraphs of varying words.

To install this extension:…

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[MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Generate Passwords Automatically with pwgen

22 Sep

If you’re tired of creating passwords every time you log into a new web service, the pwgen extension can generate passwords for you.

Although some web services let you logon with a preexisting Facebook, Google, Twitter, or Yahoo account, many still require generating user accounts where you need to enter passwords. Required for security, good passwords should include a variety of characters including lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and punctuation symbol. However, generating these passwords can be cumbersome.

The “pwgen” extension for Mozilla Firefox can help reduce some of the annoyances when signing up for new accounts by creating passwords for you. New passwords are automatically copied to the clipboard so you can paste them into websites and (optionally) password management applications. And if you don’t like a password or don’t find it tough enough for your needs, just click the “P” again to generate a new one….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Toggle Gridlines, Guides, and Rulers When Designing Slides

22 Sep

Use rulers, drawing guides, and / or gridlines to arrange objects inside slides in PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

Designing complicated slide layouts in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010?

It might prove useful to show items to aid in arranging text, images, graphs, and other objects on a slide. With a couple of clicks you can view horizontal and vertical rulers, gridlines on which objects are aligned, and adjustable drawing guides….

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Share Sites via Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, More

20 Sep

The AddThis extension for Mozilla Firefox provides a toolbar where you can share websites via a variety of social networks and other services.

Do you often share websites via Facebook, Twtter, Reddit, or other social networks / services? Do you have multiple toolbars installed inside Mozilla Firefox and wish there was just one toolbar you could install to share pages with virtually any popular service?

The “AddThis” extension allows you to quickly share web pages via a customizable list of services. This Firefox extension installs a toolbar for quick access to popular services, or you can optionally turn on a toolbar button instead, and/or you can access sharing features via the right-click context menu or an icon on the URL bar….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Change the Default Pen and “Laser Pointer” Colors

20 Sep

Make the annotating pen and virtual laser pointer appear in different colors while displaying a PowerPoint 2010 slide show.

When displaying a slide show in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can access a Pen tool from the right-click menu and draw / annotate on top of the current presentation. Also, by holding the CTRL key down and then using the left mouse button, you can activate a “laser pointer” to draw attention to certain points of a slide.

By default, both the pen and laser pointer are red. If you want to change these settings, do the following:…

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

20 Sep

The “Restartless Restart” extension for Firefox provides a menu item and keyboard shortcut you can use to shut down and relaunch the browser.

There are various reasons you may need to restart Mozilla Firefox, such as if you open a lot of tabs or use complex web applications and find the web browser running slower and/or leaking memory.

While various extensions exist to restart Firefox, the “Restartless Restart” extension has a couple of nice features. After installation, it is ready for use immediately without restarting Firefox. And, the extension adds a “Restart” option to the menu and a keyboard shortcut – Ctrl + Alt + R (this may differ on non-Windows platforms)….

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

18 Sep

The “Restartless Restart” extension for Firefox provides a menu item and keyboard shortcut you can use to shut down and relaunch the browser.

There are various reasons you may need to restart Mozilla Firefox, such as if you open a lot of tabs or use complex web applications and find the web browser running slower and/or leaking memory.

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Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

[MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox – Misc – Start Mozilla Firefox with Multiple Home Pages

iGoogle – Search by US Area Code, Zip Code, and Reverse Search

Microsoft Excel 2010 – Filtering Data in a Worksheet, with an Example

Google Chrome – Create Placeholder Lorem Ipsum Text

[MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Generate Passwords Automatically with pwgen

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Toggle Gridlines, Guides, and Rulers When Designing Slides

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Change the Default Pen and “Laser Pointer” Colors

Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

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