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How to show the Developer Menu/Tab in Microsoft Excel 2010

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When you install MS Excel for the first time, the default setting has the Developer tab “disabled”. This means that the Macro button not available including all VBA programming aspect of the Excel file. To enable the Developer Tab, here are the steps: Step 1: Open MS Excel 2010 Step 2: Click on File menu Step 3: Click on Options Step 4: In the Excel Options dialog box, click on Customize Ribbon in the left panel Step 5: In the Customize Ribbon group, select Main Tabs Step 6: Click on the the “Developer” item to put a check on it to “enable” the Developer tab Step 7: Click OK button to… Read More

How much RAM can my laptop or desktop computer take?

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The amount of RAM acceptable in computer systems is determined by the computer’s motherboard. This is true for laptop computers and desktop computers. So the best way to know how much RAM (Random Access Memory) is acceptable in your computer is to refer to your computer’s documentation specifically the motherboard’s information. You will surely need this information if you want to upgrade your computer’s memory and you want to exactly know which RAM stick is compatible and how much RAM your system can take. Another method is to manually check… Read More

How to change Gmail command buttons to the classic Text labels

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When Gmail changed its email interface, many people still loved the classic look and looking for ways to retract or revert to the classic look and feel that they are accustomed to. However, Gnaim did not provide a way to permanently switch into the classic interface now that it has already released the new Gmail interface. One of the changes that the new interface offers is the command buttons people use to archive, mark as Spam, or delete marked emails. To enhance the interface Gmail changed this commands to graphic… Read More

How to share your screen for technical help using screen sharing tools

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I do technical support every day helping people solve computer problems of various sorts. The process is that they describe their problem in a thread like forums, then I provide step-by-step procedures that they can follow on their problem computer to resolve the problem. This process is so tedious especially the volume of problems reported and the amount of typing required to simply describe the procedures to correct the issue. In most cases, to best help these people, I even need to duplicate the issue, come up with screen shots… Read More

How to re-use several beautiful slide templates in a single PowerPoint file

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When you are using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or 2010, beautiful slide templates are already built in. Also, there are several hundreds and even thousands of PowerPoint templates available for free download in various websites that work for both PowerPoint 2007 and 2010. However, when you are working with a template, all slides are identically designed. That is, the first slide is unique, then the rest of the slides follow identical template design every time you add a new blank slide. How about if you want a completely different template or… Read More

How to eliminate annoying pop-up adverts in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome

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There are two (2) types of advertisements that you are viewing in various websites online. First are the legitimate ads placed in designated boxes or blocks in certain web pages. The ads are legitimate since the website owners place them to monetize their site’s traffic. This is common among blogs and other free online services like Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Hotmail and other free email providers. To get rid of these ads among these FREE email providers, you need to subscribe to their PAID version of their email service. The second… Read More

Moving Outlook 2007 / 2010 Contacts from one computer to another

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Backing up Outlook contacts is a very important task that ensures email addresses and other contact infomation are copied and stored in a separate file and location. Microsoft Outlook Technical Support people offers several and various ways of doing the back, as well as other online outlook tech support. Microsoft Outlook support contact information are not readily available online. However, various forums and support groups offer support for Outlook issues for free or for some small fees. In fact, various technical support companies like iYogi.com and JustAnswer.com offer Microsoft outlook… Read More

How to view hidden files, folders and drives in your Windows 7

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By default, system files have “hidden” attributes. This is set by Windows this way for a very obvious reason – hide the file to avoid or prevent accidental deletion of the files. Users specially those with Administrator privileges or those who are members of the Administrator group can set the attribute of a certain file to “hidden” to simply hide the files. However, in troubleshooting a computer system, we normally require access to the system files which are normally set with hidden attributes. In this case, we need to modify… Read More

How to locate Normal.dotm template of Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010

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There are times when MS Word is consistently crashing or showing erratic behavior. There are also some times when you changed your global template in error and that you want to restore its default values. In this case, you need to work with MS Word’s global template, called Normal.dotm file. The template file Normal.dotm is a global template. That is, when you open MS Word 2007 or 2010, everything you see in the blank document, like the Font style and Font size, Text style and Paragraph style, are derived from… Read More