Windows and Office

Archive: 03-2013

• Add checkbox controls to a Word document

  Use a customized bulleted list or a content control to insert checkboxes into a Word document, depending on how you are going to use it.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 28, 2013, 12:01 PM PDT

• Restore Windows 8 with System Image Recovery

  Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery tool from the Recovery Drive to restore your hard disk.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | March 27, 2013, 12:17 PM PDT

• Quick Tip: Invoke god mode to take control of settings in Windows 8

  Control panel settings and configurations are typically scattered all over in Windows 8, unless you know about god mode.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 26, 2013, 1:48 PM PDT

• Use two Word features to keep headings with paragraphs

  Use these two paragraph formats in Word to keep text from breaking across pages and losing its heading text.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 25, 2013, 8:08 AM PDT

• New Poll: What percentage of your enterprise is running Windows XP?

  We ask this poll question about twice a year to see how much, if any, Windows XP migration has taken place.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 22, 2013, 12:02 PM PDT

• Poll results: Microsoft Office 2010 is most common version

  Microsoft Office 2010 has over taken over 2007 as the most prevalent version in use today.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 22, 2013, 8:38 AM PDT

• Reset your PC from a Windows 8 Recovery Drive

  Reset your PC tool removes all of your data and settings and then reinstalls Windows 8. Greg Shultz shows you how it works.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | March 21, 2013, 8:47 AM PDT

• Quick Tip: Add useful apps directly to Word 2013

  Microsoft Office 2013 has some new features you need to know about, including the ability to add apps.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 19, 2013, 8:32 AM PDT

• Determine the remaining number of days in the same year

  Susan Harkins explains two ways to calculate in Excel the remaining number of days from a specific date to the end of the same year.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | March 18, 2013, 8:20 AM PDT

• Quick Tip: Remove shared permissions in SkyDrive

  Donovan Colbert shows you a quick way to remove permissions to all files in a single shared SkyDrive folder.

  Posted by Donovan Colbert | March 15, 2013, 10:39 AM PDT