Monday, January 30, 2012

Change Power Point 2010 ruler from inches to centimeters

Power Point takes its measurement method from Windows.
Changing inches to centimeters in Windows 2010:

1. Click Start, Control Panel, Region and Language.
    Window will open.

2. Click the Additional settings button at the bottom of the Formats TAB

    New window will pop up.

3. Click the down arrow of Measurement system then click Metric

4. Complete by clicking the Apply button, and OK

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Find the computer's IP address in Windows 7

Option 1

  1. Click the network connection icon in the system tray
  2. Click the Open Network and Sharing Center
  3. Click Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection
    One of these links will be displayed depends on the connection type of the computer
    Pop up window will open
  4. Click the Details... button
    The IP address of the computer is displayed in the row next to IPv4 address
    It is a string of numbers and dots such as nn.nn.nn.nnn

Option 2

  1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt
    Black DOS window will open
  2. Type: ipconfig
  3. Scroll and find IPv4 address
    The IP address of the computer is displayed in the row next to IPv4 address
    It is a string of numbers and dots such as nn.nn.nn.nnn
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Resize fonts in Navigation Pane of Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 allows changing the size of the fonts in the Navigation Pane (where folders are displayed on the side of the screen). This feature doesn’t exist in Outlook 2007.

1. In Outlook 2010 Click the View TAB
2. Click the down arrow of Navigation Pane
3. Click Options. . .
4. Click the Font button

5. Choose the font type and size

6. Click the OK button

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Import Power Point Theme

Copying or importing theme from an old Power Point file to a new Power Point 2010 file, do the following:
1. In the new opened file click the Design TAB
2. Click the down arrow in the Themes section

3. Click the Browse for Themes row
    Explore and click the file from which the theme should be imported.
    Click the Apply button.

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