If you’ve ever wanted to know how to enter a trademark or copyright symbol, find the right Wingding, or the keyboard shortcut for an em dash, then you should check out this tool - Character Map.
Here’s the steps on how to run this program:
1. Go to “Start” -> “Accessories” -> “System Tools” -> “Character Map“.
…»»Continue reading Insert Symbol Quickly by Using Character Map
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Gmail just launched a new feature - View as slideshow.
Now you can open a Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) file or Microsoft PowerPoint (DOC) file without downloading it to your computer. 
You’ll read your email that attached PPT/DOC file as the image below.
Just click “View as slideshow” next to the .ppt attachment and it will be opened by Google Spreadsheets in a new browser window. It works the same with .doc attachments too.
So don’t worry to view your Gmail PPT/DOC attachment without Microsoft Office installed. Good trick Google!!!
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If your Internet connection is bogged down and your browsing speed is frustratingly sluggish, you can speed things up considerably by eliminating multimedia elements like sound, flash animation, pictures and videos from your view.
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Go to ‘Tools->Internet Options’
2. Click on the ‘Advanced’ tab
3. Scroll down the ‘Settings’ window until you see ‘Multimedia’
4. Remove all the check in ‘Multimedia’ section.
5. Click ‘Apply’ then click OK to close the dialog box.
In the end, what you will see in your browser are all text.
By the way, you can check your internet connection speed in k-director.com.
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Control the Gmail panel by keyboard shortcuts.
| Gmail Shortcuts | ||
| Key | Definition | Action |
|---|---|---|
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c
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Compose
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Allows you to compose a new message. <Shift> + c allows you to compose a message in a new window. |
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<tab> then <Enter>
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Send message
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After composing your message, use tdis combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.)
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k
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Move to newer conversation
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Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand a conversation.
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j
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Move to older conversation
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Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand a conversation.
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n
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Next message
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Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
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p
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Previous message
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Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
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o or <Enter>
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Open
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Opens your conversation. Also expands or collapses a message if you are in ‘Conversation View.’
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u
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Return to conversation list
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Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations.
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y
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Archive*
Remove from current view |
Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
* ‘y’ has no effect if you’re in ‘Spam,’ ‘Sent,’ or ‘All Mail.’ |
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x
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Select conversation
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Automatically checks and selects a conversation so tdat you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to tdat conversation.
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s
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Star a message or conversation
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Adds or removes a star to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation a special status.
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!
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Report spam
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Marks a message as spam and removes it from your conversation list.
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r
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Reply
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Reply to the message sender. <Shift> + r allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
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a
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Reply all
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Reply to all message recipients. <Shift> +a allows you to reply to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
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f
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Forward
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Forward a message. <Shift> + f allows you to forward a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
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<Esc>
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Escape from input field
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Removes the cursor from your current input field.
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y then o
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Archive and next
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class=”desc”Archive your conversation and move to the next one.
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g then a
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Go to ‘All Mail’
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Takes you to ‘All Mail,’ the storage site for all mail you’ve ever sent or received (and have not deleted).
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g then s
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Go to ‘Starred’
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Takes you to all conversations you have starred.
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g then c
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Go to ‘Contacts’
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Takes you to your Contacts list.
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g then d
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Go to ‘Drafts’
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Takes you to all drafts you have saved.
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g then i
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Go to ‘Inbox’
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Returns you to the inbox.
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/
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Search
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Puts your cursor in the search box.
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If you enable Remote Desktop in Windows XP Professional, it will give you the ability to access your desktop from a remote location. You can access your applications, files and network resources as if you where sitting behind your computer.
Remote Desktop is an evolution of the Terminal Services functionality formerly available only in the Windows 2000 Server family. Remote Desktop is not available in Windows XP Home Edition.
When you install Windows XP Professional, Remote Desktop is disabled by default. You need to enable Remote Desktop before you can use it to connect to the computer remotely. Simply follow these steps:
…»»Continue reading Remote Desktop In Windows XP
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Have you experienced computer auto shut down or web browser occured error while you were writing a blog? The worse thing, you haven’t click the save and continue editing/save/publish button yet.
Thanks to Wordpress auto save function. The good news is your articles will still be saved under post draft. The bad news is you will realise there are many drafts with same titles and same content are kept.
So how do delete these draft articles at one shot?
Step 1:
1) Login to your Cpanle and click on “MYSQL Databases” option.
…»»Continue reading 7 Steps to Delete All Draft Articles
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I have written how to install XP Recovery Console if computer does not start properly last week.
According to cyberhackz.net “..each time your computer boots up, you need to choose which one you want to load. either windows xp or the recovery console.” Thus, let’s learn how to delete the recovery console to prevent this happens. …»»Continue reading Delete the Recovery Console
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Yesterday I talked about backing up your hard drive. Today let’s see how to restore your hard drive from a backup.
1. Click on the Start button and navigate to ‘Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Backup’.
2. Insert the removable media disk that contains your backup.
3. Click on the Next button.
4. Select ‘Restore Files And Settings’ then click Next.
5. Select the appropiate backup and items to restore then click Next.
6. Click on the Finish button.
7. Once the restore has completed you may need to reboot your computer for any changes to take affect.
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Are you wondering why don’t we just set a System Restore point to secure our computer? System Restore will not 100% functioning when your computer is infected by virus or can’t be started properly(neither normal startup nor safe mode).
However, you can run Restore from a backup after you reinstall OS(translate:reformat pc). It returns you whatever you have backed up earlier.
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Yesterday I posted how to back up blog online for free, so today let’s learn how to back up our hard drive.
1. Click on the Start button and navigate to ‘Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> Backup’
2. Click on the Next button
…»»Continue reading Backing Up Your Hard Drive
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The Recovery Console is a command line (similar to DOS) that provides a long list of commands that you can use to troubleshoot/fix your computer when your computer does not start properly or does not start at all.
If you can’t get into safe mode, you should consider using the Recovery Console.
Installing the Recovery Console on your system takes up around 7MB of disk space. To install the Recovery Console on your system follow these steps: …»»Continue reading Computer Does Not Start Properly? Install The XP Recovery Console
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