Internet Explorer Tip - Eek! My Google Toolbar is Providing TMI!

If you use the Google toolbar and Internet Explorer, you've probably noticed that every time you open a new tab, a window pops open showing very large pictures of the sites you visit most often. As you may imagine, having this information showing up on your screen may be a little embarrassing. (Imagine your boss looking over your shoulder).

The steps to get rid of this are not easy to find.

Here they are:

• Click the wrench icon on your Google toolbar.

• Make sure Search is selected.
  
• Make sure the box next to Enable the Google new tab page is unchecked. (While you're at it, you may want to go through the rest of the options and adjust your settings).
  

• Click the Save button.

That's it.

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MS Word 2007 Tutorial - Keep Frequently Used Files at your Fingertips

MS Word 2007 Tutorial - Keep frequently used files at your fingertips.

In a MS Word 2003 tutorial, I provided the steps to keep recently used files at your fingertips. While the steps are straight-forward, there are quite a few steps involved. The steps are a lot easier in MS Word 2007.

Here they are:

Click the MS Office Button.

In the right hand side of the panel, you'll see your Recent Documents list.



Click the thumbtack next to the file name. This does 2 things:

• Pins the document to your most recent documents list.
• Changes the color of the thumbtack symbol from gray to bright green.

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MS Word 2003 Tutorial - Keep your Favorite Files at your Fingertips

MS Word 2003 Tutorial - Keep your Favorite Files at your Fingertips

If you're like most people, there are a few files you use often, and would like to have a few at your fingertips. What most users don't know is Word 2003 offers a way for you to add up to 9 files to your menu, so that they are always available.

Here are the steps.

Step 1 - Set up your Work Toolbar

• Click on the Tools menu, then Customize.
  
• Click the Commands tab.
  
• Under the Save in section, make sure Normal.dot is selected. This makes the files available throughout MS Word.
  
• Under the Categories section in the left hand side of your dialog box, select Built-in Menus.
  
• Under the Commands section on the right hand side of the dialog box, select Work (scroll all the way to the last item).
  
• Drag Work from the dialog box to your toolbar.
  
• Close the document, then close Word. If you get a question asking if you want to save changes to normal.dot, choose Yes or OK.

Once your work menu is set up, you're able to add up to 9 documents.



Step 2 - Add items to your Work Toolbar

Adding items to the MS Word work menu is very simple.

• Open the file (the file must have a name).
  
• Click the Work menu, then select Add to Work Menu.

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