Keyboard shortcut of the week: align, centre and justify

By default, all text in Microsoft Word is aligned to the left (except if the default language is set to Arabic or another script that reads right to left). You can change the alignment of the current paragraph by clicking on these buttons on the Formatting toolbar.But as you have probably guesed by...

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Three tips for buying a new printer

1) Buy what you need, not what the salesperson suggestsIt may seem like a good deal to buy an all-in-one printer, scanner, fax and coffee machine, but if you never scan images and don't send faxes you will be buying technology that you will not use. Another problem with these all-in-one devices is that if there is a fault with the scanner you may not be able to print any more. If all you need is a...

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The 5th Carnival of Computer Help and Advice

Top commenter and all-round good-egg, Eerik, will be hosting the fifth monthly Carnival of Computer Help and Advice at his Cool Windows XP tricks, tutorials and software reviews blog.There are a couple of days left for you to submit your blog posts for the next carnival. To do so go to this submission form on the Blog Carnival's site.Chee...

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Bloody Computer! reaches the ton

This hundredth post on Bloody Computer! reviews the story so far (as the fiftieth post did at the beginning of this year).Top 3 Most Read Posts1. Free Lightweight Alternatives to Bloatware: 805 views2. Windows Task Manager Explained: Part 1: 466 views3. Where has all my hard-drive space gone?: 427 viewsData from the excellent Google AnalyticsTop 3 Most Commented on Posts1. Keyboard shortcut of the...

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Keyboard shortcut of the week: create your own

If you have a program that you use a lot you can create your own combination of keys to run it. In this tutorial we will set up a keyboard shortcut for Microsoft Word.The keyboard combination is associated with a shortcut rather than the program itself. So we need to locate a shortcut for Word. You...

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Multiple Series of Page Numbers

Sometimes a MS Word document requires separate numbering systems for different sections. The introduction may have to be numbered with Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc), while the main body of the text may require normal Arabic numerals (1, 2 3, etc). There is a way of achieving this in Word without...

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Wireless networking problems: quick repair

Wireless networking, or wi-fi, has become a popular means of connecting to the Internet, but it can be problematical. There are all manner of things that can go wrong but there is a quick way to deal with many of the problems that do occur.Locate the wireless icon (as pictured left) in the systray...

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