March 25, 2015

Vertically Aligning a Page

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Aligning a paragraph of text left-to-right is cinchy in Word. The Center command (shortcut Ctrl+E) shoves an equal amount of space to the left and right of a paragraph or a single line of text. If you want that paragraph to be aligned equal distance from the top and bottom of the page, then more work is required.
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June 23, 2014

More Word Table Calculations

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Although it’s a word processor, Word has Excel-like formulas you can slap down into a table. These formulas assist you with mathematical puzzles that would otherwise be daunting.
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April 23, 2014

Exploring Android Storage with ASTRO

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Unlike a computer, your Android device is app-oriented. The notion of a file manager app is really an example of forcing computer-think onto a mobile device. File management is possible, but it’s rather clunky.
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December 18, 2013

Android Update Ready?

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Last week I wrote how you can’t force an Android OS update. You can’t even be guaranteed that your phone or tablet will ever see an Android update. That scintilla of truth doesn’t prevent people like me from trying.
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December 16, 2013

A Descent Down Memory Mapped Lane

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I’ve been playing Descent.
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November 27, 2013

Busy! Busy! Busy!

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Your computer is doing more than just sitting there waiting for you to type or move the mouse.
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November 22, 2013

The Confusing Yet Useful Topic of Continuous Section Breaks

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Sections are a concept that isn’t readily understood. In fact, you can use Word for decades and never bother with a section break. That is, until you need to solve a specific page-level formatting puzzle.
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June 26, 2013

Editing the Normal Template

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The Normal template is the document that stores all of Word’s formatting defaults: the font, paragraph, margins, and page size information. It’s used whenever you create a new, blank document. All that stuff can change, but to do so you first need to hunt down the Normal template file and edit it directly. That isn’t easy.
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