It started out as the Status Bar. Some Windows veterans may still refer to it that way, but somewhere along the line the name changed: Notification Area. It’s that spot on the far right of the Windows taskbar that overflows with teensy icons — or not, depending on how it’s configured.
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June 25, 2014Wee Li’l Icons All in a Row
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June 23, 2014More Word Table CalculationsAlthough 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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June 20, 2014I’ve Never Filled Up a Hard Drive
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June 18, 2014Word Table MathAs long as I’m on a table binge with my Wamblog Word posts, here’s another trick you can pull inside a table: Math. Yeah, it sounds scary, but keep in mind that it’s the computer that does the math. You just need to know how to set up a formula inside a table.
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June 16, 2014Serious Cyber SecurityRecently, I went to a fairly sizable dot-com operation to lend my talents. You’ll read more about my adventures in the future. For now, I’d like to discuss something fascinating that happened during lunch one day. June 13, 2014The Power of Word’s Sort Command
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June 11, 2014I Remember When Playing Games was EasyThe excitement was palpable. A new game. A shiny new CD or — years earlier — a stack of floppies. After a torturous few minutes, you were up and playing the latest game. Those were the days.
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June 9, 2014Wi-Fi All Over the HouseMost people set up a home network that includes a Wi-Fi base station. Smart move: Given today’s portable gizmos, it makes sense for them all to gang up on the local network and eschew those mobile data surcharges. When the Wi-Fi network doesn’t reach everywhere in the house, extend it with a Wi-Fi extender. June 6, 2014Mail Lists to Love, Mail Lists to LoatheA mail list is an email delivery system. You sign up, and then information is sent to your email account. Mail lists can be useful, but they can also be a pain in the rump. Fortunately, things are better today than they were ages ago.
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June 4, 2014Table Formatting in WordA table is really an Excel-thing. Word does tables, of course, but Excel does them better. Still, it’s easier to whip out a table in Word than it is to do the convoluted exercise of inserting an Excel “object” into a Word document.
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After installing what seemed like a flood of new software on my main computer, I dutifully checked the hard drive capacity. Yep: I was still well under 50 percent.
The icon looks innocent enough. It’s featured prominently in the Table Tools/Layout tab. But it also has a tiny twin in the Home tab’s Paragraph group. It’s the Sort icon.