Unzip Files on iPad
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 5:48 am
While iPad can do many amazing and useful things, it does not play nice with all file types. Natively, it does not open Office files, nor does it open zip files. Most of us figured out quickly that the built-in email program will open Office files, zip files remain a mystery.
Unzipping a file on iPad requires a third-party app. Here are four that cost less than $5:
Unzip for iPad
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Create and Use a Table of Contents In Word 2007 – 2010
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 6:54 am
For most of its history, Microsoft’s flagship word processor has had a means for creating and using a table of contents automatically; and with each iteration, Microsoft has improved upon the prior version, which has led to a table of contents generator that after all this time, is finally easy to use.
To see how a table of contents is created in Word, first create yourself a dummy document that has some chapter headings in it; something that looks like this:
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Find an Android Phone After It’s Been Lost
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:56 am
A lost or stolen cell phone is never a good thing, and retrieving a lost cell phone can be extremely difficult. Well, maybe not as difficult anymore, because there is an app for that. If you are an Android phone owner, there is actually a program that will allow you to track your lost or stolen phone, even if the software itself has not been previously installed on the phone.
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Run Chromebook OS on a MacBook Pro, Air
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:45 am
Google’s Chrome OS, which is currently powering their Chromebooks, is a mainly internet reliant, cloud based platform. An entire OS based on Google is an excellent choice right? After all, Android is definitely awesome. Well, yes and no, depending on who you ask. If you have a MacBook or MacBook Air, you can test drive Google Chrome OS, before deciding if a Chromebook would be a good purchase for you.
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Create and Use Range Names in Excel 2010
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:39 am
Microsoft Excel has long allowed users to create and use range names in earlier versions, of Excel, but that doesn’t mean everyone learned how to use them, which is a shame, because the main purpose of range names is to make things easier for you when creating and using spreadsheets.
In Excel, 2010, creating a range name is relatively simple; first, create some data, as we have in this test sheet:
Highlight the data for semester 1, then click on the Formulas ribbon, then click on Define Name; you should get a popup like this:
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Quickly Empty the Trash in OS X Lion
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:02 am
For some reason, emptying the trash in OS X has always been a slow process, especially if you have a lot of files there. I tanked a huge folder that had over 10,000 items in it and it took a whopping 30 minutes to trash it! There isn’t too much you can do about this since it’s the way the operating system works, but if you know how to use Terminal and aren’t afraid of it, then you can speed up the process.
