Keep prying eyes away from your important office documents by password-protecting Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
Archive for October, 2006
Password protect Microsoft Word and Excel documents
Tuesday, October 17, 2006Zoom in and out with the mouse scroll wheel on Office documents
Saturday, October 14, 2006Forget clicking around in the “View” menu. You can quickly zoom in and out on Office documents (as well as many other Windows applications) with the scroll wheel on your mouse.
Extend the reach of your wireless network
Wednesday, October 11, 2006If the strength of your home wireless network leaves something to be desired, you should know there are a number of things you can do to improve performance.
Clean up your PC’s hard drive
Tuesday, October 10, 2006People often worry about filling up their computer with too many files, folders and programs. With a little help from Of Zen and Computing, you can reclaim lost hard drive space on your PC without sacrificing personal data.
Cure a slow, noisey PC
An overactive computer that takes forever to accomplish the simplest tasks may be suffering from hard drive fragmentation and a lack of memory. We tell you what that means, and what you can do about it.
Defrag a fragmented hard drive
A fragmented hard drive can make your computer work overtime in order to read and write files. Windows XP comes with a program called Disk Defragmenter, that can resore order to your data.
Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word
Sunday, October 8, 2006Typing speed isn’t the only factor in the speed one can compose a Word document. By using keyboard shortcuts to eliminate the time it takes to move back and forth between the keyboard and mouse, you’ll be surprised how much faster you can get your work done.
