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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 – Permalink –

Change Info Box

Change Info Box - 1/29/2018
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Thursday, October 05, 2017 – Permalink –

Screen Capture Gear

Better than PrtScn

You can add graphics to instructions using the built in PrtScn button, but there's not much versatility.

WritersUA by WinWriters, Inc has a discussion on some available apps that can help.

"Almost all of us need to include screen captures in our user assistance from time to time.

Of course, it's possible to do almost all of this by pressing + to copy the active window to the clipboard, and then pasting it into your favorite image-editing application.
However, for each screen capture this requires you to go through the same set of actions in order to crop, set the color depth, add borders or edge effects, and finally save it.
If you only take the occasional screen capture, then this is fine. But it can become extremely tedious and time-consuming if you have a large number of screens to capture."

Capture Tools

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:47 AM

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Saturday, August 19, 2017 – Permalink –

Slashed Zero

Oh!
ø

There is a discussion of the slashed zero at:
How to Insert a Slashed Zero (0 Overlaid with a /)

You can also download the Monaco font that has a slashed ø
(Monaco is an embeddable font)

Andale.ttf (Mono) has a dotted 0

Seagullscientific.com has a font called Crystal

Windows has a free font editor. Type eudcedit on the Start>Run line.
Vic Laurie has a description of the Private Character Editor- Eudcedit

You could also use the EQ field to create a strike through and assign it to an AutoCorrect entry.

{EQ \o (0,/)}

The easiest is, probably Alt+0216 or Alt+0248 It's a Latin "oh" with stroke, but it looks close.

The HTML character code is ø ø

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:38 AM

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Thursday, December 08, 2016 – Permalink –

Tipsy Windows

More suggestions
A lot of XP stuff, but many suggestions that are still useful.

Marvs Windows Tips

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Thursday, November 24, 2016 – Permalink –

Cap On

A note
Here's how to have Windows notify you if the Cap Lock key is struck.
HowtoGeek.com

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:35 AM

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Saturday, October 15, 2016 – Permalink –

Flip Text

This text is right side up

uʍop ǝpısdn sı sıɥʇ

This site accepts your perfect prose and turns it around.
(with Unicode)

RevFad.com

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:50 AM

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Tuesday, October 06, 2015 – Permalink –

Who Needs a Mouse

Finger tricks

Rather not use a mouse?

MouseKeys is designed for people who have difficulty using a mouse. MouseKeys allows you to use the numeric keypad to control the mouse pointer.

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Accessibility Options.

On the Mouse tab, under MouseKeys, select the Use MouseKeys check box.

To turn off MouseKeys, clear the Use MouseKeys check box.

To turn on MouseKeys using keystrokes

Press left ALT + left SHIFT + NUM LOCK.

In the MouseKeys message dialog box, press SPACEBAR to clear the Turn off keyboard shortcut for this accessibility feature check box.

Press TAB, and then press ENTER.

If you want to use the numeric keypad for data entry as well as for navigation, you can set the MouseKeys to be activated by pressing NUM LOCK.

If the Use shortcut check box in the Settings for MouseKeys dialog box is selected, you can turn MouseKeys on or off by pressing left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK

In Vista, Mouse Keys is located with the "Ease of use" icon. Then:

Mouse keys

Mouse Keys +

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:29 AM

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 – Permalink –

WiFi at Home

First steps

"You can use a wireless network to share Internet access, files, printers, and more. Or you can use it to surf the Web while you're sitting on your couch or in your yard. Plus, it's easier to install than you think."

There are 4 steps to creating a wireless network:

Choose your wireless equipment

Connect your wireless router

Configure your wireless router

Connect your computers

Set up a Home Wireless network (By Tony Northrup)

Wireless Security for Home Networks (PCMAg)

O'Reilly.net: Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network (Wei-Meng Lee)

About.com: Wired vs Wireless Networking (Bradley Mitchell)

HowStuffWorks.com: How WiFi Works ( Marshall Brain)

PracticallyNetworked.com: Securing your Wireless Network

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<Doug Klippert@ 3:59 AM

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