Office 2013–Word, Part 2

Thanks for the emails showing your interest in the new Microsoft Office.  We will look into it some more today.  Last week we looked at the “Read Mode” and PDF conversion as well as editing options in Word 2013.  Today we will look at some other features which are new to Word. Another new feature…

Google, Are You Kidding Me?

I have always been a big fan, supporter, promoter, etc. of Google.  That is until recently and here is why they are starting to work their way off of my radar.  Google is performing what is termed "Spring Cleaning" on several of their products.  They shut down services/apps which they do not believe are being…

What are Those Hard to Read Characters for Anyway?

I receive questions about those goofy, hard to read letters which are found on many websites from time-to-time.  They are known as “Captchas.”  Yes, a nonsensical word, unless you are a geek. It actually stands for the word, “capture.”  Now that you just repeated them both in your mind, you are nodding – you get…

Browser Tricks, Part 1

I have a couple of tricks for your browsers today.  These questions came in emails from Ivan and a couple of other readers recently.  Today we will look at some of them.  Please remember to send me your questions because I like to write about some of them from time-to-time. First, Ivan asked about putting…

Windows 7, Hidden Themes

Thanks for all of the follow-up emails I received after the last couple of hints I gave you about Windows 7 shortcuts.  I picked up a few good questions for future columns.  Remember, I get all the ideas for articles from you, so keep them coming! One I received from Gerry was about a secret…

Stumble Upon It

Thanks for the emails regarding last week’s column.  I always appreciate hearing from you readers.  So, thanks for reading Double Click! This week I am going to talk about an interesting site that I put off using for several years.  There was really nothing wrong with it but I just didn’t "get it".  I was…

Resuscitating the Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7

Last week I wrote about two Menu Applications for Windows operating systems.  I specifically mentioned Windows Vista and 7 but those two apps will work on most any of them.  They were “Desktop Sidebar” and “RocketDock“.  Check last week’s Double Click for more details. I also mentioned bringing the Windows’ “Quick Launch Toolbar” that many…