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Instant WordPress on your Windows Computer

August 15, 2012 0 comments

If you are into blogging and use WordPress, then you might have installed themes and plugins several times. And it is likely that you found it difficult or uncomfortable testing them on your live blog. The obvious alternative is to install WordPress on your local computer and do your testing. While there are several ways [...]

Keep any window on top with ‘Window On Top’

January 4, 2012 0 comments

When you are working with multiple windows open in Windows, sometimes you may want to keep one window on top of the rest. Some applications have this option built in and let you keep the application on top. But wouldn’t it be better if you could add this feature to any window and have the [...]

How to quickly view all unread messages in Gmail

March 19, 2011 2 comments

If you receive a lot of messages in your Gmail, oftentimes you would find that you have mails in your archive that you have not read and have also not labeled. Your inbox link would indicate count of the unread messages inbox but they may not be visible in the front page. Unfortunately, Google does [...]

Gumnotes – Attach Notes To Any File or Website in Windows

January 1, 2011 0 comments

If you use sticky notes (either physical or digital) to remind yourself of things to do, then you might want to try out Gumnotes. Gumnotes is a free tool that lets you attach notes to any file or website. If you are working on a file and want to be reminded of something, you could [...]

Automatically paste text with no formatting in Word 2007/2010

December 12, 2010 0 comments

Typically when you copy some text from a webpage or any other application and paste it in a Word document, the formatting is retained. This might be ok in some cases. But more often than not, it would be preferable to lose the formatting as you would not want the pasted text to disrupt the [...]

How to install an Addin in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010

April 24, 2010 5 comments

In response to my earlier post on Suresh Addin, I have received several emails and comments asking for how to install the addin in Excel 2007/2010. The original post only had instructions on how to install the addin in earlier versions of Excel. So here I describe how to add the Suresh Addin, or for [...]

How to pin a folder to the task bar in Windows 7

February 25, 2010 2 comments

One of the cool features in Windows 7 is that you can pin your favorite applications to the taskbar so that you can easily launch them when needed. What if you want to pin a folder that you frequently use? Wouldn’t it be great if you could access your favorite folders quickly from the taskbar? [...]

Shortcuts to switch applications to Full-Screen

December 14, 2009 0 comments

Whatever be the size of your monitor, you would definitely not want to waste any precious screen space. But take any application, be it a Web browser, word processor, or other application, you would find that the omnipresent toolbars take up a significant portion of the screen space. If you would rather expand your software [...]

Tab Sidebar: Make better use of your widescreen monitor

December 6, 2009 2 comments

Tabs have become a ubiquitous part of the web browser and it is hard to imagine using a browser without tabs anymore. However, if you are using a widescreen monitor, then you might have noticed that most of the time when you browsing web sites, a lot of screen estate on the sides is being [...]

Give your Word documents a professional look with Drop Caps

July 12, 2009 0 comments

If you look at the opening line of text in some magazines and newspaper articles, you’ll find that the often start with an extra-large first letter called a drop cap. You can use this in your own documents to give them a professional look.

Remove the clutter around what you are reading

July 8, 2009 0 comments

If you like to read a lot of stuff on the web, but find that the cluttered web pages makes it hard to read, then Readability is for you.

Quickly preview all your system fonts online

July 7, 2009 0 comments

Trying to decide what font to use can sometimes be a pain, especially when you have several fonts installed on your computer and if you are just cycling through your options one at a time.

Rearrange your taskbar with Taskbar Shuffle

June 27, 2009 0 comments

Ever wished you could customize the programs on your Windows taskbar, like you can do with the tabs in Firefox? Taskbar Shuffle makes it possible. Taskbar Shuffle is a tiny little free utility which once installed lets you drag and drop programs on your taskbar for quick reorganization. You can also have it automatically group [...]

10 easy tips to save on your computer energy usage

June 17, 2009 0 comments

If you are looking for ways to cut down on your computer energy usage and reduce your electricity bill, here are a few tips you should definitely try out. Frankly, most of us would already be aware of many of the tips that I have listed here. Nevertheless, very few of us actually put them [...]

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