Control Google Instant with your keyboard

January 1, 2011 0 comments

Google Instant is a remarkably faster way of searching as it displays the search results as you type and also suggests the search term for you. But you can make it work even faster by using the keyboard instead of your mouse. To enter the search term, type in part or all of a word [...]

Quickly format any web page for printing with Printwhatyoulike

November 25, 2008 2 comments

Printwhatyoulike is an online tool that lets you make any web page printer friendly. Quite often, when we have to print a web page which does not have a printer friendly version, we need to print the whole page and we end up with a printout full of ads, empty spaces and all sorts of [...]

6 ways to use your mouse wheel to do more in Firefox

August 13, 2008 25 comments

Did you know that in Firefox, you can do more with your mouse scroll wheel than just scroll a web page up and down? Here are a few tips on using your mouse scroll wheel in Firefox that could save you some time. 1. Closing Tabs To close a tab just place your mouse cursor [...]

Using label shortcuts to search Gmail

July 17, 2008 0 comments

If you are a Gmail user, you might already know that there are no folders in Gmails. Instead of folders, you organize them by labels. Even all the built-in views like inbox, sent mail, draft, trash etc are also labels. Since there are no folders, when we search for a mail, we are actually searching [...]

Easily customize folder colors for quick navigation

July 13, 2008 0 comments

Rainbow Folders is a free utility that lets you easily change the color of folder icons. Having different colors for different folders makes it easy to identify them among numerous others. Changing the color of icons is easy with Rainbow Folders. Just right click on an icon an select ‘Rainbow Folders’. You can then select [...]

A few killer keyboard shortcuts for Excel

May 22, 2008 3 comments

Using keyboard shortcuts is a much more efficient way of working than choosing options through the menu. Here are a few killer keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel that can save you time. Action Shortcut Apply the outline border to the selected cells Ctrl+Shift+& Apply the Date format with the day, month, and year Ctrl+Shift+# Apply [...]

Word 2007 tips to make you more productive

May 15, 2008 1 comment

Here are a few tips to make you more productive with Word 2007. Compare docs the smart way You don’t need two windows to compare documents in Word 2007. Go to Review > Compare, and click Compare one more time. Enter two document names and you’ll see the difference. Look for private data Before sending [...]

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