I just had a client give me a call and state that their Windows 10 pc keyboard was typing backwards. At first I was not sure what this meant so I visited this client in person. Indeed the keystrokes the user was typing were displaying to the left of the last character. At first I […]
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How to retrieve a Windows 7 Product Key
I have not posted an “It Fixed it for me” article in a while. Here is one that may help someone else. Have you ever needed to reinstall your operating system due to a failed hard drive, severe virus infection or just want a fresh start but realize that you either lost your Windows 7 […]
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The Best Free Software to Install on Your New Computer
For the students in my “Intro to Personal Computers” class. Here is a good article (not created by me) that goes over some of the many software we talked about in class. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-free-software-to-install-on-your-new-laptop-1831228091 The list includes Firefox – Web Browser LibreOffice – Office Applications GIMP – Image Editing Pixlr – Image Editing Google Photos – Image Editing […]
Excel Tips and Helpful Info for Students
Excel Information and Tips Excel is an extremely powerful program. Most users do not take advantage of all of the capabilities Excel has to offer. Below, please find some links to some of the more helpful Excel Tips I have found. Please note I did not create the articles below. I am just linking to […]
How to check Website Performance
How to check Website Performance The links below can be used to check your Website Performance. This quick post is for my students in any of my WordPress classes. Simply enter your website address and have the sites below scan your site. You will get a list of items that have a good\bad status. Some […]
How to create an Excel Forecasting Worksheet
In this short example I am going to show you how to create an Excel Forecasting Worksheet to graph out with a certain percentage of accuracy a forecast of future number of calls. This example uses Excel 2016. This example is going to start with some historical data for the past 6 years worth of […]
How to remove spaces in cell data in Excel
How to remove spaces in cell data in Excel This came up in the last Excel class. A student asked how to remove spaces in Excel cell data. For example a product number that was entered incorrectly. In the below simple example we are going to use the SUBSTITUTE() fucntion in Excel to substitute a space […]
Excel – Conditional Formatting Example
Excel – Conditional Formatting Example I have been asked by a former student for some help with Excel’s Conditional Formatting. My student needed help setting up a column of data with a cell fill color, red or green, based on wether the previous column was lower or higher. Here is the Excel – Conditional Formatting […]
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys Reference Card For my students in the Introduction to Personal Computers classes (or any Microsoft software class realy), below is a good quick reference guide for using Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys. This is very good for all Windows users to have handy as there are many shortcut keys to remember for […]