Yellow Pages Mobile
Yellow pages mobile is a great way to find phone numbers, directions and nearby places of interest. You can even save business contacts to your phonebook for easy access later on. Check it out from your mobile device (available on iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Palm and Android). Look up “Yellow Pages” in your phone’s app store, or visit m.yp.com from your phone.
On the road, in the airport, at a client’s site, or simply at home on the couch. These are places you can’t – or don’t want to – plug your laptop in. Want to keep your laptop running as long as possible without searching for an outlet? Here are 5 tips to help:
1) Keep your screen dim. A laptop’s backlight requires a lot of power. Reducing the brightness conserves battery life.
2) Turn off unused hardware. Your Bluetooth and your Wi-FI receiver can both be turned off if not in use. Unplug your external mouse or other device. And mute the PC’s sound system. Not only will it save power, it avoids annoying everyone else around you.
3) Don’t multitask. Run as few programs as you can get away with. Stick to one application (word processor, browser, or whatever) if possible. (If online keep your antivirus and firewall on in the background.)
4) Avoid multimedia. Save your photo editing and video watching for when have AC power. These tasks suck up immense battery life. To listen to music, use your iPod (or similar device).
5) Sleep, standby or hibernate. Sleep mode (a.k.a. “standby” in XP) keeps your PC on. It still uses power, just less than normal. Hibernate uses no power initially, but a lot of battery life to start back up.
Spell check is one of the best features of Microsoft Word. It frees us from the worry of typos and the inconvenience of thumbing through the dictionary on a regular basis. But the dictionary does have its downsides. If it doesn’t recognize a word, it underlines it in red. This can be very distracting if you use a lot of words that aren’t in the official Word dictionary. Believe me, when you work at a company called Nexxtep and have the last name Shenton, it happens a lot.
One way to get the red out is to create a “custom dictionary” in Word. You can add words to the dictionary that aren’t already there. You can also add proper nouns or technical terminology. For example, if you work in a medical office and use a lot of technical terms and abbreviations, you can add them to your dictionary.
Here’s how:
1. Click the Office button and select Word Options
2. Select the Proofing options
3. Click Custom Dictionaries
4. Click New
5. Enter a name for you dictionary and click Save
Your new dictionary will appear in the dictionary list.
Adding terms to your dictionary is also easy:
6. Highlight your dictionary
7. Click Edit Word List
8. Type a word in the Word box
9. Click Add after you check the spelling of the word
10. Repeat for all the words you’d like to add
11. You can delete a word by highlighting it and clicking Delete
12. When you’re done, click OK
Have a question about Microsoft Office that you’d like us to answer? Leave a comment or contact us here.
For the most part, the internet is a great tool for kids and teens, but there are big risks that come along with using it. Your child might innocently accept or share files that could expose your computer to viruses and spyware. Or worse, he or she could be exposed to disturbing images and even child predators. The first step you should take in monitoring your child’s activity is to lay down some clear ground rules. Tell your child up front that you will be monitoring their behavior, frequently. Here are some other suggestions:
For more resources on keeping your child safe online, visit safetynet.aap.org.
It’s your last chance to sign up for Thursday’s webinar, “Marketing Your Business with Web 2.0.”
Details:
Date: May 27, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Cost: FREE!
You’ll Learn:
-How to take advantage of social media tools like blogs, Facebook and LinkedIn.
-How internet marketing has changed in the last decade.
-Ways to drive traffic to your website and make it more attractive to your customers.