Date: October 16th, 2007

Author: Mary Ann Richardson

When you find that your header is almost overlapping the first line of text in your Word document, you do not need to make your header smaller; you need to increase the distance of the header text from the rest of the content on the page. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Go to View | Print Layout.
2. If the page ruler is not visible, go to View | Ruler.
3. Go to View | Header And Footer.
4. Move your mouse along the white area of the vertical ruler until it becomes a double-headed arrow and a ToolTip appears that reads cialis 20 mg cost italic”>Bottom Margin.
5. Click and drag the bottom margin until your header text is the desired distance from your document text.

Sometimes a header or footer overlaps the margin so that it prints too close to the top or bottom edge of the paper. When this happens, you need to increase the distance of the header or footer text from the edge of the page. You could use your mouse to adjust the top margin as you did to adjust the bottom margin in steps 4 and 5 above, or you could use the Page Setup dialog box, which lets you adjust the header and footer at the same time. For example, to adjust the header and footer so that both are one inch from the edge of the paper, follow these steps:

1. Go to File | Page Setup.
2. Click the Layout tab.
3. Click the up arrow of the From Edge: Header box until you reach 1″.
4. Click the up arrow of the From Edge: Footer box until you reach 1″ and then click OK.

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Date: October 16th, 2007

Author: Mary Ann Richardson

If you need to print out an Access report by 10:00 every Friday morning, you don’t have to do it manually. Follow these steps to create a macro to print the report and schedule it to automatically run at that time:

1. Open the database that contains the report.
2. In the Database window, click Macro Under Objects.
3. Click the Design button.
4. Click in the first cell under Commands and select OpenReport.
5. In the Action Arguments, click the Name Of Report box and select the name of the report you want to schedule.
6. Save your macro.
7. Go to Windows Explorer and open the folder where you want to save the macro shortcut.
8. Right-click the Windows taskbar and click Tile Windows Vertically.
9. Drag the icon of the macro you created from the Database window to the opened folder on your desktop.
10. Close both windows.
11. Click the Start button, click All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
12. Double-click Add Scheduled Tasks and then click Next.
13. cialis 2.5mg Verdana”>Click the Browse button.
14. Navigate to the folder containing the shortcut to the macro command and select it.
15. Click Open and then click Next.
16. Click Daily.
17. Click the arrows of the Start Time box until you reach 10:00 AM. Click Next.
18. Enter your password in the Password text box.
19. Enter your password in the Confirm Password text box and click Next.
20. Click Finish.

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Have you ever felt frustrated when working with MS Word's tabs? I mean, you're trying to set up your tab stops, but you're finding it difficult to ensure that they are placed properly between the margins.

You've got the ruler displayed (View menu, Ruler choice), but it's still a bit of a pain to double check that you've got it "just right." It's easy to get lost in all those eighth of an inch marks or the even more abundant millimeters.

So, the next time you find yourself in the old click, hold and drag routine cialis 100 mg to place your tab stops across the top ruler and you become frustrated with the placements, give this quick trick a try!

Before you click on the tab stop to move it, hold down the Alt key.

Yep, that's right. The whole trick is in the Alt key.

With just that one extra key, you'll turn your usual display of tab stops (like this one):

Into a clean display like this:

What you have here is an obvious and easy to read placement guide for your tabs. (The tab stop clicked is 2.5" from the left margin and 4" from the right margin).

In place of the ruler, you'll be able to read the distance the tab's current position is from the left and right margins, which allows for an exact placement.

While holding the Alt key down, drag the tab stop back and forth across the ruler. You'll find that the measurements adjust to your every move.

No more getting lost trying to count the millimeters, centimeters or a fraction of an inch. With a quick tap of the Alt key, you'll have Word doing the measuring for you!

Posted by Mary Jo Foley

October 15th, 2007

A (slight) update on last week’s report that some Windows users are seeing their Vista PCs automatically update themselves and reboot.

From Nate Clinton, a Microsoft Update Program Manager, via the Microsoft Update Product Team blog:

“We have been hearing some questions recently regarding Tuesday’s update release changing automatic updating settings. We have received some logs from customers, and have so far been able to determine that their AU settings were not changed by any changes to the AU client itself and also not changed by any updates installed by AU.

“We are still looking into this to see if another application is making this change during setup with user consent, or if this issue is related to something else. We are continuing the investigation, and as I have more information I will update this post.

“If you are running into this issue, your help would be greatly appreciated. You can contact support, and they can walk you through the steps necessary to provide logs and other useful data.”

So, it doesn’t seem to be Automatic Update (AU) or the patches themselves at fault. So what caused last Past Tuesday’s patches to be installed automatically and machines to be rebooted for a group of cheapest generic cialis users who had chosen not to allow automatic installation of patches — as originally reported on the AeroXperience site? It’s still not clear whether it is Vista only (or also XP) that is affected and whether Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) users have seen the same problem.

More to come when there’s new info to share.

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Has your Recycle Bin icon ever disappeared from your desktop? Perhaps the icon was in place one night before you went to bed, but in the morning when you started up your computer again, it was long gone. Where did it go? What happened to it? But more importantly, how can you get it back? Well, there are a few things you can try to get your Recycle Bin icon back where it's supposed to be. So, if you've run out of options, give these a try!

The first thing you can do is right click on your desktop and choose Properties. Once there, hit the Desktop tab and then click on the Customize Desktop button. In the middle of that box, you will see some of the more common desktop icons. Click on the one for the Recycle Bin (it looks like a trash can) and then hit the cheap generic cialis Restore Default button. Click OK and then go take a look at your desktop. The Recycle Bin icon should be back, but if it's not, don't lose hope, because there are a couple other things you can still try!

For the next option, go down to your taskbar and right click in any open space. From the menu that pops up, click on Toolbars, Desktop. The word "Desktop" will then appear at the end of your taskbar with a double arrow beside it. Right click on those arrows and you will see an option for the Recycle Bin. Next, drag and drop that Recycle Bin icon to your desktop. That should reinstate your icon for you, but if you're still having trouble, try this. Right click on your taskbar again and go to Toolbars, New Toolbar. There should be an option there for the Recycle Bin as well. You can then drag and drop that icon to your desktop. Doing either of these three things should bring your Recycle Bin icon back and you can get on with your daily computing!